Non-rainbow fairy reading book for 5yr old

[TurningBlue]

dd loves the rainbow fairy books but could do with reading something else (well i'd like her to anyway i'm getting a bit bored of the storyline!) any suggestions?? - could do with same or only slightly harder to read

TBlue, is she doing the reading or being read to...?

What about My Naughty Little Sister, the shorter Roald Dahl books (Magic Finger, George's Marvellous Medicine, etc) or - as a one off - my favourite (as a child and still now) 'The little girl and the tiny doll'...?

Happy Reading!

thanks dolly - will look them up. she reads them herself but often likes to have parts read to her as well

think she'll like the tiny doll one

Gobbolino the Witches Cat & The Little Wooden Horse are both nice

Astrosaurs Academy (easier reading than the original Astrosaurs series) - dinosaurs in astronaut school

Walker books do a 'Racing Reads' series, which are very much the same level as Rainbow Magic, but all by different authors, and I would say from the ones I've seen very much up to normal Walker quality standards. There's a list here. DD liked this one a lot and also this one

Miss happiness and Miss Flower and others by Rumer Godden

Enid Blyton's Naughty Amelia Jane stories - very much the same level, though not that much more exciting for adults!

Fat Puss - Harriet Castor.

Daisy and the trouble with ... there's about 4 or 5 of them now, very funny and much better written than Rainbow Fairies but not that much harder

your best bet is to go to your local library - they should have a 'younger readers' section with chapter books suitable for dc your dd's age

thanx everyone, am copying them all down! she also chose herself a darcey bussel one at book club yest which she loved

We have just got Princess Mirrorbelle for dd and it is very funny.