Your suggestions for chapter books for me to read to 5 year old dd

[handlemecarefully]

She has recently 'graduated' from short books to wanting me to read her chapter books (with fewer illustrations).

We have done the Faraway Tree books I wouldn't mind something a bit more contemporary than Enid Blyton (and I don't want to get into the politics of Blyton btw!)

Any thoughs?

Thanks

[Lorayn]

I am reading faraway tree to mine atm , and loving it, wishing chair next, then famous five or secret seven, the list goes on.

[InMyHumbleOpinion]

Naughty Amelia Jane

[NorthernRockCod]

oh no too dated imfo

[StripeyKnickersSpottySocks]

Had a look at dd's bookshelf at bed time for inspiration;

The adventures of the little wooden horse
Anne of Green Gables
The Railway Cat
Black Beauty
The Silver Brumby books

[StripeyKnickersSpottySocks]

Charlotte's Web

[noonar]

blimey, this thread is making me feel inadequate! we're still on picture books- as we share story time with dd2, aged 3.

[RosaLuxembourg]

Noonar DD3 is five and loves picture books just as much as chapter books. We really like talking about the pictures and what we think is happening in them, which you can't do with chapter books. She still loves Shirley Hughes and Helen Cooper and Eric Carle and Winnie the Witch.

[noonar]

thats reassuring, rosa

also, i teach in quite a deprived area. many of the texts suggested on this thread would be well suited to my year 5s! (i i don't mean for them to read to themselves, btw).

[RosaLuxembourg]

Yes, not sure about Anne of Green Gables for a five-year-old tbh. Should probably think of suggesting it to my 10-year-old DD1 though.

[pagwatch]

My DD is currently loving the lion the witch and the wardrobe. The borrowers is nice too.

[NorthernRockCod]

agggggggggh

there you are
the lion is far too DEEP fro a 5 year old
it deserves to be savoured whne you haev an understanding of what its ABOUT

[noonar]

geez, the language in those books is pretty challenging. guess my dd1 might be able to access it at some level!

[KTeePee]

Don't know if they've been mentioned already

Naughty Little Sister stories - a bit old-fashioned but you can have interesting conversations about "life in the olden days"

The Sophie stories by Dick King-Smith

[NorthernRockCod]

its easy to make the mistake of reading books before they are ready

thre sno hurry imfo

[Fennel]

Of the more contemporary books, my dds enjoyed aged 5-6:

Jacqueline Wilson (some are aimed at this age group, Connie and the Water babies, Lizzie Zipmouth),
Anne Fine (Bill's new frock, The Same old story every year),
Horrid Henry,
Dilly and the pirates, etc (I don't know what it's like but dd1 enjoyed this series).
The Little Witch
Clarice Bean (Lauren Child, similar to Charlie and Lola but a bit older)
Tilly Beany (similar to Clarice Bean really)
Dick King-Smith (Sophie's Tom, Back to front Benjy)

We've read many of the older favourites too but I have enjoyed discovering ones which are new to adults as well as children

[NorthernRockCod]

another one
bills new frock deals wiht gender sterostyping
far too cpm[lex for a 5 year old

[pagwatch]

• she asked for it because she had seen her brother reading it. And she gets the gist rather than the religious/heavy overtones - I can edit slightly as i read. Mostly she likes me to describe the creatures and she likes mr Tumnus and the fact that there is magic in it.

And I preferred it to Lord of the rings which was her other choice .
We are doing Charlie and lola on alternate evenings if that helps...

[InMyHumbleOpinion]

I tried to read George's Marvellous medicine to my four year old.

Big mistake.

2 chapters in - "The nanny will die! We don't kill nannies!"

[Hulababy]

noonar - 5yo DD sometimes still likes a picture book too, especially now she can read almost all the words in them - we share the reading. And sometimes she just wants a simple picture book if very tired and doesn't want to think too much.

[zisforzebra]

We finished 'Fantastic Mr Fox' this evening. My 4 & 5 yo DS' really enjoyed it (and luckily didn't notice that I kept forgetting which voice to do for which character! )

[Carbonel]

The Serioulsy Silly Story Collection from teh Book People is excellent - had my 5 yr old dd in ststches!

She has now moved on to Jeremy Strong books, all very funny. Dh has bought her Bigggles, but that is still a bit complicated

The Rainbow Fairies seem to be loved by most girls (but they are dreadful..) and my dd also loves the Magic Kitten books

We also look at non fiction books, Kingfisher Young knowledge and DK Eyewonder are excellent for this age

[Anchovy]

We are currently doing the entire "Stanley " collection - Invisible Stanley, Stanley in Space, Stanley & the Magic Lamp, Flat Again.

My 5yr old Ds is loving them.

I do agree about "spoiling" things by reading them when they are too young.

[seeker]

Ds still has a picture book - or quite simple books for bed time.

[seeker]

and he's 6 and quite a good reader. Don't move them on too quickly - they can get huge amounts out of things like the Gruffalo as they get older.

[ahundredtimes]

dd (6 today) and I have just finished reading The Dolls House by Rumer Godden. (It's old, sort of 1940s I think).

OMG it's utterly utterly wonderful.

Has dolls in it with names like Mr Plantagenate and Marchpane.

Beautifully written and rather upsetting in a good way. We have enjoyed in HUGELY.