What book should I read to my seven year old boy next?

His favorite has been 'Where The Red Fern Grows'. He liked 'Little Britches', but he found 'Treasure Island's' language difficult to follow.

Is there a LIST of "Read Aloud books" that breaks down what kids like at what age?

What book should I read to my seven year old boy next?
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These are lists compiled by boys and girls...



Gr. 1-2 Boys



Abbott, Tony The Secrets of Droon books: Coiled Viper

and In the Ice Caves of Krog

Ahlberg, Alan and Janet Each Peach, Pear, Plum

Baglio, Ben Lamb Lessons

Baum, L. Frank The Wizard of Oz(adapted)

Benton, Jim Invisible Fran

Bishop, Claire Huchet The Five Chinese Brothers

Brooks, Walter R. Freddy and the Ignormous, Freddy and the Space Ship,

Freddy Goes to Florida, and I, Freddy: The Story of a Hamster

Burningham, John Cannonball Simp

Cleary, Beverly Ralph S. Mouse and Runaway Ralph

Collins, Suzanne Gregor and the Prophecy of Baine

Dahl, Roald Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,

Danny, Champion of the World, and James and the Giant Peach

DiCamillo, Kate The Tale of Despereaux

Erickson, John The Case of the Halloween Ghost

Esiason, Boomer A Boy Named Boomer

Gray, Kes The Get Well Soon Book

Gutman, Anne Miss Daisy Is Crazy

Ingle, Annie Robin Hood

Johnson, Jinny Dino Wars

Kessler, Leonard Old Turtle's Ninety Knock-Knocks, Jokes, and Riddles

King-Smith, Dick A Mouse Called Wolf

Kirk, Daniel Rex Tabby, Cat Detective

Lindgreen, Astrid Pippi Longstocking

Marshall, Edward Four by the Shore and Three by the Sea

McMullen, Kate The Dragon Slayers' Academy series: Double Dragon Trouble,

The Ghost of Sir Herbert Dungeonstone, The New Kid at School,

and Ninety-Seven Ways to Train a Dragon

Milne, A.A. Winnie the Pooh

Muntean, Michaela Do Not Open This Book

Osborne, Mary Pope Haunted Castle on Hallow Eve, Season of the Sandstorm,

Summer of the Sea Serpent and Winter of the Ice Wizard

Polacco, Patricia The Graves Family

Roy, Ron The Talking T. Rex

Rylant, Cynthia Gooseberry Park

Sage, Angie Magyk

Scieszka, Jon Help, Summer Reading Is Killing Me

Snicket, Lemony The Bad Beginning and The Wide Window

Stevenson, James The Castaway, Quick, Turn the Page, and Rolling Rose

Stevenson, Robert Louis Treasure Island (adapted)

Stilton, Geronimo Field Trip to Niagara Falls,

I'm Too Fond of My Fur, and Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye

Swift, Jonathan Gulliver's Travels (adapted by Mary Pope Osborne)

Van Allsburg, Chris Jumanji and Zathura

Verne, Jules The Journey to the Center of the Earth (adapted)

Wells, H.G. The Time Machine (adapted)

Wood, Audrey King Bidgood's in the Bathtub



Gr. 1-2 Girls



Abbott, Tony The Secrets of Droon books: The Fortress of the Treasure Queen,

The Great Ice Battle, and Quest for the Queen

Avi The End of the Beginning

Bang-Campbell, Monika Little Rat Riders

Benton, Jim Attack of the 50-Foot Cupid

Brooks, Walter R. Freddy the Detective

Burton, Virginia The Little House

Cannon, Janell Stellaluna

Cole, Joanna Bony Legs

Collins, Suzanne Gregor and the Curse of the Warm Bloods

Dadey, Debbie and Thornton Jones Joke Book

Dahl, Roald The Twits

De Paola, Tomie The Legend of the Bluebonnet

and Now One Foot, Now the Other

Dumas, Alexander The Three Musketeers (adapted)

Falconer, Ian Olivia

Gutman, Dan Mrs. Cooney Is Looney, Miss Daisy Is Crazy, Mr. Klutz Is Nuts,

Mrs. Lagrange Is Strange, and Miss Lizar Is Bizarre,

Miss Small Is Off the Wall

Henkes, Kevin Kitten's First Full Moon

Ibbotson, Eva The Great Ghost Rescue and Which Witch?

