CTVKath Posted April 23, 2020 Posted April 23, 2020 (edited) Hello. My 8yo boy has finally decided he can read and has taken off with Mo Willems' Elephant & Piggie books. I bought him the whole set a couple of weeks ago and he's almost done. Can anyone suggest a series or author to follow the Elephant & Piggie books? Maybe a similar humor to those and the Pigeon books? My son is doing great with 2-syllable words and reading easily. 3-syllable words are difficult. We're working steadily forward with phonics and I'm not concerned about that. I just want to keep him reading. My sister-in-law sent him a set of Fly Guy books but for some reason he is scared of Fly Guy so that's a no go. Thanks so much!!! Edited April 23, 2020 by CTVKath Edited to correct spelling of author's name Quote
Bronze Posted April 23, 2020 Posted April 23, 2020 Not similar really, but books my kids have enjoyed at that just taking off stage include the Kingdom of Wrenly and Dragon Masters series--short, easy chapter books with lots of nice illustrations. Quote
Sneezyone Posted April 23, 2020 Posted April 23, 2020 Dr. Seuss. Hop on Pop. Green Eggs and Ham. Etc. Quote
Miss Tick Posted April 23, 2020 Posted April 23, 2020 Everything by Tim Egan. I remember the Dodsworth books fondly. Also, The Cat on the Mat is Flat, by Andy Griffiths Quote
Monica_in_Switzerland Posted April 23, 2020 Posted April 23, 2020 Narwhal and Jelly, my kids think they're hilarious. Possibly the Dog Man series, by the Captain Underpants author(s). We don't personally own copies, but it's on my maybe list. Quote
Pintosrock Posted April 24, 2020 Posted April 24, 2020 We like the Fred and Ted books (Eastman) and the Hello, Hedgehog series (Feuti) which has speech bubbles similar to Piggie and Gerald, but definitely longer. I second the Kingdom of Wrenly series, which is a definite step up. We did not like the Dragon Masters series, as each book ended to-be-continued and it didn't feel like you got to the end of a story in each book. In a similar difficulty level are The Data Set, Princess Pulverizer, and Zoey and Sassafras series. Quote
CTVKath Posted April 24, 2020 Author Posted April 24, 2020 Thank you to all of you!!! I've been looking these series up on Amazon to "Look Inside" and several look like they would be perfect. 🙂 1 Quote
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