Roxy Roller Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 My oldest loved The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 I also started doing "Reading Friday" instead of school work. We all lounge around the house (usually in sleeping bags or in forts) and read on Fridays. We eat popcorn or junk, and I let him drink a soda. Anything to make it fun. How fun. Billy and Blaze Caution! My 8 yr old read this and now he's begging me for a horse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeves Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 My first son didn't really read until he was 9 and the book that got him going was the first volume of the Adventures of Tintin! After that it was Redwall and he's been reading like crazy ever since! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 It was Aesop's fables for us. We have many many books on Aesop's fables and he rereads them too. Beyond that I would say the Magic Tree House books and research guides/ fact trackers. We have now started our collection of Beverly Cleary books and he is going through those while finishing up the Canadian Flyer series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laundrycrisis Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 I was hoping for something with more "literary value", but it was the Scholastic series of Star Wars chapter books :D Really, the writing isn't horrible. He chose those himself and went to bed early every night wanting to read. Now he is reading the Bionicle Chronicles :001_smile: I am just so incredibly happy that he is reading ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medieval Mom Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Thornton Burgess' animal stories, ie: Reddy Fox, etc :iagree: This series had him in STITCHES! :) Now he can't put down the Redwall series. He's almost read them all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairProspects Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 You all are giving me so much hope that this jump into reading can happen at 8 or 9 or later! My ds is dyslexic and reads nothing at all that he isn't required to (other than Lego Club magazines) so I am thrilled that there may be hope as he gets older! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovin Learnin Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 For my oldest son it was Harry Potter in 2nd grade. He then moved into Narnia, the Madeline Engle series, LOTR and any other fantasy book he could get his hands on. He still reads only fantasy for pleasure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsBanjoClown Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 DS7 loves the Magic Tree House series. It seems like he has always loved to read though. He's the type of kid you have to pry a book out of his hand to go anywhere or do anything else. Just tonight I caught him in our "in-the-works schoolroom" reading Tut's Mummy (which is supposed to be for next year!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Time for Chocolate Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Try A to Z Mysteries. Jenna loves them! Good to talk to you today!!:) Judy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moniksca Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 A to Z Mysteries for my ds then he moved onto MTH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasia Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 For my oldest, it was Marvin Redpost, the summer after first grade. #2 jumped right into reading Marvin Redpost books, Encyclopedia Brown, The Hardy Boys, The Boxcar Children, the first couple Harry Potter books etc. within a few months. He's still my big reader. #3 was a big Arthur fan and jumped from the picture books to the chapter books like it was nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyofsixreboot Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 DS #1 Spiderwick DS#2 Deltora Quest DS#3 Captain Underpants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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