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Fantastic Mr Fox
by Roald Dahl
Picture book · ages 5–10 · grades K–5 · 620L · 2001
Why we'd hand it over
Dahl's most purely satisfying romp — clever without preaching, suspenseful without cruelty, and the rhythm of the prose is hypnotic enough that even struggling readers want to keep going.
What parents said
Mine read Fantastic Mr Fox at that age. Still some challenging vocabulary, but far shorter.