Originally Posted by aquinas
Several of the Roald Dahl books are simple (e.g. "Fantastic Mr. Fox", "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory").

I'm not really sure where this level of difficulty would fall but DS5 and I started "The BFG" by Roald Dahl tonight and we both just love it! I've been trying to find a compromise between reading level, age appropriate subject matter, and interest. It's been quite a struggle but this hit the mark!