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Books for five year old boys

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puddle · 30/01/2005 20:45

My (nearly) five year old ds is loving the faraway tree, Millie mollie Mandy, naughty little sister, Teddy Robinson stories. As you can see these reading choices have been slightly influenced by my own early favourites! Can you give me some ideas to broaden his reading - anything more contemporary would be great. He likes Fantastic Mr Fox and Giraffe and Pelly etc too.

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weightwatchingwaterwitch · 31/01/2005 20:42

Cod, I read some Enid Blyton to ds and then the following night read him something by Roald Dahl and the writing was SUCH a joy after the turgid droneiness that is famous five. I know kids love her and I did too when I was a child but it sounds so STILTED and awful when read aloud I think.

lowcalCOD · 31/01/2005 19:01

really?
it think good for reading aloud apart fromt he way she writes " bal bal bla , the littel girl said" when she means anne

weightwatchingwaterwitch · 31/01/2005 18:58

Might he like the Famous Five books? He might be a bit young yet. I detest reading them, they are terrible for reading aloud but my 7yo ds loves them. only another 14 books to go for us! What about Charlotte's Web? My ds loved that at 5.

ernest · 31/01/2005 08:24

mine love Roald Dahl - gpt 10 books for £10, or thereabouts from Book People.

hate horrid Henry - too much dialogue so gets confusing hwo's talking. Shit boring stories too.

ALong with MAgic Faraway tree , they also liked Adventures of Wishing Chair (very similar)

miggy · 30/01/2005 22:22

Janh-Ill send dd round. We got to the last story tonight in a bumper book of Sophie stories. I said (jokingly) "oh no, what are we going to do now" she said "start again from the beginning of course" (deadly serious!). I wouldnt mind if only I was better at Aunt Als scottish accent

vict17 · 30/01/2005 22:19

Captain Underpants are very popular at the moment

Blossomhill · 30/01/2005 22:19

I was thinking of getting ds flat stanley. Are they any good?

Marina · 30/01/2005 22:17

Definitely recommend Flat Stanley, has been reissued and ds loves him - and Little Nose (we have dh's vintage original copies). Sir Gadabout, the World's Worst Knight, is also popular.
Ds also loves us to read King Arthur/Greek Myths type stuff and we have been working our way through a fantastic anthology of history tales by the great Geraldine McCaughrean, Britannia. Much recommended.
Looking forward to starting him on my own childhood favourites...Philippa Pearce, Rosemary Sutcliffe and Lucy M Boston.
He also loves Catherine Storr's Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf...and Horrid Henry...not to mention Martin Jarvis' cleverly modernised retelling of the Just William series.

lowcalCOD · 30/01/2005 21:30

oh yes and naught littel sister

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puddle · 30/01/2005 21:29

Didnt ever get into Olga (although should have adored it given my devotion to Hammy Hamster). Loved Mrs Pepperpot though.

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lowcalCOD · 30/01/2005 21:28

ds1 is called angus
hence

lowcalCOD · 30/01/2005 21:28

remember olga da polga?

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puddle · 30/01/2005 21:26

cod - fantastic - Paddington, Gobbolino and (one of my all-time favourites) Charlotte's Web! How could I have forgotten that one? Will def try these and Jamie and Angus too.

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lowcalCOD · 30/01/2005 21:21

yes out of those read bills new frock ( concepts too hard for him) adn worst witch - you can get t hat on cd too

lowcalCOD · 30/01/2005 21:20

omg I must be obsessed
here I am an effing 'gain!

jane313 · 30/01/2005 21:20

you can look on amazon under different age ranges, so you could look at the agfe above him so they would be more suitable for you to read to him

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puddle · 30/01/2005 21:19

Jamie and Angus looks good - not tried these.

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lowcalCOD · 30/01/2005 21:19

try jamie and angus then waht about famous five
we are stuck ont hese but its u fun to buy one at a time and read them chornolgically

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puddle · 30/01/2005 21:18

Thanks cod - we've read most of these! Not tried Narnia, Hobbit or Potter - feeling they are a bit too old atm. Did you try with your ds?

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lowcalCOD · 30/01/2005 21:16

cute

paolosgirl · 30/01/2005 21:15

Steer him away from Horrid Henry for as long as you can! I can't remember how he got into them - I think some his friends with older brothers were into them - but I would never stop him reading anything at this stage, so I go with the flow.

lowcalCOD · 30/01/2005 21:15

also love the jamie and angus stoires by anne fine

lowcalCOD · 30/01/2005 21:15

look at my link! ( cod pants excitedly)
i am on book 9 ( yawn) of famous five! i ove it really and we sniggel up fro 11 pages each night
he is year 2 aged 6

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puddle · 30/01/2005 21:13

Jane 313 It's stuff to read to him - he's only just started reading so the ones he does on his own are v v dull. I want to keep him excited in reading. He does like all the ones you mention but I'm looking for longer books to read together.

Paolosgirl have looked at Horrid Henry and am not keen but guess they love them?

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lowcalCOD · 30/01/2005 21:11

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