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What are your 7 year olds reading?

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BigBrownSofa123 · 03/04/2017 18:41

We're in a bit of a rut with ds and what he reads. He's got a couple of beast quests and some Roald Dahl but none of them grip him. He's still quite immature.

What could I get him that he might enjoy?

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k8music · 11/06/2017 13:45

www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_ebooks_1?ie=UTF8&text=Katherine+Blake&search-alias=digital-text&field-author=Katherine+Blake&sort=relevancerank&tag=mumsnetforum-21 Hi Ted the Ordinary fish by Katherine Blake is really funny - my 8 year old loved it.

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pollyhemlock · 07/06/2017 17:50

Horrid Henry, Jeremy Strong as suggested above. Also try Dinosaur Cove series by Rex Stone. If he's into football, how about the Frankie's Magic Football series, by ( supposedly) Frank Lampard. There are lots of Star Wars chapter books for ' beginner readers'.Don't think that because he's 7 he's too old for picture books- there are so many great ones out there- try Mini Grey, Emily Gravett, Bob Graham. David Walliams has done a couple, too.

lolalotta · 07/06/2017 17:11

My 7yr old DD has finished Enid Blyton magic faraway tree series and has just started The Famous Five.

user1485342611 · 01/06/2017 12:49

The Worst Witch series got my reluctant reader nephew hooked.
He also liked Enid Blyton's Faraway Tree books.

RiverTam · 24/05/2017 10:54

Every Tom Gates you can shake a stick at
Ottoline

EvilDoctorBallerinaDuck · 24/05/2017 10:49

When DD was 7 it was just non fiction on subjects that interested her.

Didiplanthis · 24/05/2017 10:46

My dd is a very reluctant but able reader she is really enjoying Jill Tomlinson - the owl who was afraid of the dark series. I actually read them to her a while ago and now she is reading them for herself.

Sj10 · 12/05/2017 20:39

David walliams the worlds worst children is a book of short stories and is very popular in our house

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NennyNooNoo · 09/05/2017 13:18

My nearly-7 year old still enjoys traditional fairy tales and Julia Donaldson books but also enjoys Roald Dahl and Michael Bond ( Paddington).

Jennie1978 · 09/05/2017 13:03

My son is 7 and he enjoys the Jeremy Strong books, Tom Gates and Roald Dahl. We've just bought him some David Walliam books too.

BlueChampagne · 09/05/2017 12:58

DS2 (7.5) has just started Spy Dog: Rocket Rider

Bigbags · 08/05/2017 21:33

My DS is 8 and he has loved diary of a wimpy kids series. It's the first set of books he has taken to and enjoyed. We have tried so many different kinds. He has read a few Tom gates and one david walliams book and said they are ok but not anywhere as funny as the wimpy kid ones.

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Friolero · 28/04/2017 07:19

My DS enjoyed the 13 Storey Treehouse series, they were quite easy to get into.

SplitInfinitive · 28/04/2017 07:12

DS is nearly 8 and we've recently enjoyed The Astounding Broccoli Boy by Frank Cottrell Boyce, the Circus Tales by Enid Blyton, David Walliams' novels (his favourite is The Demon Dentist). We're currently reading The Royal Rabbits of London by Santa & Simon Sebag Montefiore, which is shaping up rather well. Lined up after that is another Frank Cottrell Boyce novel Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth.

BlueChampagne · 25/04/2017 10:35

Just ordered DS2 "Beasts of Olympus"

BigWeald · 19/04/2017 11:20

Secret Agent Jack Stalwart
Astrosaurs
Tintin
Time Hunters

--> what he picked up at last library visit.

For reading together, we just finished 'Witch baby and me' and are in the middle of 'The little house on the prairie'.

YesILikeItToo · 11/04/2017 01:01

All about the Bullerby Children, by Astrid Lindgren. I think it has been republished as The Children of Noisy Village. Stories of the children's everyday lives, told from a heir perspective - but not so everyday for us, because they live in a Swedish farming village. Adventures like 'How we got home from school the day of the snowstorm'. Think there are sequels.

Sirzy · 04/04/2017 22:45

Working through the David Williams books at the moment.

YoungYolandaYorgensen39 · 04/04/2017 22:44

DD - Holly Webb kitten and puppy stories.
DS - Captain Underpants, but he needs lots of help with them.

They both love Enid Blyton, Paddington and Teddy Robinson for bedtime.

MsAwesomeDragon · 03/04/2017 20:00

Dd is reading my little pony books Hmm (they're actually not badly written, just a bit twee). She's also got the Winnie the witch chapter books, although each chapter is a different story really).
Horrid Henry went down well with dd, also Dirty Bertie made her laugh.

How about visiting a library and talking to a librarian? They might have some suggestions based on his interests.

FeralBeryl · 03/04/2017 19:54

We've just had the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series here which went down a treat Grin