recommended reading for year 1

[Macey78]

Is there such a thing? Will ask at school tomorrow too.

I am not sure how there can be as kids can be at very different levels. Some - still mastering phonics, others reading Roald Dahl.

If you need book ideas - I find libraries' early reader sections full of great books for young readers at all levels.

Just before my daughters moved on to proper chapter books they read a lot of Colour Young Puffin series, as well as Corgi Pups series- they have great age appropriate books for that age. Moving on to chapter books - they liked enjoyed various books by Dick King-Smith, Horrid Henry, Rainbow Fairies, etc.

Thanks for the reply. Everything you say makes sense of course. My dd is quite able and at home has been reading the early reader books. I suppose I should have asked, what is your able year 1 reader, reading?

There's a huge huge huge spectrum in Year 1. It can honestly range from phonics books to reading "real" books. I don't think there is going to bemuch gained from the "GandT" mums of mumsnet telling you how all their kids were reading lord of the rings in year 1.

We had a problem that just because she Could read somthing didn't mean she'd either enjoy it or be age appropiate. She was given something abut horse hustling that really was inappropiate. I was quite happy with think blinking Rainbow fairies in comparison.
You want them to still enjoy reading, so take them to the library and encourage them to choose and read! mine still loved pictures and was being put off by given chapter books with no pictures so I still encouraged her to read her happy families etc as a t 5/6 that's what interested her.

I'm obviously not a G&T mum.... I've been reading that as Gin and tonic

DD randomly picked up a Dr Seuss book this morning. I expected to read it with her but she rattled through about 5 pages before she got stuck on a word.

Thanks futureme think g&t means gifted and talented. Our dear dd really is not. Maybe I should have posted in books. Also when I said able reader, this was not to be boastful.

I wouldn't want my dd to read non picture books as she still really enjoys that aspect. Perhaps I should have asked what does your 5 year old like to read.

I have twin boys in Year 1, one at probably the lower end of progress for this point in the year and one at the higher. They are both bright but one is studious and one is not.

My less studious son adores Reading Eggs, Oxford Owl and is adoring reading all his old bedtime story picture books to us all. He can get through the Usborne Young Reading Series Two books and loves them. He loves Usborne non -fiction.

My more accomplished reader loves the Usborne books as well. He reads anything, but likes pictures and doesn't have a huge amount of stamina yet so we steer clear of 'proper' chapter books, although if I'm reading one to him at bedtime (Gobbolino at the minute) he'll read a few pages.

Lately he's read The Enormous Crocodile (long but simple language), My Little Pony and superhero books, Dorling Kindersley and Ladybird Young Readers, The Worst Witch, Claude in the City, Happy Families.

Please Mrs Butler is a huge favourite as are any of the blue bananas books.

I've also just ordered The Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark.

Macey - no need to apologise! You have an able reader - that's great!

I find with books - it's hard to predict what a child would like. The books that Dd1 liked in Y1 somehow didn't interest DD2 at he same age, even though their reading abilities were similar.

In Y1 Dd1 loved picture chapter books with animal, or magical stories. So we had a lot of Colour Young Puffin books - like "The Witch's Dog", or "Blessu"

Dd2, now in Y1 likes more "boyish" books - Horrid Henry, Mr Stink, Captain Underpants

Both really enjoyed R.Dahl - I got a new, illustrated editions with large pages for Dd2. These books we read together as here is a lot of words that at this age they can decode, but don't really understand.