Buying DD her first ever reader...

So DD is starting to learn to read (or is very close to) and i want to buy her a new book (or a small series) because she knows most we have her by memory :lol: can someone recommend something that may be suitable? shes 4.7
Thanks

Olive, check out your local library. They often have small starter readers to borrow that will give you an idea of the kind of books your DD will find at her level and interesting.

Lots of the toddler board books we had at home were a good starting point for DD. The reader series from preschool and school are hard to find! I know Grug and the Little Miss/Mr books DD liked/likes, but it took her a while to read those.

I went on to the book depository website and got DS1 a D I C K and Jane series. They were great as they were repetitive. They are a little old fashioned as you would imagine, I used to read these when I was in prep.
It's a 12 book reading set and starts off at Level 1 and progresses.

You could just go to the library hun and find little books that are repetitive and have simple words in them but if you are wanting actual readers you might like to go to Link Education in Mt Waverley and see what they have, plus the staff are super helpful.

The Usborne Phonic Readers are really good. You can get the set of 12 for around $40 if you shop around. Short fun stories with a lot of repetition and rhyme.

Have a look at the scholastic website, they have some great sets of age specific books - as Atechim said, the Usborne series is really good - scholastic have them I believe.

I would suggest focussing on phonics and sight words as well as reading VERY simple books. Google to Magic 100 words and play some letter snap, bingo games with her to make it fun. These words are meant to be memorised as they are the most common in reading and writing. Also only read basic books with obvious patterns and encourage her to sound out words - does she know the alphabet and corresponding sounds?? I'm a Kindy teacher so if you want any more info let me know:lol:

DS does the m100w words in prep.
Scholastic would be a good place or DK do readers I think.
I will check the publisher on Ds' reader tonight, a lot of them come from NZ I've noticed

Yes, the Usbourne books are from Scholastic, but you can look around and get them from other places if they aren't on offer atm from Scholastic. I can't go past 12 books for $40 and they are honestly the best ones I could find. BTW, I don't get a commission lol, I have just been really impressed with how quickly DS is recognising the words after only a couple of weeks.

thanks ladies, am looking into the Usbourne ones!

We have the Usborne ones - really good - got them through Fishpond.

ok i cant find any box sets on sale, only the books seperatly, though ive found one that called Fat cat on a Mat and other Tales, it has 12 stories in it, can i assume its the same? just on one book as opposed to 12 seperate ones?

Sounds the same Olive.

awesome thanks!

The Usborne ones I have are different, they are called Usborne Very First Reading and the first book is Pirate Pat, there are 15 books in the series. The parent reads one page and then the child reads the next page through the book.

arrhhh i see that one, its yellow? around $100 for the set

Also good are the basic Dr Seuss ones. The ones with blue or green on the spine. When writing them he went by the principle of using sight words - he had a list of 200 (I think!) to choose from, and would allow a certain number of extra words per book. Ones like "One fish, two fish, red fish blue fish" and "Ten apples up on top" are favourites here. DD likes them better than others because she not only understands them, but finds them funny.

DD1 learnt the alphabet from Dr Suess's ABC. I think I have half memorized it. Big A little A what begins with A. Aunt Annies Alligator A A A

Yes, it is yellow Olive. I only bought the first four through Fishpond to see how we would go and as she moves through them I will keep buying a few at a time.

I used to *love* the Topsy and Tim books, and my sister liked the Monster books (that big purple dude) and the Berenstein Bears (sp?) series :)

the Richard Scary ones are always great too.

ok i bought the fat cat mat one from book depository UK
i want her to be able to keep the book and know it was her first reading book

How did you find the books?

it actually arrived today and she read two lines of the fat cat one :happydance: all by herself :o