book recomendations for independent reading please

[Jezabelle]

Dd is on Orange books at school. She is reading them pretty confidently. She has started reading to herself at night until "lights out" time. Thing is, I'm funding it difficult to keep up with demand! I don't really want her reading her school books because u want her reading them to me. We've been to the library but most of the books that are easy enough for her are pretty short and she would need a new one each night.

Don't want anything too hard as I don't want her coming down to ask a word really! I certainly don't want her getting in the habit of skipping words that she doesn't know as at the moment her comprehension is good.

I came across the Silly Dinosaur series which is the sort if thing I'm looking for as they're chapter books with large print and fairly basic vocabulary, but I actually thought they were really badly written! Am I being too fussy? Any other suggestions?

Dilly dinosaur, not silly!

I think it's a tricky stage- I've posted quite a few times wanting book suggestions for DS who is now reading Turquoise but finds any chapter books generally too difficult by himself.

So... I think maybe you have to go with a new book every night if that's what she wants or might she want to re-read some of the school readers? DS will often read a book to himself that we've read together before. I think trial and error is the way to go, you might find she'd like to read some old picture books herself now as well. We got one of the green bananas series that was about right for DS- Dinosaur Disasters- he liked it. There are some more "girly ones" here you could try www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=green+bananas&x=0&y=0- see if the library has them. They have 3 stories in one book, or DS's did, I think they're all different.

How about Frog & Toad? www.amazon.co.uk/Frog-Toad-Collection-Read-Book/dp/0060580860/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1336253986&sr=8-1

BookPeople do sets of early chapter books - I think they were by 'Walker Stories' or something like that and DD liked those. Also a set of semi factual ones about animals & their habitats went down well.

Don't discount picture books - DD re-read alot of those - and still likes her favourites even though she can read chapter books. Also some of the Dr Seus were re-read multiple times. I didn't care as long as she was enjoying reading.

If you don't want to read with her, then I think you just have to put up with whatever she wants to read, and just be glad she is so keen about reading independently. It won't be long before her reading develops further and you find they get interested in stories that we think have greater literary merit .

As a random thought, would be Jill Tomlinson ones be any good yet, or the Animal Ark series, The Naughtiest Puppy etc?

Usborne do some lovely anthologies which my son loved at that age.
www.amazon.co.uk/complete-Usborne-Farmyard-Tales-Apple/dp/B00128WIF4/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1336293766&sr=1-1

www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_6_15?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=usborne+stories+for+little+children&sprefix=Usborne+stories%2Cstripbooks%2C228

Also second Dr seuss. They are very accessible.

The happy families book are fab, Mr Creek the crook etc etc etc

My DS likes reading Dr Seuss and Mr Men. I have also got out his old little baby books which he can easily read by himself now. I have got a few books on my Kindle, just search by age group.

DS is happily reading the 'Early Readers' that are available from Amazon. They seem to be slightly graded into 'reading together' and 'reading alone' but he is happy with either.

Charlie and lola books are probably the next level up, there are a lot of those. Peppa pig books. Julia donaldson set on the book people has some easier books in and save the hder ones til later. if you have erad something to her then she is more likely to know the difficult words in the book.

walker stoies are probably a bit harrd for orange band yet.

take her to library and let her pick her own?