Suggestions please............................................

[cadelaide]

.....for books ds (7) might enjoy?. He has discovered and loved the Captain Underpants books but we've done Dav Pilkey to death now. He likes all kinds of non-fiction but I'd love to see him enjoying more fiction. He can't stand his school reading books, btw, we ignore those!
Anything considered, no censorship in this house.

Horrid Henry is often popular with boys!
You will see why if he reads them!

Aah yes spudmasher, should have said he's very familiar with those too. But that's about it really, Capt UP and HH. Thanks anyway!

My seven year old DD is very into Famous Five at the moment. Most of her other reading matter is rather, ahem, pink, but he have also had a couple of Michael Morpurgo's books that she has really enjoyed - Cool and War Horse are v boy-friendly.

famous five

grk

anyhting by michael mopurgo

Roald Dahl?

ahaah! cross post

also what abotu biogs of famous folk?

We are as one, Cod, must be because I am Pisces.

Yeah, any non fiction about anything - sharks, dinosaurs, cars, volcanoes - Dorling kiNDERSLEY DO GOOD PACKS.

Bloody caps lock..

usbourne do some
all mopurgo are fab

also there are some football books he likes hold on by michael coleman or foreman

www.amazon.co.uk/Triumphant-Teams-Football-Michael-Coleman/dp/0439998638/ref=pd_bowtega_1/203-1293981-1419128?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180101440&sr=1-1

There are so many books for girls and so few for boys ... DD has bookshelves that groan .... DS has lego ...

I have truly started to get irate about this - why should books in the 5-7 range all be about f**ing ballerinas and therefore totally not possible to be read by the average little boy?

Spuddy suggested horrid henry. I can truthfully say that if it weren't for horrid henry and captain underpands, my little boy would never read at home.

I only have girls Q but I often look at bookshop shelves and wonder what they would find to read if they were boys. It does seem to get better for the older age groups though.

Dick King Smith? Ds loved Sophie at that age, it's not just for girls.

DS (7) has just started the 'Series of UNfortunate Events' - raced through the first book and impatient for the next to arrive! (waiting on a job lot from Ebay!)

Thanks all, will report back on any favourites.