A set of eight readers which teach children more complex words with new blends, more sight words, and longer compound words to advance readers' skills, while sound repetition keeps reading easy.

Gossie is a gosling who likes to wear bright red boots every day, no matter what she is doing, and so she is heartbroken the day the boots are missing and she can't find them anywhere.

Nate the Great takes on his first night case and tries to solve the mystery of the garbage snatcher.

The well-known jump rope ditty which is built on letters of the alphabet is illustrated with animals from all over the world.

Danny practices counting while he and his grandmother watch first ducks, then swans, swim by. Danny and his grandmother go to the pond to see the ducks. "One duck, another duck," counts Danny. "No," says his grandmother. "You know how to count. Count them again." And she is right. Danny does indeed know how to count -- and he proves it in a book that makes counting from one to ten an exciting surprise.

When Messy Bessey starts to clean up her desk at school, she inspires the rest of the class to clean up the entire room.

When Mrs. Rogers leaves Amelia Bedelia alone in the house on her first day of work, anything can happen. And it does! With a list of what is to be done before her, Amelia Bedelia sets about her duties. And no one could possibly accuse her of not following directions - for that is precisely what she does. But when Amelia Bedelia draws the drapes or dresses a chicken, the results are hilariously different than might be expected! Peggy Parish knows what...

While visiting his aunt and uncle in the little South African village of Kalk Bay, Armien stows away in his uncle's fishing boat and becomes an unexpected hero.

"In Bob Books First stories you will find twelve easy-to-read and humorous books. Perfect for emerging readers, this set including kid-approved stories that progress gently through graded reading levels A, B, and C. With one-syllable words and short vowels, Bob Books First stories is a fun confidence builder, especially for kids in Kindergarten"--Publisher's description.

A boy who came from far away to be adopted by a couple in this country remembers how unfamiliar and frightening some of the things were in his new home, before he accepted the love to be found there.