First independent reading books for 6 year old

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DS is 6 and just finishing year 1. I'd like to get him some books to read independently over the summer holidays, has anyone got any recommendations? He's on book band 8/9 at the moment. I tried him with Narnia but think it was too advanced. Just some short fun books to get him used to reading whole books on his own. Books he's liked read to him include Paddington, Shirley Hughes books, non-fiction related to transport and sea life. Thanks!

The Magic Finger
Astrosaurs
Chicken Mission
Dave the Pigeon
Super Saver Mouse

And come on over to the Children's books section!

@BlueChampagne Ah thank you, I didn't know about that section, great!

Have you tried Dogman books by Dav Pilkey. My 6 year old reads these constantly! They are written in a comic book style and appeal to kids- lots of poo and sick jokes- but have a really nice message and are more sophisticated than they initially appear!

Humphrey the hamster series.
Some of the younger Michael Morporgo books

Dogman is easy to read and very funny. The Bad Guys is good too, also the 13 Storey Treehouse.

It depends on his reading level. DS2 is currently tearing through the 13 Storey Treehouse series (which came in a massive box of books I won in a MN competition years ago. First and only time I ever won anything! ).

Horrid Henry and Flat Stanley usually go down well at that stage.
Possibly too easy, but IMO better that than too hard or off-putting because of too much dense print.

Hairy McClary series by Lynley Dodd.
Poetry written adventures of a cheeky wee dug and his pals. I bought about 15 books from the series for my nephew back in the 00s when he was 5/6 and he loved them.

Usbourne Beginners/Usbourne Young reading.
Yyou still need relatively short books with lots of pictures. (But not picture books as such(Narnia is more end of Junior school in complexity. There are some fantastic modern authors for this age group, and some very repetitive books that the children love and adults hate (for girls it's Rainbow Fairies... Boys I think it's Beast Quest. Obviously both biys and girls can read both). But reading for pleasure is finding stuff they like not what we think they should read. So don't go overboard with books from your childhood, look for stuff they will find relevant and enjoy.

Thanks everyone, that's really helpful. Yes, very keen that he'll enjoy the books and I don't project what I enjoyed onto him

Hopefully the picture will be clear enough.
Top book is a Band 9 (Gold) levelled reading book.
Middle is from a series called Hubble Bubble- aimed at 5-8yos, stories of a little girls adventures with her Witch granny
Bottom is a Narnia paperback.

The middle book has shortish chapters, lots of pictures and easy to read text. More complex than the reading book, but very accessible.

I can recommend the website Books2door for reasonably priced books in the current reduced access to libraries and book shops. It sorts by age as well.

@Aroundtheworldin80moves Thanks - that's helpful. And thanks for the tip for website, our local library is opening but only giving book packs of 3 books based on age range, no browsing etc

Tom Gates is bloody brilliant.. lots of doodles but stories my two have definitely related too. Prize winning too!

Oh - and if he likes Star Wars, the Jedi Academy books are great too.. again, a lot of cartoon imagery (more like a mini graphic novel) but some great chunks of text and funny too!

Thanks for all the suggestions, my son has started Flat Stanley and is loving it....gave the book a kiss Got some more of your suggestions on order and he's very excited!