I started reading on my own when I was 4 - and was always way ahead of my grade level.
Read a lot of:
- Hardy Boys
- Encycolopedia Brown
- Paddington Bear
- OZ
- Ramona Quimby
When I was about 10 I started reading SF with The Hobbit, Chronicles of Prydain, Asimov, the James Blish Star Trek adaptations, Watership Down..
Michael