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Book for 6 year old to read on her own

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twinsetandpearls · 05/05/2008 22:17

We have lots of books for me or dp to read to dd but very little that she could read herself.

She is six and her teacher tells me her reading is very good. She does find her school reading books dull though and I thought if we found something else it might foster more enthusiasm.

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LIZS · 06/05/2008 19:37

Sophie stories by Dick King Smith, Rainbow Fairies, shorter Roald Dahl's like Geroge's Marvellosuy Medicine, Usborne first readers series,

RosaLuxembourg · 06/05/2008 19:34

Twinset - one thing I often do with both DD2 and DD3 is take turns reading pages. Then if they like the book they can go on and finish it without me.

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twinsetandpearls · 06/05/2008 19:30

kitty I am reading similar books to dd, maybe I should let her try herself as well or at least read some to me.

Seeker I think I need more faith in her reading abilities when we do her reading books she whizzes through them and her teacher says she is reading above her age but there has been no assessment. She does read signs, the tv guide, has a go at magazines and asks me to help every now and again.

I will try some suggestions on here and see how she does. When I suggested some books for her to read herself she seemed pleased.

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cat64 · 05/05/2008 22:55

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RosaLuxembourg · 05/05/2008 22:52

Junie B Jones is great - like a modern version of Naughty Little Sister.
DD3 is reading Emily's Legs atm.
She also likes Horrid Henry, but I know some people have strong opinions about this!
But these are all black and white illustrations - is your DD happy with that or would she prefer books with colour, as DD3 did until very recently. If so I recommend Orchard Crunchies - they have loads in our library on all sorts of subjects but DD3 likes the Greek mythology ones - will see if I can find a link.
This is one but I wouldn't buy it at that price, deffo a library job.
She likes these too.
And these which are not too reading schemy.
And she LOVES these

Yorkiegirl · 05/05/2008 22:50

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gagarin · 05/05/2008 22:48

How advanced is she?

Dick King Smith does some great early reading books - and we loved Frog and Toadby Arnold Lobel. If you type that into Amazon.co.uk there are loads available for price of p&p only.

seeker · 05/05/2008 22:48

Animal Ark books. Hell on earth to read aloud, but children love them.

Rainbow Fairies. Glitter Girls.

How good a reader is she?

kittywise · 05/05/2008 22:47

My six year old is speeding her way through all the' rainbow fairy' series. She also loves horrid henry and books by Lauren child

emkana · 05/05/2008 22:46

Princess Mirrorbelle by Julia Donaldson (of Gruffalo fame)

She has written other books for that age group, too.

Millarkie · 05/05/2008 22:18

Mine's reading his way through the Roald Dahl books at the moment..he's a boy but they should appeal to girls too.

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