What the kids read in January – Mummascribbles

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I started this little series a few months ago now, because I noticed that when we got a selection of books out of the library, or discovered recently unread ones from our book shelves, there are always firm favourites that get read over and over again, and so I thought it would be a nice idea to a) document them, and b) share them with you for reading inspiration.

Here is the next edition of what the kids read.

For the younger kids

Dear Zoo Noisy Book*

We have never actually owned the Dear Zoo book, and in fact, had only read it a couple of times. That was until we brought home the noisy book version from the library and Oscar fell head over heels in love with it. He soon remembered the order of the animals, the noises they make, and the repeated line “so I sent it back”. Zach is also a huge fan of this book and even though he is six, he also loves pressing the buttons and he can read most of the words by himself, so often he sits and reads it to Oscar 🙂

Diggersaurus*

If you have a young child who is a fan of both diggers and dinosaurs, this is the book for them.

What’s bigger than a digger? Bigger than a dinosaur? Diggersaurs are bigger!

The book rhymes its way through a whole heap of made up combinations like the Dumpersaurus and the Grabbersaurus, with plenty of noises and fabulous pictures to enthral little ones.

Monstersaurus*

We have had this book for ages now and have just blown the dust off of it for a regular read. It’s from the creators of Aliens Love Underpants and follows the story of Monty the young inventor, who manages to invent some good and bad monsters. Who will reign overall? Read it and find out!

Another rhyming book, so really fun for the kids to follow along with. Currently being read most days in our house!

There’s a Monster In Your Book*

Continuing the monster theme, my Mum bought this a while back and it wasn’t an immediate hit. For some reason, Zach didn’t like the thought of trying to throw a monster out of the book, and so we didn’t read it. Oscar just discovered it though, and well, he absolutely loves it (and it turns out that it still makes Zach sad).

Written by Tom Fletcher of McFly, the aim of the book is to get the monster out. So you spin him and shake him and blow him until he escapes. Only to find him in your room and so you need to get him back in again! It’s a really fun book to get involved in.

Mum! The Monsters!*

The final monster-ish instalment (seems to be this month’s theme for Oscar), Mum! The Monsters! is about a little boy who believes all the monsters, and witches, and ghouls of the world are in his bedroom. His Mum doesn’t believe him though, and that’s because as she potters around the house doing all the Mum things, she is clearing them out. So he has no need to be scared, because the monsters are more scared of his Mum! Quite a good book to read if you have a child who currently has any kind of monster fears!

For the bigger kids

Now Zach is six, he has decided that it’s time to start reading proper chapter books. So on the months that he is reading them, I will feature them in here too 🙂

How To Be A Detective (No.1 Boy Detective)*

This was the first one we read together. We discovered that he still likes there to be pictures in the book, so it’s important to choose the right ones – all text is a no go!

This was a nice short read that only took us three or four sessions, and he followed along really well. It’s about a boy who believes he is a detective, and how he is trying to create a following, to train up the next detectives among them. Only he doesn’t always get it right! I enjoyed reading this with him.

There’s a Werewolf In My Tent*

We are about half way through this book and he seems to be really enjoying it. He’s proper into the whole werewolf thing at the moment after watching the third Harry Potter, and so when I saw it on the shelf in W H Smiths and I had been instructed by my Mum to use his pocket money on a couple of new books, I knew I had to get it.

As an adult, it’s quite hard to read. Mostly because it is written from the main character perspective, who is a young girl. And we all know that when children talk, they don’t tend to pause for breath! That’s how this book is. However, saying that – it’s a really fun book to read. Is there a werewolf? Is it the teacher? Do they all survive? Well, we don’t actually know yet but will find out soon. It’s quite a thick book so is taking us a while to get through it, but he seems to be following the story pretty well 🙂

These have by far been the most read books in our house throughout January. Have you read any of them with your kids? Or will you be adding them to the list?

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