Suggestions for very able book loving 6 year old

[Capoeirak]

Hi,
My 6 year old is a very able and an avid reader. I’d really appreciate any suggestions of chapter books which are age appropriate but cater for his reading ability. He is confidently reading level 11 and 12 books from school which on the whole are very uninspiring. He’s read a Bear Grylls book over the last 2 days and recently read books like Marge in Charge by Isla Fisher and The Bolds by Julian Clarey. I find it very difficult to judge which books are appropriate for him and not too scary or emotionally advanced. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks

Would he enjoy the Worst Witch books? They're not particularly challenging but they're good fun and age appropriate.

Road Dahl, Hardy Potter?

Try poetry - tends to be more complex language but age appropriate.

Classics tend to be a good choice - the Swallows & Amazons books are longer / more advanced in their language, but totally appropriate for a 6/7 year old in terms of content & storyline. Similarly the original (full length) Wombles books, the full length Paddington books. Jennings is also lovely for that age - gentle funny school stories.

(BTW, you can get pretty much all the old children's classics for £2-3 or less including postage from abebooks or ebay if your library doesn't have them.)

Ok, just had a look through our bookshelves. Mine are 7 and 9, but they've had some of these for a while. From memory, they're all age appropriate, but the commonsensemedia website is good if you're not sure...

Mr Gum books
13-Storey Treehouse and its sequels
A Boy Called Christmas and The Girl Who Saved Christmas
David Walliams books (not sure if some of these are a bit scary as I haven't read them, but 7 yo DD enjoyed The Demon Dentist, The Midnight Gang and Gangsta Granny, she also enjoyed the TV adaptation of Ratburger, although she hasn't read the book)
Twins at St Clare's books
Elementia Chronicles if he likes Minecraft
Faraway Tree books

Some of the other Matt Haig books are goodness too; DD enjoyed To Be A Cat, Shadow Forest and The Runaway Troll, although I did think they were a bit scary/dark in places.

Second the Worst Witch series and Roald Dahl. Flat Stanley and Mr Majeika series also were popular with my DS at a similar age.

Sorry, just remembered how much DS loved Judy Blume's Freckle Juice and Fudge books at a similar age.

He also loved the Tom Gates books, Diary of a Wimpy Kid books and Percy Jackson series, but that was more recently and I'm pretty sure they're all aimed at older children.

Beast Quest
David Baddiel books

Thanks for all the suggestions, I love the idea of the Wombles books, he’s seen a bit of the TV programme and likes it, I used to love the Worst Witch series I’d love to see him reading those. I’ll definitely have a look at all the other suggestions and the websites mentioned. Thank you again for all the suggestions, there’s a lot there for me to investigate

They're great Capoeirak - this is the first one and the best place to start, but The Wandering Wombles (complete with Loch Ness monster) is my favourite.

If you can fine Magic Roundabout books by Eric Thompson (Emma's dad), grab them! Massive soft spot for Dougal's Scottish Holiday ...

Enid Blyton's Secret Seven and Famous Five series, also the "Adventure" series and the "Barney" books are good. My now 11 year old has enjoyed them for years now. Or her "Circus" books - there are 3 about Mr. Galliano's circus and one "Come to the Circus" with different characters.
"The Pirates on the Deep Green Sea" and "The Wind on the Moon" by Eric Linklater are good, and are quite thick so to speak so would last a while.
Dr. Doolittle books are fab, and there are lots of them
Also the "Worst Witch" series, or if you can track down copies of Beverley Nichols books - the trilogy is "The Tree That Sat Down", "The Mountain of Magic" and "The Stream That Stood Still" and then "The Worst Witch" has the same 'baddie' in it.
Or Natalie Babbit's "The Search for Delicious", Lynn Reid Banks' "The Farthest Away Mountain", or "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster.

Also "The Brothers Lionheart" by Astrid Lindgren, and "Ludo and the Starhorse" by Mary Stewart are lovely.

Any books by dick King-smith. Beautifully written. The water horse is a favourite in our family.

My DS loved this series at a bit older than your DS (8ish?) but I think they'd appeal to a younger reader too: www.goodreads.com/book/show/3097745-the-dragon-in-the-sock-drawer

(Probably very quick and easy reads for him, but definitely engaging story telling.)

I was also going to sugguest Dick King-Smith. DD - also 6 and a good reader - has just finished the “Sophie” series. Completely age appropriate, but the protagonist
Is a girl, which may or may not matter. She’s a complete tomboy and has big twin brothers.

Has he tried The Faraway Tree series by Enid Blyton? They're fab, although I did huff in disgust in Waterstones last week when I found that the main characters have been renamed from Joe, Bessie and Fanny to Joe, Beth and Frannie .

Enid Blyton is proving popular in our house, the Wishing Chair and Faraway Tree. DD's confidence with reading 'proper' books (defined by her as books with hardly any pictures!) has really grown since reading those books herself.

Is he year 1 or 2? Ds is year 2 and loves Tom Gates, Wimpey Kid and Flat Stanley.

The Wishing Chair! I used to love those!

I suspect he might not be ready for another year or two but Five Children and It by E Nesbit is wonderful (the ones with the Psammead).

I was an avid reader at his age too and was reading Enid Blighton at about 7 or 8 I think so a bit older but definitely suitable for him and fab books too!

Mine loved Dick King-smith and Michael morpargo(spelling) and Animal Ark.

My 6yo has just got into Terry Pratchett (finally out of her Enid Blyton phase), and is giggling away at them. I think she started with Diggers. She's read most of the books on this thread and particularly loved the original Wombles and The Worst Witch series.