She has enjoyed Wayside School, My Weird School, Dogman, and Diary of Wimpy Kid. Any other similar series? She didn't care for Big Nate. Thanks!
ETA: She also loves the captain underpants series.
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She has enjoyed Wayside School, My Weird School, Dogman, and Diary of Wimpy Kid. Any other similar series? She didn't care for Big Nate. Thanks!
ETA: She also loves the captain underpants series.
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DD 12/10
DS 10/15
How old is she?
She 7, but reads at a higher level. At the beginning of first grade her teacher said she was reading at a third grade level, I have no idea what level she's reading at now.
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My DD (similar age) has been reading Anna and Froga, Narwhal and Jelly, Thea Stilton, Heidi Heckelbeck, Owl Diaries, Magic Treehouse, Who Was books, Ivy and Bean, anything by Roald Dahl. They are a variety of different reading levels and styles, but maybe some of them will appeal to your DD?
Thanks for the ideas, she enjoyed the Narwhal series (I had forgotten about those), but there's others I can try and see if she likes. She'll read 2 or 3 books a day, I was running out of ideas.
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I recommend:
The Ordinary Princess by MM Kaye
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan (1st in a 3-book series; haven't read the others)
Song of the Trees by Mildred D Taylor (companion to the series that includes Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, but the subject matter might be a bit heavy for a 7-year-old)
Rapunzel's Revenge by Shannon & Dean Hale (art by Nathan Hale - no relation)
Calamity Jack by Shannon & Dean Hale (art by Nathan Hale; sequel to RR, above)
She might also be OK with classics like The Secret Garden and A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett; The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum; or even Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin.
The Ramona series should be in her sweet spot, as well as A Series of Unfortunate Events (depending on her tolerance for mild peril and spooky situations, of course.) She might be a little young for Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, but it's short and nothing truly tragic happens in it so give it a whirl?
DD loves the Who Is...?/Who Was...? books.
I'm also reading out loud to/with DD. Since kindergarten, we have read:
Fortunately, the Milk ... by Neil Gaiman
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien
The Ordinary Princess by MM Kaye
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
We are currently reading The Lightning Thief (book #1 in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series) by Rick Riordan.
It's given me an excuse to let her learn more about Greek mythology using our copies of A Child's Guide to Greek Mythology and D'Aulieres' Greek Myths.
I'm looking into the kids' editions of The Iliad and The Odyssey for more complementary reading if she continues to like Percy. (I recently read the Emily Wilson translation of The Odyssey and it was very enjoyable. It's weird; I've had a familiarity with the story for so long, but had never actually READ it, so this was a good translation to choose. Just to be clear: Professor Wilson's translation is not for kids.)
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Liz
DD (3/2010)
"Make mistakes! Get messy!" - Miss Frizzle
Awesome! Thanks for the list! Someone got her a box set of 4 from the Ramona series for her birthday. She refused to even read one page. I am so thankful we have a great library, otherwise I would be spending a ton of money on books that she may or may not like.
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DS 10/15
Any time. My DD likes "adventure stories" so we've been doing a lot of fantasy, as you can see from our list.
I don't remember how I wheedled her to listen to The Ordinary Princess but once we started, she absolutely loved it. (My mom bought her a new copy because mine is pretty much Scotch tape and prayer at this point.)
We read A Wrinkle in Time together before the film was released (on her birthday) because I refused to take her to see the film if she hadn't read the book first.
She should be 100% capable of reading the Ramona books herself, but maybe you could pitch them as a read-together. (I know it's hard with a baby, but it might be something to do after he goes to bed?)
I thought my DD was going to LOVE the Magic Treehouse books, but she read a couple and then decided to read something else.
Another favorite here is the Princess in Black series, also by Shannon & Dean Hale (art by LeUyen Pham.) There are 5 of them, with a 6th due out in September.
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Liz
DD (3/2010)
"Make mistakes! Get messy!" - Miss Frizzle
Oh she's totally capable of reading Ramona, I think she's just not interested. She was just ehh with the Magic Tree House. She really likes graphic novels and, well, kind of obnoxious books.
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