Every holiday I have to beg my kids' school to take books home for them to read, but as it's the summer holidays I didn't dig my heels in like usual as I know they don't like parents taking books home & losing them.  There are plenty of books for my 7 year old daughter, ponies/pets etc.  But reading material for boys, whilst much improved, is still not in vast quantity & I'm not a huge fan of Horrid Henry :-(

I've managed to track down "Flat Stanley" which he's enjoying, but we've got another 6 weeks to get through & I do like to keep up with the reading if nothing else in the holidays. 

Thanks :-D

Biggles? Terry Pratchett's written some great children's books as well.

What about the Harry Potter books. I have no small children at home but my 7 year old grandson has been reading the first HP after inheriting it from an older sister and he is loving it, lots in the series too.
Aileen

Are you wanting just fiction books? My mum had terrible trouble getting my brother to read story books - but he would sit for ages reading non fiction books about animals , cars  etc!!

Dr Seuss has been a favourite for three generations --Horton Hears a Who, The Lorax, Horton Hatches the Egg, Yertle the Turtle, the 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins...happy memories!

Is he a member at your local library ?? They should be able to suggest some good books - they may even have a book club running :) My children were at the library every week for new books at that age :)

Daisy

What about thing Winkler's books you know the Fonz, think he's done quite a few for that generation.

I've struggled getting my eldest boy interested in books, but he actually begged me ( ) to get him the series of Captain Underpants, after reading one from the school library.

This is the series. I managed to get several single copies from eBay rather than buy the entire series in one go.

Lol at school and asking for books..............
Same problem with my eldest when he was young, he asked and they said we dont have enough for yuo go to the library............
I was surprised, expecting something much more positive from schools.
It was the best advice though as the variety is vast, provided of course that you have access to one.

Karen :)

Thanks the Captain Underpants look perfect lol!  My son loves reading, he's only just turned 6 but reads fairly fluently.  Not sure I'd be happy with him reading Harry Potter just yet though, I've read them myself & thought they were aimed at 11+ age group.  But whatever gets them reading I suppose.

Yes, he reads tractor manuals too, but as I'm having to listen to the readin, I want to be interested too ;-)  We got him into reading with Ben10, another character that I'm not enamoured with but needs must with some boys.

Thanks for all the responses, I'm off to search them online

And yes, we belong to the library & we're planning on doing the summer read, but as for helpful staff......not these days I'm afraid :-(

How about some of the Horrible Histories books? My nephew used to devour those, although I'm not entirely sure of the age range - I'm sure some parents will be able to advise.

M.

Try googling 'books for 6 year olds'.  Most of the online book stores like Amazon operate lists by age ranges and book publishers like Penguin do too (often 5-7years)

Newspapers are another good source as they tend to print these lists in time for Christmas or Summer holidays.  If you tap into one a few years old you'll be able to get the books more easily!

Here's one from The Guardian, try The Telegraph and The Times too as they have great book sections for kids and adults :)

I used to often take my kids into libraries and book stores - books were the one thing I never said 'no' to, but I used to get them to make lists of stuff they wanted to read so I could get it for less if the library didn't have it.  Both of my children would read the same things over and over again at that age so it was often worth looking out for cheap copies of loved books...

Our local library runs a book club for the holidays. They choose books from a recommended list - all ages and lots of variety - and win "awards" (usually book marks, stickers, posters etc). My children loved these schemes when they were young and a trip to the library was something to look forward to.

Schools do take their books back in over the holidays as a lot of them "go missing" never to be seen again and they are very expensive to replace. Our school takes them back in a couple of days before the end of term and thus has time to do any repairs to them that are needed, replaces worn covers, makes sure the banding stickers are all in place etc which is almost impossible to do during the normal school term as everyone is busy doing other things such as teaching children :-)

The Spiderwick series are lovely books to read, also Lemony Snicket's books :)

DS has been a member of our local library since he was 6 WEEKS old :-D  It's his second home LOL

with DS, a fluent reader, I never worried about the 'level' of book, apart from checking for 'adult' content :-D  some days he reads University level books, other days it's Asterisk the Gaul or Calvin and Hobbes as long as he's interested :-D

Try 'the book people' website. They are doing Dinosaur Cove books or the Young Corgi collection - 10 books for £9.99 at the moment. Its not a book club so you don't need to buy every month or anything but I used to buy lots of books from them for my kids when they were younger. They are good quality and good value. They often sell in offices etc (our office gets them at work) but there is a better selection online.

"Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
"The Yearling" by Marjorie Rawlings

Dick King Smith writes really lovely books for children

My son loves the 'Diary of a wimpy kid' series....There's a film being made too. Think the author is Jeff Kinney.

Captain Underpants books are fantastic, my son was addicted at around that age.
I can't recommend the Mr Gum books enough (especially because the first one is about a dog). Some of the humour may be a bit beyond him at his age, I don't know how mature he is, but the books are fabulous. My son was/is addicted and has been since they first came out, I also have a few classes of children in work addicted to them! :-)
There are of course the Horrid Henry books as well...always fun.
The Diary of a Wimpy Kid books are also good.

My best recommendation? Got to a books shop with him and let him trawl the shelves. Perhaps buy one (or two if on offer) but make a mental note of the sort of books he seems to be drawn to and go from there.

Can I also add on here..it is vital, even when your child is a fairly fluent reader, to continue reading to them, it is after all, the best way of making the books come to life. At 10 my son is still read to pretty much every night :-) He is way above average for his reading as a direct result and adores books.

Is that too young for the Cressida Cowell viking hero books? They are brilliant, but perhaps either to read to him, or you could get the audiobooks read by David Tennant? :-)

Or old fashioned classics, but I still love Enid Blyton the Famous Five and the 'xx of Adventure' series.

hi,

my sugestions would be Roald Dahl (james and the giant peach, the twits, matilda,charlie and the choc factory, fantastic mr fox)

or like others have suggested...good old harry potter ( l love the movies but prefer the books as there is more detail)