Hannah is getting to the stage where she is enjoying the books I used to read as a kid. To be honest I am enjoying them all over again too.
We have rediscovered The Secret Seven, and The Little House On The Prairie series. Roald Dahl has been very popular too.
We are also reading The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe together before the kids go to bed. The girls are both so excited to hear what is going to happen next. I love watching them while I am reading. Their faces eagerly listening, and trying to guess what will happen next.
Often I will find Hannah curled up somewhere with a book. She is hooked! Our only problem is that we are fast running out of books for her to read. We have some Famous Five, and a few other Enid Blyton books to go, but we need some new ideas.
What other books can you recommend for an enthusiastic reader?
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What about Anne of Green Gables
My eldest is going through books like crazy at the moment too! Thankfully she is borrowing plenty from the library at school, because I can't keep up with how quick she is reading!!
Have you checked out the Cheer Chick Charlie series written by Leeane from Deep Fried Fruit?
Maybe she is old enough for Anne of Green Gables,at least the first couple? If she likes fantasy/magic books, try anything by Emily Rodda. Also Kate Forsyth's "Chain of Charms" and/or "Chronicles of Estalliana" series. There is a great blog called Playing by the Book that reviews and recommends heaps of fiction and non-fiction kids' books and suggests corresponding activities, the author has 4 year old and 8 year old girls. http://www.playingbythebook.net
Lucky you getting to relive all of those great books.
My favourites were The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Your daughter might be a touch young but I also loved the Ramona Quimby series, the Cam Jansen books and of course, The Babysitters Club. Can't wait to dig them out again.
I had forgotten about Ramona – I loved her! Definitely going to hunt them out!
I too love Enid Blyton and even though they are not 'classic' I loved the Babysitters Club series. My neice loves Nanny Piggins (you can find a review here: http://www.thebookchook.com/2013/03/childrens-books-review-adventures-of.html )
I hope when my little girl is Hannah's age she too loves reading.
I am a book lover from way back but can't for the life of me remember or suggest anything suitable for a girl at Hannah's age (I have toddler boys)..I read End Blyton, Roald Dahl, The babysitters club, Choose your own adventure books.
Love choose your own adventure! Definitely putting it on the list!
I am probably not much help, I have no idea what great books are out there for young readers. It was a long time ago, but I loved to read the hardy boys and nancy drew. I loved reading Fatty Finn and Enid Blyton books. James and the giant peach is a good Roald Dahl book. Good luck in keeping her in good books 🙂
You are lucky to have a child that is hooked on reading! I loved reading Enid Blyton at that age. I also loved Trixie Belden, and my daughter loved Harry Potter at that age. There are so many in those series that your daughter might be ready for The Hobbit when she's finished.
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I read heaps and our daughter reads heaps but I can't remember what books she read when she was that age. I will see if I can find them in the bookshelves and let you know.
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Hi, my 8 almost 9yo is a good reader, but with a very small attention span. She starts a million and one crappy books and swaps between them. I am trying desperately to convince her that if she can put a book down one evening and then neglect it for a week then it is NOT a good book. It is so opposite my own experience with books that I find it incredibly frustrating, and I wonder if I have caused this damage by too much TV etc. Arghhh!
On the upside, the books that she seems to really really enjoy include Emily Eyefinger and Reginald Stilton and Clarice Bean. I am picking up The Witches by Roald Dahl from the library today and I hope that it will be a life-changer for her.
And I am throwing away all those stupid stupid stupid fairy bloody books that have the same plot over an over.
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