Books for very able but hyper active 4 1/2 year old

[OrlandaFuriosa]

He hates reading but reads incredibly well. ( I’m not his mother, godmother) . He’s also hyperactive, may well be ADHD as he seems to go into a world of his own. My guess is he’s as bored as sin at the giraffe goes to the zoo book type.

What books would you recommend ? He’s not got a sense of jokes yet. He comes from a dyslexic and book free zone.

For reading himself or being read to?

Reading himself, though I will do a little bit I don’t see him more than once a week and his home isn’t a reading one for understandable reasons though anxious that he reads.

My DS (in the process of ADHD diagnosis) 5, loves chapter books and being read to. He has loved oi frog and oi dog and memorised them both very fast. Then he looks through the book on his own. We aren't in the U.K. so English is sort of his second language.

He doesn't read yet - he doesn't start school until summer 2019 which is actually quite a relief

I'll have a think. I'm sure I can add more. Bookshop staff are often quite helpful.

What other interests does he have? Train/Dinos/emergency services??

Happy Families books by Allan Ahlberg are popular.

There are also lots of so called Easy Reader chapter books which are, typically , one chapter of a bigger book but with larger text and more illustrations. Horrid Henry is available in this format, as are Rainbow Fairies, but many more too.

If you are reading to him, maybe something like Dirty Bertie, or the Magic Faraway Tree books by Enid Blyton.

When ds was about that age I started reading chapter books to him. We went through a number of the Little House books which he found fascinating, and a number of WWII stories.

That sounds like it might be a problem from what you say, I wonder whether audio books might be a good idea. You can get a number that he could listen to and read the story as they go.