Reading Material for a Six Year Old Boy

[halleyscomet]

Caleb is currently burning through The Rainbow Fairies book series as well as Encyclopedia Brown. Despite having read the exploits of Encyclopedia Brown as a kid, I'm kinda more comfortable with the fairy books at the moment, as I'm realizing the Encyclopedia Brown books cater to a lot of stereotypes about women and Native Americans symptomatic of

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[halleyscomet]

We have a bunch of the Magic Treehouse books. Sadly, Caleb is not comfortable with the suspense level in them yet. I think one reason the Rainbow Fairy books appeal to him is there's never any REAL danger or suspense. I look forward to him outgrowing this, as he's enjoyed some of the Magic Treehouse audio books he's heard.

At this point there are multiple series under the Rainbow Fairies umbrella. They tend to be very formulaic, which probably accounts for how quickly they've propagated. I've not noticed the human girls needing any real rescuing, but that could be a factor of the subset of the books I've encountered.

The books follow a very predictable formula.

1. A fairy approaches the recurring series heroines.

2. Goblins have stolen three magical objects. Jack Frost is probably involved.

3. The fairy, with all her magical power, needs the help of these human kids who have repeatedly bailed the fairies out.

4. If the girls fail to recover the three magical items by a certain deadline, there will be noticeable, annoying but not life-threatening consequences for humanity.

5. Most the gains the girls make are because the goblins are in-fighting idiots.

6. Adults NEVER pick up on what's going on.

7. A fairy gets frozen by goblin magic at least once, but it's not fatal.

8. The magical items are recovered before the deadline.

[sweetmmeblue]

I asked Thing1 and he suggested Captain Underpants. As well as Ricky Ricotta and his mighty robot.

[meranthi]

Personally, I hate the Captain Underpants books, but I really don't think bathroom humor is funny. Well, not anymore. I'm sure I would have found them hysterical at Caleb's age. :)

[halleyscomet]

I tend to find bathroom humor more annoying than anything else, but Hootiebird currently finds it HILARIOUS, so the Captain Underpants stories might be right up his alley.