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Have you continued reading bedtime stories to dc once they are fairly fluent readers, and if so, what books have they enjoyed?

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Earlybird · 14/11/2007 12:22

....reading together is such a lovely end to the day, so we are continuing with the tradition. Would appreciate suggestions of specific books please.

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bozza · 14/11/2007 12:49

Oh have also done quite a lot of Roald Dahls and have bought Fantastic Mr Fox for his stocking.

What about Wind in the willows, Alice in Wonderland, that kind of thing?

Marina · 14/11/2007 12:49

A Little Princess
The Secret Garden
Five Children and It
Ballet Shoes
The King of the Copper Mountains
The Land of Green Ginger
Atticus the Storyteller
Finn Family Moomintroll
Lotte and Lisa

seeker · 14/11/2007 12:48

I have only just stopped reading to dd - she is 11. Once she was reading for herself we went for harder books for read-alouds - a lot of "classic"children's books that she probably wouldn't read for herself. Things like Little Women, the Secret Garden, The Little Princess....I really miss it now. She still asks for a story if she's really tired or a bit sad or she's had a hard day - I look forward to it!

bozza · 14/11/2007 12:48

DS is 6 (nearly 7)and a fluent reader. We just read whatever we fancy. For some reason he likes me to read to him and then he will read some of his reading book to me. So I go along with it. ATM DH is reading him the first Harry Potter and I am reading him My Naughty Little Sister and Bad Harry. He could definitely read that to himself no problem and could probably manage reading Harry Potter but might struggle with understanding some of it.

Other books we have read are various horrid henrys and captain underpants (reads these to himself a lot though as well), charlotte's web, some Michael Murpurgo books etc.

I have bought him a set of 20 sprinter books from the book people for Christmas, some of these might end up being read to him, I am also looking at getting the magic farway series and have asked for stig of the dump from family. My MIL has bought him a Blyton set of Aventure books.

Porpoise · 14/11/2007 12:36

Lemony Snicket?
Stig of the Dump?
Charlotte's Web?

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Earlybird · 14/11/2007 12:31

DD is almost 7, and fairly sophisticated.

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Porpoise · 14/11/2007 12:25

Yes, we still read to ds1 (9) and ds2 (nearly 8) as well as ds3 (4).

Then they getting a little reading time on their own afterwards.

What age are your dcs? Hard to recommend books without knowing...

Marina · 14/11/2007 12:24

How old are the dcs?

We still read to ds every night even though he is 8 and a fluent reader. Sometimes we do some of whatever his current school reading book is, sometimes we have something separate on the go