Not sure quite what I mean by my b.
Ds10 and I still read at night but I'm struggling to find books now.
He doesn't like anything magic, no Harry Potter or anything like that. He likes ordinary people doing ordinary but interesting things if that makes sense. He quite enjoys Famous Five, exciting but believable.
But he also quite likes books about animals doing realistic animal-type things and thats what he jas asked to read next. Like Jill Tomlinson, we've read all her Otter / Penguin / Gorilla Who Wanted to Know, I can't remember the exact titles. He liked Gobbolino, Stuart Little, that sort of thing.
Not fact books but fiction, animals doing interesting but believable things. I think that's what he's looking for. So he can learn some things about animals but there's also a story.
I wondered about Wind in the Willows but I haven't read it myself, is it quite long winded? He likes action rather than description.
He's quite young for his age so nothing too upsetting. He didn't like Michael Morpurgo, we read the one about the fox which we had to stop because it was upsetting, the Dancing Bear, that was better but he still found it quite sad. Maybe there are others that have happier endings?
I'd be glad of any recommendations, I love still reading together so I hope I can find the right book to keep his interest a while longer.