Johnson, Angela I Dream of Trains

Johnson, Crockett Harold and the Purple Crayon

Kimmel, Eric Seven at One Blow

King-Smith, Dick Ace, Charlie Muffin's Miracle Mouse, The Invisible Dog,

Lady Lollipop, Martin's Mice, A Mouse Called Wolf, and Pigs Might Fly

Krauss, Robert Whose Mouse Are You?

Kuskin, Karla Moon, Have You Met My Mother?

Levine, Gail Carson The Princess Tales

Lewis, C.S. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Lobel, Arnold Frog and Toad Together

Mason, Jane Bella Baxter All Cooped Up, Bella Baxter and the Itchy Disaster,

Bella Baxter and the Lighthouse Mystery, and Bella Baxter Inn Trouble

McDonald, Megan Judy Moody Gets Famous

and Stink: The Incredible Shrinking Kid

Muntean, Michaela Do Not Open This Book

Osborne, Mary Pope Night of the Ninjas

Park, Barbara Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business,

Junie B. Jones Is a Barber Shop Guy, and Junie B. Jones Is a Party Animal

Peterson, John The Littles Have a Wedding

Polacco, Patricia Emma Kate, The Graves Family,

and The Graves Family Goes Camping

Roberts, Lynn Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Sleeping Beauty

Rylant, Cynthia Dog Heaven

Scieska, Jon Squids Will Be Squids and Tut, Tut

Spanos, Seva Thumbelina's Song

Weisner, David The Three Little Pigs

White, E.B. Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan

Wilder, Laura Ingalls Laura's Pa and Little House in the Big Woods

Zelinsky, Paul O. Rapunzel and Rumplestiltskin
Reply:Wow! He sounds quite advanced. I loved Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel,The Great Green Turkey Creek Monster, and the Harry the Dirty Dog series at that age.

For a bit more advanced books, try Charlotte's Web, The Moffats, My Side of the Mountain, The Box Car Children, The Pink Motel, Henry Reed, Inc. The Sugar Creek Gang series, Homer Price, Ribsy,Freddy the Pig series, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and The Great Brain.

Try authors Gordon Korman,Carol Ryrie Brink, Beverly Cleary, and Robert McCloskey.
Reply:when I was seven I loved the Horriable Harry books. They are short but not really educational. I also like the bunnicula series. I also just wanted to tell you that it is great that you read to your children. It will set them put to love to read and be good at it. I hope he will one day find comfort in books. Great Job!
Reply:There are a lot of books in the Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Reply:How about Rudyard Kipling's *Just So Stories*? It consists of short, fanciful accounts of "How the Leopard Got His Spots" and "How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin." I don't think it would be as challenging as *Treasure Island* -- but even if it proved a bit difficult, it would be worth hanging on to %26amp; coming back to in a year or so. I still treasure my memories of this book.
Reply:Island of the Blue Dolphin(s?)
Reply:chronicals of narnia ... my grandma used to read them to me when i was 7 and i still remember them
Reply:When I was his age I liked Where the red fern grows and the lion, the witch and the wardrobe. I also liked E.B. White -- The Trumpet of The Swan and I liked A wrinkle in time. My son is 8 and he loves Junie B. Jones and anything by Judy Blume...Double Fudge, etc. Its great to hear of fathers reading to their children.
Reply:I think it's great that you read together! I used to read to my kids all the time. They are 10 %26amp; 11 %26amp; would rather read alone. I miss sharing the stories together, so enjoy it while you can.



We've read all the Narnia books, the like Lemony Snicket, Ronald Dahl books: James %26amp; the Giant Peach, Matlida, The Witches, The Harry Potter books, The Word Eater.



Hope those help! ;-)
Reply:How about the Tales of Narnia

The first book is THe Lion the Witch %26amp; the Wardrobe.

By C.S. Lewis
Reply:I have a wonderful choice. Many Moons by James Thurber. A Caldecott winner if I remember correctly. My favorite book as a child. My son adored it too. I still own my copy. It is a children's classic. C.