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Book ideas for very able (but easily scared) 6 year old please

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surreygirl1987 · 14/07/2025 21:36

My 6 year old (just finished Year 1) is a verocious reader. He reads for pleasure constantly. I'm told he's very good at reading for his age. However, he is also autistic and gets very scared and upset very easily, so finding things for him to read that are suitable in content, but the right reading level, is becoming more difficult. He LOVES the 13-Storey Treehouse books and has read them all multiple times - they're the scariest he can cope with (and has got upset about some things in them). He's read all the Faraway Tree book, and is reading Secret Seven at the moment. He liked the Magic Treehouse until the later ones got a bit scary for him. I'm not going near Harry Potter for the time being. He quite liked a football series (Frankie's magic football I think). Any other ideas? Ideally I'd like a series or at least a box set that he can really sink his teeth into. Thanks in advance!

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Needlenardlenoo · 15/07/2025 07:12

The "Daisy and the Trouble With..." series might work? There are a couple of Jack Beechwhistle spin offs too (such as Jack Beechwhistle and the Attack of the Giant Slugs).

They're well written and very reassuring.

RedToothBrush · 15/07/2025 07:10

Mr Penguin and Agent Weasel are your friends.

Eight8eight · 15/07/2025 07:06

Emer Stamp's books are very funny. There are three 'Pests' books and three 'diary of pig' ones.

TheCurious0range · 15/07/2025 07:02

DS is the same age and currently reading the boy who grew dragons series, nothing scary, just a boy who realises a tree in granddad's garden grows dragon fruit that produces tiny actual dragons and his friends looking after them and getting into all kinds of dragon related shenanigans

zaxxon · 15/07/2025 06:59

Andy Stanton's Mr Gum books are funny and not scary that I can recall. Even I laughed at some lines (which certainly didn't happen with the treehouse books)

Optimustime · 15/07/2025 05:57

Dick King Smith books are good. Horrid henry?

InWalksBarberalla · 15/07/2025 05:21

My son enjoyed the Roddy Doyle 'Rover' books at about that age. Also Isla Fischer's Marge in Charge books. Funny and not scary.

Forgottenmyphone · 15/07/2025 05:13

Dirty Bertie
My Brother's Famous Bottom

Greeksummerholiday · 14/07/2025 22:19

The Dragonsitter series
Magic treehouse
Tom Percival’s Little Legends and Dream defenders series
Also the TinTin and Asterix books are very popular here

YYURYYUCICYYUR4ME · 14/07/2025 22:02

Oldie but goldie - try the Mrs Pepperpot series

Stillundertheduvet · 14/07/2025 21:37

Not sure about the scariness of the content but maybe try the diamond brothers series by Anthony Horowitz

IDontDrinkTea · 14/07/2025 21:37

What about the Dogman series? They’re very popular with that kind of age range