Books for five year old boys

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My (nearly) five year old ds is loving the faraway tree, Millie mollie Mandy, naughty little sister, Teddy Robinson stories. As you can see these reading choices have been slightly influenced by my own early favourites! Can you give me some ideas to broaden his reading - anything more contemporary would be great. He likes Fantastic Mr Fox and Giraffe and Pelly etc too.

Definitely recommend Flat Stanley, has been reissued and ds loves him - and Little Nose (we have dh's vintage original copies). Sir Gadabout, the World's Worst Knight, is also popular.
Ds also loves us to read King Arthur/Greek Myths type stuff and we have been working our way through a fantastic anthology of history tales by the great Geraldine McCaughrean, Britannia. Much recommended.
Looking forward to starting him on my own childhood favourites...Philippa Pearce, Rosemary Sutcliffe and Lucy M Boston.
He also loves Catherine Storr's Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf...and Horrid Henry...not to mention Martin Jarvis' cleverly modernised retelling of the Just William series.

I was thinking of getting ds flat stanley. Are they any good?

Captain Underpants are very popular at the moment

Janh-Ill send dd round. We got to the last story tonight in a bumper book of Sophie stories. I said (jokingly) "oh no, what are we going to do now" she said "start again from the beginning of course" (deadly serious!). I wouldnt mind if only I was better at Aunt Als scottish accent

mine love Roald Dahl - gpt 10 books for £10, or thereabouts from Book People.

hate horrid Henry - too much dialogue so gets confusing hwo's talking. Shit boring stories too.

ALong with MAgic Faraway tree , they also liked Adventures of Wishing Chair (very similar)

Might he like the Famous Five books? He might be a bit young yet. I detest reading them, they are terrible for reading aloud but my 7yo ds loves them. only another 14 books to go for us! What about Charlotte's Web? My ds loved that at 5.

really?
it think good for reading aloud apart fromt he way she writes " bal bal bla , the littel girl said" when she means anne

Cod, I read some Enid Blyton to ds and then the following night read him something by Roald Dahl and the writing was SUCH a joy after the turgid droneiness that is famous five. I know kids love her and I did too when I was a child but it sounds so STILTED and awful when read aloud I think.