A shelf by age
Books for 6 to 8 year olds, the first ones they read alone.
Somewhere between 6 and 8, children go from listening to stories to reading them on their own. It can be a bumpy road. The books that help most are short, funny and exciting enough that they want to turn the page.
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Grandma's Bag of Stories
Sudha Murty
Ages 6+
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck
Jeff Kinney
Ages 6 to 8
Demon Dentist
David Walliams
Ages 6+
Diary of a Wimpy Kid - 7: The Third Wheel
Jeff Kinney
Ages 6 to 8
A Squash and a Squeeze
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler
Ages 3 to 8
The Serpent's Revenge: Unusual Tales from the Mahabharata
Sudha Murty
Ages 6+
The Magic of the Lost Temple
Sudha Murty
Ages 6+
The Twits
Roald Dahl
Ages 6 to 12
Diary of A Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown (Book 13) (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 13)
Jeff Kinney
Ages 6 to 8
Diary of a Wimpy Kid - 6: Cabin Fever
Jeff Kinney
Ages 6 to 8
The Witches
Roald Dahl
Ages 6 to 12
Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? (Blue Back Book)
Dr. Seuss
Ages 3 to 8
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul
Jeff Kinney
Ages 6 to 8
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Big Shot (Book 16)
Jeff Kinney
Ages 6 to 8
Diary of a Wimpy Kid - 3: The Last Straw
Jeff Kinney
Ages 6 to 8
Peppa Pig: School Bus Trip - Read it Yourself with Ladybird (Level 2)
NA
Ages 3 to 8
The Gruffalo's Child
Julia Donaldson
Ages 3 to 8
James and the Giant Peach
Roald Dahl
Ages 6 to 12
Pinki ki Anokhi Karamat (Hindi)
Indian Comic
Ages 6+
The Bird with Golden Wings: Stories of Wit and Magic
Sudha Murty
Ages 6+
Matilda
Roald Dahl
Ages 6 to 12
Tom Gates #8: Yes! No (Maybe...)
L. Pichon
Ages 6+
Double Down (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 11)
Jeff Kinney
Ages 6 to 8
Ratburger
David Walliams
Ages 6+
A note from our librarians
This shelf has step-into-reading books, first chapter books, comics and series they can race through. When a child finds a series they love, keep it coming. Nothing builds a reader faster.
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