What do you read to your dd?

[nwmum]

Hi
Just realised that since my yr2 dd is reading very well and developing a love of books, I have left her to read to herself. She is looking forward to starting an unabridged version of ?Little Women? on her own. I would love some suggestions of books that I could read to her and we could chat about. Does anyone have any ideas

[wheelsonthebus]

Anne of Green Gables
The Secret Garden
Ballet Shoes
The Railway Children

[Clary]

The Hobbit
Just William
Jeremy Strong (tho she can easily read these herself)
Narnia

Might try What Katy Did but the language etc are rather old-fashioned!

[asdx2]

Charlotte's Web
Carbonel
are two that dd has enjoyed recently

[nwmum]

Thanks for those. Problem I have is things like: Anne of Green Gables; Secret garden; Railway Children; Tom Sawyer and Narnias she wants to read herself.

Thought of Hobbit but wasn't sure whether it would be a good choice.

[helyg]

Just because she wants to read something herself doesn't stop you reading the same kind of thing to her.

My 2 DS are 6 and 7, they enjoy reading things like Mr Gum, Horrid Henry, Roald Dahl etc themselves but they also like me to read them to them (complete with silly voices )

[comewhinewithme]

How to train your dragon
Charlottes web
Captain underpants
Horrid Henry
Any Roald Dahl
Princess Mirrorbelle.

[Clary]

She's a good reader if she can read and fully understand Narnia at age 7 IMO!

I agree you can stil read books to her even if she can read them herself as well.

[Poledra]

My Yr 1 DD is reading her way through the Roald Dahl boxset her grandparents got her for Christmas. DH or I read her a chapter or two each night, but if she fancies reading some more at other times, she does.

Dh and I get annoyed that we've missed bits when she does that though

Oh, and DH is desperate to read The Hobbit to her, except he's made such a big deal out of it that she doesn't want to read it now. He can be a right silly arse at times.

[Clary]

poledra LOL @ that re The Hobbit. I am really keen for all mine to luuurrve Narnia but have tried not to force it.

My dad wanted us all to read Swallows and Amazons and ended up paying my brother to read it! I found it deadly dull, sadly.

OP The Hobbit is fine, but rather long. We manage about a chapter a night and a lot of questions (some very tricky words that even I didn't know )

[treas]

Madame Pamplemousse and Her Incredible Edibles or Madame Pamplemousse and the Time Travelling Cafe both by Rupert Kingfisher.

Age range 9+ in an non-intimidating format but based in Paris so introducing some foreign words.

My Yr2 dd loved reading them with me as although she was more than capable of reading and comprehending it herself, she was able to ask me the meaning of the French words.

She thinks it wonderful that she knows what grapefruit and mustard are in French.

[helyg]

Clary I would agree with you about Narnia. DS1(7) started reading The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and although he could read it he clearly didn't fully understand it. We've put it to one side for either me to read to him or for him to read in a year or two.

[mankyscotslass]

I'm working my way through the Little House books with my dd who is 6 1/2.

[Over40]

Lady Grace mysteries. A series of books set int eh court of Elizabeth I. Lady Grace is a Maid of Honour who solves murders, thefts etc. Lovely period details (has a good glossary at the back!) and it fits in well with the Tudor studies in KS2.
I'm planning on using them with my class next year.

[basildonbond]

why not try some poems? dd (7) and a very confident, independent reader loves Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats - she asks me to read them over and over again - she loves the way T S Eliot plays with rhythm and rhyme and joins in with me - she knows most of them off by heart now

other books which are great to read out loud are The Land of Green Ginger, The Magic Pudding and Alice in Wonderland

[ShoshanaBlue]

Gah - I thought the whole narnia thing was about a lion until someone told me when I was in my 20s. Still don't get the whole allegory thing, and preferred it when it was just a lion!!!

[cory]

Dd made me read the entire Lord of the Rings out aloud to her when she was 6. It goes on forever .

I thought I'd get away with just the first book and then sneak onto something else without her noticing, as clearly she couldn't understand any of it, surely she just liked the sound of my voice... But then when we got to the last chapter of the Fellowship, she turned to me and said: 'Do you know why I think the author made this fight happen and made the fellowship break up here? It's because Frodo is the hero and unless he is alone, you don't feel it so much'.

I caved in, and we went on trundling through Middleearth.........

Dd is now a very proficient reader at 13, having read the best part of Dickens, all of Jane Austen and a fair bit of George Eliot. But she will still come sneaking in to listen to me reading Just William to her little brother. There is no reason at all why you can't read your dd a book you enjoy, just because she is capable of reading it to herself. My Dad still reads aloud to us at family gatherings and I still love it.