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Book recommendations - 6yo boy

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Libelula21 · 13/03/2023 15:37

Hi,
Looking for good book recommendations for my son, who’s in P1.

The reading is going slowly - I should probably be reading more with him - but he’s also in Gaelic Medium Education so I’m ok with being hands off. (He can hardly read at all.)

My main aim just now is to read books to him that he’ll love. So far he actually shows preference for non-fiction - about sport - and we should probably be doing more chapter books.

Thanks!

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LaFemmeDamnee · 13/03/2023 15:39

Do you want books in English or Irish? Are you near a public library so you can pop down and let him roam and pick books that interest him? My 6yo likes books about dinosaurs, and cookbooks. I'm reading The Hobbit to him at bedtime.

RafaellaOrDella · 13/03/2023 20:06

Anna Claybourne writes excellent non-fiction. DD loves her Tiny Science series - there's one about germs, one about nano technology, cells, etc.

17caterpillars1mouse · 13/03/2023 20:16

I'm currently reading 'the boy who grew dragons' with my 6 year old DD (though she's year 2) and we are both enjoying it.

We also like the Dave Pigeon series and she likes traditional fairytales too. She listens to Hotel Flamingo alot on her to (audiobook player) and has enjoyed reading Fantastic Mr Fox in her class. George's Marvelous Medicine is next on our 'to read list'

RedToothBrush · 13/03/2023 22:56

Dogman, bunny v Monkey, investigators, the bad guys are all massively popular with DS and his mates from age 6.

Chapter books: Mr Penguin and Agent Weasel are two of DSs top picks.

Labraradabrador · 14/03/2023 08:57

There’s the Little People Big Dreams series that is really popular in bookstores at the moment (100+ biography books to choose from)

not quite what you asked, but big recommendation of Ladybird Audio Adventures if you do audio books (available on Yoto, but also Audible and other audio book platforms). Wide variety of topics from history, geography, geology, biology, etc. and all exceptionally well done. My almost 6 year olds are hooked.

we also do a wide variety of resource type books (Walk this underground world is a fav, but we have a wide variety of dk series). Mine are super into mythologies at the moment - inspired initially by an audio book - first Egyptian myths and now deep into Greek mythology. It is not anything I would have picked for them, but happy to lean into their interest. There is a series by DK/Jean Menzies that they have really enjoyed and is adapted for a younger audience.

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Libelula21 · 14/03/2023 21:30

Many thanks all for these comments and suggestions!

@LaFemmeDamnee my son is actually in Scots Gaelic education, but it’s more English books I’m interested in

I know you should never compare, but some benchmarking is useful: my nearly 6 child is nowhere near having the Hobbit read to him. Tonight’s bedtime story was the very old favourite, Hey Grandude, by Paul McCartney.

I think reading and literacy is something I need to put more time and energy into, GME or no GME, and perimenopausal working single mum or no!

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CatNamedEaster · 14/03/2023 21:35

Mine loved having Dog Diaries read to him at thar age. Funny, has illustrations and lots of scope for you to do different voices.
There are about 5 or 6 in the series and they have chapters. They were also great for starting to see how writing itself (rather than the story) can be clever and playful with lots of puns and play on words type phrases.😊

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Libelula21 · 14/03/2023 21:58

Thanks, @CatNamedEaster .

I need to pull my socks up and do better by my son!

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WhoHidTheCoffee · 14/03/2023 22:19

My 7 year old loves The Twits by Roald Dahl and that’s opened up more Dahl books for him. There are quite a few shorter ones if attention span is an issue. He’s a very late summer-born and after a period of about two years where he generally refused to read or be read to, I’d be happy if he let me read the back of the cereal packet to him.😂

He got back into being read to with The Enchanted Wood and sequels by Enid Blyton a few months ago.

Needmorelego · 14/03/2023 22:26

My daughter used to love a series by Jeremy Strong called "My Brother's Famous Bottom" - there's several in the series starting with "My Dad's Got An Alligator" - these might be better to read out loud to him if he's not confident with reading yet.
Jeremy Strong has also written several Early Reader books. There was a series about a pirate school which were funny.
The Happy Families series by Allan Ahlberg are also brilliant early readers.

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