books for 4 yr old girl to read herself.

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dd likes to read to us but baby books are boring her and chapter books are too long and she loses interest.
can you suggest anything inbetween please?

Topsy and Tim (if you can cope with the moralising)

Usborne's first readers. If you go on the usborne website, it is easier to see all of the different levels. My dd loved them and there is something to interest everyone.

Any of the very ornate picture books with too much text to make them good to read at bedtime.
Nursery rhyme books, I loved them when I was 5-6yo.
Other mythology books.
Julia Donaldson.

Peter and Jane

Another vote for Topsy & Tim, also the Mr Men books, some of the easier Dr Seuss books, we also have some easy short story Flat Stanley books which I recently found (though not the traditional chapter ones, these are picture books with a few sentences on each page).

Usborne Apple Tree Farm books. You used to be able to get a set of 20 from a well known online cheapo book retailer. They have and easy line to read at the top and a harder one at the bottom of each page. They can be read using one or both lines - if that makes sense.

I've just found the 'read it yourself with ladybird' books, they're trad fairy tales (eg goldilocks etc) at differing levels for beginning readers, got one today for ds and they look pretty good and have a proper story without being complicated/difficult to read.

I would second the Apple Tree Farm books - both because of the dual text, and they also have good stories / nice pictures. (Our library had lots of them - they're probably not the sort of thing to spend lots of cash on as they'll be outgrown quite fast.)

I second Usborne first reader. My DD loves their books.

I just got the Oxford reading tree set by Julia Donaldson. Full set of 36 books for about 37 on amazon.

Agree with Apple Tree Farm books - look out for the duck! and Julia Donaldson a massive hit at that age for DD although she could not read them all herself.

DD loved the Winnie the Witch books at an inbetweeny stage (book people had them cheap at the time)

My daughter likes Titchy Witchy books (bookpeople have them). Also M and S do some good first reader books which she enjoys. I just get her to read anything that I used to read to her now - topsy and time, julia donaldson, fairy tales, Mr men, Maisy - truely fed up with ORT books after 50+ of the same level!!!

M and S first readers are great and ds likes Ruth Miskin's phonics books from the book people.

I agree M and S First Readers are good they have lots of traditional stories in the series eg Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella etc.. with not too much text. DD also likes Meg and Mog - really good colourful illustrations and again the stories are very short.

I got the Oxford Reading Tree phonics set of 36 for my dd.

She also reads the ladybird books.

The ORT stories are short and books are colourful and you can probably talk about the pictures too. Unlike the ladybird books which are very long and quite repetitive IMO. Probably better for learning to read particular words.

Another vote for 'Apple Tree Farm'. We also loved the 'Arthur' books by Marc Brown. Ah, happy days.

thanks all, she has the usborne first readers but i hadnt thought about julia donaldson, she read gruffalo tonight although i think she has memorised it . she reads ruth miskin at school so i will get more from library.

sue hendra or julia donaldson books, my dd has loved these books since she was 3 (now 5) great stories and wonderful illustrations

My dd is nearly 5 years old, beginner reader and interested in art. Recently I've ordered for her some of these comics and manga influenced graphic novels:

Babymouse -adventures of a very funny mouse with a vivid imagination. And a good choice if your dd likes the color pink

Agent Boo - a series of chapter books with manga-influenced illustrations.

Fashion Kitty- cute illustrations are cute, simple layout and very good script

Korgi - a beautifully drawn (wordless) series about a fairy and her trusty dog Sprout.

Yam - another wordless graphic novel, this one featuring a young boy and his colorful assortment of friends that includes a TV set that behaves more like a dog.

My daughter read the Rainbow Magic books in Reception. They look like chapter books, but the chapters are very short and the vocabulary is about level with the Apple Tree Farm ones.