Bright and able DS who doesn't enjoy reading!! Anyone suggest any books for him?

[aznerak]

Hi there

Our DS is in year 2 and will be 8yrs in December. He is bright and able - he's in the highly able group for both maths and literacy.

I don't agree with forcing children to do things but now he is confidently free reading, he thinks thats it and he doens't need to read any more, mainly because he doesn't overly enjoy it and would rather be doing maths!

I just want to keep him reading (he is quite active and its a good way of getting him to sit down occasionally!) and so I want some books that would grab his attention and get him interested in books a bit.

When I was young, I read some of those Choose Your Own Adventure books where you decide how the story progresses.

Can anyone else remember these? I can't remember what age they are aimed at and I can't seem to find any in Borders/Waterstones etc.

Can anyone suggest anything else? If I do get him to read, he likes non fiction OR adventures!

Thank you

9 yr old ds loves beast quest, cap underpants, also loves factual books, about science, earth, machines etc

Agree with MRZ - try non-fiction. At 7 my DS only read his big nature book and books about ships or cars.

Another vote for Beast Quest, Beano, Asterix (though some of the jokes a bit beyond him) also likes 'Calvin and Hobbes'! And Horrid Henry.

My ds loves reading instructions (he's 7)! And there are some great 'fact' books with pictures with loads of labels all over them - ds has one which is crosssections of things - like ships, submarines, buildings etc ... he'll read that for hours.

"Dr Who - decide your destiny" (set of books)does that choose what happens thing. Beast Quest, Astrosaurs (cheap set at Red House or Book People at the moment). DS (8)loves both of these.
"Colour Crackers" a set by Shoo Rayner are fun and a quick read.

Haven't tried them yet but "Cows In Action" set supposed to be good.

DS is reading a set of biographies called "spilling the beans on.."has people like Blackbeard, Robin Hood, Buffalo Bill etc they look a bit like Horrible History books.
My nephew started reading Harry Potter about that age but we've only done them as a story at bed time, likewise The Hobbit. A really confident reader might start to tackle that sort of length book.