Can anyone recommend some books suitable for a level 4c reader

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It's a girl, btw and I'd like to buy her some fiction books for Christmas.

anyone?

How old?

Sorry, she's nearly 9.

Noel Streatfield, Jacqueline Wilson, some Enid Blyton (my DD1 absolutely adored the school stories at 8).

Thank you, I'd been wondering about Noel Streatfield. I used to love those.

Just wondering why the 4c is relevant? You know your daughter and her likes and dislikes. I don't think Waterstones order their shelves by NC reading levels.

My 9year old loves the author Rick Riodan. he also has the Alex Roder books which are like a you g James Bond. I think they would appeal to girls as well. I don't think people are posting as personally I have no idea what level 4c is......... I am curious now though!!!!

Alex Rider- sorry......

NC level shopalot

hi

My dd 8 reading about same level has recently enjoyed

Green smoke Rosemary Manning

Alex Rider

Shadow, Kenuske's kingdom Micheal Murpurgo

Secret of Platform 13

Charmed Life

Anne of Green Gables

Haunted House Angie sage

Henry VIII Wives, Elizabeth(my royal story series)

Little White Horse

Indian in the Cupboard

Adventures of the New Cut Gang

Railway Children

A Christmas Carol

Thats a lovely long list many thanks. I'll have a look on Amazon and put an order in.

Iamnotinterested, I mentioned the level becuase the books I've been buying are too easy and dd is reading them in just a day or so. I specifically wanted something that's at the right level so that they'll last a bit longer and I'm pushed for time and don't have a lot of time to spend looking. If I knew what to buy then I wouldn't have felt the need to ask for suggestions. I'm not sure why you sound so disgruntled about this request.

Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Roman Mysteries by Caroline Lawrence
Rose series by Holly Webb

Can I add a note of caution based on experience from my own DCs. You will find that books at this level can be written for older children and may introduce concepts/ideas too old for 8 year olds. Some of the My Story books, which though emininently readable at this level aren't suitable IME. Also be wary of Jacqueline Wilson, some are better for older children. When my DD was 9 or so she was upset by some of her books.

Enid Blyton, Titania Woods and Sue Mongredien are popular with my DD.

She is seven, 4b HTHs :o

Agree with the Jacqueline Wilson caution. My DD is a very able reader, but read JW too early and was really upset by them. Just because they can read a book at a certain level does not mean that they should.

Eva Ibbotson books brilliant for this age as are the 'Series of unfortunate incidents' books. Also Francis Hogdson Burnett books - 'A little Princess' is my DD's comfort book that she re-reads every few weeks.

We have found that our DD can cope much better with quite gruesome fantasy books, but anything upsetting in real life needs more careful thought. A lot of JW books involve parents dying and it is interesting how my DD can cope with dead parents in a Noel Streatfield book - where is it a matter of fact statement that the heroines parents have died and not in a JW book where the heroines feelings are explored in detail. Great when the child has reached the right level of maturity - and only you can judge when that is for your child.

Lady Jane Mysteries - set in court of Elizabeth I - she is one of the maids in waiting and solves mysteries including murder (don't worry it's not gory), robbery and general intrigue. My DD adored them. Some good PSHE issues raised as well by looking at how lives back then are different to our own. Also fits the Tudor requirement for ks2.

Who is the author? they sound good!

Doh.... Lady grace mysteries of course not jane! Muppet! They are written by 3 different authors but I didn't realise this until I looked it up! The authors name is given as grace cavendish who is the grace of the title. Have a look on amazon or wiki. Enjoy!

I think the query re. the level is because for many of us, the levels are meaningless whereas most of us would know instantly what to say if you had said a 9 yr old girl.

Is 4c good? DS has a reading age rather than a level.

I think putting the level makes sense. It lets us know that she is able to read harder books than Rainbow Fairies but not as tricky as some others. There is such a variety is reading ability that age alone is not as useful.

4c is rubbish if he is 19 :o

No, but reading age would help. Not everyone knows what 4c means but a reading age of 11 gives everyone an immediately clear idea.

Not sure that reading age really helps as it is about how well they can decode, not how well they can comprehend what they are reading. My DD had a reading age of 14 when she was 8, but was totally freaked out by a Jacqueline Wilson book that dealt with parents dying and life in a children's home.

By about 7 she could 'read' any word you put in front of her, but was not emotionally ready to deal with the books that a 14 year old would read. She is now 10 and just finished the Phillip Pulman ' Dark materials series...enjoyed them, but I am not entirely sure that she really understood them (mind you I read them at aged 41 and did not quite get them...).

Better to know what sort of books the child enjoys and work out from there?

Yes, of course I should have put 'knowledge of reading age AND the ability to apply common sense' would help. Sorry.