7 year old boy book recs don't like popular books

[Anonymous]

Hi all, I really need some suggestions for my 7 year old DS. He can comfortably read the dragon master's series (to give an idea on reading level) but he gets bored. We have also tried Boxcar kids (no interest), A to Z mysteries (no interest), Magic Treehouse (was really into first dozen then suddenly lost interest), Amelia Bedelia (only enjoyed one of them). I'm at a loss what to suggest for him to read. He can't pinpoint what he is interested in but it certainly is not non-fiction or animals or mysteries or fantasy/dragons/magic. I think he might enjoy funny books (he enjoyed the frog and toad books back when he was reading those), and he likes anything robots (I am reading wild robot to him and he loves it) and scary stories. Please give us some suggestions!

[Anonymous]

Sorry and title should be doesn't like popular books.

[Anonymous]

What about non fiction? My similar age kid loves the DK Find Out books.

He might also like Wayside School which has some absurdist humor.

[Anonymous]

Nothing wrong with graphic novels, IMO. Investigators, Dogman, Agents of Suit, Bad Guys. A lot of the 7-year-old-oriented chapter books are pretty insipid (especially series with like 100 books), whereas there are a lot of humorous/ well-done graphic novels accessible to that age.

[Anonymous]

^ Narwhal and Jelly are also cute - a little easier than Dragon Masters, but the others above are maybe a smidge harder than Dragon Masters

[Anonymous]

McBroom books by Sid Fleischman
Wayside School books by Louis Sachar
Beverly Cleary
Flat Stanley
Danny Dunn books by Jay Williams and Raymond Abrashkin
Jon Scieszka
Choose Your Own Adventure Books
Magic School Bus picture books
Frindle by Andrew Clements
Ben and Me

Goosebumps? I have NO experience with these, so I don’t know if they’re good books, much less would be good for him, but if he likes scary books you might check into them

Where the Sidewalk Ends (quirky poetry)
Novelty reference type books like Guiness Book of World Records and Ripley’s Believe-It-or-Not
Joke Books (if you have the patience for riddles and Knock-knocks)
Magazines

[Anonymous]

My kid totally flipped on reading when it was non-fiction. He adored the Who Is/What is series.

[Anonymous]

Have him try some Roald Dahl.

[Anonymous]

Wings of fire

My son went from magic treehouse straight to wings of fire. The reading level is a pretty big jump, but the book was interesting enough that he persisted.

[Anonymous]

National Geographic Weird But True series

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hi all, I really need some suggestions for my 7 year old DS. He can comfortably read the dragon master's series (to give an idea on reading level) but he gets bored. We have also tried Boxcar kids (no interest), A to Z mysteries (no interest), Magic Treehouse (was really into first dozen then suddenly lost interest), Amelia Bedelia (only enjoyed one of them). I'm at a loss what to suggest for him to read. He can't pinpoint what he is interested in but it certainly is not non-fiction or animals or mysteries or fantasy/dragons/magic. I think he might enjoy funny books (he enjoyed the frog and toad books back when he was reading those), and he likes anything robots (I am reading wild robot to him and he loves it) and scary stories. Please give us some suggestions!

So many people are suggesting fantasy and non-fiction!

[Anonymous]

My 7 year old boy really likes the Mac B Kid Spy books by Mac Barnett. They are funny, a little edgy and teach a lot of real 1980s history.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi all, I really need some suggestions for my 7 year old DS. He can comfortably read the dragon master's series (to give an idea on reading level) but he gets bored. We have also tried Boxcar kids (no interest), A to Z mysteries (no interest), Magic Treehouse (was really into first dozen then suddenly lost interest), Amelia Bedelia (only enjoyed one of them). I'm at a loss what to suggest for him to read. He can't pinpoint what he is interested in but it certainly is not non-fiction or animals or mysteries or fantasy/dragons/magic. I think he might enjoy funny books (he enjoyed the frog and toad books back when he was reading those), and he likes anything robots (I am reading wild robot to him and he loves it) and scary stories. Please give us some suggestions!

So many people are suggesting fantasy and non-fiction!

Haha, I read that as he didn’t want non-fiction, but did like fantasy.

[Anonymous]

Let him browse a bookstore for at least an hour. Nothing beats finding a book that way

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid totally flipped on reading when it was non-fiction. He adored the Who Is/What is series.

Mine too/another vote for this series!