imagine.more Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 My son will be 6 this summer so I'm currently planning curriculum for fall, his 1st grade year though it'll be mostly 2nd grade work. His reading however is way ahead of everything else and this year he (yet again) shocked me by jumping several levels ahead in decoding and comprehension. Last time I checked this he was decoding about a 6th grade level and comprehending a 3rd grade level but that was this fall before his mental growth spurt when he started reading more challenging chapter books without my knowledge before bed so I'd say he's currently decoding at 7-8th and comprehending at a 4th grade level. So this year he read, independently, Mr. Popper's Penguins, the first 3 Narnia books, Sparks Story Bible (80% of it at least), Charlotte's Web (twice), Frog and Toad, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, and many more I can't remember at the moment. I'm running out of appropriate chapter books for him. Harry Potter is definitely the highest I'll let him go in the mature-content area....I've already warned him he's not allowed to read Harry Potter 2 until next year and #3 until 8 and #4 until 10 because the content jumps up quite a bit in the 4th book. He's read half of the Magic Treehouse Series and all the classic Beatrix Potter, A.A. Milne, etc. Anyway, so what books in the 3rd-6th grade reading level did your advanced readers enjoy that were appropriate for a 6 year old boy? He's not overly sensitive to things but I want to maintain a certain level of innocence of course. I'm thinking Stuart Little by EB White would be a good one he hasn't read yet and I might read aloud The Hobbit with him but am blanking on others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicianmom Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Alice in Wonderland Through the Looking Glass Pinocchio My Father's Dragon and sequels Wizard of Oz (and other Oz books) Peter Pan Wind in the Willows (read aloud) Along Came a Dog Robin Hood (read aloud) James Herriot Treasury for Children Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imagine.more Posted April 29, 2014 Author Share Posted April 29, 2014 Alice in Wonderland, duh, how did I not think of that? And I adore the James Herriot Treasury for Children, thanks for reminding me of that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameena Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Berenstein Bears Chapters books are good - hard to find, but great. Bobbsey Twins - not sure if a boy would like those though. My dd loves them Hank the Cowdog? They are mostly pretty tame, and written by a homeschool dad Boxcar Children Just about anything on the SL lists for Core B, C, D or E would be a good bet too. Especially Homer Price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megbo Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 I've bookmarked these lists: http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/listmania/byauthor/AJ9YYU9EDTNHJ https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/47468.Gifted_Young_Readers Recently, Ds6 has really enjoyed The Tale of Despereaux and The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. He's also currently obsessed with the "Who was" series of biographies and The Boxcar Children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korrale Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Anything by Kate Di Camillo. You can start with her Mercy Watson books but they are only the lower end, akin to Frog and a Toad. My son finds them hilarious though. Her other books take a bit of a leap in reading level. And the ones that we have read are all pretty safe thus far. My son really enjoys The Little House books. I will only let him read the first few books as the content is more mature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerileanne99 Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 I see several of my dd''s favorites listed already, some as read-alouds earlier and some independent. She also enjoyed Trumpet of the Swan, which would be great for a boy that age. Anything Pippi Longstocking, but especially the South Seas book. Dr. Doolittle we did as a read-aloud as I wanted to discuss a few issues with her. The Railway Children she enjoyed as well, Wind in the Willows, and a couple of Roald Dahl like Matilda, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. On our list: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH The Black Stallion/Black Beauty The Borrowers Bridge to Terabithia Half-Magic Holes The Jungle Book Swiss Family Robinson My Side of the Mountain (we shall see..) And just because he is loving the longer books, don't forget some of the more advanced shorter stories...advice to myself as even though my dd is reading advanced books I do not want her to miss out any any great lit for littles:) sometimes I find myself reading the EASIER books as read-alouds for this reason whilst she tackles something she has become interested in. She just read The Reluctant Dragon after reading a passage in our WWE lesson and it was fantastic:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korrale Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Oh I forgot! My son absolutely loved The Secret Garden and A Little Princess. I know that they are typically girly books. But he really enjoyed them. He also Liked The Five Little Peppers. We still do a lot of pictures books. We are reading. James Herriot right now. A dictionary might be handy if your son is not familiar with British (Scottish I think?) vernacular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mliss Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Here is a section of my library book list. I'm very particular about content and have skimmed or read all of these books myself. Jenny Goes to Sea Averill The Indian in the Cupboard Banks American Fairy Tales Baum Paddington Bear (series) Bond The Penderwicks Birdsdall Twenty and Ten Bishop A Lion to Guard Us Bulla John Billington Bulla The Sword in the Tree Bulla White Sails to China Bulla The Incredible Journey Burnford The Enormous Egg Butterworth Hieroglyphs Callery The Family Under the Bridge Carlson The Mouse and the Motorcycle Cleary The Cat Who Went to Heaven Coatsworth The Wheel on the School De Jong The Silver Skates Dodge The Twenty-One Balloons Du Bois Half Magic Eager Magic by the Lake Eager The Saturdays