Book reccomendations for 5+ year olds

astonsmummy

Hi
My son is 5 in about 3 weeks and I'm wanting to get him some new books as we have read all of his a million and one times over and I think he's getting a bit bored of them.
Has anyone got any reccomendations of some good books, I'm looking for ones I will read to him but also some that he can read himself, he's a pretty good reader.

smithyjules

Hi there, I love the gruffalo books by Julia Donaldson, they are full of humour and rhythmic writing and kids and adults alike seem to like them. The illustrations are great too.


http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-url?_encoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books-uk&field-author=Julia%20Donaldson

This is a link (hopefully!) to the list of books she has written.

tori.k

has to be Harry potter (to read to him) join the Library and let him choose his own books, but be prepared as our library let the kids take out 10 books mine always seem to fill the quota

sneezyboots

Anything by julia donaldson (Gruffalo, tiddler) or allan and janet ahlberg (funny bones, burglar bill) if you want something that can be read in about 10 mins or that he could read to himself. I have lost count the amount of times i have read these to my class and they still love them. and as a kid i loved the mr men series.

DaisyFlower

Dr Suess books are great and come in various ages, the green backed ones would suit a 5 year old and easy to pick up from bookshops. Julia Donaldson does great picture books for reading himself. Charlie Stinky Socks, Funnybones, Dont eat the Teacher and Flat Stanley are other good picture books.

For not too long stories you can read DS likes Pants on Fire, Charlie and the Haunted Tent, Disney/Pixar story collection etc.

We are looking to add to our collection and have a list on the School Link website that I like - fab prices and our school will also benefit. Also had the Scolastic book leaflet home yesterday with some fab collections if your school runs that.

Red House/Book People are also cheap but as I buy books a lot I find that they dont change the stock as often as School Link.

bonty44

Would recommend Dr Seuss, definitely, and we've just discovered Flat Stanley too.

Also I think the Mr Men books are FANTASTIC at getting children to increase their vocabulary.

Why not take him to Waterstones and get him to choose a few for himself, that then gives him some ownership over what he wants to read (but don't then buy them in the shop, go via quidco and get free delivery! Much cheaper)

Can I now please hijack your thread and just ask if anyone can recommend a good Arabian Nights version for 5 - 7 year olds - thanks!

ailuro2

Get down to the library, it's free, they can take out loads for two weeks at a time, and we usually have a 'book picked by Mum cos she thinks you'll enjoy it' as it helps to expand their choices....otherwise my DD would tend to pick flower fairies/rainbow fairies/weather fairies ad nauseum, but instead she's developed a taste for the Charlie Bone books, has the Inkheart trilogy, is into the Warrior Cat books, Narnia, although she hasn't done Harry Potter yet....

At 5 years old she went to school unable to read, we had deliberately not taught her, within weeks it all seemed to fall into place, and she was reading everything by herself. (Would read all of her homework book in one sitting instead of the two pages listed as homework!) She's now complimented on her vocabulary by her teacher.:A

At the end of the day if they are encouraged to find books they enjoy rather than just ones that are educational, then they learn to love reading and will read anything they can get their hands on thereafter... Hairy McLary by Lynley Dodd is a perfect example of really well written books for young kids, they are short, almost musical in the way they're written , very simple but still very much loved in our house!!

For boys, books about building things, dinosaurs, sports and magic grip their imaginations rather than Enid Blyton style stories. Don't restrict 'one chapter' to bedtime - sometimes stories can be great after breakfast at the weekend, or a chapter before tea - we found this worked well with books that had any kind of dragon, goblin, monster, anything a wee bit scary, as it would feed her dreams and wake her up screaming in the middle of the night.:eek:

WolfSong2000

I grew up on Michael Morpurgo and !!!!!! King-Smith - both excellent authors - the later especially for your sons age. The former may still be a little advanced for him, but the author still writes beautiful stories, one of my favorite being "The Butterfly Lion"...even at 22 I still enjoy reading that book...recently sent a copy to a friend in America for her son, who's a little bit older than your guy, but has some mild learning difficulties...he read it himself (with help) and apparently really enjoyed it too - had a lovely e-mail from him saying as much

squibbs25

my dd (6) absolutely loves Horrid Henry. She thinks he is fab and thoroughly enjoys them.

Valli

Two things - 1 - WELL DONE - books/reading are key to developing vocabulary, reading skills and teachers are THRILLED when children are read to and read...

2 - Try the Booktrust website

The_Plush_Doormat

Already mentioned, but The Mr Men and Little Miss books are great. They look good on the bookshelf too. Each one has a little squiggle on the spine, forming a message when all the books are lined up. (Probably a sales ploy, but it worked on me). Another one of my daughter's favourites was "The Tiger who came to Tea" by Judith Kerr. Just checked on Amazon, and it's still in print. (Our copy is 15 years old). The author has several other titles too.