Books for Six Year Olds - June 22, 2012
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Friday, June 22, 2012
Kindergarten is over for my son, and he's made great strides in reading. The work of this summer will be to keep him reading to us, as of course we will continue to read to him. I've been ordering lots of different series books in, trying to find the right level for my son to read. The series we were using back in April Brand New Readers is now a wee bit too easy (which keeps him happy, but I'd like to give some challenge too.) There is a non-fiction publisher, Capstone Press, that has a great brand of books for the emerging readers: Pebble. We've read most of the Ocean Life series and found them just exactly right both in content and in difficulty. As usual we are reading chapter books, picture books, non-fiction books (especially about animals) and graphic novels. One of our new favorite authors is Ashley Spires-- re-discovered because of the great Larf. The Cork and Fuzz series is another fave. We read three of them back-to-back in one sitting! One thing we both like about Cork and Fuzz is that they are sweet, while handling life's lessons in a subtle way. Enjoy your reading!
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 Animal This is officially an adult book, but we've looked at it almost daily for a couple of years. Hundreds of animals, with a picture and short paragraph or two on each. Did you know there are both short-nosed and long-nosed echnida? |
 Auntie Yang's great soybean picnic A Chinese American girl's Auntie Yang discovers soybeans-a favorite Chinese food-growing in Illinois, leading her family to a soybean picnic tradition that grows into an annual community event. |
 Binky the Space Cat Binky is a space cat - at least in his own mind. He's really a house cat who has never left the family "space station." Unlike other house cats, Binky has a mission: to blast off into outer space (outside), explore unknown places (the backyard) and battle aliens (bugs). |
 Clever Jack takes the cake A poor boy named Jack struggles to deliver a birthday present worthy of the princess. |
 Cork & Fuzz : short and tall Even though Cork is a short muskrat and Fuzz is a tall possum, they can still be best friends. A gentle sweet story, parts of which your six year old may be able to read to you. This is a multiple-short-chapters 'reader,' the second in the Cork and Fuzz series. |
 Larf Larf is a sasquatch, the only sasquatch in the world (or so it seems). He has a very pleasant and private life in the woods, where on any given day he might be found jogging, gardening or walking Eric, his pet bunny. But everything changes one morning when Larf discovers that another sasquatch is scheduled to make an appearance in the nearby city of Hunderfitz. What?! That must mean he's not the only sasquatch in the world! |
 Living on a space shuttle Provides a simple description of how astronauts aboard a space shuttle perform everyday activities such as eating, drinking, and sleeping. No shampoo in space-- the astronauts use wet-wipes to wash their hair! |
 Nancy Clancy, super sleuth In this first chapter book about Fancy Nancy, Nancy and her best friend Bree have everything they need to solve a mystery, from their totally professional trench coats to their top-secret code. But when crime strikes in their classroom, will these super sleuths be able to crack the case? |
 Sea Turtles One of the Pebble brand easy-reader level non-fiction books for emerging readers. This one is part of the Ocean Life series. |
 Something's not quite right Fun for the car, these illustrations show sometimes subtle, sometimes obvious |
 Traction Man and the beach odyssey This time Traction Man is at the beach, where a series of events lands him in the sand castle with the dollies. Will scrubbing brush dig him out?! |
 Wow, it's Worm! What a combination: a 'reader' your six year old can read himself/herself-- and a laugh-out-loud series of very short stories. A hoot! |
June 2012