Ideas for reading over summer please

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My daughter is just finishing reception, she likes reading and has been using books from the year 1 library for the last few months - Biff and Chip level 9 and recently Jackdaw ORT level 8.

I'd like to find her something for over the summer (I am heartily sick of the magic bloody key!) that is maybe a bit longer - a book that she could read within her ability but maybe has chapters? She would feel very grown up to be reading a chapter book! She's clearly not good enough for even the younger Roald Dahl (Twits etc).

Would anyone have any suggestions? She has read one or two of the blue banana series but now gets through them fairly quickly. Nothing obvious in our very small local library but I maybe need to go to a bigger library.

Thanks in advance

The Early Reader series may be a good idea.

DD2 discovered these in Y1 and adored the 'grown up' feel of the chapter book format of Sally Gardner's reworking of her favourite princess stories: www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=sally+gardner+early+reader&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Asally+gardner+early+reader

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See what your local library is doing over the summer - they usually have book reading events/ craft events for children

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Book Trust has a book finder for ages 5 - 8 which may be helpful: www.booktrust.org.uk/books/children/ - under the pictures there is a list on the left of the page (midway down) - select book finder and follow links from there. Books are arranged by genre - and what is nice is more recent books (which often we parents aren't as aware of) are listed & you can read reviews.

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The guardian has a nice list of books for ages 4-8 here: www.theguardian.com/books/2000/apr/08/childrens.library.47

HTH

DS3 is in reception and only on orange stage, but surprised me the other night by picking up a copy of Dahl's the Giraffe the Pelly and Me and reading it (hidden under the covers). I thought he probably pretended but regurgitated large amounts of the story the next morning and was looking forward to finishing it the next day. So you might be pleasantly surprised!
Otherwise, there are the Early Readers series. Some of those have short chapters - I remember DS2 read the Kitten with No Name when he was around green/orange type band.

Can't stand them myself, but how about the Flower Fairies series by Daisy Meadows?

Horrid Henry or Horrid Henry Early Readers?

No idea if these are at the right level or not.

My DD and I always enjoyed the magic key books...

Thanks all these are great - actually she has just been given Giraffe the Pelly and me and I haven't opened it yet, will have a look when I get home. Keep them coming....!

Check Usborne Young Reader series or the last stage of the First reader ones.

Quite traditional stories but still lots of nice colour pictures and chapters.

DD loved them and some even come with CDs but the quality varies.

They are not cheap but maybe you can get them from a larger library.

Try this also the Colour Young Puffin and Corgi Pups are around this level too. Another vote for Usborne because their first chapter books still have large font & lovely illustrations. If you check google there's an Usborne book banding chart to help you too.

Obviously the library is fantastic, especially if you've got one that does early readers.

my DD is on ORT stage 8 and read twits long ago and reads all sorts now . try her on twits....maybe you read a page she does...or pelly book....

i dont like people buying sets as if the reader is advancing quickly the sets hold them back.

yep I would also say Usborne Young Reading Series 1 (they are book band 10/white), Corgi Pups, Early Readers, Claude, Red Bananas etc. The twits I believe is a relatively easy read vocabulary wise but it doesn't appeal to my 2 so haven't looked in it, just going by what people have said. The Giraffe, the Pelly and Me is simple, as is the Enormous Crocodile.
Also try Lighthouse Keeper, Katie Morag, some Dick King Smith.

Watching with interest...looking for the same for summer too. Want to condense it as much as possible (I.e not too many books) though as we will be in America for 3weeks.

I'm not too sure on the book band level but I recently bought a pack of 20 early chapter books that seem quite good. Each book has 3-5 short chapters. Yeti spaghetti and Mr Cool are both great! DD brings home blue/green from school and reads them fine, but can't quite manage these chapter books yet so they must be a few levels higher. They were quite cheap as well.

us.macmillan.com/series/IAmReading

Meant to say I saw two early reader sets in The book People magazine. One set was Mrs Pepperpot and the other Katie Morag. Think about £5 each set of about 5 or 6 books.

We signed up for Reading Chest over the holidays after Reception. You can cancel at the end of the holidays but they gave us a good supply of books at the right level that were different to the school reading scheme.

Oh, and Sainsbury's had some good early reader books that were short chapters.

The Early Readers are good. The blue banner ones are for reading together and the red banner ones are for children to read themselves. I think they're a good step between picture books and chapter books.

DS is reading at stage 8 level, and we are reading Fantastic Mr Fox together. I am reading lots more than he is, but he loves the story. The format I like is the colour picture book format. All of the Roald Dahl books are published in this format now. I buy them in WHSmith, and they are currently buy one buy one half price.

DD loves the Colour Crackers series (Precious Potter the Heaviest Cat in the World, etc)

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The Witches Dog series are fun

The Sainsburys ones I believe are all Corgi Pups ones just published by Sainsburys but sadly I think they have stopped selling them now. We enjoyed The Troublesome Tooth Fairy, Dogbird, Happy Mouseday, Dog on a Broomstick and a couple of others.

Magic tree house are early chapter books, enjoyed by both my 2. Willow valley. Also Daisy and the trouble with ...., Dinosaur Cove, Oliver Moon. And not forgetting Dd2s latest addiction, the WwF friends series (which came cheap as a set from the Book people)..