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or, in my 5yo son's case, having read to him (as he can't yet read himself):

James and the Giant Peach

Roald Dahl

I felt a bit sorry for him on the weekend as he was trailing around with his book in hand desparate to find out what happened next but needed to wait for people (either me, his dad or his big sister) to have the time to read him some more chapters.  Between the three of us we managed to get up to bit where the peach is growing before their eyes on the tree.  It is actually quite entertaining reading for us too.  I love the fact that Roald Dahl is so un-PC by today's standards, eg, the terrible deaths met by James's parents (killed by a rhino escaped from the London Zoo), the horrible things his aunts say to him etc etc.  Someone will read another chapter or 2 for tonight's bedtime story. 

My daughter, who is 9yo, is reading her first Judy Blume book:

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

Judy Blume

I had been trying to get her interested in Judy Blume for a while but it was only when they started reading this book in class that she really got a taste for it.  I have actually caught her reading secretly under the covers after she has gone to bed which is a great sign as she has never been a hugely enthusiastic reader.  Hopefully she will be interested in reading more Judy Blume books after this one as we have quite a lot of them at home.