1st grader only wants to read dogman

[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.

[Anonymous]

Op it’s been several years… what is he reading now?

My own approach, which I know a lot of people will disagree with, is not providing the Dog Man books at home. I understand it’s about a child-created comic book, but for my developing reader who is still learning spelling rules… I just don’t want these books around.
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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Ok, you convinced me to read Dog Man. You're right. They are way better than DCUM, and less embarassing to be caught reading in public.

[Anonymous]

Some books with fun, silly illustrations.

Roald Dahl - The Twits, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Dory Fantasmagory

Shel Silverstein poems

[Anonymous]

Dog man books have a very good extensive vocabulary and they are funny.

Plus doesn’t the teacher assign books eventually ?

My son’s class read too many Roald Dahl books in 2nd grade.

Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, The Family Under the Bridge, books in 4th grade.

These aren’t books my son would pick so he was required to expand his reading material.

[Anonymous]

What bothers me about them is the spelling and grammar. I feel it dumbs kids down. Wish pilvey would stop trying to be cute and use standard English

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:6yr old DS is stuck on rereading dogman books over and over. He is a very strong reader(3rd grade reading level) but he insists other books are not interesting to him. He has read all the bad guys books as well, but dogman is his favorite. He will read magic tree house, A-Z mysteries, flat Stanley etc if I insist but I obviously do not want to force him to read. I feel like he still really wants a book with lots of pictures and is intimated by books that are less visually appealing.

Same with reading it in K and 1. Took it school to read in class and tea her said our DC can't read in class. When asked why, she said there are others in class who are not there yet. Who cares where the others in class are. When we picked up child at end of day, would hand child the dog man book to read right in front of her and the other students waiting for their parents. What a strict teacher, geez.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What bothers me about them is the spelling and grammar. I feel it dumbs kids down. Wish pilvey would stop trying to be cute and use standard English

Exactly

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What bothers me about them is the spelling and grammar. I feel it dumbs kids down. Wish pilvey would stop trying to be cute and use standard English

Exactly

It’s his whole schtick. The guy wrote a series called “Captain Underpants” (literally a kid on the cover wearing a cape and a huge baby diaper) and spells his name Dav instead of Dave. Dav, really.