Pls recommend good first reading books

[Blossom4538]

Hi all,

Dd is in Year 2 and has been a reluctant reader. The other day, she picked up a book and started reading a book of her own accord! She read to her kitten! It was an Usborne First Readers book.

Just now looking for first reading book recommendations for home pls, usborne or
Otherswise?

Thank you!

summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/book-sorter

This website let you find the book recommended by children, by choosing topic/interest/age/gender

In year 2 my DD read and loved all of the Enid Blyton Magic faraway tree series. She read the Worst Witch series of books too. She then moved on to Famous Five and Malory towers. She's just started year 3 and is reading St.Clairs. We read Pippi longstocking to each other, that was good for discussing vocabulary. If I think of anything I missed I'll pop back on!

Thanks!

Dd likes faraway tree too but we've been reading those to her. She likes us to read the Worst Witch to her and is keen to get another WW book. Perhaps I can prompt her to read that herself. I've tried reading Famous Five to her but we didn't get far. Still have that book from library so will persist. I think she possibly likes shorter books she can read herself all in one go.
She has quite poor concentration at times and is impatient!!

Gobbolino the witches cat is another lovely one. I'd probably leave The Famous Five for a bit. My DD likes it when we take in turns to read a paragraph (or a page depending on her stamina) when she was starting out on reading independently, it builds their confidence gradually I think without tiring them.

I wonder if she might suit a collection of short stories? I'm sure there are plenty of Enid Blyton ones!

That's good news!

How about the Famous Five short stories:
www.amazon.co.uk/Famous-Five-Colour-Short-Stories-ebook/dp/B00HZNEGDM/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=Famous+five+short+stories&tag=mumsnetforum-21&ie=UTF8&qid=1511124707&sr=8-2

Also:
Horrid Henry
Little Legends
13-storey treehouse

Take her to the library and you can choose a few together. They should have plenty of early reader type books that are short and within her comfort zone. I'd say it's fine if they are a bit easy for her, as she is just developing her interest in reading independently.

My son loved Dr Seuss books when he first started reading. There are different levels of difficulty so he could progress through them.