Has anyone found anything their reluctant reader actually enjoys reading?

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DD is 9. She has hated reading since she started learning in reception, she found it difficult and still does so any suggestion of reading anything is met with moans and groans and refusals. She won't even read things that would be beneficial to her (instructions for a game or craft activity).

She has ADHD which complicates things a bit and I suspect some form of dyslexia too.

Does anyone have any suggestions of things their reluctant readers have enjoyed?

Garfield.

DS loved it and then progressed onto other comics/graphic novels. Scott Pilgrim and similar.

A teacher said get them to read anything - cereal box, comics, cartoon books. Choose short books. Rhyming books are fun

Dog man graphic stories by Dav Pilkey. I believe there's a film in cinemas at the moment that might help get her interested.

I 2nd dogman or anything Dav Pilkey. First book my 9year old read on her own and now has about 10 different ones and loves them!

The only books my reluctant son got really into at that age were the how to train your dragon series by Cressida cowell.

13 story Treehouse series worked for my boy, would recommend.

DD8 has started getting into the Jacqueline Wilson books.

Is she happy to read with you?

We actually use to listen to audio books, which obviously isn't reading, but it really sparked this love of any fantasy type stories such as Harry Potter. It motivated her to start to read herself and she grew to really enjoy it.

Percy Jackson and the lightening thief (and the whole series thereafter)

TV with subtitles on
Comics
National geographic magazine
Barbie magazine
Song lyrics whilst the music is on
Leaflets
Shopping lists

adam Kay anatomy kids book. Think she’s intrigued with the puberty section 🤦‍♀️ but she’s reading so!

What's she interested in? Dd 10 doesn't read a lot but she loves National geographic kids, crosswords, and listens to books on audible. She likes to look at a lot of big fact books (DK has tonnes) on science, history etc.

My son loves comic style - he has a subscription to the Phoenix and devours it weekly and has many of the books from it - bunny versus monkey is his favourite. Graphic novels are great - there are loads more now if she has a thing she likes.

My DD8 started reading Amelia Fang books at 7. I would recommend them, lots of the pages have pictures and some are black with white text etc, I think this helps keep interest going and also still looks and feels like a chunky chapter book.

Comic type ones like Asterix and dog man, amulet. I did get some easy to read but higher interest age from Barrington stoke but they were quite hit and miss. DK eyewitness or other reference books with short patches of text and lots of pictures. Lots of audio books.

I got my reluctant reader reading along with audiobooks. Harry Potter, Artemis fowl

The usual suggestions are comics / graphic novels but my reluctant reader 9yo doesn’t enjoy those either. He’s basically not interested in anything story-based at the moment and has even gone off Harry Potter, which I was loving reading to him. He gets The Week Junior magazine and does usually read that. The only books he enjoys are full of very dry football- or plane-related facts and stats, and he doesn’t even enjoy Horrible Histories type things. Fiction definitely isn’t his thing (which I find very hard to understand as I’m the complete opposite). It’s very trying because I love books SO much and I feel sad that he doesn’t get any enjoyment from them.

As child is ND, it changes everything. Reading books is probably so much harder - and not because they are not smart or capable! It's harder for other reasons it's difficult for NT peeps to understand. I don't fully understand myself. My child is ND too.

Dogman books are good. Lots of pictures interspersed. Diary of a wimpy kid books too.

Adam Kay wrote 2 kids books which are just great. They are non fiction books about the body. I can't recall the names.

Audible story books are a real godsend for my son. He listens to them regularly.

The focus on reading books I find odd. Schools force this and my view is, if it's not for them,it's not for them. Some books are ridiculously long. Get the shortest most interesting books you can and maybe see that books like Enid Blyton that schools tend to like are for many just absolute rubbish, boring, dull and non relatable in every way to kids today.

I'd echo a lot of the suggestions here but will also throw Warrior Cats into the mix. If she likes them you are onto a winner because there are about a million of them. And a similar series about dragons but I can't remember the name of that one (not How To Train Your Dragon, although that is great too).

My daughter liked Dog Man, Bunny v Monkey, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Dork Diaries, David Baddiel. We also bribed her to read and paid her £1 per book which worked wonders for motivation. My daughter is also ADHD and was initially a bit overwhelmed by small font chapter books. Felt like she would never be able to finish,” too many words”.

Tom Gates books were the most popular here along with Wimpy Kid. They aren't full pages of text either so aren't as daunting

Comics. The only thing DS would ever read.

The Beano. They have books and annuals too. And she's actually learned tons of random facts from it too.

Try Nina Peanut too.

It's pics and writing like diary of a wimpy kid but I think it appeals more to girls than that series

Would she read a magazine if she was allowed to choose one? How about toy catalogues?