My 5 year old daughter is obsessed with Roald Dahl’s books, especially Matilda, and Beverly Cleary’s Ramona books. What other good read aloud books should we try? She also loves Dick King-Smith, especially The Water Horse.
Homer Price by Robert McCloskey has similar energy to Beverly Cleary’s Otis Spofford, a young boy getting caught up in shenanigans. My 5yo son is currently rotating through listening to Ramona, Henry Huggins, Ralph S. Mouse and Otis Spofford.
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I loved the *Betsy-Tacy* books at her age. Maybe try the first few of those? (The last six or so are for an older audience, but there are a good few perfect for a 5-year-old.)
*Charlotte’s Web*, too, and *Stuart Little*. Maybe *Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle* or *Pippi Longstocking*. *All-of-a-Kind Family.* There are so many! I’m excited for her!
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Clementine books by Sara Pennypacker
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Ooh! I’m a children’s librarian who LOVES finding readalouds for families! Here are some great ones if she likes Matilda, Ramona, and other books with quirky kids as the main characters:
The Melendy Quartet, starting with The Saturdays, by Elizabeth Enright
The Dragon of Lonely Island by Rebecca Rupp
Gone Away Lake and its sequel by Elizabeth Enright (really anything Elizabeth Enright wrote, to be honest)
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
All of E.B. White’s children’s books: Trumpet of the Swan, Charlotte’s Webb, Stuart Little
I can give you more suggestions if needed, but I think any of these would be adored by you and your daughter!
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My Fathers Dragon was fun with my 6 + 4 year old recently. 🙂
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Anne of Green Gables, The Secret Garden
Homer Price by Robert McCloskey has similar energy to Beverly Cleary’s Otis Spofford, a young boy getting caught up in shenanigans. My 5yo son is currently rotating through listening to Ramona, Henry Huggins, Ralph S. Mouse and Otis Spofford.
I loved the *Betsy-Tacy* books at her age. Maybe try the first few of those? (The last six or so are for an older audience, but there are a good few perfect for a 5-year-old.)
*Charlotte’s Web*, too, and *Stuart Little*. Maybe *Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle* or *Pippi Longstocking*. *All-of-a-Kind Family.* There are so many! I’m excited for her!
Clementine books by Sara Pennypacker
Ooh! I’m a children’s librarian who LOVES finding readalouds for families! Here are some great ones if she likes Matilda, Ramona, and other books with quirky kids as the main characters:
The Melendy Quartet, starting with The Saturdays, by Elizabeth Enright
The Dragon of Lonely Island by Rebecca Rupp
Gone Away Lake and its sequel by Elizabeth Enright (really anything Elizabeth Enright wrote, to be honest)
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
All of E.B. White’s children’s books: Trumpet of the Swan, Charlotte’s Webb, Stuart Little
I can give you more suggestions if needed, but I think any of these would be adored by you and your daughter!
My Fathers Dragon was fun with my 6 + 4 year old recently. 🙂