Enright The Four-Story Mistake Enright Thimble Summer Enright The Black Stallion Farley Calico Bush Field, R My Father’s Dragon Gannett Three Tales of my Father’s Dragon Gannett My Side of the Mountain George The Reluctant Dragon Grahame Adam of the Road Gray Phoebe the Spy Griffin King of the Wind Henry Paddle to the Sea Holling Tree in the Trail Holling Seabird Holling The Boy Who Held Back the Sea Hort The Great Turkey Walk Karr The Cuckoo Child King-Smith The Water Horse King-Smith Just So Stories Kipling The Jungle Book Kipling They Were Strong and Good Lawson The Story of Doctor Doolittle Lofting Centerburg Tales McCloskey Homer Price McCloskey The Golden Goblet McGraw Gentle Ben Morey Kaspar the Titanic Cat Morpurgo Owls in the Family Mowat The Story of the Treasure Seekers Nesbit Mrs. Frisby and the rats of NIMH O’Brien Island of the Blue Dolphins O’Dell Egyptian Diary: journal of Nakht Platt The Wonder Clock Pyle A Place in the Sun Rubalcaba The Dragon of Lonely Island Rupp The Invention of Hugo Cabret Selznick Black Beauty Sewell Five Little Peppers and How They … Sidney Five Little Peppers Abroad Sidney The Minstrel in the Tower Skurzynski The Sign of the Beaver Speare Detectives in Togas Winterfeld Mystery of the Roman Ransom Winterfeld Mountain Born Yates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 I have some Amazon lists that might help you. This is the first. L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeanM Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 I'd recommend the Freddy the pig books. The first one is "Freddy Goes to Florida." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imagine.more Posted April 29, 2014 Author Share Posted April 29, 2014 Thanks so much, this gives me a great list for next year! He's already read many of them but even with that I can easily pull out a dozen from this list to strew about the house for him to read so he quits pilfering my bookshelves :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 You're ahead of us, so I don't have a list of titles. But I'll pass along the advice that was most helpful to me as I find appropriate reading material for my daughter - Look for lists of "read alouds for x age" and pass those on for independent reading. The content is typically appropriate but with higher reading levels meant for the parent to be reading to the child. It has worked perfectly for us so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertBlossom Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Last summer when DS was 7 he read the entire Dragon Slayer's Academy series. There are about 20 of them and they are short chapter books. He was on a dragon kick, so he picked up The Fire Within series after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gratia271 Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Island of the Blue Dolphins Wind in the Willows Rabbit Hill (also Mr. Revere and I, Ben and Me) Cricket in Times Square Clyde Robert Bulla books (Chalk box kid, Shoeshine Girl etc..) Moffats Peterkin Papers Edit Nesbit books (Five Children and It, Phoenix and Carpet, Treasure Seekers, Wouldbegoods, Railway Children etc) The Light Princess (George Macdonald) Father Brown stories for children (fyi, second book deals with murder) Snow Treasure Phantom Tollbooth Owls in the Family Enid Blyton books (mystery) Whipping Boy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pollyanna Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 My 7yo is at a very high reading level, but we have a lot of content issues. Some favorites that she will reread over and over (not necessarily all super advanced reading level!) include: Mrs. Piggle Wiggle Beverly Cleary (Ramona for my daughter, but Henry might be better for a boy) TumTum and Nutmeg Children of Noisy Village Borrowers Betsy Tacy Little House (and the Rose spin off books) early boxcar children Pippi Longstocking My Naughty Little Sister Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanikit Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 These are books my DD has read this year and last year. She does jump from easier to harder books at time - mostly though I just want suitable content. Some of the ones I listed are still on our list to hand to her later this year. Pioneer Cat Capyboppy My Naughty Little Sister series (if you use the ones with Bad Harry you might spark a boy's interest slightly more) The Monty series (Amazing Monty, Magical Monty etc) Enid Blyton's Secret Seven, Famous Five and various stand alone Enid Blyton books The Magic Finger, Matilda and other Roald Dahl books The Children of Noisy Village Beverley Cleary - it is the stand alones she is enjoying more than Ramona/Henry (Socks and Emily's Runaway Imagination) Many of the younger Meindert De Jong books B is for Betsy (this is more for girls) Honey Cake McBroom's Wonderful One-Acre Farm (there are more in this series) Many of the Dick King Smith Books (variable reading levels - some are beginning chapter books and others are a much higher reading level) James Herriot - not just the treasury, but many of the other books too Mrs Piggle-Wiggle The Animal Ark Series (there are numerous of these and I know boys who raced through them at age 7) The Sword in the Tree (my DD enjoyed this one despite it being supposedly more boyish) Sable The Indian in the Cupboard series How to train your dragon series The Toothpaste Millionaire Jungle Doctor (numerous) Dr Doolittle My Side of the Mountain (I am using this as a read aloud now and it has been fine for my DD) The Year of Miss Agnes Don't forget to let him read some really lower level books too - I have been reading Poppleton to my 3 year old and my 6 year old who can read at a high level loves to come and sit and listen or read them to her sister. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k8c Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 I wrote a post on my blog today that listed all the books dd5 has read this past year. The first half is picture books as her reading skills developed, but the last half you might find something. She reads a lot of graphic novels, because she loves the artwork. She is also into sci-fi/fantasy, so I am not sure if your son will be interested or not. http://proverbs2pursuit.blogspot.com/2014/05/ones-chances-of-survival-increase-with.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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