After level 6 reading book ??? What next?

[Cranberrywensleydale]

Not so much an AIBU - more a can you help!? And posting here as other boards tend to be slllloooow.

Son is finished the level / phase 6 reading books we have at home. School say 'now it's free reading' and offering no advice on what book should I can get DC (age 6) now. Any recommendations for books just up from level 6???? Any reaaaally basic chapter books with pictures out there???? Are there any reading series for this level??? We have done songbird and biff, chip and kipper which seem to stop at level 6?

Thanks for any help :)

Beast quest! My DS was hooked on them at that age. There are literally hundreds so get to the library

Specific recommendations?

1. Charlie and the Catflap by Hilary McKay

2. The young reader versions of Beast Quest books

3. Oxford Reading Tree Project X: Alien Adventure. You can get box sets of these from the Book People company. I credit these books with my kids' incredible reading fluency.

Otherwise, just go to the young children's section of the library each week, every week, and choose a range of books that seem the right level. You're the one who reads with your son every week, you will be able to tell what is too easy, and what is just exactly the right amount of slightly challenging for him. You also know what he enjoys reading.

That said, I swear by the method of borrowing a longer children's book for the story, regardless of its difficulty. You read most of it to your child, except for some carefully cherrypicked paragraphs, which are your son or daughter's "turn to read".

My youngest loved Beastquest books

Someone mentioned Flat Stanley...I remember loving this as a child and have rediscovered it with my daughter. I hadn't realised how well written it was until I compared reading it out loud with reading some other books out loud...such a pleasure to read and completely engaging.

If he's a free reader just get whatever he enjoys! Best way to build skills is through enjoyment.

True, but probably need to check that what he likes the look of, is attainable for him in reading ability, or could put him off.

Also needs to be age appropriate (my DS came home with Philip Pullman's 'the subtle knife', which he'd selected at that age - its the 2nd in a trilogy, and he was terrified of all sorts of stuff and had a lot of nightmares at that age...I didn't feel he was old enough to enjoy it, and found him something a bit less dark).