My DC is 8 and until now I've been selecting books for her to read based on her interests. The only time she requests a book is if it is in the series of a book she enjoys or is by a familiar author. I'd like to transition the role of book selection onto her, but I'm not sure how to go about it.
I still recommend books to my 10yo ds, but he also got recommendations from friends and librarians. harder to manage in this remote era :( He enjoyed reading the Space Case and Bad Unicorn series, and speculative nonfic like what if. we’re transitioning him to magazines like wired and make so he’s not always hunting for books...
Interesting idea about magazines. We don't read them generally, but I was thinking of that idea.
She reads way too much for magazines to be enough, though.
www.goodreads.com
This is a great resource! I also let DC browse on Amazon, which is where we usually buy books. Once you've purchased even one, it will recommend more and dc likes using the peek inside feature. It just depends on your comfort level that your dc would know what to do if they stumbled on an inappropriate recommendation and that they wouldn't use the one click buying without checking with you first (even by accident). Most kids are pretty internet savvy though and can learn how to browse Amazon safely.
op. I tried your advice and wnt to goodreads last night. Made DC her own account. She selected about 30 books to read, so far.
https://imaginationsoup.net I have this bookmarked. She puts up pictures of the book covers.
This is another website I like with book lists: https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/