Longer bedtime stories - what age?

[MiaSparrow]

Just interested to find out at what age your DCs were able to sit and listen to a longer story, chapter by chapter at bedtime, like Charlotte's Web, for example, without having to be read the same picture book every night?

Thanks!

My DD is 4.2. I'm reading a chapter of `Naughtiest Girl In the School' to her each night.

Given she is about to start school herself am not sure how wise this is ...

We tried when DS1 was 4 but he'd lose interest. When he was five he really got into longer stories and loved things like stig of the dump, the faraway tree etc. Now he prefers to read to himself and has been reading famous five.

Just hovering as I'm interested in the answers to this.

At about Year 1 age (5/6), in my experience. After Christmas of Year 1 is when I start reading them with my Year 1 class, if I have them.

I've just started this with DS1 who has just turned 6. I tried before when he was nearly 5 and he wasn't in the slightest bit interested in a book without pretty pictures on each page and he'd forget where we were up to and what was happening!

He loves it now. He's just read 'The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark' and really really enjoyed it. I have to say it's a huge relief because the picture books are not particularly stimulating for adults to read day in day out. 1 year old DS2 is now just getting into picture books though so I am reading them all again .

Coming up to 5, here.

Mine varied:
Dd1 was just 4yo when I started reading Famous Five.
Dd2, I rarely read above a chapter before she grabbed it from me and read it herself. She much prefers reading herself and did from as soon as she could.
Ds I started last year when he was 5yo, (beginning of year 1) but I do read shorter books if he is particularly tired.