My son is almost 10 and a confident reader, who regularly reads to himself.
He's a bright and mature child who can take on fairly mature themes. He tends to read tween novels for example, Skandar or How to Train your Dragon, on his own.
However, I do still read to him regularly.
I recently read him –
The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King,
Strange Pictures by Uketsu and
Animal Farm by George Orwell
We both enjoyed the stories and the discussions they prompt. I would explain the more sophisticated words and we would discuss the plot or mature themes.
He really enjoyed the meaning behind animal farm.
I'm considering The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time for our next read.
Would you be able to recommend other books that might be good to read to him?
by autumn-pumpkins
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At his age, I liked The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander (fantasy) and Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card (science fiction)
I read The Wind Singer trilogy to my younger siblings many years ago. They *loved* it!
The Princess Bride by William Goldman. You learn all about where Humperdink comes from and why he’s such a good tracker, and why Fezzik likes to rhyme. Plus you can do all the voices too. It’s fantastic.
My son loved the Old Kingdom Trilogy by Garth Nix at about that age.
My boys loved Tom Sawyer and Treasure Island at that age. Both are easier to listen ti than read at that age.
Oh please get him some Discworld – if you haven’t already found it then I suspect you’ll both enjoy it.
The Wee Free Men or The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents would be my suggestions.
All the books in Discworld are self contained stories, most build on previous books but not in such a way that this would cause problems in this case.
The Golden Compass and The Giver would be good options.
My son liked the Percy Jackson series and Skullduggery Pleasant series
The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
Terry Pratchett
The Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt
A Wrinkle in Time by L’Engle
Redwall by Jacques
The Wind in the Willows
The Hobbit
The Percy Jackson books are so fun at this age. iFunny series by James Patterson is also really good and tackles bullying and disabilities.
Harry Potter series is fantastic for both the young and old.
A Wrinkle In Time is an absolute classic.
The Crystal Cave (the legend of King Arthur told from Merlin’s point of view) my mom got me to read it when I was close to your son’s age.