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I would like to ask you for advice.

What book would you recommend to my 8-year old daughter?

I'm trying to teach her reading. We are not natives but she can speak fluently. She has read all Ladybird Tales quite easily so I bought her "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place" - which looked like a very nice book but she doesn't like it. The flowery language and the lack of a real story (at least at the beginning) are too much for her.

She would like something more filled with a story, more straight, preferably with animals. Does anybody have any advice - a book you liked or a book your kids like?

Many thanks in advance.

Yorik
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    Have you tried Diary of a Wimpy Kid? – Jan Oct 01 '21 at 08:57
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    Is this sort of recommendation question on topic? In general, these sorts of questions aren't a good match for Stack Exchange's question and answer format, because there typically isn't a single objectively correct answer. – nick012000 Oct 01 '21 at 10:11
  • 2 Jan: Thanks. It looks great, simple words to read but I'm a little bit worried about text "font" - this hand-written text is not so easy to read. But all the rest is great. I will try it. Thanks – Yorik Oct 01 '21 at 10:45
  • 2 nick012000: Yes, it is a recommendation question. I'm sorry, I just didn't know where to aks and I felt like a "parenting" forum would be appropriate. If it is against rules I'm sorry, it was not on purpose. – Yorik Oct 01 '21 at 10:53
  • Yorik, welcome! I see what you are trying to do and as a parent I think helping you child learn (and love) to read is wonderful. As a moderator, I’m sorry but this kind of question is opinion-based and I must close it. The [tour] and the [help] will explain more about it. – Stephie Oct 01 '21 at 11:22
  • Keep trying. Spend some time in a library. Try different books. Can you read to her? A bed time story read by a parent is a special time in its own right, and if you leave the story at a cliff hanger you may find her picking it up to read ahead. – Paul Johnson Oct 01 '21 at 13:26
  • E.B. White's Charlotte's Web. A story of a little girl, a pig and a spider. Award winning novel, kids love it. https://www.amazon.com/Charlottes-Web-B-White/dp/0061124958 – Timur Shtatland Oct 01 '21 at 14:29
  • @Yorik I had good luck with books for some of the "Best of" lists, please see a few examples at the end of my answer to a related question. Good luck! I wish your question stayed open, I am interested in other answers. – Timur Shtatland Oct 02 '21 at 19:07
  • @Yorik Another previous answer – Timur Shtatland Oct 02 '21 at 19:16

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