Inspiring reads for a 6 year old girl

[hotcrossbunny]

My dd(6) is a capable reader, but is yet to be inspired to read for pleasure

She'll read her school books to us, with few problems, but she just doesn't seem to want to pick up a book and read it for fun. School don't follow a reading scheme, but ATM she's reading anything from simple picture books to Rainbow Fairy books. I don't think it's a lack of confidence really, we just haven't found anything she simply must finish to find out what happens IYSWIM?

Any ideas??? I read voraciously from quite a young age and am desperate for her to love reading rather than to see it as a skill she learns at school. We go to the library every week, I read all the time at home so I'm modelling reading, she loves being read to and the house is full of books, but I just think she hasn't found 'the' book which gets her juices flowing.

HELP please

[mrsruffallo]

Hi, I have a dd the same age and she has just started to read alone.

DD just finished reading the Worst Witch series, which is great fun.

To get her started I bought her books from this series, which I can't recommend enough. You can choose their level and there is a wide choice of fiction/ non fiction

[hotcrossbunny]

Thank you, they look really good. I've not come across that particular series before. We've read the Worst Witch stories at bedtime, which she really enjoyed, but hasn't picked them up to read herself. May I ask, did you encourage your dd to read independently, or did it just happen one day?

[Shitemum]

The Borrowers (a bit archaic in the vocab and wordy but still lovely)
I second Worst Witch series
Carbonel the witch's cat
Mrs. Pepperpot
Pippi Longstocking
Roald Dahl - start with Charlie and the chocolate factory.

Do you read to her? I find DD1 (6) is always to desperate to find out what will happen next but she has to wait till the next night to find out...
Perhaps she could read to herself books she's enjoyed having read to her.

[mrsruffallo]

She did it herself. But, thinking about it, if she went to bed early and had trouble sleeping we would let her read for half an hour in bed

[hotcrossbunny]

We read every night, and often in the day too. In fact, maybe we read too much to her and she doesn't see the need to read to herself? Hmm... She'll happily look through books til the cows come home, but just doesn't want to actually read the words. But your posts have reassured me that it'll come when she's ready!

Shitemum, we've read most of the books on your list already. She absolutely loves Pippi Longstocking

[dolphindotty]

It will come. My eldest daughter, now 9, was just the same. She could read but rarely chose to and would often start books and not finish them. She did read her way through the Rainbow Fairies but I think that was more because she liked collecting them and liked the covers and they were so easy to read. She is now massively into pony books and reads anything about horses - fact and fiction. She also did really like a lot of the Linda Chapman books when she was younger - she still reads the longer ones now, and recently she has really been enjoying a series called Silver Dolphins by Summer Waters. She also loves A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett which surprised me. I loved it as a child but I wouldn't have pushed it at her knowing her reluctance to read. It gripped her though and is now one of her favourite books. The Daisy series by Kes Grey got her reading too. It can be so hard to tell what they will take to but if you keep gently encouraging and giving her the chance to read different things, I am sure one day you'll find the thing that will get her hooked. My nine-year-old now reads lots and yesterday spent the whole day walking round with her nose in a book. Good luck!

[treacletart]

The Mr Gum books are hilarious.

[melpomene]

My dd is eagerly working her way through the Go Girl! series. They are fairly easy to read (possibly a bit easier than Rainbow magic in terms of vocabulary etc), but good fun.

[Ellokitty]

My 6 year old DD has recently enjoyed reading:

High school musical books
Enid Blyton's the wishing chair
EB - Naughty Amelia Jane series
Magic Pony

She is currently reading (and adoring) Clever Polly and the Stupid wolf.

Hope that helps to inspire :-)

[mumtoseb]

Hi there,

I work with a publishing company, Inside Pocket Publishing and we have some books called The Adventures of Titch & Mitch and are aged 5+.

They are beautifully illustrated and you can find out more about them at www.insidepocket.co.uk/titchandmitch.

BTW we have some gorgeous Titch & Mitch posters (perfect for kids rooms or schools) if you want one just sign up to receive the publishers newsletter at www.insidepocket.co.uk (scroll down to page for sign up form - email required thats all). Subject to availability and UK only.

Enjoy

[Bramshott]

DD1 (just 7) has recently started to read voraciously, and races her way through:
Magic Ponies
My Secret Unicorn
Rainbow Fairies
Summer Meadow Fairies (?)
Something Stables - Sunnyvale Stables?!
Horrid Henry
My Naughty Little Sister

[hotcrossbunny]

This is fantastic! Thank you all so much I'm off to put in an enormous book order and see if any take dd's fancy!

[GreatOrmondSt]

Has she read any Enid Blyton books? I just think they're timeless.....Amy