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Book Recommendation Lists

I have a lot of parents and teachers asking for guidance when it comes to choosing a book for their child or students.  Often they feel their child may be lost in the Captain Underpants or Fairy stage (trust me, this is completely normal) and are not moving forward in their reading. I often see a pattern with our young readers.  Boys, for example, will flock to the Zac Power collection, Captain Underpants, Minecraft, Pokemon, and Superhero books.  Even boys as young as Year 1 beg to take these books home regardless of the fact they are unable to read them independently.  The majority of these boys will then head to the Wimpy Kid series, Andy Griffith books, Harry Potter and Percy Jackson.  I've noticed a real increase in boys loving the Bear Grylls books and Wings of Fire series.  The girls are the same - Fairies, puppies, kittens, Ella & Olivia books.  And these lead onto Holly Webb books, Famous Five, Babysitters Club, Pony novels, Harry Potter and Jacqueline Wilson novels