Present advice needed - children's books

Rosie1978

Hello,

Can any parents help me with a bit of advice please? My DN is 3 but according to her school, reads at a level much older (5yrs).

Are these any books you'd reccommend for encouraging her with her reading. She's a bright little spark and I'd love to help her as much as I can.

But having no DC of my own, and being on a tight budget, I'm not sure what books to get - can anyone make any reccommendations? Any good series that may be appropriate?

Thanks in advance!
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quinechinoise

My younger child is 3 and my elder child is 5 years old. They both like Winnie the Witch, Splat the Cat and Meg and Mog.

Some more favourite classics are Mog (Judith Kerr) and Frog and Toad (Arnold Lobel).

Personally, I'd go for the Meg and Mog series. The font is a lovely size for early readers and the pictures are very engaging for toddlers.

Sewsosew

It's many years since my son was at that stage so I'm not sure of current authors for children but I buy lots of books from "The Book People". They age grade all their childrens books and have a huge range at very reasonable prices.

You very often find their catalogues in with magazines but their whole range is on their website.

BAGGY

I am a huge fan of rhyming books. The Gruffalo, room on the broom and that sort of tthing. No idea regarding books that the older one can read alone but the younger will learn the words to rhymes before recognising the writing if that makes sense. My two love poems, the sillier the better

quinechinoise

BAGGY wrote: »

No idea regarding books that the older one can read alone but the younger will learn the words to rhymes before recognising the writing if that makes sense.

Er, I think I've distracted you with my post mentioning my 2 kids. The OP refers to a single 3 year old with the reading ability of a 5 year old.

my3girls

My dd is 5 and at a very high reading level at school. She is loving the Roald Dahl collection at the moment I bought from Costco (on offer at book people too) These would be good as even if your niece can't read them alone yet they are great story books to be read out also.

Both of my youngests (3&5) love all of the Julia Donaldson books, and you can buy these quite cheaply now in 10 book sets - these are ideal I've bought for presents before

http://www.thebookpeople.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/qs_product_tbp?storeId=10001&catalogId=10051&langId=100&productId=202168&searchTerm=Julia+Donaldson+Book+Collection+-+10+Books

Hth,
JJ
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Rosie1978

Thanks everyone for the advice. I remember Meg and Mog from when I was little! I loved them too

And I'll head to the Book People.

Thank you!

lindseylocket

My daughter loved the rainbow magic books.
We went from me reading to her , to her reading them alone quite quickly.


They come in sets and there are dozens of them. Zoe was always dead keen to get onto the next one. Great for presents too.


You can buy them very cheaply on eBay , and sell on when your done.

2monkeys

The Oxford Reading Tree books are very good for early readers (and most schools use these too). You can good sets of them from the book peope website.

cloz

Another vote here for Julia Donaldson books, they are great for children of all ages!

Pisces

We love Cat in the Hat/Dr Seuss and the Mr Men books. Our son is a similar age and starting to learn words and how to read, and he finds Cat in the Hat good to read but he also loves the pics too!

Both are pretty regularly on offer with the Book People, or singles are available pretty cheaply too.

Have you been to your local library?