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Hi Guys,
It's my nephew's 5th birthday next week and I want to get him a coupleof books but I'm a bit out of touch when it comes to boys. What do your sons/male mindees of this age enjoy reading?
Many thanks. x
betty boop
12-01-2012, 10:50 PM
Hi it really depends what he is interested in but at that age my son loved any thing with dinosaurs in although his fav book was a book called the blue tractor
hope this helps
mama2three
13-01-2012, 08:05 AM
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Early-Readers-Collection-10-Books-Horrid-Henry-Runaway-Duckling-NEW-/220919963623?pt=Children_s_Non_Fiction&hash=item336fdb1fe7
these were my 5 year olds favourite christmas books - he is quite proficient for his age and reads them independently , but they would be good read together books also.
loocyloo
13-01-2012, 08:33 AM
dinosaur cove books are great early chapter books ... 2 boys, find a secret way back to the land of the dinosaurs! great for reading aloud, and for reading to himself as he gets more proficient at reading.
Ds also liked jack stallwart books ... a young 'spy' who travels the world, really good for imparting geography and info about different countries without child noticing !!!!
kellib
13-01-2012, 09:38 AM
My son is 6 and he still loves 'Peace at last', it was my favourite book when I was younger too!
dette
13-01-2012, 09:45 AM
MY boys love THE MOLE THAT KNEW IT WAS NONE OF HIS BUSINESS
its all about different animal poo..i love it too
flowerpots
13-01-2012, 10:04 AM
My little boy (nearly 5) 'reads' YOU CHOOSE every single night its his second copy of the book (he wore the first one out). :)
Tealady
13-01-2012, 10:15 AM
"Where's my Underpants" - It a flap book with a pair of card underpants that you hide somewhere under one of the many flaps and another person has to try and find them. My DD and the mindees I've had at that age have spent ages playing with it.
mummyof3
13-01-2012, 11:22 AM
Any books by Julia Donaldson!
Winnie the witch is popular with my son. Also Harry and the bucketful of dinosaurs range. Oh and Aliens love underpants! My son is 5 :)
Kezzle
13-01-2012, 02:52 PM
My brother who's 6 loves horrid Henry and Ben 10. He reads beyond his years though, and likes Roald Dahl books too.
Velleity
13-01-2012, 04:04 PM
My son loves Flat Stanley and The Boy with the Purple Crayon the best.
Thank you all so much for your replies. I'm off to Amazon now!