Recommended English Books

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Greatly Blessed:

Hi TAS


Do these books by Michael Morpurgo help in writing?
Dear Olly
The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips
Born to Run

TIA

Hi Greatly Blessed,

Michael Morpurgo's books are quite descriptive
and so would help a child pick up descriptive
writing. However as with all books, the child needs
to make a conscious effort to learn the style of writing
from the author. The themes he covers in his stories are
also quite adult but written from the understanding of
a child. I would recommend his books to children.

TAS

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XK:

Hi TAS,


May I know whether Usborne young reading should be a suitable level for k1 or k2 children?

Hi XK,

They are more suitable for K2 kids but if the K1 one kid can read
quite well then he or she would have no problem with the series.

TAS

[Lynn2]

Hello TAS,


May I know do you have more story books to recommend for pri six student?DD has finished all that you have recommended.Thought of keeping her occupied for the next two days.Do u have any good story book to recommend?

She loves GONE by Michael Grant that u recommended earlier.Thank you.

Cheers
Lynn2

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Lynn2:

Hello TAS,


May I know do you have more story books to recommend for pri six student?DD has finished all that you have recommended.Thought of keeping her occupied for the next two days.Do u have any good story book to recommend?

She loves GONE by Michael Grant that u recommended earlier.Thank you.

Cheers
Lynn2

Hi Lynn2,

Sorry for the late reply.

These are some of the good books that
we can recommend:

1) Long Reach by Peter Cocks

In this story, 17 year old Eddie wakes up one day to find a
policeman at his door telling him that they found his older
brother's dead body. Later on, it is concluded that his older
brother committed suicide. He refuses to accept that and
starts to try to find out more about his brother.

He finds out that his brother was working undercover
and soon he is doing the same thing while trying to
find out what really happened to his brother.

It is an action-packed thriller.

2) Pig Heart Boy by Malorie Blackman

This is book that is different from most books. It tells
of a boy who urgently needs a heart transplant but
the best match comes from a very unexpected
source- a pig! What will his friends say? Will his body
be able to adjust to the heart of a pig? It is the biggest
decision that Cameron (the boy) can make.

It is a thought-provoking story and the vocabulary
used is good as well.

As for the Gone series, I think Lies and Plague is out as
well.

All the best for your daughter's PSLE!

TAS

[smartmummy]

sakura_2009:

Hi, TAS


I've tried asking DS to read some of those books you recommended (he's in P3 now) but I think they're too difficult for him He told me there're too many words that he didn't understand and stop reading them altogether. Maybe his standard of English is just not there yet... Ended up reading those books myself, and I must say there are really interesting :love:

Can you recommend some other books that is probably easier to read for P3? He doesn't really like to read and even if he does, he usually just sticks to one or two of his favourite titles (e.g. Beast Quest).

Thank you very much!

hi

I also a parent of p3 boy.ur right,he also like to read beast quest.I think upper primary books hard for them

[Belle]

Hi TAS,


Are Enid Blyton Happy Days Series and Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew Series suitable for P1 students?

Helps with their writing?

[Hifive]

Hi TAS


My boy is P6 and he is looking for storybooks with contents like the investigating team study the people’s body language to aid them in solving crimes / mystery. Any recommendation? Thanks in advance.

[Champion]

Hi TAS,

Thanks for all the recommendation of books; really appreciate the effort! :celebrate:

My DD1 is in P3 this year and I have borrowed those books that you recommended suitable for her reading. But, so far that I can remember of, her favorite are the following 2 books:-

1) Flat Stanley - The Amazing American Secret
2) Ctrl Z by Andrew Norris (hope my spelling is correct)

I am trying her to expose to more story books to help in her EL Compo but she is very :scared: to read those mystery books that have interesting plots

Can you recommend any books that is suitable for P3 readers that is not too horrify :nailbite: ? :thankyou:

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concern_parent:

sakura_2009:

Hi, TAS


I've tried asking DS to read some of those books you recommended (he's in P3 now) but I think they're too difficult for him He told me there're too many words that he didn't understand and stop reading them altogether. Maybe his standard of English is just not there yet... Ended up reading those books myself, and I must say there are really interesting :love:

Can you recommend some other books that is probably easier to read for P3? He doesn't really like to read and even if he does, he usually just sticks to one or two of his favourite titles (e.g. Beast Quest).

Thank you very much!

hi

I also a parent of p3 boy.ur right,he also like to read beast quest.I think upper primary books hard for them

Hi concern_parent,

The language is Beast Quest can be quite descriptive so children
can still pick up and learn some good vocabulary there. However,
the writing is choppy and the scenes change quite abruptly
so the flow of content is not that good.

Perhaps you can introduce your boy to this series that
younger boys like:

Secret Agent Jack Stalwart series

There are many mystery book series for younger kids
but not many involving secret agents or spies.
However, in this book, the mystery is presented in an
interesting manner.

Jack Stalwart, a secret agent of the Global Protection Force
needs to go around the world solving mysteries. He has cool
spy gadgets, something like a young James Bond would have.
Secretly, he has another mission- to find his missing older brother
who has disappeared mysteriously some time back.

TAS

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Belle:

Hi TAS,


Are Enid Blyton Happy Days Series and Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew Series suitable for P1 students?

Helps with their writing?

Hi Belle,

All the books that you have described have interesting plots and
can get children interested in reading. However, for Enid Blyton
and Nancy Drew, children nowadays are not that interested in
those books as if your child is a reluctant reader, he or she
might not want to pick up a book from that series. As for
helping them write well, I think the descriptions used are
adequate but not fantastic.

The Magic Treehouse series has better descriptions and
children seemed to like them better.

Here is a brief write-up of the series:


Magic Treehouse series

In this series, 2 children will travel to different parts of the
world.
Most of the time they will travel back to the past, at times,
they do travel to the future. They travel usually to solve
certain mysteries. They will go to a magic treehouse and
that is their portal to travel to other periods of times. The
vocabulary used in this book is descriptive and can help
children to use more descriptive imagery to describe scenes.

TAS