Originally Posted by HowlerKarma
So what gave it away? HOW she learned to read, that's what. She's not an autodidact, and that is unusual among PG people. We taught her to read in a few hours (no, really) with some phonetically controlled readers (Bob books, basically-- but harder/more rich and slightly snarky storylines), and within five months or so her reading levels were middle-school and still rising rapidly.

With zero additional instruction, I mean.

Could you tell me what these books were? DS hates the Bob books and I've been looking for some good ones that are "easy but challenging".