We've just finished Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and he enjoyed it so much that it made me realise we've had a bit of a dip in terms of the quality of the books I've been reading recently. Any recommendations? I struggle to find books for him as I don't want to read books that are really aimed at early readers (such as Horrid Henry), but I also don't want to go too over his head. I would say he's more into adventure / fantasy rather than books about going to school or animals.
He really liked the How To Train Your Dragon books, and one of the things he liked was all the facts about dragons in them. He thought Grimwood was really funny, and I've picked up the one that's just out in that series. I'd heard good things about Rabbit and Bear but they didn't really land here. He found the 39 storey treehouse series hilarious, but I decided after a few books they can wait until he can read himself! I've read a lot of mythology to him and that's generally something we both enjoy, but the few I've picked up recently have been a bit too much of a step up from the Orchard/Usborne ones.
Basically he loves being read to and so will happily listen to anything, but I'd like to find great books that he really connects with.