What books do 5 year olds read? I want my nephew to have something other than Youtube slop to entertain him. So far I got him The Bad Guys, Dogman and Captain Underpants.
What books do 5 year olds read? I want my nephew to have something other than Youtube slop to entertain him.
Daddy Pig reminds me of my dad. Miss him.
I'd recommend encyclopedias, liked them a lot as kid myself.
Your Dad is an emasculated b***h-made fatass who's constantly undermined by his 5 year old daughter?
I can see Peppa growing up to be a femcel that browses fatty hate threads on IQfy.
Atlas and encyclopedias were so cool, the illustrated ones, I loved them as a kid, my grandparents house wasn't child friendly, all they had were those massive books with drawings and a couple jigsaw puzzles, I spent so much time reading them
Get him a children's Atlas. I loved looking at the maps and photos of exotic places as a kid.
Calvin and Hobbes, easily. Will make a kid his age laugh his ass off, it's full of beautiful artwork and powerful storytelling, and doesn't shy away from using vocabulary he might have to look up (good, builds curiosity and teaches him to teach himself). Get him a handful of the collection books, he'll turn out alright.
These are also great takes. Get him books that encourage him to be curious about his world and to study further about anything he finds interesting. Five might be a little young for some of Dahl's chapter books, but he'll definitely be ready for them in a year or two if he's not a strong reader quite yet.
Anything with illustrations of animals or ships and planes is great too, the realistic ones
Get a decent picture book hybrid of Greek Mythology, even if its to involved to read the pictures will plant the seed and he will try eventually. Also Roald Dahl, I'd probably start with fantastic mr fox as its pretty short and then he can watch the wes anderson film.
Ronald Dahl is good. I'm gonna avoid Matilda though, I blame it for making me an insufferable gifted kid who's personality is "I can ace every test (in middle school)"
This is good, I think they make Homer for kids type stuff.
Pilkey is a gay, do not get Pilkey.
Honestly, get your nephew physical toys. It will keep him entertained longer than books.
Childcraft books
Le Hobbit
My 4 year old likes Findus and Pettson. Stuff by Jan Brett.
The stuff you listed is total slop; they're a decent step for weaning them off videotainment, but they're nicotine patch books.
>I want my nephew to have something other than Youtube slop to entertain him.
That's honourable, unfortunately you are not his parents, and young children are generally unable to resist Youtube slop. If you want him to read books, you need to make the youtube slop unattainable. If you can't, it's already lost.
>Captain Underpants
I love that this shit is still relevent kek.
What do People do All Day? is pretty fricking kino.
Came here to post Richard Scarry. My son and older daughter both like him, four-five is a good sweet spot for those books. Lots of cool older tech hiding in that one. Busy World and Funniest Stories are more fun as entertaining two pagers.
They like Willy Wonka and James and the Giant Peach.
Older Dogman books are good because they are still funny and plot driven. Too much character/emotional baggage stuff in later books.
Myths and fables are always good.
Hobbit, as a book, might be a bit much for that age? My son liked the movies in the 6-8 yo range (he’s 8 now), younger than that they are a little intense in parts and not engaging in parts. Rankin/Bass and Bakshi are the real movies, just accept it.
He’s starting to read Holes, Charlotte’s Web, Wrinkle in Time now. I read Father Brown and Fu Manchu to him, he likes it and can follow it with some explanation.
start with the greeks tbh. never too early for Homer
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>What books do 5 year olds read?
The Bible, if they were raised right.
>do
>were
>implying children aren't raised at all before the age of 5
You're joking right
The dangerous book for boys
But he will beed an adult to read it with him
hi guys thought I'd contribute my opinion
Fairy tale books.
If i may hijack the thread: Any lit approved books on parenting? I'm starting to really dislike my 3 year old. I realize that's 100% a reflection of my parenting thus far and I want to change before it's too late. 0-2 was fantastic, I thought I had the most perfect little toddler. A new sibling with colic ruined the whole dynamic, and now my 3y/os behavior is embarrassing.
99% of five year old cannot read, dumbfrick.
Yeah why do you think I'm buying him books? I want him to be the 1%. Even when he's playing Minecraft and asks me what a block is I ask him to open the search bar and spell it out.
Been watching Peppa Pig in German for CI. It's actually not that bad, I've laughed a few times.
start with the greeks
Magic Treehouse bros, get in here! Might need to read it with him, but I remember devouring these books on my own when I was ~7.
Ouch, you may have to wait a couple more years for your nephew to learn how to read
My diary tbh. The little shit got hold of my key again! No but seriously though, one if my early memories was of my mom depicting the golden compass daemon being ripped from the little girl by her mom who was a huge ass hole so... avoid that one maybe. I am here after all.
When I was 5 I was reading Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Chekov, Gogol...