Books for 5 yo

[chicaguapa]

Hiya! A bit of a parp thread here probably but looking for books for a 5 year old girl (but into Star Wars & Power Rangers so NOT girlie) for her birthday. The kind that parents read out, not read alone ones.

She has all the Gruffalo type ones and Dr Seuss.

Any must-haves?

Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren - great fun and not "girly" despite being about a girl. There are 3 books about her.

Horrid Henry?

And there's another seies but forget who by, about a girl and her ponies.

The owl that was afraid of the dark and others in the series - can't remember the author

Those fairy ones - rainbow magic is it?

The Dahl books

Horrid Henry is very popular but I do worry that it will influence behaviour in an undesirable way... sometimes Henry seems to be too much of a hero, and Perfect Peter made out to be dull and boring when he has some wholesome interests.

The owl that was afraid of the dark and similar titles by Jill Tomlinson I think. Highly recommend the cat who wanted to go home by same author - excuse lack of capital letters but am typing with less than one hand!

Yes, I know what you mean.

DD1 is v girly, and usually reads MMM, Naughty Little Sister, Mrs Pepperpot etc, but I persuaded her to try HH. Well, she found it ratehr funny, but did say he was a bit mean to PP!

What about some old Enid Blyton ones, the collections of short stories, or old faithfull Faraway tree series? They have soem excitement, but a mixture

Will check with her mum if Pippi Longstocking would be suitable. I never read her as a child but have heard of her. I normally get the Rainbow Fairies for that age group but this little girl would have a fit!

I don't think she'd like Horrid Henry. She gets very upset when people are unkind to someone else. She's quite an anxious child so we have to be careful what we buy. I thought Roald Dahl would be too much for her as well.

Have got the Owl who was afraid of the dark for DD but hadn't considered that as I thought it was a bit young. Such a difficult age 5, they seem to grow up so much when they start school!

Does Pippi have any scary type bits in it?

Absolutely no scary stuff. Pippi is the strongest girl in the world, lives on her own (except for her monkey Mr. Nilsson)in a little house in Sweden. Her horse lives on the porch and she has fun with the children who live next door. Her father is a cannibal king who lives far away. Lots of funny bits!

Spoke to her mum and she's thrilled with the idea. She hopes it will teach her dd that there's nothing wrong with being a girl (she wants to be a boy as she thinks they're cool!)

Thanks for all the fab suggestions.

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yes nto horrid nery but cananibals in stead

er, no, cod. Are you?