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Books for an early reader aged 7

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Reindear · 20/12/2022 21:38

dd is 7 and in year 2. She is in a welsh medium school where they don’t teach them English until year 3. However, she has been desperate to learn English reading so I’ve been teaching her at home for a couple of months and she’s around stage 5 Oxford reading tree level (just about).

she reads the ORT books to me and loves them but I’d love to find her more of a proper reading book or maybe a comic book she could read mostly independently. Ideally with pictures but not too babyish if such a thing even exists. She takes her diary of a wimpy kid book everywhere but it’s much too hard for her so she just read the picture bits with the speech bubbles which is why I thought a simple comic might be good.

any suggestions very gratefully received
thanks

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puppydisaster · 20/12/2022 21:42

The Julia Donaldson books are great and because they rhyme, they're easier to decode.

7 isn't too old for them either- my 10 year old will still have a sneaky look at a Julia Donaldson book.

PingPongMerrilyWithPie · 21/12/2022 00:02

Kes Gray's Daisy books go from picture books into early chapter books. I have bought them for many friends' children. Rainbow magic - awful but they do get them hooked and popular well into Y3. Mr Majeka.

Fivemoreminutes1 · 21/12/2022 06:00

Bumble and Snug
Cat & Cat Adventures
Narwhal and Jelly (very easy, but the text is in capital letters)

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chipshopElvis · 21/12/2022 06:04

Winnie the witch (the picture books) are hillarious.

There are some more basic rainbow fairy books.

The 13 storey tree house.

ChristmasCrackler · 21/12/2022 06:13

Agree with @puppydisaster - everyone loves a Julia Donaldson book! Favourite in our family currently is Room on a Broom.

Why not take dd to a library and let her loose in the children's section? My children considered that an exciting trip out at that age and loved coming home clutching an armful of books :)

Reindear · 03/01/2023 00:19

ChristmasCrackler · 21/12/2022 06:13

Agree with @puppydisaster - everyone loves a Julia Donaldson book! Favourite in our family currently is Room on a Broom.

Why not take dd to a library and let her loose in the children's section? My children considered that an exciting trip out at that age and loved coming home clutching an armful of books :)

Library trip is a great idea, thank you

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