What age did your child move on from ‘big books’?

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By big books I mean large books with pictures for example Julia Donaldson Gruffalo type books?

Mine is 5,5 and in Reception, and still into 'big books'. Actually he also still likes board books too!
I tried to introduce some books with more stories than illustrations, but they after the initial excitement they have been left on a side in favour of big books.
I am also curious to know when the shift happens:).

@user1471523870 mine is 5.5 but year 1 (youngest in year) . We’re still on big books - she was given a more “grown up” book recently but no interest

DD enjoyed and insisted on reading her big books everyday until about year 3. She was and is an advanced reader, she just loved her big books!

Age 5.5-6 to really hold interest and we chose some with short chapters and a few pictures still

@Hermittrismegistus that's the same as my daughter. Year 3 and just moving away from big books

My six-year-old likes a mixture of picture books and chapter books.

I think that the problem is there is a massive leap from picture books (lovely, fun) to either early readers (tedious, badly written) or proper chapter books with few pictures (v hard for children that young to engage with). There also seems to be an assumption that once children can read even a tiny bit they will only want to read on their own, which from my experience isn't true.

Don't think mine properly moved on til about age 7 even though he was an excellent reader. For the 'gap' I would recommend reading more difficult picture books like Dr Seuss or the day the crayons quit; comic strips (hard to read together but ds really liked things like the treehouse books and Tin Tin); and some nicely illustrated versions of things like shorter Roald Dahl books that you can read together. The Mr Penguin books are nice for early chapter books too.

I noted DD1 would happily listen to an unfamiliar story on the Yoto player (so no pictures) at four and a half. Tried getting a chapter book out of the library for bedtime reading a couple months later, and she's really taken to it, but I don't think she's anywhere near giving up picture books either. Which is convenient, as DD2 isn't exactly ready for chapter books at just two!