Books for nearly 7 year old

[Trialanderror02]

Want to get some books but she isn’t a good reader ( comprehension is amazing ) but she struggles with actually reading the words. She does enjoy me reading to her longer books at bed time Like Matilda where we read a chapter a night.
So want a mixture of books I can read to her like that but also some simple books to help her with her reading.

[gigglingHyena]

Both mine really enjoyed audio books at that stage they were ready for a more complex story but struggling with the actual reading. Where we had unabridged ones we got the print book as well, so they could read along.

Paddington's stories, Olga da Polga and spy dogs were favourites. I'm pretty sure we had the worst witch as an audio book too.

[Lucked]

Juk3 the Claude books would probably be okay too, they are a similar level.

[Mol1628]

Magic treehouse books.

[SnugglySnerd]

@Chocolatepumpkin

I've got my daughter the naughtiest unicorn, the reviews seem good so hopefully they will be a hit.

They have these in The Works as a box set at the moment. I hovered over them for ages for dd and didn't buy them but as a couple of people here have suggested them maybe I'll go back.

I know they are boring and repetitive but it was the Rainbow magic books that helped dd make the leap to reading chapter books and reading on her own. To start with we took it in turns to read a section but suddenly she was whizzing through them on her own.

[Juk3]

Thank you @Lucked those look like she could read that unaided mostly a bit of a confident boost

[thelegohooverer]

It’s not a book but I really rate the phonics games SWAP by gamz. They were brilliant for dd but also a very compelling game that better readers enjoy too.

[sanityisamyth]

The Animal Ark books are lovely and larger print. My DS6 copes well with them.

[LazyDaisy10]

The Worst witch, the bolds, mr majieka, the worlds worst children/ parents/ teachers all went down well with my 6 year old to read to her.
The oxford series are good to read to herself, their website is good //www.oxfordowl.co.uk it has the ebooks for each level so you can read a few and see where you think she would be before you buy.

[thelegohooverer]

McDonalds often does happy meal books that are very accessible. You can often find them in charity shops. We have Secret Seven ones (based on the short stories rather than novels but each story is a little book) with big print and pictures. There are also some of the famous five short stories reprinted as novels that you can buy. The photo shows the level.
Enid Blyton is worth a good look if you can get to a decent bookshop as she writes for a wide range of reading ability. The noddy books are great for advanced younger readers but likely too babyish for your dd, but some of the story collections might suit.

I often get a “dry throat” when I read at night and ask dd to read a couple of paragraphs while I drink or take a rest. She’s kind enough to help me even though she wouldn’t read aloud by choice.

[thelegohooverer]

My dd was similar. It can be a problem because the simpler books that she can read, are too childish in terms of the story line.

Anne Fine: diary of a killer cat
The Tiara Club series
Matilda Webb: the ships kitten

There are some simpler Judy Moody books that we found in the library - designed to encourage struggling readers. I can’t find them online though.

Don’t forget non fiction books which can be a lot less intimidating.

[Lucked]

@Juk3
Some rabbit and bear text

[Juk3]

Would somebody who had the Rabbit and Bear books and The Naughtiest Unicorn books possibly post a picture of one of the pages inside please. Dd8 in year has struggled with her reading and spelling after several conversations with school she is going to be tested for dyslexia. She is still on the key stage 1 colour band books (year 2 level I think) and want to buy her a series of books she can actually read. I have bought loads of books that say 6+ and when they arrive are far to hard and we have tears. I recently signed up to a year of reading eggs and have noticed a massive difference already from restarting the phonics programme so just want to keep the momentum going. Any other book suggestions would be great and sorry op for the hijack.

[drspouse]

To read herself Faraway Tree will be too hard.

[ADealingMummy]

My 6 year old loves the Faraway tree books by Enid Blyton.

[Chocolatepumpkin]

I've got my daughter the naughtiest unicorn, the reviews seem good so hopefully they will be a hit.

[drspouse]

(I think he knows all the words in Claude. Winnie the Witch is good and 13 Storey Treehouse much too hard)

[drspouse]

My DS is 8 and also struggling a bit, Dog Man, Jelly and Narwhal, and Claude are all good for him. Owl Diaries are also low-word-count but he thinks they are a bit girly.

[Takemebackto98]

We got our reluctant, late reader (poss dyslexic) into reading at 7 with the Beano and the Read with Oxford Series particularly Winnie the Witch. They go up the stages so start off relatively short and have colourful pictures. I think having pictures on the page is the key as lots of text is daunting for children who struggle. Also Dirty Bertie and Daisy and the Trouble with.

[Voiceofreason92]

My 6 year old daughter loves these.

www.books4people.co.uk/products/dealman-ud-naughtiestunicorncoll-6bks?variant=32000250937459&currency=GBP&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=google+shopping&gclid=Cj0KCQjwxNT8BRD9ARIsAJ8S5xa_x3QK0FfylaR-PcC5AW0engIcz7KLVIJM0A3cFw2DrbZGu3itFk8aAtqvEALw_wcB

[MinkyWinky]

Daisy and the trouble with series have been a huge hit as have Billy and the mini monsters (usbourne). She also liked the Sophie books by Dick King Smith. They all have pictures to some extent but are just fun stories that captured her imagination.

[WinWinnieTheWay]

Chris Riddell Ottoline series.

Pip Jones - Squishy McFluff

[EwDavid]

I really recommend the Rabbit & Bear books. They're brilliantly funny, wonderful illustrations and my daughter of the same age adores them.

[SpeedofaSloth]

DD liked the Peggy the Pug books last Christmas, but of a stretch (she was 6.5) so we shared the reading.

[Lucked]

My Kids are late to being fluent readers, DD has just turned 7 and is being investigated for dyslexia.

She is managing Dogman which is comic book style, it is good as there are some pages with very little writing so she feels she is making progress. I am considering the narwhal unicorn of the sea comic books for Christmas.

Slightly more advanced but good for moving on are the Claude books, Rabbit and Bear books and the secret seven and famous five short story first readers.

[Raindropsonrosesand]

DD loved (and still loves, aged almost 8) that collection of Usborne books too. Highly recommend it.

And as a pp said, also the 13 Storey Treehouse books. They're funny and perfectly pitched for slightly-struggling readers.