By on April 04, 2015

Love the book recommendations, I would love some more ideas for chapter books for my almost 5 year old daughter, I just put Emily Windsnap on hold at the library, we have read a bunch of Ronald Dahl as well as the rainbow fairy series and we are starting the fairy chronicals. Thanks!

By Sarah Christensen on April 05, 2015

Danielle, what does your daughter enjoy? I hope you like Emily Windsnap as much as we have. There have been a few parts that were difficult for Charlotte to grasp, but overall it’s a lot of fun. First we read them as bedtime stories and now on our second run we both read aloud and then at the end of every few pages she draws a picture of what happened and writes a couple sentences. She’s understanding much more of it the second time around and being forced to think about the plot line to make her own “book” (which she reads to her sisters) is helping too.

Other chapter books we’ve enjoyed recently include:
- Into the Land of the Unicorns, by Bruce Coville (we just ordered book three)
- Lots of different Rainbow Fairies series
- Assorted Marguerite Henry books
- Harry Potter (book one)
- The Worst Witch series
- Dinosaur Cave series by Rex Stone (we’re reading it in French right now, which is why it’s linked in French, but they’re also available in English)
- Roald Dahl, Edith Nesbit, and E.B. White books
- Not exactly a chapter book but 1001Arabian Nights is super popular here, we have an Usborne illustrated version
- How to Train Your Dragon series (the early ones are best)
- Assorted Zetta Elliot books

Some that are coming up or that I really really really want to get into soon:
- Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
- Spirit Animals series
- Half Magic
- Magic Shoppe books by Bruce Coville
- Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke
- Akimbo series
- Wings of Fire series by Tui Sutherland
- Choose Your Own Adventure (I am sooooo excited about these, but want her to be a stronger reader first so that she can do more of it on her own)