Box Set: 8 BooksAges: 6 to 7Stage 3: Developing Readers Bob Books: Set 5 Long Vowels has the important role ofteaching long vowels and the magic of the silent "e." By the timethese books are finished, children should understand blending, diphthongs,combining syllables to form words, and reading sight wordsin context.Discussing the stories and pictures develops comprehension, makingenthusiastic, happy readers.Inside the box you'll find: 8 books, 16-24 pages eachIntroduction of the magic, silent eVowel combinations (such as oe, ai, ea)Up to 300 words per book ABOUT BOBS BOOKSBob Books is America's no.1, award-winning, learning-to-readseries trusted for over 40 years.Bob Books is a true first reader series, designed to makehelping children learn to read simple and straightforward. Theclean layout, short words, and simple phonics make learning to reada fun and natural step for a child that knows the alphabet. Companionworkbooks extend children's reading journey by allowingthem to practice the skills learned in the books.Bob Books is designed to give young children the toolsto cross from learning letters to reading words. The award-winningbeginning reader book sets start slowly and progress from bookswith three letter words, to books with more than one sentence perpage. By meeting children at the right level, parents are oftenamazed at how quickly their child is able to sound out words whenreading their first Bob Book.Bob Books covers four reading stages... Pre-Readings Skills Recognize shapes, patterns, and otherpre-reading skillsStage 1: Starting to Read From learning the alphabet tosounding out your first wordsStage 2: Emerging Readers Sentences become longer andsight words are introducedStage 3: Developing Readers Words and sentences becomelonger, and new rules are introduced