Reading book recommendations for 5yo

[hairygodmother]

My niece is 5 and a half and has asked for some reading books for Christmas (bless her). She apparently has a reading age of 7 and a half. Would any of you be able to recommend anything I could get her? Titles or series, for example. I still have toddlers so have no idea how to negotiate the minefield of Reading Trees etc! For example, what level Reading Tree should I get? Or Ladybird?

So if any of you could help me, I'd be extremely grateful, Mumsnet being my first port of call!

topsy and tim books are good. think there is a series called rainbow fairies which seems to be popular with girls in ds's class.

I would get early chapter books - Horrid Henry, Milly molly mandy, Naughty little sister, Dick King-Smith's animal books or Sophie series, Worst witch series.

My dd is 5.5 and loves rainbow fairies. you can buy them in box sets cheaply from the book people

or the Winnie the Witch books that are written for readers( rather than the picture books) they're written by Laura Owen (eg Giddy up winnie, mini-winnie, say cheese)

Felicity Wishes

Charmseekers (you get a charm bracelet with book one and collect charms in each book - the series is 13 books)

Nina Fairy Ballerina

anything by Holly Webb

Worst witch ones are good

Ah, Milly-Molly-Mandy. That takes me back! These tales of the life of a little girl in a country village and the adventures she gets up to with her two friends are wonderful.

Oh wow, so many fab suggestions already, thank you SO much!

Ah, Milly-Molly-Mandy. That takes me back! These tales of the life of a little girl in a country village and the adventures she gets up to with her two friends are wonderful.

topsy and tim too easy for 5YO with reading age of 7 year old.

Really recommend the daisy books (the chapter ones, ie Daisy and the trouble with...) my 6 YO DD loves them.

Agree with the Daisy books.

Written fromt he POV of a 6y girl, in just the way a 6y might speak. DD loved the books.

Horrid Henry
My Naughty Little Sister
Rainbow Fairies
Spy Dog
Jill Tomlinson series, such as The Owl who was afraid of the dark
The Worst Witch
Animal Ark
Mr Gum

Red house has Daisy and the Trouble with Christmas at the moment. Got it for DD3 (7) for Christmas - she loves Daisy. They also have more Rainbow fairy books than you can shake a stick at - they are ghastly tripe but ideal for little girls starting out on chapter books - they lap them up by the bucket load.
Don't bother with reading scheme books - she'll be getting plenty of those at schoo.

My 5 year old DD likes the easier Roald Dahls eg. The enormous crocodile, fantastic Mr Fox etc; Magic Tree House books; Dr Seuss; and she has asked for a book of poetry for christmas. I would agree not to get reading scheme books.

I wouldn't get reading scheme books either.

My kids like Dr Seuss.

Thanks so much for all your help, it didn't really occur to me not to get reading scheme books as she'd get them at school, so thanks for helping me avoid that! I've ordered a selection based on your recommendations, bit of everything - a Daisy book, Fantastic Mr Fox, one of the silly stories series and a rainbow fairy book. Hope she enjoys them and Merry Christmas all!

what a lovely auntie you are