snickelfritz Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 (edited) dd likes fantasy, fairies, princesses, etc... She enjoys read-aloud's like The Little Princess, James and the giant Peach, Secret Garden, Dancing Shoes, and she is currently LOVING The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe,......etc.... I want to get her a lovely, hardback, quality book that she will be able to read on her own in the, somewhat, near future. An important aspect is that it needs to have frequent, lovely, whimsical? pictures/illustrations. I think having frequent pictures is her safe zone, if that makes sense. Her fun reading books include Geronimo Stilton and the ENTIRE series of Rainbow Fairies:D. Geronimo Stilton is listed as 3rd grade, the fairy books are listed as 2nd. She is reading The Courage of Sarah Noble aloud to me, which is listed as 4th. But, I would say that's her upper comfortable level. My sister suggested Charlottes Web, which is my fallback book. I already own it in paperback and we've read it aloud. But, she did really like it. Edited November 11, 2010 by snickelfritz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 (edited) This version of Pippi Longstocking Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (beautiful; I may be getting this one for my niece this Christmas -- I got her the Pippi Longstocking one about a year ago) The Book of Fairies (may be too advanced) The Book of Fairy Poetry And, these don't really have much text at all (they're mostly photos), but they're great for inspiring fairy lovers to create all sorts of wonderful fairy-scapes outside using found materials.... http://www.amazon.com/Fairy-Houses-Everywhere/dp/097081044X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1289487060&sr=1-1 http://www.amazon.com/Fairy-Houses-Beyond/dp/0970810466/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b http://www.amazon.com/Fairy-Houses-Maine-Maureen-Heffernan/dp/089272787X/ref=pd_sim_b_3#_ Also, if your dd loves fairies, you may want to check out this fairy design kit. It's very fun (dd & niece both have this one). ETA: This is a lovely, illustrated version of The Hobbit (paperback, but oversize & nice pictures); don't know if she's ready for that reading level or not, but thought I'd mention it. Edited November 11, 2010 by Stacia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snickelfritz Posted November 11, 2010 Author Share Posted November 11, 2010 (edited) Where the Mountain Meets the Moon The Book of Fairies The Book of Fairy Poetry These are gorgeous. Thanks! ETA: Kathleen and Michael Hague (author/illustrator of the two fairy books) do some beautiful work. I think I could find something for younger dd too. Edited November 11, 2010 by snickelfritz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dm379 Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 http://www.amazon.com/Fairyopolis-Fairies-Cicely-Mary-Barker/dp/0723257248/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1289519609&sr=1-1 I saw this at a book store yesterday. There's not a ton of text so it's more of a fun book. My dd looooved it so dh is going back today to get it for her. What little there is to read is kind of hard since it's in cursive but it's beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5Wizards Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Ok, this is not "great" literature, but my daughter and her best friend LOVED the Fairy Realm books (can be found at bookcloseouts) around that age. There are 10 I think, and they're better than the Rainbow fairy books. For over a year after starting to read these, they played make believe games about the fairy realm, drew pictures illustrating the books, tried to figure out how to get there, etc..... There is one picture per chapter, 10 chapters per book I think. I am starting these as read-a-loud books with my 5 year old now (that's how we started them with my olderst, who then moved on to read them herself). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 The Never Ending Story sounds like it might be a story she'd love (although I've never (YET!) read the book myself- loved the movie!- and I'm not really sure if it's got illustrations? Maybe somebody else could tell you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Fabric of Fairy Tales It's very pretty :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 A suggestion for future reading (as I can't locate any of her books with which I'm familiar that are also currently in print in hardback) are works illustrated by Jane Ray. Perhaps your library might have some. Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brenda in FL Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 My daughter read the Unicorn Chronicles when she was 9 years old. She doesn't particularly like to read long novels (still prefers those blasted Rainbow Magic Fairy books!) But she loved the Unicorn Chronicles by Bruce Coville! Unfortunately - no illustratons. But my daughter seems much like your daughter in her tastes of stories. She'd rather read those short paperback series below her reading level - or picture book fairy tales. And yet she was captivated by the Unicorn books. (Wish I could find something similar!) Oh - she also enjoyed an abridged version of Little Women - I had to help her through it as it was more an abridgement rather than an adaptation. Another series was All-of-Kind Family. (the last two are not fantasy - but dd enjoyed them anyway, even though she doesn't usually choose to rread this genre!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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