I am looking for some new books to read to my 4 year old son. Maybe some longer books, where we could read a few chapters at night. He does like to look at pictures as well. just looking for some suggestions for some big boy books that your kids like. Most the books we read are short and I think he is getting too old for most of them.
Thanks in advance
that was about the age we started reading the Classic Winnie the Pooh, still a fav- tut tut it looks like rain :)
Take a look at this childrens' classics book list:
http://www.hbook.com/pdf/childrensclassics.pdf
Its broken down by age and has some wonderful, adorable books on it.
In addition, since they are "classics" they are books that may be studied/read in elementary school - so your son would be familiar with some of the books and/or authors he encounters in school.
Just looking over some of the titles - some super cute books on here! I need to order a few for my house!
For my son’s 4th birthday I bought him the book Detective Dinosaur. It was his first chapter book (although the chapters are only a few pages) and he STILL reads it almost everyday.
He’s now 5 ½.
Even though we go to the library and pick out others, this one is still his all time favorite.
Also check your local library for their summer reading lists.
Have fun reading!
You might try the Frog and Toad books by Arnold Lobel. We have a couple of them, and my kids have all loved them. They usually have four or five stories in them, but they aren't too long and don't get old reading over and over again. Plus, the illustrations are fantastic. There are also several Dr. Seuss books (if you don't get sick of them) that are good for older kids. One my 4 year old wants to hear over and over is The Sneetches, which has other stories with it that she enjoys as much if not more than the main story.
My daughter found a copy of Where the Sidewalk Ends that I had from when I was a kid (maybe 8-10?). Both my kids love it when I read from there and they are 3 and 5.
The following should be readily available at your local library:
Chris Van Allsburg has written some great kids books that, although they're "picture" books in the sense that there are illustrations on each page, the story lines are a bit more complex than the typical picture books and the illustrations are quite imaginative (The Gardens of Abdul Gazasi, The Witch's Broom, Jumanji, etc.) http://www.chrisvanallsburg.com/books.html
Kate Di Camillo's Mercy Watson series would be another good one - wacky illustrations accompany a wild storyline about a couple who treat their pet pig as if it were a child. http://www.katedicamillo.com/books/b_early.html
The Cam Jansen mysteries are also good early reader chapter books - there's also "Young Cam Jansen" books which are shorter and easier to read. http://www.camjansen.com/
Cynthia Rylant's "Henry And Mudge" (http://series.simonandschuster.net/Henry-Mudge) , "Mr. Putter and Tabby" (http://www.amazon.com/Mr-Putter-Tabby-complete-order/lm/6..., and "High Rise Private Eyes" (http://booksforkidsblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/beginning-to...) series are also good early reader chapter books
Also the "Danny and the Dinosaur" books by Syd Hoff are a lot of fun.
If you'd like longer stories than those, try the A to Z Mysteries by Ron Roy and the Magic Tree House books by Mary Pope Osborne.
Alexander and the terrible, horrible, very bad day, The giving tree, The Rainbow Fish, and Chicca Chicca Boom Boom are all favs at my house.
We started reading Hank the Cowdog books to my son at 4. He loves them. They are chapter books about a dog who is head of security on a ranch. They can be pretty funny. I have to explain some of it to my son, but for the most part he gets it and loves it. There are a lot of books in the series. Charlotte's Web was another good one. He had seen the cartoon so he was prepared for the sad part of the story.
