The best books for 6 year old girls include The Princess in Black, Owl Diaries, Zoey and Sassafras, Ivy + Bean, Yasmin and Ada Twist, Scientist: funny, brave stories with short chapters and plenty of pictures that build first-grade reading confidence.
The best books for 6 year old boys are funny early readers and short illustrated chapter books such as Hi! Fly Guy, Press Start!, Dragon Masters, Ricky Ricotta’s Mighty Robot and Dinosaurs Before Dark, balanced with laugh-out-loud picture books for read-aloud time.
The best books for 5 year old boys mix big humor, bold pictures and simple text: Elephant & Piggie, Pete the Cat, Dragons Love Tacos, Creepy Carrots!, Frog and Toad and Mercy Watson are proven favorites for read-alouds and first independent reading.