Captain underpants?

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Hi all,

Should I get captain underpants for my 6 year old daughter?

I have a 6 year old advanced reader. She loves reading and I try to chose books she'll like, won't give her nightmares and also advance her vocabulary. I've just got her some dick king Smith books, she's read 'titus rules, ok!' but I haven't read it myself or tested her comprehension, except at the beggining when I realised she misunderstood something about servants. She also quite likes non fiction.

She's heard of captain underpants from school, maybe watched some... finds it very funny. I've told her it was a book soon and I might get it for her. She's very into jokes, tells very bad knock knock jokes... I'm sure she'll love captain underpants but it might advance her vocabulary in the wrong way....or effect her behaviour and I might regret it.

On the one hand I want her to keep loving books, and I'm sure she'll love captain underpants. On the other hand I don't want her to miss behave or get bad ideas about teachers, although I'm sure other children will influence her more than books. What do you think?

For context, she was a competent reader by the end of reception, read Mr men books over the summer and could tell me all about them/ why they are funny. She chose some chapter books from the library in year one, enjoyed rainbow gray, but was put off chapter books, I think she chose one too difficult. So went back to reading her Julia Donaldson and similar books.

A few months before she was 6, out of interest I tested her reading age using the Hertfordshire reading test and she was 10 and a half.

Thanks for reading my ramble. In summary, should I buy/borrow captain underpants for my 6 year old?

Yes. Also consider looshkin, bunny vs monkey, investi gators, dog man, the phoenix comic…

there’s a whole load of super popular graphic novels along these lines. They are well loved by 6-10 year olds and are great fun. From my experience of my son and all his friends (male and female) they all read and love them and none of them have turned horrible as a result! They are perfectly targeted at that age group and it’s important for kids to read a range of writing styles, not just classic novels.

as they are so popular they are often in charity shops or just a couple of £ on eBay so take a look there for some.

im jealous that your daughter is just about to discover this genre, its so fun!

Well my two read them and have lived to tell the tale😜. If she likes humour then I would definitely get them along with Bunny versus Monkey.

Btw regardless of her reading ability being slightly ahead of her age, im
sure she will enjoy them as it’s about the humour and zany storylines. My son is now 10 with a reading ability of 15 (according to school) just because he can read long in depth novels doesn’t mean he doesn’t love relaxing with one of these

Thanks, I think I'll order some on world of books. They're about £3-5 andmultibuy discount. I was looking at the library, but the website is down for maintenance.

Dogman is definitely worth a look. Every child in DS class was obsessed with them in year 1 and 2. Very funny and silly.

Reading for pleasure is such a life skil. She sounds like a fantastic reader and nothing will encourage that more than a range of different types of books.

I did a wob order and she was so excited to see it tonight. She's been very quiet reading dogman all evening. She's loves it, has nearly finished it and wants to take it to school tomorrow.