Which of the 'classics' do you recommend for my 5.5YO?

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User923081 · 13/08/2023 20:14

She is a pretty good reader and will listen to me read her a chapter book when in the mood. She reads lots of books but I do think it'd be amazing for her to get into some of the classics too. I did consider the 'just so' stories by rudyard kipling but these are such olde languagr are they likely to wash straight over her head? The wind in the willows? Alice in Wonderland? What do others recommend?

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FatCatatPaddingtonStation · 13/08/2023 20:50

Ursula Moray Williams - The little Wooden Horse, Gobbolino and Jeffy the Burglars cat. The latter is out of print but so worth seeking out. It’s wonderful.

I loved Charlotte’s Web and Stuart Little.

The earlier Little House books LH in the Big Woods?

Does Dick King-Smith count as a classic?

Goldencup · 13/08/2023 20:50

Yy to Roald Dahl , Fantastic Mr Fox was one of the first books both my DCs read independently.
Worst witch is a good shout
You could try Narnia - I think Lucy Pevensy is 7 in the 1st one.
Winne the pooh might be age appropriate and of course all of Beatrix Potter.

Typz · 13/08/2023 20:44

God not Charlotte’s web that upset me so much as a ten year old!

The Worst Wotch series
Narnia books
Charlie and the chocolate factory
Books by Tamora Pierce eg Alanna
Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf

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User923081 · 13/08/2023 20:29

Thanks. Oooo a little princess that's a good one! I think Charlotte's web might actually traumatise her 🤣 I did think of the secret garden but might save it for when she's a little older

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Junibug · 13/08/2023 20:21

The Secret Garden
A Little Princess
Charlotte's Web

These are on my list (along with yours!) for reading next to my 5yr old. We've exhausted Enid Blyton (other than Malory Towers and Famous Five which I thought might still be a bit too old for her)

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