MySerenity Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 Hi, as you can see I'm pretty new around here and I need some help. My son who just turned five is fairly advanced for his age. He's reading at a third grade level and I'm having problems finding decent material for him to read. He's an avid reader. He can easily read The Magic Tree House series. He can easily get through a few Star Wars books that are for children. And various other books (The Worst Witch, Lego novels, etc) give him no problem. But we're getting to the point where we're running out of books! It's hard to find ones that he can read and understand the material. And he's always asking me for more books. (He even picked up Plato's Republic and asked if he could read it. I think he figured since he knew who Plato was it would be alright for him to read it as well. :eek: ) Any book suggestions for him would be great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chai Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 I highly recommend nonfiction books at this point. There are lots of books with subject matter written for kids and you usually don't have to worry about content. I had my dd reading books about animals, plants, history, etc. It was a great transition point. It's been awhile since we were at that age, but have you looked at the 1000 Good Books list? There are lots of age-appropriate books on this list. http://www.classical-homeschooling.org/celoop/1000.html#contents Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelroper Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 I'm not sure about the kind of books you are looking for, I'm picky about quality, prefer Christian moral/virtue, challenging but level appropriate Nothing New Press has 'All Through the Ages"- a huge list of history books 'living fiction' organized by reading level and topic. Yesterday's Classics- a publishing co. with great books such as "Fifty Famous Stories Retold" McGuffy Readers general handy reference "The Reading Teacher's Book of Lists" has lists of books and all sorts of handy things does that help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quad Shot Academy Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Here are the books my son read after The Magic Treehouse series: Cam Jansen Poppleton Flat Foot Fox The Courage of Sarah Noble King-smith books (author) Encyclopedia Brown Sebastian Super Sleuth Mathstart Buttons for General Washington Cooper Kids Adventure Series Stuart Little by E.B. White The Tale of Desperaux by Dicamillo Nancy Drew Mysteries He spent about 6 months on the Nancy Drew Mysteries. He only likes the older series though. I also agree Donelda on getting him enjoying non-fiction now, before it is too late! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Dick King-Smith is a godsend for children at that reading level. Jill Tomlinson (her books about animals, including the wonderful The Ow; Who was Afraid of the Dark) Joanna Hurwitz (esp. the Riverside Kids series, starting with Rip-Roaring Russell) Beverly Cleary Judy Blume's Fudge books Time Warp Trio series (a step up from Magic Treehouse) Encyclopedia Brown Roald Dahl (probably starting with The Enormous Crocodile, The Twits, and Fantastic Mr. Fox) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beansprouts Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 My daughter was reading at a 6th grade level by the time she was six years old. This was a challenge because much of the literature written for 9 - 12 year olds just wasn't right for her. I stopped trying to supply her with material that was at her reading level and just let her enjoy the huge variety of children's literature written for her age: Beverly Cleary, Roald Dahl, The Little House Books, Kate DiCamillo... I can't think of any more of her favorites right now (it is 2am...) I have used guides to children's literature to help in choosing books for her. My favorite is Honey For a Child's Heart, and many people also like The Read-Aloud Handbook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom0012 Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 They have lots of great book suggestions. Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Also recommending Beverly Cleary and Dick King-Smith. After that, Roald Dahl, Charlotte's Web, The Trumpet of the Swan, A Cricket in Times Square (and sequels), the Michael Bond Paddington books, Half Magic (and sequels). Then on to the Moomintroll books, The Doctor Dolittle books, Wizard of Oz (and sequels), Swallows and Amazons (and eleven sequels), the Narnia books, E. Nesbit, The Little White Horse, Redwall (and ever-increasing sequels) ........ So much fun to be had! Best wishes Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MySerenity Posted March 10, 2008 Author Share Posted March 10, 2008 Thank you everyone. All the suggestions have been wonderful. I'm sure he'll enjoy reading some of these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddandgirls Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 I will second many of the recommendations mentioned so far. We had the same situation with my dd when she was five. The 1000 good books on the web and the All through the ages book by the same person. We also read a lot of older books. Someone mentioned the bobbsey twins. When my dd was that age she read all of the little house, american adventure, Boxcar children series (love the work ethic and cooperation and sibling relationships displayed) and American girl. But when she turned 7 we moved to Portland OR for a few years and found Powell's bookstore. I think it's the countries largest bookstore. Anyway they have a huge selection of books dating back to late 1800's/early 1900's. She fell in love with older books and their vocabulary. You can find them online and browse the used books section. Our library has the Freddy the Pig Series as well as the Curly Tops series and Trixie Belden (similar to Nancy Drew). I loved the older books and we didn't worry too much about content since they had different standards long ago. We let her read just about anything written before 1960. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nissi Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Check out the books recommended in the "Five In A Row " Curriculum. My sons loved these at that age. Nissi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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