Originally Posted by shifrbv
... DD had no one to model after (is very important for DD as she models who she's around) and she is losing focus on books.
A number of responses seem to be nudging you to be that role model, in the home, as the parent.

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We are spending this summer trying to transition to books without pictures and find ones DD can be interested in.
That sounds great. What is she interested in, in general? Books which incorporate topics of interest may have the most appeal. The Lexile book find tool linked up-thread does group books by interest, and may be of help to you in connecting your daughter to books at her challenge level.

There are also parent-sourced lists of books on the forum, for various ages. These are found in sticky threads at the top of the Recommended Resources forum.

Not all books need to be at her challenge level; You may wish to encourage ALL reading. When reading books with few or no illustrations, you may wish to discuss the images each of you form in your imagination as you read the words on the page.