DS(8) / year 4 has had a lot of help at school/home to catch up to get his reading age where it should be, however he finds chapter books of pure text too off-putting.
He loves being read to so we read a wide variety each night but to read himself he prefers books that have some pictures etc like Dog Man, Investi Gators, Tom Gates, Captain Underpants. In his class they can read independently for 15 mins per day and can bring a book from home. He will happily read the above but when he has chose a text-dense chapter book he brings it home and says he has had enough after 2-3 pages.
So, I’m looking for suggestions please for some more books that bridge the gap between Dog Man (which tbh is too basic for him) and full-on chapter books.