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

[freetrait]

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

[marriedinwhiteagain]

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

[SeagullsAreLikeThat]

Glad to be of help!

[jojane]

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.

[freetrait]

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.

[freetrait]

Slight over use of . Apologies!

[superbagpuss]

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.

[jojane]

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

[StoickTheVast]

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

[MyFace]

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.

[freetrait]

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.

[MyFace]

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

[lostintoys]

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).

[freetrait]

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...

[wearymum200]

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.

[freetrait]

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!"