Where can I buy comic story books for my 8 yrs old son, especially online in Australia?

Until you can get the comic books try having a story time in the evening. Let him pick the book and then take turns reading out loud to each other. His skills and confidence should improve.

You don't know where to buy books, it's no surprise son is reading at low level. You could both go to a bookstore, thrift shop, or library together and find things to read. Comics are so simple and the picture tells the story. They aren't going to help him read and comprehend. He should read classics like Charlotte's Web and Beverly Cleary's Ribsy books.

A few ways to improve your son's reading is to do one of the following

a) Get him books with a CD voice over (Like the ones in the 80's and 90's where you would insert the cassette and listen to a woman/man speak as you read along) This will help with pronunciation of words and help to develop expression as well as punctuation and pauses.

b) Read with him, signs on the road, shopping isle boards, cartoon credits with a larger font, little things will add up to an improvement.

c) Go to the library! On lazy Sundays take him on an "adventure" to the library. (I never really liked reading when I was younger until I went to a library now I can't get enough of it.)

d) Persuade him. Leave him on cliff hangers, like the blurbs of books, leave him wanting more of the story. Take natural child curiousity and use it to your advantage, e.g. "They left Muggle-Wamp the monkey in his cage for far too long, and now the monkeys want to take their revenge!" He will hopefully will want to know what the monkeys do to 'them' and it might intrigue him to the point where his curiousity forces him to actually grab the book and read it.

e) Get books that revolve around his hobbies e.g Rugby, Bike riding, music.

f) Rewarding him. Draw up a chart that rewards him for reading a certain amount of pages in a week like

1-4 pp= 1 lollipop

5-10 pp= 2 oreo cookies

11-15 pp= 3 oreo cookies

16-20 pp= a small chocolate bar etc.

Lovely books to start with;

The Narnia book series by C.S. Lewis (The Magician's Nephew was gripping for me at his age)

Roald Dahl books (These books are a treasure to help develop interest in books. The Twits, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Revolting Rhymes, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda..

The Turbulent Term Of Tyke Tiler by Gene Kemp is a very close representation of adventures a child around the same age as your son might experience.

Enid Blyton. (The Magic Faraway Tree was my absolute favourite growing up)

Good Luck with introducing your son to the world of literature! c:

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Thanks heaps everyone... It's a huge help indeed....