Please help steer my son off of Horrid Henry!!

[loggy01]

My son is nearly 10 and loves the Horrid Henry books and is coming to the end of the series. Can anyone recommend another series of boots for his reading age.

[chilliwitch]

Hi,
How about the goosebumps books by RL Stine?my children all read these from appx age 9-12,they loved them even if a few were a bit scary!HTH

[loggy01]

Thanks for the super-quick answer. We will have a look at those, although he does not like things that are too creepy and keep him awake! We have also tried the Captain Underpants series as well!!!

[Maypole]

What about the Horrible Histories? Theyre quite fun and 10 is a good age for non-fiction.
Or the Series of Unfortunate Events perhaps?
Usborne have a range called Oliver Moon which are stories on a level with Horrid Henry Id say.

Good luck, can be hard to wean them off favourite characters!

[spudqueen]

Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey

[QueenOfAmber]

horrible histories are really cool!
try them.
:)

[annie0000]

How to train your dragon - cressida cowell - all about the adventures of Hiccup the pirate - very funny. There are about 7 in this series.

I agree with Captain Underpantsl.

He could probably handle Harry Potter as well.

[annie0000]

Would the Mr Gum series be too young? Those are also very good.

[dustinmyeye]

i was just going to suggest harry potter , i am 27 and have just read this series and i have to say after years of slagging off other adults whom have read the books i have to eat my words as i thouroughly enjoyed the them.

[loggy01]

Thank you for all your wonderful suggestions - lots of ideas for Christmas.

Somebody recommended the Oliver Moon series by Usborne books as they are similar to Horrid Henry. Would these be a little young for a nearly 10 year old. Has anyone caught sight of these?

[annie0000]

these books are good as well, Michael Morpugo also does a lot of good books for that age group.

http://www.theinvisiblefriend.com/

[curiosity]

I agree with the Mr Gum series very funny.