suggestion for kid's books

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My 7 yo DD and I have been reading The Tale of Desperaux (I know I'm not spelling that right and I'm too tired to think about it) together and I'm really enjoying spending this time with her. Can anyone suggest any other kid's chapter books? We've done Charlotte's Web, James & the Giant Peach and Because of Winn Dixie and I'd like to keep this going! :)

TIA!
 
When I was a kid, I loved the "Ramona" books (Judy Blume, I think), The Mouse and the Motorcycle books, and The Cricket in Times Square. DS7, just finished recently finished the Bunnicula books and really liked those. He also likes Goosebumps books, Magic Tree House, and Beast Quest (Beast Quest is prob more boyish) That's all I can think of for now. Perhaps just a trip to the library or bookstore to take a look around. We do better at the library bc he can read thru a book in 1 or 2 days, so it gets expensive to go to the bookstore.

Nan

ETA: The BFG by Roald Dahl. If you liked James and the Peach, you'll love BFG. And the Witches. I read them both a million times when I was a kid.
 
I think when i was that age there was a series of Ramona books that may be appropriate for your daughter. Maybe you should make a trip to the bookstore with her and choose something together. Also check out the "puffin books" website for books geared towards her age group. Happy reading!
 
spyrosmom said:
When I was a kid, I loved the "Ramona" books (Judy Blume, I think), The Mouse and the Motorcycle books, and The Cricket in Times Square. DS7, just finished recently finished the Bunnicula books and really liked those. He also likes Goosebumps books, Magic Tree House, and Beast Quest (Beast Quest is prob more boyish) That's all I can think of for now. Perhaps just a trip to the library or bookstore to take a look around. We do better at the library bc he can read thru a book in 1 or 2 days, so it gets expensive to go to the bookstore.

Nan
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Haha! we must of been writing at the same time about Ramona! I also remember reading the Mouse and the Motorcycle.
 
Try Kevin Henkes' stories...Chrysanthemum, Owen, Chester's Way, Sheila Rae the Brave...(lots more). Funny and sweet, and very nice pictures too. We got many originally from the library with read-along CD's, and ended up buying them later.
 
Harry Potter

What a great thread! DS9 and DD6 and I started at the beginning of the series at the end of September, and are now on the fifth book. I am going to be sad when we finish the series. I was worried it would be too intense for my six year old, but she falls asleep in about twelve seconds, so it's pretty much my son and I.

Does anyone have any suggestions of series similar to Harry Potter?

My son loves the Magic Treehouse Series, and I thought I was being clever by checking out the Judy Blume series (Superfudge, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing), but he said his teacher at school already read them all. We've also read Roald Dahl (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach). He didn't seem to get into the Junie B. Jones series, although I'll bet a girl would.

I'll be eagerly awaiting suggestions, too!
 
Try Bunnicula (tale of a vampire rabbit) and the other books by James Howe -- my 7-year-old really loved them.
As for girl books, she read a series of graphic novels and is now reading chapter books called WITCH about a group of girl friends.
Right now she is reading Time Cat, which I read as a child, and just loving it.

Tobermory
 
Junie B. Jones (written from a first grader's point of view...DD loved it!)
Choose Your Own Adventure Books
Captain Underpants
Little House on the Prairie
Spiderwick Chronicles
Nancy Drew
Magic Treehouse
Secrets of Droon

Hope this gives you some good ideas!
 
They're not easy to find (well, not with original drawings anyway), but my 7 and 9 year old sons and I are loving the Famous Five series by Enid Blyton.

-Beth
 
I have 7 and 10 year old boys and recently read them "The Secret Garden" which they really enjoyed and were planning to watch the DVD version this week. We are now reading "Little Lord Fauntleroy." Mine also greatly enjoyed the Bunnicula series and the Mouse and the Motorcycle books. We've also read all of Ron Roy's A-Z Mysteries and Capital Series books. And, though it took us a year we recently finished all 39 Trixie Belden books, which surprising they really got into and enjoyed.
 
We're just finishing A Cricket in Times Square. We're really enjoying it. Others we've loved are:
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
Little House on the Prairie series (These are suprisingly excellent)
Spiderwick Cronicles (Awesome illustrations)
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
Charlie's Raven
The Penderwicks
Inkheart

Barnes and Noble has abridged classic books called Classic Starts. They're only $3.99 (sometimes they run specials of 3 for $9.99) and they have great titles to choose from. The best part is most of them have a movie you can follow it up with.
 
For longer books, my DD loved the American Girl stories. They are wonderful, full of great historical detail about different periods in American history and different ethnicities. They have short stories too. Most libraries have them now so they are easy to find.
 
Bridge to Terabithia, Riki Tiki Tavi, Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, Pippi Longstocking, Nancy Drew, The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe.
 
These might not be along the lines of what you're looking for (they're not fiction), but I thought they were cool. My sister gave my nephews and nieces these:

"The Dangerous Book for Boys" - http://www.amazon.com/Dangerous-Book-Boys-Conn-Iggulden/dp/0061243582/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b

"The Daring Book for Girls" - http://www.amazon.com/Daring-Book-Girls-Andrea-Buchanan/dp/0061472573/ref=pd_sim_b_1

They're more like "how to be a renaissance kid" books. The chapters include things like: How to read tide charts, how to build a fort, history of inventors & scientists, five karate moves... The list is all over the place.
 
Charlie's Raven was really good and we also enjoyed Jean Craighead George's "My Side of the Mountain Trilogy." We often get the books on audio after we've read them and the boys really enjoyed these on audio.
 
tobermory said:
Try Bunnicula (tale of a vampire rabbit) and the other books by James Howe -- my 7-year-old really loved them.
As for girl books, she read a series of graphic novels and is now reading chapter books called WITCH about a group of girl friends.
Right now she is reading Time Cat, which I read as a child, and just loving it.

Tobermory
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OMG! This sounds AWESOME! My DD is reading Goosebumps right now. She's supposed to read 3 chapter books a month for school, so our nightly ritual is to shut off the TV and we both read for at least a half hour. If she likes the book, an hour goes by before she asks if she can stop.
 
I loved the Little House on the Prarie series, too. Please don't judge it by the TV series! I recently read an essay on Laura Ingalls Wilder's books, and one of the things that the writer loved about them was that Laura was never called a "tomboy." She was just a girl who liked to fish, and climb trees, and do some rough & tumble stuff!

I also liked The Boxcar Children series when I was a kid.
 
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is one of my favorites to read with my boys. We read a chapter a day and then I give them a little piece of chocolate to eat.

My mom did the same with my sister and me when we were little. Also, there's a great Raggedy Ann and Andy chapter book that my mom read to me years ago, and I can't remember the name of it. I'm going to see if I can find it. We'd read a chapter a night, and it was an adventure. It was a really great book too.
 
This book is too young for your kids, but I can't resist mentioning Pout-Pout Fish by Debbie Diesen. I know the author and while this is a book for very young children, it has beautiful illustrations. It was on the NYT bestseller list and was picked as a top children's book of 2008. And, she has great activities to go with it on her web site:

http://www.deborahdiesen.com/books/pout-pout.html

Just in case anybody with wee little ones reads this thread!

anne
 
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