Books I can read to 6 - 8 yr old child

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confusedinlondon · 20/08/2020 20:15

Hi All,

Can someone please suggest some books that I can read TO my child. He is 6.5 years old and I want to get into the habit of reading to him 3 or 4 times a week. His isn't too keen on reading so i am hoping that by me reading to him it will spark an interest.

His school as a list of books children his age should be reading themselves but they don't have any details of books a parent can read to a child.

I am looking for books that will take 7 - 10 days to read through. Any suggestions?

I haven't read to my child since he was around 3 - 4. Our reading consists of him reading his assigned book from school to me or from him reading phonics / decodable books i have purchased online.

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DarkDarkNight · 20/08/2020 20:31

The Mr Gum series is great, my 6 year old loved all of them. He also liked The Ninja Kid series. We’re a couple of chapters in to the first A Series of Unfortunate Events but he keeps falling asleep.

He also liked a lot already mentioned here: Roald Dahl (especially The Witches, James and the Giant Peach, Fantastic Mr Fox and Billy and the Minpins), The Worst Witch. We’ve just finished Secret Seven and he liked them a lot and have started on The Famous Five.

TooMinty · 20/08/2020 20:27

Roald Dahl and Enid Blyton are popular with my kids (age 6 and 8). The older one also likes Swallows and Amazons. The younger one is going through a Captain Underpants phase although I am less keen on those!

sanityisamyth · 20/08/2020 20:26

I'm reading Famous Five/Secret Seven to DS6, and have also read him the first three Harry Potter books which he LOVED.

His father reads him Roald Dahl books.

Emeeno1 · 20/08/2020 20:25

Hi, some books my children loved read aloud were:

Roald Dahl books ( you can do great voices!)
C. S. Lewis's Narnia series
Enid Blyton's Famous Five/ Secret Seven
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnet
Harry Potter series
The Hobbit/The Lord of the Rings (great if you are reading until they fall asleep as this goes on and on...)

You can also use audio books if you haven't got time to finish a chapter and they are desperate to know what happens next. Happy reading!

NerrSnerr · 20/08/2020 20:20

The Worst Witch as well. I forgot about those.

NerrSnerr · 20/08/2020 20:20

I am reading the Chronicles of Narnia to my nearly 6 year old. She also likes Horrid Henry, Roald Dahl and she loved the Chris Hoy Flying Fergus books. Last Christmas she loved the Christmasaurus and will read the sequel this year.

PhilODox · 20/08/2020 20:19

Pippi Longstocking
Finn Family Moomintroll
The Jolly Rogers
The Wombles
My Naughty Little Sister
The Magic Faraway Tree
The Worst Witch
How To Train Your Dragon
The Little Wooden Horse
Mr Majeika

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