TinyMama Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 What's been some of your favorites? We were starting with a Roald Dahl collection we have for kids but upon reading the first few chapters of a few of them, they're not kindergarten appropriate 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 Ones my kids liked: Matilda (Dahl) Mrs. Pigglewiggle The Mouse and the Motorcycle Wayside School The Phantom Tollbooth Winnie The Pooh Oz books Pippi Longstocking Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing/Fudge series Mr. Popper's Penguins Just So Stories The Best Christmas Pageant Ever I will say that for kindergarten, our books were still more in two groups: completely non-realistic (elements of magical lands, absurdities) or personification of animals (real or stuffed). We slowly moved into more realistic fiction as they got older. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarita Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 (edited) Addition to @HomeAgain's list Heartwood Hotel series. Super lovely because the 4 books go a long with the seasons starting with the Fall. Cricket in Times Square Odder I loved Odder and found it very well written, my kids weren't too keen so 🤷♀️ Even though I don't use Brave Writer, their book picks are very good. For chapter books look at Dart. Edited August 13 by Clarita Add information, typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarita Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 Add A Bear Called Paddington 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 27 minutes ago, Clarita said: Add A Bear Called Paddington Oh, YES. It is a just-right sort of book. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClowPow Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 My son is starting kindergarten this year. These are books we have read so far this year and enjoyed. Excited to see what others like as well! Charlie and the Chocolate Factory The Boxcar Children My Father’s Dragon The Chocolate Touch (loved) The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe (loved, read/listed to this several times) The Mouse and The Motorcycle Winnie the Pooh Mr. Popper’s Penguins Charlotte’s Web (There’s a really good audiobook performed by Meryl Streep and others that you can get from your library or on hoopla that we loved!) The Mystery of the Hidden Scrolls (Christian) The Little Prince (There’s a really good audiobook for this one performed by Richard Gere.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweet2ndchance Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 (edited) The Ivy books by Katherine Coville were loved my my then-kindergartener. The Zoey and Sassafras books were a hit. The Trumpet of the Swan The Very Very Far North Edited August 14 by sweet2ndchance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El... Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 I'll reiterate My Father's Dragon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exh Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 The Faraway Tree Adventures (The Land of Birthdays etc.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historically accurate Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 All the ones above, and here are a few more to throw into the mix. The Littles series Catwings Betsy Tacy Tum Tum and Nutmeg Little House in the Big Woods Ginger Pye The Doll People may hold a five or six year old's attention. We may have read it when youngest was a kindergartner. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brittany1116 Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 My Father's Dragon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TinyMama Posted August 20 Author Share Posted August 20 These are all great recommendations. Thanks you! I've looked them up and they cover art us adorable and I can tell they'll keep my daughter's attention. We've read one book in the Magic Treehouse series so far. When reading aloud at the kindergarten level, do you finish an entire series before moving on to the next? Or, do you read whatever you want in any order? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 6 minutes ago, TinyMama said: We've read one book in the Magic Treehouse series so far. When reading aloud at the kindergarten level, do you finish an entire series before moving on to the next? Or, do you read whatever you want in any order? We read whatever suited our fancy at the time. Goodness, it would take months to get through some series and you miss out on being able to introduce other writing your child might love. Magic Treehouse is almost as prolific as the Sweet Valley series of my childhood. I can't imagine devoting all my time to only reading those aloud. Also, I tended to "read with the season", so something like Charlotte's Web in late summer/early fall, Molly's Pilgrim the week before Thanksgiving, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever in December........and filling in the rest of the months with fun and fantasy. But Kindergarten is one of those years where they're still learning seasonal rhythms/keeping track of time and traditions, so bringing in books where characters were doing the same, but differently, kind of reinforced that imo. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweet2ndchance Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Everything @HomeAgain said plus sometimes just reading aloud the first book of a series can entice them to want to read the rest of the series on their own. 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarita Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 5 hours ago, TinyMama said: We've read one book in the Magic Treehouse series so far. When reading aloud at the kindergarten level, do you finish an entire series before moving on to the next? Or, do you read whatever you want in any order? We read whatever we want. After some time they may even ask to just read the books in the series on their own and you have to read the rest of the series on your own. Especially with huge series like Magic Treehouse they get tired of it too so they'll want to take breaks from just reading that. In terms of keeping attention, it took my daughter a bit into Kindergarten to go through a chapter book. Gradually, she matured into being able to do chapter books (she wasn't good enough at remembering the right parts of the story to make each day interesting for her). She preferred a complete story for each sitting, books like Paddington Bear was great at that stage because each chapter was a full story on it's own (Winnie the Pooh I think is written more like that too). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historically accurate Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 2 hours ago, Clarita said: In terms of keeping attention, it took my daughter a bit into Kindergarten to go through a chapter book. Gradually, she matured into being able to do chapter books (she wasn't good enough at remembering the right parts of the story to make each day interesting for her). She preferred a complete story for each sitting, books like Paddington Bear was great at that stage because each chapter was a full story on it's own (Winnie the Pooh I think is written more like that too). Cynthia Rylant's easy chapter books (The Lighthouse Family, Mr. Putter and Tabby, Thimbleberry, etc) are good for that in-between listening stage, a little longer but broken up with lots of pictures. Another book to put on the list is Beezus and Ramona. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countrymum Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 Betsy and Eddie books by Caroline Haywood Thornton Burgess bedtime stories. Chatter the Squirrel excreta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penderwink Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 We also read with the season - mostly still with picture books, but also there are some seasonal Magic Treehouse books. (If anyone has good ideas for more seasonal chapter books, that would be great.) For Magic Treehouse - for my kid, interest in the animal rescue stories came much earlier than some of the historic ones. We just pick the titles that sounds most interesting. Some books we like: The Iron Man Heartwood Hotel Moomintrolls Paddington Beaver Towers The Worst Witch Famous Five / Cherry Tree Farm Flat Stanley Penderwicks Ballet Shoes Five Children and It The Secret Series (Blyton) Brambly Hedge Original Thomas and Friends series Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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