I can’t keep up with the Bean’s reading. He reads his books so quickly that it’s become impossible to keep him in books. If I tell him to go spend some time outside, this is what I get:
Suggestions on books for boys? Second-grade content with a sixth-grade reading level??
Empty to Fill 
Does he have a book there? Or is he just longing for the missing input? That is so what I used to do!! :)
Yes, a book. Totally. His interpretation of “time outside” is doing what he does inside, outside. :)