books for year three 8 year old dd who is put off by small print

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Even though she is a fluent reader she would much rather books with medium size print and a few pictures. She is not into fairy or really girly books but enjoys a bit of mischief. I'd really appreciate your suggestions.

We got Nooks for the kids but also have a Kindle.

The Nooks are cheaper and might not last as long as a Kindle, but tech changes faster than your kids do, so we didn't want to invest as much. The Kindle, on the other hand, is used by an adult and durability is more valuable. No chance of "growing out of it".

My 9 year old is loving David Walliams' books and it would be a shame to miss out.

Jo nesbo has written a children's series, Doctor Proctor, bigger spaces between lines makes it easy to read.

Mr Gum. They're really funny books and only have half a page of text on each page.

The Boxcar Children series are fantastic and an easy read. They're American and don't seem to be very popular over here but my dc love them.

Try Tom Gates - it is all my ds2 will read, despite being perfectly capable. If he sees a dense paragraph of text he just switches off.

Also, humerous poetry and joke books go down well (though the latter are like death by 1,000 cuts).

I bought DD (7yo- yr3) a kindle and got her David Walliam's books. After she read a couple of them which she loved on the kindle I showed her the paperback versions in WHSmiths. She was previously put off by the thickness of books.

She now loves books in any shape or form.

Atticus Claw books are great, about a cat-burglar turned police cat. My daughter's a fluent reader but also not into fairies or really girly stuff.

I tend to buy books that are also illustrated as she's a fairly young but fluent reader, Chris Riddell is good for this. I also personally try to get well written books rather than any old guff, I think it's good to have occasional shite books though.

My daughter's current favourite is
Homer It's beautifully done.