MeganW Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 I have a kid who struggled getting started reading, and then went through the can-read-but-doesn't-like-to phase. She can read the words on any page, but comprehension is a bit below that. She read a Roald Dahl, and the light turned on! She has read everything he has written, and is hungry for more! All she wants for Christmas is books, but only books that are "as funny and awesome as Roald Dahl books". Suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Series of Unfortunate Events? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellen Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 My son thinks the Rick Riordan books are hilarious. I think it's a different kind of humor but I'm not familiar enough with Rick Riordan's books to say. I'll ask my son in the morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Alcatraz and the Evil Librarians, but that series is stuck on hiatus. (Darn you, Sanderson!) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jobos12 Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 I thought the Nanny Piggins series was quite similar to roald dahl, but i think maybe they are Australian, so I dont know how easy they are to get elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baile Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 David Walliams! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewingmama Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 The 13 storey treehouse series is well loved here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewingmama Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 The 13 storey treehouse series is well loved here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondeviolin Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Clementine was loved about that same phase with both of my older two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soror Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 NEIL GAIMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He has a good chunk of books for older readers but some real gems for younger ones as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syllieann Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Ramona series and Homer Price Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upennmama Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Neil Gaiman. Fortunately the MIlk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reign Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 My oldest went from Roald Dahl to the How To Train Your Dragon series. She is now into Neil Gaiman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 The Hoboken Chicken Emergency Nurse Matilda Fortunately, the Milk The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Fake Mustache by Tom Angleberger Anything by Daniel Pinkwater 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 My dd loved Dahl, and she also loved the Sam Campbell books and Calvin & Hobbes comics (HIGHLY recommend!!!). Is this one of the dc with apraxia? You might want to get an SLP eval to see if that comprehension is language-based. My ds is having reading comprehension issues, and it's because he has low language comprehension at the single sentence level in general. The reading just makes it glaringly obvious. His vocabulary is so shockingly high, you don't realize the comprehension issues. So I would check that and make sure there's not something that needs a better intervention. Beyond that, have you considered a device that can do immersion reading? Kindle Fire, android table running the kindle app, whatever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momling Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Eva Ibbotson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lacell Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Mrs. Piggle Wiggle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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