Good chapter book to read to 4.5 and 7yr old

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My kids loved the Water Horse at that age.

I'd recommend something pretty short, with short chapters.

Another one that comes to mind - My Father's Dragon, there are two follow up books to that.

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Anonymous wrote:The Phantom Tollbooth!

I would save this for later.

Jenny and the Cat Club
Little House on the Prairie books 1-3

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Anonymous wrote:The Magic Treehouse series

These books are not written to be read aloud. They are repetitive with a limited vocabulary. They are for early readers to read to themselves.

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My four year old will sit still for Princess in Black and Mercy Watson books.

There's no way she'd be interested in a Magic Treehouse book....

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Magic Treehouse series

These books are not written to be read aloud. They are repetitive with a limited vocabulary. They are for early readers to read to themselves.

Funny, a LOT of people read them out loud, including us.

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Dory Fantasmagory

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The Phantom Tollbooth
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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Magic Treehouse series

These books are not written to be read aloud. They are repetitive with a limited vocabulary. They are for early readers to read to themselves.

Funny, a LOT of people read them out loud, including us.

I’d rather stab myself in the ear. My daughter bored of them quickly. My son enjoyed reading them, but they are tedious. Other books listed are better when read aloud.

- np

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Anonymous wrote:All great suggestions above, especially The Search for Delicious. My mom read it to me when I was little and I read it to my kids. Timeless book full of adventure! My kids have also liked the Keeper of the Lost Cities series.

It's so funny that you would mention this because it's one of those books I read as a kid and loved and I feel like I've never known anyone else who's read it! (I'm from Rhode Island, and one of my teachers was really interested in having us read books by Rhode island authors)

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Twig by Elizabeth Orton Jones

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+1 on Kate DiCamillo
Or Shannon Hale
I also read Harry Potter aloud and my 4 year old sat for it. I just left our some of the language that makes it creepy during the scary bits, but the first one is tame.
Stuart Little
Ramona
Charlotte’s Web
Roald Dahl- not BFG or Witches yet though
Nancy Drew, old ones or Clue Crew — what’s the boys version of this?
Nate the Great

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Mr Popper's Penguins

agree with My Father's Dragon and subsequent books.

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Anonymous wrote:The Phantom Tollbooth
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I agree with the PP who said to save it. My older 2 kids are the same spacing as OP’s. We are reading it at 8 & 5.5 and both kids stop me constantly to explain words or concepts. They are loving the book and laugh hysterically, but half the humor goes over their heads still. We may circle back to it again when they are older, or I will encourage them to read it alone then.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All great suggestions above, especially The Search for Delicious. My mom read it to me when I was little and I read it to my kids. Timeless book full of adventure! My kids have also liked the Keeper of the Lost Cities series.

It's so funny that you would mention this because it's one of those books I read as a kid and loved and I feel like I've never known anyone else who's read it! (I'm from Rhode Island, and one of my teachers was really interested in having us read books by Rhode island authors)

I loved it so much! The mermaid, the minstrel, it's such a great story. My mom is a librarian so we read a lot of books! She even enrolled me in a book club where I received a box of 3 hard cover children's books every month. And she kept them all so my kids have them now!

I also read a lot of Newbery medal winners to my kids. We went through all of the Caldecott medal winners as well. It took us 2 years but we read them all!

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Anonymous wrote:Dory Fantasmagory

coming here to say this - just got the first book and we love it!!