Reading recommendation for 6 year old (for me to read to her)

[babytops]

My daughter is 6 and in year 2. The school were almost non existent during lockdown (actually work sent last few weeks before return) and I struggled through working from home and trying my best.
Teacher have informed my husband today at pick up that she is struggling with comprehension the most out of the whole class.
Now I won't get into how let down I feel by them, but she is still not a confident reader so by the time she sounds out words I think she's forgotten what they were.
I'm thinking if as well as her reading, if I could also read a book TO her, a few pages a night, that we could talk about- that might help?

So a recommendation for a good book a 6 year old will like. She doesn't like sad stories but other than that open to anything interesting and fun.

Thanks

Charlotte’s web.
Harry Potter.
Any of the Roald Dahl ones.

Anna Hibiscus.

The Night Pirates

My Naughty Little Sister

Both my DCs loved my naughty little sister. The books seem to stand the test of time.

Milly Molly Mandy too.

The 101 Dalmatians. So brilliant, we have read it together several times.

The Sheep-Pig by Dick King-Smith (I loved it as much as my child!).

The Velveteen Rabbit (a bit sad in a way but a classic).

If she's not a confident reader I can also recommend Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel (for her to read herself) - so heartwarming and sweet. Great classics for any age, but very simple to read.

My DD adored the Rainbow Fairies from age around 4-8 and these were probably the first books she read herself (you might not enjoy these so much - they are a bit dreary to read aloud).

Holly Webb's animal books are also appealing for that age.

Look into paired reading too - might help gain fluency without too much pressure.

Just thought of another - Pippi Longstocking.

13 Storey Treehouse
Inspector Flytrap
The Little House in the Big Woods (a surprise hit with DS(6)

The Ottoline series by Chris Riddell is good. It's a mystery series and I find it good for asking questions - who might it be, why does she think that etc.

It's got lot of black and white illustrations which I find helps my 6 year old stay involved.

If she likes adventure the Magic Treehouse series is good, and again very easy to ask why / what questions about.

Faraway Tree series
Isadora Moon series
Dick King Smith books
Fairy Unicorn series
Worst Witch series
The longer Winnie the Witch books (not picture books)

These are all chapter books but sort of “entry level” chapter books if that makes sense?

Has anyone mentioned Mrs Pepperpot?

Big hits with my boys at that age:

The Silver Crown (this is one of my and DS1's favourite books ever!)
Wishing Chair series
Faraway Tree series
Carbonel series
Gobbolino the Witch's Cat
Varjak Paw series
Measle and the Wrathmonk series
The Snow Spider
A Wrinkle In Time

OMG Mrs Pepperpot! Mine LOVED those, as did I as a child.
Also Emil and the Soup Tureen, and Pippi Longstocking

The Ramona books - a massive hit with Y2 classes
The Supercat books - very funny.
Frog and Toad, definitely (great for shared reading, where you do a page each)
The first Harry Potter is fine at 6 - the rest are really too scary
My 6 year old enjoyed listening to Famous Five

The Brambly Hedge stories are beautiful as well

Oh and:

The Worst Class in the World

The Worst Class in the World get Worse

(Made me laugh too)

The Brain Sharpeners

The Worst Witch is fun too.

I'm going to go against the grain here, but if you have any left, use any of her younger books. Books that she would be confident in reading herself and just ask questions.

What does she think will happen next?
How can she tell the girl is happy/sad/worried?
Where would she go/what would she do if she was the character?
Does she remember a time when she also did x,y,z.
Oh this is just like when you/we did,saw etc x,y,z.
Ask her to retell the story.
At the end of the book can she think what might happen next?
Can she act it out?
Can she find this word or that word in the book.
Why dies she think this character or that character did/said what they did?
Has she read another story that was similar? What happened in that one?
Various other questions that link to what she has just read. Even pictures can help with comprehension.
Check her vocabulary and that she understands/knows the words she is reading.

If you have a twinkl account you can print out fun little comprehension worksheets . Start small and build up. Keep it fun and funny and entertaining. Give your own answers .

Unless she loves being read to and has the attention span to properly listen and take it all in , using chapter books like Harry Potter(which is very wordy, fairly boring-and I love the books, and has vocab way abose her reading ability) is completely bonkers.

Yes Isadora moon
Hotel flamingo
Claude books
Witch wars
Toto the ninja cat

If she is struggling with comprehension, I wouldn't go all out for Harry Potter and the like straight away, it's too much!

Like a pp said, go for the entry level chapter books, plus read at least one shorter, picture book every day eg Julia Donaldson, the fairytale hairdresser, that kind of thing.

Ask her questions about what happened in the story, how the characters felt at different points, what did this character do when that happened etc.

Ooh and libraries are open again now so go and let her choose a load!

"Oh, the places you'll go" by Dr Seuss

"Charlie & the chocolate factory" - R Dahl

"I do not like green eggs and ham" Dr Seuss

"The boy on the bench" by C. Averiss

"Harry Potter - the philosopher's stone" by J K Rowling

"The Witches" by Roald Dahl
"The sheep pig" Dick King-Smith

Loads of great suggestions here, but all quite different so I’d say it depends on what your daughter likes and will grab her attention.
My Y2 DD absolutely loves anything a bit naughty - so she loves me reading Horrid Henry, My Naugty Little Sister and some of the easier Roald Dahls - like The Twits.
She has also enjoyed picture books like the Angelina Ballerina series and all the rhyming Dr Seuss and Julia Donaldson. Hotel Flamingo and Knitbone Pepper are a couple of others I can remember going down well.

You’ll know almost as soon as you start reading if it’s holding her attention. If she’s not that interested, move on to another book until you find something she really enjoys.

Asking a few questions after you’ve finished - to check she has understood what you’ve been reading - is a good idea.

The Faraway Tree series, my 5.5 year old is absolutely obsessed!

13 Story Treehouse series are good fun to read out loud. I second a PP who said make sure you are asking her questions about what you are reading, and really trying to extend her comprehension overall as that is really the key to developing her learning.

Some of these are mentioned but

The Worst Witch
BFG
Charlotte's Web
Mr Stink