to ask which books your yr1,2 and 3 children love?

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I need mumsnet help please!

I've got an interview on Friday and I need to read to a group of yr1,2 and 3s for 20-30 mins. So what do your dc love??
I'd like something in which I can do voices, actions, use props etc?

Any suggestions would be fantastic.
xx

Dd3 loves 'we're going on a bear hunt'. Great for actions, voices and dramatisation. Aldo fairly gender neutral. My only concern is that the year 3s will have outgrown it.

In fact finding a book to suit all ages is going to be your biggest challenge.

Gosh that's quite a wide age range (5-8)! DD2 is in Y1 and still likes books like Stick Man, Gruffalo, Snail & the Whale etc, but I would think they're too babyish for 8 year olds.

Ds1 is 6 and currently ploughing through the beast quest books. Dd and her bf are 8 and have been doing a lot of roahl Dahl in school, which they love.

Not sure about anything short enough to read out loud in one sitting though, sorry!

Thanks for the speedy replies.

hmm, that is what I'm struggling with. My oldest dc is nearly 3yrs old and already knows all the words to all of julia donaldson's books pretty much. Think I'm going to need to pitch it at the upper end to avoid potential boredom.

George's Marvellous Medicine?

Yes, I love reading Roahl Dahl but I think I need a complete story.

How about one of the 'Sir Charlie Stinky Socks' books, I think they'd appear to a wide range of ages, or Roald Dahl?

Mr gum for year 2 or 3

Xposted...lots of Roald Dahl to choose from though.

Roald Dahl revolting rhymes are quite fun - but choose which one carefully as some have rude words in (from memory). But one should be OK for Yr 2& 3.

You could go to your local library and ask their advice in the children's section. Often they have reading aoud sessions so they might have some good ideas about what works.

Alfie and Annie Rose stories are lovely gentle but entertainging stories for the younger ones, but a bit boring by Yr 3.

365 penguins & the great dog bottom swap

DS is in Yr1 and also still loves the Gruffalo, Stick Man etc. His big sister was home for Christmas and read him the first Harry Potter (he's seen the film) - he loved the troll scene especially the bogies . She also read to him from this book Atticus the Storyteller as he wanted to know what sort of things she was studying at university (Ancient History). He loved the different stories and I think they cover Greek legends in Year3 (but I may be wrong)

winnie the witch.
both boys and girls love it

Trying to thinkof short stories that are self contained....:

Hans Christian Anderson tales - can be a bit sad / bleak

Tales from Arabian nights - could be a good possibility

likewise there are some good books with Greek and Roman myths which could be good for this age, both boys and girls.

cross post Woollybacks! Greek myths could be the way forward.

Aliens love Underpants etc - we have a series of 3 of them. They're quite short but you might be able to stretch it out, if you read all of them.

Thanks

Great ideas. My local library is tiny and I'm a bit snowed in at the moment but I'll phone them!
Mr Gum looks promising. I've also located a list of Dahl's short stories but need to find out about age appropriateness.
Thanks again.

ooh Hadn't thought about Greek myths. That's different! Thanks

Mr Gum is a HUGE hit with both my just 6 yo and my 8 yo.

My DD got Horrid Henry for Christmas and loves it. Each chapter is a different story so dont have to read whole book (or at least the book she has is). Lots of opportunities for actions and voices as well. She also got The Twits by Roald Dahl which she adored but may struggle to finish it in 30 mins alright.
I'll bang my Irish drum and recommend some Irish legends as well. The Children of Lir is very popular in this house or anything about the Fianna. Great stories about giants and warriors and magic

Big bear little brother - Carl Norac

Grumpy cat - Britta Teckentrup

Aliens love underpants - Claire Freedman and Ben Cort

Guess what I found in dragon wood - Timothy Knapman and Gwen Millward

That's not funny - Jeanne Wills and Adrian Reynolds

There's an ouch in my pouch! - Jeanne Wills and Garry Parsons

Who's in the loo? - Jeanne Wills and Adrian Reynolds (I love reading this one)

I could go on and on I read about 20 books a day to my DD's they have 1000's of them! If you don't know the children then I'd stay away from TV books because they never read as good as a book that was meant to be a book hope that makes sense

I think 'The Story of the Mole'... this would be perfect.

Classic appeal, and not too long, with plenty of scope for voices! Mine sadly loved it from age 2-9

Agree with Roald Dahl, but my year 3s still love the Gruffalo! Along the same lines as myths, some fables might be good and you can discuss the moral of the fable etc.

'Cockadoodle doo Mr Sultana' by Michael Morpurgo is also a great one that the kids seem to love and they love joining in with the repetitive bits!

We're going on a bear hunt is great, so are Mr Men books

Dunno what the interview is for but you could get the kids to come up with their own 'scene' and sound effects for a 'new chapter'for bbear hunt. That could potentially engage and stretch the older ones