Inspire me- books for a 6.5 year old boy good reader

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Just looking for insipiration really. He's enjoying Astrosaurs as the moment. Any other ideas?

Spiderwick Chronicles - our DS loved them.
As above Michael Morpurgo
Some Dick King Smith

Glad to be of help!

I remember as a child having a set of condensed dickens books for children, sorry were scaled down and simplified, not sure if things like that are still around but I loved them.
Ds has lots of answer and question books he reads so much they are starting to fall apart, dinosaur encyclopaedias etc.
I think he likes them as he can dip in and out of them rather than a novel which needs to be read over a period of time.

Condensed Dickens. Now we're talking . Seriously though, thanks, it's the slightly quirky things that I'm looking for I think! DS here sounds similar to your DS jojane with the non-fiction stuff although not sure his reading age is 14...pretty high though. I have to stop him reading the National paper (some things I'd rather not have to explain just yet!).

The Cows in Action are MAD. Perhaps I am too conservative, but I found them completely zany, whereas Astrosaurs are pretty down to earth. A friend gave DS a Cows in Action book and we read it to him. One was enough- he can read the rest to himself should he feel the urge . It's that that got him onto Astrosaurs, which we often share, he reads a chapter, we read a chapter etc.

Slight over use of . Apologies!

I have for my sons when they are ready - the narnia books, the treasure seekers and woodbegoods by e nesbit and I am David. the stories are old (100 years on the case of e nesbit) But I think good books for boys. maybe the borrowers? I was reading that by six.

My son is a bit of a nerd, he even reads a dictionary sometimes!!!

How to Train Your Dragon books - we have just read the last one and are eagerly awaiting the next in September.

www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/ Have a look at this website, loads of suggestions by age, I have used it to discover books in the past and found it very helpful.

Thanks again all! Some fab suggestions. Love this site for that .

Ah yes, the dictionary . DS and DH are nerdy together with that. They were playing a wonderful, nerdy game where you have to read out the meaning and guess the word (this is a kids' dictionary). DS was delighted when he got DH stumped.

The Far Flung Adventure series by Chris Riddell and Paul Stewart is very very good.

The Greek Beasts and Heroes series by Lucy Coats has been a huge hit here with DS (6.5). Also, he adores David Melling's Goblin books (Stone Goblins, Shadow Goblins, Ghost Goblins, etc).

Oooo! They look good (Greek Beasts..) Would definitely suit DS, thanks! Just wondering whether to go for the whole series or just pick one, perhaps one to start...

If he likes mthical things, Superpowers, by Alex Cliffe I think (about boys who have to do Hercules' labours) were a hit with my ds. Tom Trueheart stories.
yy to How to train your dragon, also Jack Stalwart, Wild Rescue. Roddy Doyle's series starting with the Giggler treatment is hilarious.

Stone Goblins was a hit, so thanks for that! It's a bit disgusting though isn't it (perhaps I am a bit prudish). Read the first bit to DS and DD at bedtime and they were both laughing uproarously. DS grabbed it to continue reading to himself straight away. I expressed my concern to DS that it was a bit yukky and he said something like "maybe for you Mummy but for me it is great!"