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Bedtime books for DS6 (being read to)

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Verbena91 · 03/09/2026 17:30

We have been through a phase of reading chapter books (me reading to him). He does enjoy it if there are some pictures to look at ideally.

Books I’ve read to him so far:
Dahl- Fantastic Mr Fox, Charlie & Choc Factory, BFG, George’s M Medicine, Billy & the Minpins

also:
Kensuke’s Kingdom, The Magic Faraway Tree, all of the 13-storey Treehouse series.

We tried the Thames Tide Club and How to Train Your Dragon but he didn’t seem interested.

Please does anyone have any good recommendations for 6yo boy based on the above?

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parietal · 03/09/2026 17:33

Farmer boy by Laura Ingles Wilder

bluechameleon · 03/09/2026 17:51

At that age one or both of mine enjoyed:
Boy who grew dragons series
Anisha Accidental detective
Llama out loud
Kevin the flying pony series
Sam Woo series

BrandiedAromatics · 03/09/2026 18:01

The Ladybird series are good to share. The Fairy Tales for younger ones, they can read some of it themselves: Hansel and Gretel, Cinderella, Aladdin, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and Puss in Boots.

The Ladybird shorter versions of Classic Stories also:
Peter Pan
The Railway Children
The Jungle Book
The Wind In The Willows
Gulliver's Travels
Treasure Island
A Christmas Carol
The Secret Garden
Alice In Wonderland
Some of these may be only on second-hand sites now.

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