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DD (6) - sudden surge in reading - what to read "on her own"?

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AnonymousBird · 07/03/2012 19:01

DD (Y1) was a bit slow off the mark but is now cantering through the reading levels at school and catching up fast.

Roald Dahl, Secret Seven etc all still a bit advanced for her - I'd be reading more than she would. What is there out there that she could read "alone" (ie. her doing the bulk of the reading, me along side to give minimal assistance).

I've tried the town library and there seems to be something of a gap between the "learning to read" section, which is too basic and the "young readers" which are just beyond her right now.

She is desperate to read something other than the school reading books, that she can 90% manage herself.....

TIA.

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littleducks · 07/03/2012 19:09

Dd is at a similar stage,she got a 'magic Molly' book for free with her world book day token and that seems to be pitched at the right level. I am encouraging her to read picture books with more text, like Isabella's toy box as the pictures motivate her.

Her friend reads those blasted rain ow fairy books, but I have been avoiding them