Shares twelve humorous stories with simple sentences for beginning readers.

"Provides facts about tide pools and tide pool animals." -- (Source of summary not specified)

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.

Shares eight humorous stories with complex words for beginning readers.

Relates five adventures of Owl.

Frances is jealous of her sister's birthday, but birthday spirit moves her to reluctantly give her coveted gift.

Sam is very hungry, all the party food smells so good. Everytime she tries to eat cake, cookies or chips, she is told no. Finally Sam gets some food that she really loves.

"One day a tiny cricket is born and meets a big cricket who chirps his welcome. The tiny cricket tries to respond, but there is not a sound. And so the quiet cricket makes his way in the world, meeting one insect after another who greets the cricket with the cheery hello of its species - the hum of the bee, the whirr of the dragonfly, the screech of the cicada. Finally it matures and meets a female cricket who evokes from the quiet cricket "the most...

Rhyming makes reading easier and more fun for kids that are just getting started. When rhyming words are included in a story, they make sounding out (decoding) easier. Kids have reading success sooner and faster, build confidence, and they have fun too. Bob Books Rhyming Words is a great next step after Bob Books Set 1.