Secrets of Droon (special editions are more intense and you may want to skip them)
Flat Stanley
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
Princess Tales by Gail Carson Levine (despite name they're not necessarily super-girly)
Regarding the . . . series by Kate Klise (if he can read cursive)
You might find some ideas on this Good reads list of similar books, but I don't know anything about them directly.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/similar/1484561-how-to-train-your-dragon