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bedtime stories for ds1 5.5

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Codswallop · 04/05/2004 19:18

we have done milly molly mandy (!)
horrid henry
captain underpants

are considering Dahl

want chapter - y type books with the odd pic thrown in please

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Codswallop · 06/05/2004 09:39

will reprt back asap!

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Coddylicious · 21/05/2004 20:46

Hi all
have done Bill's new frock
He liked that

we are now on Mr twiddle - as someone said , dated but silly and fun.
thanks

SoupDragon · 21/05/2004 20:52

The Famous Five books were all numbered - it's not difficult to work the order out

Coddylicious · 21/05/2004 21:14

so pph not brilliant individual then?

tweeny · 21/05/2004 21:34

didn't mr. leaky eat mangos in the bath?
this is such a brilliant thread - i'm also looking for chapter book ideas for 5 year olds.
flat stanley is a real blast from the past .
jeremy strong highly rated (at least the "my mums going to explode" series was - my 5 year olds don't "get" the others yet.)
scooby-doo chapter book a BIG hit - well..... it's still reading!
jaqueline wilsons "sleepovers" is brilliant and suitable.
the most loved and re-read of all by ds and dd is the rainbow magic series by daisy meadows. available at ottakars if "the book people" don't have any left.

frogs · 21/05/2004 21:58

My ds (nearly 5) is currently loving a big glossy number called 'Atticus the Storyteller's 100 Greek Myths' . Lots of soldiers and monsters and other things little boys love. The individual chapters are very short, too, which I always find a bonus

bigheart · 21/05/2004 21:58

Great thread, (for info was most definitely a mallory towers/st clares sort of girl even re-read them about 4 years ago when my mum did an attic clear out!)
Don't think anyone has mentioned the "seriously silly stories" books by laurence anholt. They are my ds's (6.1) favourites - they are a really good read. They are well loved fairy tales complety twisted around - our fav is probably rumply crumply stinky pin, which even to a grown woman of 33 is laugh out loud funny!!! Also like daft jack and the bean stack, little red riding wolf, the rather small turnip - they are all very good!

Easy · 21/05/2004 22:32

Coddy,

I'd definately go for the original Paddington stories (michael Bond). Properly chaptery, and in quite grown up language too. I remember them from when I was 5, and am just starting them with ds who's 4 and 1/2. My copies are a bit delicte tho'.

I take it you've got a big book of Thomas the Tank Engine stories. Ours is a particular favourite, we just started at the beginning and read 1 (or 2 if it was early or I was feeling all mumsy) each night.

You have conidered Winnie the Pooh, and the Wind in the Willows haven't you?

I love the bedtime story bit. I haven't read any Harry Potter yet, I'm saving it until ds is old enough for us to read together at bedtime.

Oh, and we do have the Narnia collection, but I think I'll save that till 7 or so.

roisin · 01/09/2004 20:47

So what's everyone been reading this summer? Any new discoveries? Big hits or flops to report?

We've just finished reading loads of Millie Molly Mandy and My Naughty Little Sister - it has a great calming effect on ds2 and he goes to sleep instantaneously, but tbh I've had enough! He says he wants something funny next ... something with burps in it ... any suggestions that don't include Horrid Henry?

PS Just bought Flat Stanley, which is why I re-found this thread. It's a new one on me, so I can't wait - Hope it lives up to the hype.

roisin · 01/09/2004 21:35

bump

tamum · 01/09/2004 21:40

I just finished reading Tom's Midnight Garden to ds (9) and dd (6). I did skip bits of description about landscape occasionally, but it went very well basically- they were gripped even though the language is quite complex at times. I had to read the last bit to myself just before so I could cry in peace and then sound happy when I read it to them

JanH · 01/09/2004 21:42

tamum, you are clever. If it is weepable then I weep regardless of the amount of practice.

tamum · 01/09/2004 21:59

Why thenk you . I am usually rubbish to be honest, but I just didn't want their last memory of the book to be their mother weeping. Ds has just gone away with school for a week having never really been away from home before, and I managed not to cry when the coach pulled away- one million times harder than not crying at Tom's Midnight Garden!

fionagib · 01/09/2004 22:27

codswallop - my kids (twins aged 7)love roald dahl too - when they were a little bit younger they absolutely loved the Twits - it's hilarious.

We also started to read factual books about things like pirates, dinosaurs, ghosts, witches... I think fact books are a boysy thing. I do remember that this was a really tricky in between time and they did come out of it when they started to read - now (for their own enjoyment, not read by us) they are mad for beano & dandy annuals - some 23 yrs old, from charity shops!! - and little paper backs from Osbourne Books - stories about giants and stuff. I felt that at 5 they were so hard to please & match with the right book, and 2 yrs on they seem to like pretty much anything.

fionagib · 01/09/2004 22:29

forgot, coddy - my kids also loved brer rabbit stories (enid B - so horrible un-pc) and also The Water Babies by someone Kingsley, which is brilliant.

roisin · 01/10/2004 18:11

Flat Stanley - for all you fans, or would-be fans, The Book People have got a great offer on - 5 Flat Stanley Books for £5.99 (saving £14). [Look under kids' fiction age 5-7]

tamum · 01/10/2004 18:28

I was going to find this thread and mention the Book People offer too! They also have a Roald Dahl offer of a set of books, and several others for this age group.

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