Ariston Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Anyone have any recommendations for a comic book for a struggling 7 year old boy? He loves superheroes, fighting, all the boy things. He can read at a 1st/2nd grade level albeit slowly. My husband suggested getting him comics, but I need something with an appropriate font and font size for a 7 year old. :confused: Elena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homefront Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Charles Brown when over well here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazymom4 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 My 7 year old boy LOVES the original TinTin books...I found them at Barnes and Noble...the font on what we have is kind of small though...but maybe bc it isn't a crazy amount of words, he doesn't get overwhelmed? I do know he loves them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomatHWTK Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Calvin and Hobbes are a huge hit here. Also, you can get Redwall and a few other similar books in graphic novel form. The Fantastic 4 comics have been OK. You have to be careful, IMO, of the comics though as often they have darker or more adult themes than the same super heros have in the cartoons. Scrooge, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and the crew still have comic books out as well- often in the actual book format. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 They have a lot of comic books for emerging readers. They have different authors so they are all different. I've liked most of them and my dc have liked all the ones we found at the library. Also, our library has a bunch of superhero books in the "I Can Read" section of the early readers (same at bookstores). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lecka Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 (edited) Garfield has the easiest-to-read font and caption bubbles, and easiest words, imo. The writing is all in caps. There are not a lot of words on the page. I censor some pages that I think are unkind, but my son doesn't notice. I tell him I am picking out really funny ones. Some Pokemon and some Avatar comics are easier. The super-hero comics available at our library tend to be a little bit too hard for my son still. There is a section in the children's area (not the teen area, which has even more) and I just pick up books and flip through them. Baby Mouse (I think it is called) and one with a hamster are both easier, too, but above my son's interest level -- they have a different kind of humor he is not getting yet. Edited March 15, 2012 by Lecka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayt ul-Hikmah Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Farrar Williams has reviewed many graphic novels on her blog. Here are a few posts on the subject. My older son devoured many graphic novels before digging into more text-heavy comic books. Look around -- there are some surprisingly good ones out there (I didn't know!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diaperjoys Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Another vote for Tintin. My reluctant reader blossomed with these... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amayla Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Our library has a great selection of beginning reader comics. They are my son's favorite to check out. They also have some level 1 and level 2 superhero early readers that are quite popular with my little guy! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori C- Texas Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 We have got some comic books at our library called Phonics Comics. http://www.innovativekids.com/content/view/235/613/ My son enjoys these. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindygz Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Not quite comics, but almost--the Ricky Ricotta books. Someone here recommended them for my ds7 and he has really been enjoying them. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ariston Posted March 17, 2012 Author Share Posted March 17, 2012 Thanks for all the suggestions!!! Elena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatmansWife Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Timberdoodle has a lot of graphic novels that are educational. We have the Max Axiom ones (under science). The history and biography ones look good too. I'm not really sure what reading level these are though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwg Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 I went to a comic store in the area and asked them which ones would be ok for my then ds6. I really think those are what got ds reading so much! He was motivated to figure it out and even when he could not, he could look at the pictures and see kinda what was going on. We just let him do what he wanted with them and he would pour over those books. Once he was reading those pretty well he loved (and still does) Calvin and Hobbes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaughingCat Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Owly is a wordless comic book - might be good for getting a child used to the comic book format. There's a bunch of theses but I've only "read" the first one. Benny and Penny is a very easy comic book. I think there's 3 of them? DD and I read "The Big No No" a couple years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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