Found a nice set of books for those moving onto 'real' books and independent reading - thinking Y1-Y3

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More challenging than Corgi Pups and Sprinters

It is the 'Magic Tree House' series by Mary Pope Osborne. DS1 read the entire first book on Sunday - about 80 pages - and is begging for the next in the series.

They seem great for improving stamina - DS1 often asks me to read a page or two if he needs a 'rest' but I didn't get a look in with this one.

They seem a little more boy orientated but certainly not unsuitable for girls.

Hope that helps someone

that's great thanks as was wondering about this as frankly it is difficult to find things they can manage..how old is he by the way and what school year.

I was looking for this very thing the other day as dd is starting to read independently now. What sort of ORT level (is that what they call it?) would it be suitable for?

That sounds great thanks.

DS is currently enjoying some of these which we have been buying whenever we go back to Dublin.

I can also recommend (from DS aged 7) the Astrosaurs books & also the Beast Quest series

What about for a girly girl - suitable or not? Anything must be better than those Fairy books!

ds1 is 5 and a half and in year 1 - he is a very good reader though.
ORT level////they dont ort at his school

it has 8 chapters and about 80 pages
a little harder than 'sprinters' amd more imvolved plot

hula = not sure they would suit DD

Oh well; will stick to Rainbow Fairies or whatever else they are called. Oh joy!

here they are

actua;lly that seems to be a slightly more tricky set
hold on....

here - that is better!!!

Hulababy - DD(6) really loves this series. Not sickly sweet like those flower fairy stories. They are ballet heavy but each one has a proper story with interesting charecters.

Cheers

For girly girls try My Secret Unicorn series - at least a change from the b*** fairies. Not worth buying new though IMO as they are even shorter than the fairy books (wide spaced text and huge margins).
I got five of them 2nd hand and have been bringing them out one at a time when I need half an hours peace (which is about what I get per book). DD loves them, she is 5, about to be 6. She's in Welsh medium school, so no idea what her reading level is in English (or ORT ), but she's reasonably competent.

Dd also loves those Louisa ballet books.

Her favourite after the Rainbow Fairies are Nina Fairy Ballerina. A few harder words in but if she is anything like my dd (also 6) technical ballet terms won't be any problem.

We were recommended them by an American frend when her dd and our ds were that age - he loved them and really fired his imagination. Good prelude to the likes of Roman Mysteries et al. tbh dd(6) has yet to show as much interest but they are similar to Enid Blyton (think Wishing Chair, Faraway Tree) in concept but factional iyswim.

I'm quite intrigued by that Cam Jansen series. Does anybody have any idea what reading level they are aimed at? My dd is ORT level 5 or so (she's 5) and I've never tried her with anything like that before.

DD is reading those 'wonderful' Magic Fairy books, but I am reading her the Magic Tree House books. We've just got back from the US and picked up quite a few there. The plot is a little more complicated than the Fairy books and the language can at times be quite American, so I am reading them to her. The other series she enjoys reading are the 'Little Ark' books by Lucy Daniels.

Thebookpeople has a deal on at the moment- 21 Magic Fairy books for 15 quid...a good deal...but not a good deal for my sanity though!