Magic treehouse,captain underpants,dinosaur cove,Oliver moon,Mr majeika,beast quest, all done. what next?

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For just turned 7 year old ds to read to himself?

Thanks.

Mr Gum?

Astrosaurs
Mr Gum

And Astrosaurs Academy (slightly easier read than main Astrosaurs series)

Enid Blyton

I bought the 1st Mr Gum but thought some of the humour would be lost on him so decided to hold off til he can fully appreciate how bizarre it is.

Off to check out astrosaurs.

He enjoyed flat Stanley too forgot about those and he didn't really like horrid Henry.

and there are the ones by the same author as astrosaurs - something about space cows (I thought they were awful, but DS found them laugh-out-loud funny)

Also Jack Stalwart

Molly would you recommend any specific blyton books?

Try him on Mr Gum, OP, he may surprise you - DS took his into school and his teacher read it to the class - and then looked at me distinctly because they were all literally rolling around laughing.

"Chapter x: Mr Gum has a piece of toast

Mr Gum had a piece of toast

"

DS still finds that hilarious...

DS hates Horrid Henry too - I think the character reminds him too much of people who pick on him at school

Cows In Action (the space cows mentioned above) Astrosaurs and Roald Dahl have all gone down well in our house.

DS1 (9 now) is into Diary Of A Wimpy Kid and Harry Potter at the mo.

We are in the US so I'm not sure how common these books are in the UK but my 7 y-o dd loves Stink and Judy Moody books by Megan McDonald. Also Ivy and Bean by Annie Barrows, which has girls as protagonists so he might not be so keen, but they're very funny.

The shorter Roald Dahls - Magic Finger, Fantastic Mr Fox, Dd's favourite is the BFG although it's longer.

She likes Jigsaw Jones and Cam Jansen, both child detective series.

So far she has most enjoyed the secret seven Enid Blyton books.

And she's now reading Harry Potter - just coming to the end of book three and I've told her she will have to wait for a couple of years for book four as it gets too dark for her I think.

There's just so many!

The Five Find-Outers, The Adventurous Four, The Secret Seven, all the Adventure series, Mister Meddle...........

My 8 year old nephew has been working his way through her back catalogue.

Stealth, cows in space seems an odd enough concept to only appeal to kids. I'll have a try with Mr Gum. Heartbreaking the reason your ds isn't a fan of horrid Henry.

Molly, I'll check them all out. I only ever read faraway tree as a kid so I'm a blyton novice.

Reaper I'll bear those in mind for next couple of years.

Alarka I'll have a look on amazon they seem to sell American titles. I saw a Judy moody film advertised so maybe that'll get his attention.

I thought Cows in Action was quite funny DD had the Cows in Action joke book too . . .

DS1 loves the Slime Squad (also written by Astrosaurs' Steve Cole), though I am not keen personally. Gormy Ruckles. Superpowers; maybe Horrid Histories? Creaky castle.

Takver I'm in no position to judge. I'm most intrigued by them now.

Bran he has read some graphic novels and liked them I hadn't thought of getting more, great idea.

Wearymum lots of things to go google, cheers.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Mr Gum
Jack Stalwart
Diamond Brothers
Jeremy Strong
Skulduggery Pleasant
HorribelHistories/science

My son loved a series of books by John Dougherty - Zeus on the Loose, Zeus to the rescue - and there's a new one.
Very funny - short and nicely illustrated.

Hope you and DS enjoy it, bran - having to sacrifice a packet of Roast Ox crisps to a Greek god appealed to my sense of humour and DS's!