Books for 7 year old to read independently

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My DD has started reading 'Daisy and the trouble with....' books, which she is really enjoying.

The larger print and pictures every few pages has really helped her - does anyone have any recommendations of any similar type chapter books? I know there are lots of Daisy books, but I'm looking for other stories.

My 7 year old enjoys the Nina Peanut books. The second in the series was just released this week.

My DD is 8 and started reading Diary of. Wimpy Kid at 7. Same idea - broken up with pictures.

She’s still not a great independent reader so following this thread for ideas!

Ivy and Bean, and Badly Drawn Beth

My 7 yr old is reading My brother's famous bottom. They also enjoyed the easy reader Horrid Henry books before those.

My DD enjoys the Rainbow Fairy ones (of which there seem to be about 70 million) at that age, and the Isadora Moon series.

Wigglesbottom Primary series.

Famous Five. Exciting stories, the Five's parents are barely in the stories so they're great for promoting childhood independence and initiative. Added bonus is that your kids might come out with some hilariously old fashioned language :-)

I used to love Famous Five! Yeah, I remember the term "fagged" being used to mean being very tired or exhausted 😅

Jaqueline Wilson

For reading independently:
Rainbow Fairy and Isadora Moon for girls
Horrid Henry for boys

Reading to me:
Famous Five, Faraway Tree Collection, Worst Witch

These are the ones that stand out most from memory

i don’t know the Daisy books, but chapter books that really helped my DD find her groove with reading at that age were Mr Gum and Geronimo Stilton.

Before getting on to Famous Five, there's the Faraway Tree (with original illusratons by Dorothy M. Wheeler if you can), the Wishing Chair and the Secret Seven.

Any books by Alex T Smith, hilarious adventures

Dick King-Smith, especially the Sophie books

Worst witch series

Thank you so much, I'm hitting amazon now!

If you have a local library, use that. Weekly library visits from a very young change have certainly contributed towards my DC’s love of books. Plus it’s free!

Ah the Sophie books were exactly what started my love of reading. Specifically Sophie's Snail (I think).

OP my DS is 7 and loves the Tom Fletcher books like Space Band, Danger Gang and whatever the other one is.... Space band has pictures every so often but also little QR codes with actual songs performed by McFly (though DS referred to McFly as an "olden days band" which deeply wounded me).

Also the Marcus Rashford books.

DS liked the Pugly books about that age about a talking pug. They have a few pics throughout if I remember right.

Our kid loves the Dog Man series

I've a 7 year old. She loves captain underpants, cat Kid, dogman (all comic style books). Kevin the roly poly flying pony series, 13 story treehouse, wigglesbottom primary, the twits.

Kitty series, Isadora moon (or any of the spinoffs), rainbow fairies were a favourite at that age (not exactly amazing literature but all reading is good!). Daisy meadows and Holly Webb have lots of animal themed books that lots of kids take out to read (I volunteer at the school library)

She also liked Zoe's rescue zoo and animal
Ark.

My son is 8 now and more of a reluctant reader but loves graphic novels so he has bunny vs monkey, super robot bros, various others of that sort of genre. Super popular in his class.

Also perhaps some fact books on a topic she likes? The kids at the library often take out the books about red pandas or trains etc. The eyewitness books have loads of options

DD loved Dog Man and Isadora Moon, I semi-banned the rainbow fairy ones (soft ban, not proper ban), she also likes graphic novels like Nimona.

Horrid Henry is for girls too. I came to post that my 8 year old daughter absolutely loved the horrid Henry early reader books