1st grader only wants to read dogman

[Anonymous]

My wife once yelled at my first grade son and he started to cry and said Lil' Petey's mom was so much nicer and why can't my wife be like her.

What I am saying is, you'll have to ask him why dogman means so much to him.

[Anonymous]

Take him to the library. Our library has an entire graphic novel section for children. There are many options.

[Anonymous]

We let DC read picture books & comic books but gradually added higher level books/chapter books to read.

[Anonymous]

Ha, this was us last year and I posted something similar. My first grader read and re-read the same graphic novels dozens of times. Everyone said to just relax and not push it, but after a solid 9-12 months of the SAME BOOKS OVER AND OVER I bribed DC into reading the first book of a chapter series they were interested in, and voila, problem solved. Once they got into the series, they were hooked and lost interest in their graphic novels. All that to say that I don't think they were ready to read the series at the beginning of that 9-12 month period. But by the end they definitely just needed a push.

[Anonymous]

Your son reads Dog Man, you read DCUM. We all read crap for fun. This is a non-issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In my experience, the best thing is to make the books you want your kids to read be read-aloud books (or, lacking time on your part, a runner-up is to use audiobooks). You can either use a few chapters to get a kid interested in a book, which totally works sometimes, or simply read the more complicated books as read-alouds so that he still gets more complicated stories.

So he reads Dogman 1,000 times while you read Mr. Popper's Penguins, The Mouse and the Motorcycle, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Henry Huggins, Charlotte's Web, whatever. Sometimes maybe he gets into it and you turn the read-aloud over. Sometimes he just wants you to read, and that's fine. Sometimes Audible reads, and that's fine too.

This is my advice as well. My kid is deep into dork diaries but she is reading other books with me. We all have our share of comfort reads

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My wife once yelled at my first grade son and he started to cry and said Lil' Petey's mom was so much nicer and why can't my wife be like her.

What I am saying is, you'll have to ask him why dogman means so much to him.

Between the potty himor there's some really beautiful stories about choosing to forgive your enemies, power of choices, and the importance of kindness. I was reading the newest cat kid comic club book and there is this entire poem about how
your perspective affects your life. It was actually
really lovely

[Anonymous]

Just let him, but offer other books too and see if he gets interested. I also might start a book at bedtime and he might continue reading at night and get into it.

[Anonymous]

Try Captain underpants, cat kid, Garfield comics and Dragon Masters

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your son reads Dog Man, you read DCUM. We all read crap for fun. This is a non-issue.

Spoken like someone who has never read Dog Man! Dog Man is waaaay better than DCUM.

[Anonymous]

My first grader is reading the XX-story treehouse series. He says it’s funny. Maybe OP’s kid will enjoy them as well

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My first grader is reading the XX-story treehouse series. He says it’s funny. Maybe OP’s kid will enjoy them as well

Considering the fact that this thread is 4 years old I bet his kid has moved on.

[Anonymous]

Hahaha I did not notice!

[Anonymous]

Just be happy they're reading. Anything. My kid hates reading and won't do it at home, just when they force her to at school.

[Anonymous]

Let him read Dogman. Read it with him. Let him read it alone. Ask him to use the word he learned. Ask him to elaborate. Ask him to write a story similar to Dogman. Ask him to draw a picture of Dogman. Work Dogman for all that it's worth. Then, he'll find something else. And you will have a reader.