Bobby Lynn Maslen
Recognized in the Creative Minds Montessori 2026 Teacher’s Choice list.
Bobby Lynn Maslen is one of roughly one hundred authors whose work was selected by the Montessori-certified teachers at Creative Minds Montessori for the 2026 Teacher’s Choice list — 120 books chosen across four reading stages, from first lap-reads to first chapter books. The selected book was chosen for how precisely it meets children at a real developmental moment. This recognition cannot be bought: no author or publisher paid to appear on our lists, and we take no commission on any book sale.
About Bobby Lynn Maslen
Bobby Lynn Maslen was a preschool teacher in Portland, Oregon who hand-made tiny phonics booklets for her students in the 1970s; those photocopied 'Bob Books' grew into the best-selling learn-to-read series in America.
She wrote the first sets at her kitchen table with her husband John illustrating; teachers passed them around for years before Scholastic turned the cottage project into a phenomenon.
Also by this author: Bob Books Set 2: Advancing Beginners · Bob Books: Sight Words
Official legacy site: bobbooks.com
Selected for the 2026 Teacher’s Choice list
Part of The Best Children’s Books by Age, chosen by the teachers at Creative Minds Montessori in Frisco, TX.