Just finished our first chapter book together “Bad Dad by David Williams. The book was sub par but my son liked it and it was great to read together. Have started another David Williams book “The Blunders and it’s terrible. Can anyone recommend another book/author we could get into? Thanks!
by Impressive_Moment_10
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*The Little Prince*, Antoine de Saint-exupery
The Redwall series by Brian Jacques maybe?
Podkin One Ear
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
I believe 7 was the age I fell in love with Matilda because of a teacher reading it to us. I personally find Wonka a better book.
Sideways Stories from Wayside School
Not sure if they’re old enough now, but soon you can try {{The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart}}
Anything by Raul Dahl – maybe something fun like the Witches, the Twits or George and the marvellous medicine etc
[I remember loving Cornelia Funke as a kid !](https://corneliafunke.com/en/books/) This is all of her books, you can sort them by reading age! The Theif Lord is still one of my favorite books and I would have read it when I was 7 or 8. I also remember my 4th grade teacher reading us The Dragon Rider series by her.
As well, I read all of the Charlie Bone books by Jenny Nimmo in 4th grade and loved them. They were sort of similar to Harry Potter in that there was a boarding school with almost “houses” and some magic plots going on. Very good, highly recommend.
There’s also the Warriors books by Erin Hunter. About feral cats living in clans. My little cousins are big fans of those ones.
maybe Beverly Cleary? He’s at the right age for the Fudge and Ramona books.
Terry Pratchett
Either the Bromeliad trilogy (Truckers, Diggers, Wings) or the Tiffany Aching sub series from Discworld.
I suspect a 7 year old boy would very much enjoy the Nac Mac Feegle ;D
Geronimo Stilton are formulaic but fun. We read a lot if the lighter, shorter Roald Dahl books
A Heros Guide to Saving the Kingdom by Christopher Healy and Hank the Cowdog by John Erickson.
M.I McAllister’s Mistmantle Chronicles!
Chris Colfer!
i really enjoyed Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo as a kid. I highly suggest this book if your 7 y/o is a comedy enjoyer and enjoys using their creativity.
It’s essentially about a girl named Flora, who ends up with a talking pet squirrel she named Ulysses, named after the vacuum that sucked him up and shook his brain around so much that he could actually speak telepathically to Flora. They get into a whole bunch of shenanigans, but the reason it stuck with me is because of the literal first 2 chapters.
The chronicles of narnia is a great adventure series
The Kingdom of Wrenly series, and its spin-off graphic novels
The “How to Train Your Dragon” series are really fun. My son loved them and there are about 12/13 to keep you going
{{The 131⁄2 Lives of Captain Bluebear}} by Walter Moers