DS5 is going through chapter books like Saltines recently. He is an excellent reader but still fairly sensitive and not interested in older-kid themes. We read about 15-20 minutes a night with him, but he reads the rest.
Recently he has read all of Narnia, all of the Moomin series, most of Dahl, all of EB White except Charlotte's Web (I don't think he can deal with it), all the Pippi Longstocking books, The Indian in the Cupboard, and now we are doing Half Magic (and I'm sure, its sequels). I have these in mind:
Cricket in Times Square
Mr. Popper’s Penguins
Mrs. Pigglewiggle
Penderwicks
Gone Away Lake and Return to Gone Away
The Wizard of Oz
The Time Warp Trio by Jon Sciezska
Spiderwick Chronicles
The Akiko Series by Mark Crilley
Tumtum and Nutmeg by Emily Bearn
But really, at the pace he is going, we need more. He is past the early chapter stuff like Magic Treehouse, A to Z Mysteries, etc. He LOVED Narnia despite the occasional scary bits, but I definitely do not feel he is ready for Harry Potter yet, nor for the slower-paced classics like The Secret Garden (since he mostly reads solo). He has read My Father's Dragon and sequels, Jenny and the Cat Club and sequels, Winnie the Pooh, Catwings, and some Beverly Cleary (not as interested).
Help??
Last edited by ultramarina; 07/16/13 07:17 PM.
