Beast Quest Box Set Pack: Series 1-6 books, (Arcta the Mountain Giant, Epos the Flame Bird, Ferno the Fire Dragon, Nanook the Snow Monster, Sepron ... Serpent, Tagus the Horse-Man)

My son is nearly seven and reads exceptionally well for his age, but like many small boys he can be a bit lazy and sometimes getting him to read would be a chore. Part of this is down to the fact the books he gets sent home from school with are in many cases absolute rubbish (he was sent one set that had no punctuation, making it almost impossible to read coherently). We've found the best solution to this is find books he's interested in, and preferably ones that are well written.He has a really strong interest in mythology, and likes reading Greek and Roman stories. He was particularly keen on the labours of Heracles and Homer's Odyssey and the Iliad, as well as the Norse Sagas and a well thumbed copy of Beowulf. He also makes frequent trips to the local library and it was there he found the first Beast Quest book. He read it from cover to cover in less than a day and then nagged to go back to the library to get the next one, but they only had four books and they were out of order so I ordered this set for him.As a general rule, he gets a story read to him before bed, but once he got these he now not only gets a couple of chapters read to him - he actually takes the book to bed with him and reads more of it himself. He tends to read a couple of chapters at night, and then more in the morning. He's currently working his way through series four at a prodigious rate.I've read some of the books myself and to be brutally honest, the early books aren't massively well written, tending to be a collection of short sentences rather than being punctuated properly, but the writing improves as the series progress and more importantly the stories are fun and action packed, even if they do tend to borrow rather heavily from other sources but even that in itself isn't terrible as it introduces some of the more common mythical elements such as the Minotaur and Pegasus.On the whole, if you have a child around this age, especially a boy, you could could do a lot worse than try these books. The only real downside we've found is that he reads them so avidly we're slightly concerned at what we'll do once he's read them all.

This was bought for my kid to study as part of school project. Loved it so much and have completed the whole set. Loves to read again.Thank you.

Bought as a gift. Recipient reported back that all but one had now been read and was delighted with them. Ideal for the young reader and I thought the pack very reasonably priced.

The books are just what I was looking for, but it is advertised as a box set, when in fact, it is 6 books wrapped in cellophane. I would still have bought the series, but feel the advert should be edited with the “box set” removed.

Awesome books . Both my kids love them .

Bought and read the first book with my 7 year old granddaughter. Enjoyed it so much bought this box set as a xmas present to read about the other dragons.

I'm sure he will love these books. Fast and efficient ordering.

Great service

My 15 year old son has been asking for this series so I am starting with this set! Hopefully he likes them. Books are good quality and came quickly.

Perfectly written for early readers starting chapter books. Just enough pictures and story moves along at a good pace to keep them engaged!!

As described. Fast shipping.

My 10 year old son loves reading these books at night with me. Lots of action and adventure and great characters and beasts. These books are instilling a passion for reading at an early age. My son has gone back and reread these on his own.

My son (entering grade 3) is devouring these books. He is reading them to himself before bed and is ploughing through them. He would read before because he had to for school, (20-30 minutes a night), but now he just sits and reads to himself. I highly recommend these books. My husband did some reading on these books and found out they were created to get 'lads' into reading and it works. Lots of other-wordly beasts and adventures. Written by several UK writers. Fantastic series with many, many books. Thankfully because we are about to do our 3rd order!