Usborne My First Reading Library 50 Books Set (Very First Reading, First Reading Level 1, First Reading Level 2)

Usborne Very First Reading

by Usborne Publishing

This comprehensive first reading library includes 50 books to guide your child through the first stages of reading and includes access to online resources. The first 22 books are taken from Usborne Very First Reading series. With these, your child takes the first steps in reading with your help, following the phonics methods used in schools. The next 12 books are taken from Usborne First Reading Level 1. These delightful and very short stories are for children to try reading themselves. 16 further books are taken from Usborne First Reading Level 2. These slightly longer stories will build stamina and reading confidence. Includes QR Codes.

Genres: Childrens

Paperback

Published January 1, 2007

About the author

Usborne Publishing, often called Usborne Books, is a British publisher of children's books founded in 1973 by Peter Usborne.

Reviews

[Melchshake · Rating 5 out of 5]

This set is INCREDIBLE. Our son received it when he was 4 and this has really helped him gain confidence in starting to read, and it’s allowed us to have conversations around patterns, compound words, diphthongs and common consonant combinations (st, str, ch, ing, etc.

It is not our only reading tool, but it has certainly been an mvp on our journey. The stories have fun rhymes and I like that there are usually two books in each level so that if they don’t gravitate toward one story, there’s a choice. Our son is now 4 1/2 and he’s already up around level 6 or 7 in the beginning section. We go at his pace and there are several which he likes to reread. I cannot say enough wonderful things about this set!

[Bella Rose Miller · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great for little kids! My brother loved the wolves, rabbits, lions, and copying the fun things that the characters did!

Highly recommend for all the little kids who like animals and rhymes!

[R. · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a collection of 50 books meant to help kids learn how to read. We got this series for my daughter when she started speech therapy to help with her reading. She loved them to start with, but was more interested in the story books than the actual learning books. The series comes with essentially 3 sections to browse through.

Section 1: 20 books numbered from level 1-15 for the "Very First Reading" series. These titles include:

1. Pirate Pat
2. Double Trouble
3. The Dressing-Up Box
4. Captain Mac
5. A Bus for Miss Moss
6. The Perfect Pet
7. Dog Diary
8. Bad Jack Fox
9. Grizzly Bear Rock
10. The Magic Ring
11. A Fright in the Night
12. The Queen Makes a Scene
13. The Deep Dark Woods
14. Stop That Cow!
15. Moon Zoom
16. Run, Rabbit, Run!
17. Late Night at the Zoo
18. Wild School
19. The Circus Under the Sea
20. The Monster Diner
21. Knight Fight
22. Mr. Mystery

Section 2: A collection of 12 level 1 reading books with short stories, including:

1. The Wish Fish
2. The Rabbit's Tale
3. The Greedy Dog
4. The Fox & the Stork
5. Old MacDonald Had a Farm
6. King Midas & the Gold
7. The Lion & the Mouse
8. The Fox & the Crow
9. Anansi & the Bag of Wisdom
10. The Ang & the Grasshopper
11. The Sun & the Wind
12. The Three Wishes

Section 3: 16 slightly longer story books from level 2 reading collections. These tales include:

1. The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe
2. The Daydreamer
3. Old Mother Hubbard
4. Clever Rabbit & the Wolves
5. Doctor Foster Went to Gloucester
6. One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
7. How Elephants Lost Their Wings
8. The Dragon & the Phoenix
9. There Was a Crooked Man
10. Little Miss Muffett
11. The Tortoise & the Eagle
12. The Magic Melon
13. King Donkey Ears
14. The Genie in the Bottle
15. Clever Rabbit & the Lion

[Parker · Rating 4 out of 5]

Far and away the best "Readers" for us! The first 20ish books are shared reading between the parent and child. This allows the stories to be more interesting while still letting the kids practice! The "Level 1" and "Level 2" readers also seem good - a mix of fables and tales he's already somewhat familiar with (King Midas, an Anansi story, several Aesop's fables, etc.) that make the reading less intimidating.