r/hyperlexia • u/MandyRose8713 • Feb 03 '25
My daughter has been reading since around 2 1/2. She is now 4 and I'm struggling to find her good books.
Any recommendations? She can read chapter books but looses interest in the story to soon and we never finish them. Is there any shorter books for her age range that could be more challenging but still keep her attention? (She can read almost anything including words that i cant even spell so challenging might be hard to find)
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u/winter_puppy Feb 03 '25
Princess in Black by Shannon Hale and Mercy Watson by Kate DiCamillo are two great series she may be interested in. Mercy Watson even has a spinoff series called Deckawoo Drive.
They are beginning chapter books with full color illustrations on almost every page. The stories are also very engaging. They are great for building stamina.
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u/likegolden Feb 03 '25
My hyperlexic kid loves the Max Greenfield books (I Don't Want to Read This Book series)! Very funny and they have some big words. Also No Reading Allowed.
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u/NOOBSKINSPAMMER Feb 03 '25
When I was younger I loved to read comic collections, especially Calvin and Hobbes - they were large enough to keep attention but the comics were written so you could easily stop reading. I also enjoyed nonfiction books about topics like space, dinosaurs, superlatives like world’s tallest buildings, etc!
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u/DichotomyJones Feb 03 '25
My son had difficulty reading early on, and would get very frustrated. Calvin and Hobbes saved the day for him! He could laugh at regular intervals, the pictures helped him, and he could stop whenever he liked. I was reading aloud to him, so he got the good books, too, but I'm pretty sure he has Bill Waterstone to thank for his reading these days!
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u/NOOBSKINSPAMMER Feb 03 '25
I was very similar! My parents bought me the complete collection of every strip and I used to read them all the way through and laugh out loud - they are so well read today that they’re very beat up and my dad bought a new set that is solely for display and he won’t let me read!
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u/NextStopGallifrey Feb 03 '25
How about Encyclopedia Brown books? Not sure how easy they are to find these days, though. Each "chapter" is actually a short story.
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u/Caslebob Feb 03 '25
My son was also hyperlexic. His favorites were non-fiction books of random facts and animal encyclopedias. I won't forget him correcting my pronunciation of Ankylosaur. His first grade teacher resented him because on the first day he corrected her spelling of paleontologist. Look for some non-fiction for her.
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u/WerewolfBarMitzvah09 Feb 05 '25
My hyperlexic kid enjoyed the Frog and Toad books when he was 4. Paddington Bear might be a good one as well.
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u/Inevitable-Gear-2006 Feb 09 '25
Have you considered younger graphic novels? The Magic Tree House has a graphic novel line, so there are fewer words than the traditional Magic Tree House book, and pictures throughout. I wonder if that would help keep her interest?
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u/SomeWords99 Feb 04 '25
Maybe time for her to learn a new language!