Comments on: What We’re Reading: Favorite Book Series

By: Jess

Jess — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:54:22 +0000

My daughter loves the Nancy Drew Notebook series. They are shorter Nancy Drew books and in the books Nancy is 8.

Judy Moody and Stink books

Clementine series by Sarah Pennypacker

By: Anna

Anna — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:36:48 +0000

I’ve been reading the Cobble Street Cousins Series by Cynthia Rylant aloud to my 3 girls. They love it! I believe there are six books in the series. It’s about 3 young girls (age 9 or so?) who stay with their Aunt Lucy while their parents are travelling with the circus. The girls get into all sorts of stuff and each have very distinct personalities.

By: Emile

Emile — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:14:59 +0000

Not sure if this was already asked or addressed in the comments, but are any of these good or appropriate for very young kids like a 2.5 year old? I’ve been wanting to start a series for my daughter, but wasn’t sure if she is too young…?

By: Kymm

Kymm — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:52:12 +0000

Thanks Megan and Aimee!! I’ll look into both of those…

By: Aimee Bowles

Aimee Bowles — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:29:41 +0000

I have a 3 and 1/2 year old son, and we just completed the second book in the Magic Treehouse Series (Mary Pope Osborne). He LOVES them. They usually run between 60-70 pages, and have 10 chapters. There are a few illustrations– at least one per chapter. The books center around a brother and sister as the main characters, so they are great for either gender. I used to teach first grade before I became a stay-at-home mom, and I read them aloud to my classes. As the year progressed, my more advanced readers began to check them out of the library and read them themselves.

By: Megan

Megan — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:54:28 +0000

Our oldest is almost five, and we are transitioning to chapter books with shorter, illustrated chapter books. Kathryn Lanksy’s Poodle and Hound is a current fave here!

By: Kymm

Kymm — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:32:18 +0000

I’d be interested in what series you like to read aloud to your children. My daughter is almost 4 and loves being read to at night! She likes long books so I think she’s ready for a chapter book or series…

By: Heather Pregony

Heather Pregony — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:17:42 +0000

I am a frist grade teacher, and I read the Boxcar Children to my students. That series is wholesome. It is also interesting and exciting. Both my girls and my boys enjoy it. So, I highly recommend them. I love them!! .-= Heather Pregony´s last blog .."Laugh, Miss Pregony!" =-.

By: Jenn

Jenn — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:40:13 +0000

I, too, loved the Little House on the Prairie series! But didn’t read the comments thoroughly enough to see if anyone mentioned the Anne of Green Gables series. I can’t wait to take my daughter to Price Edward Island!
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By: Aimee Bowles

Aimee Bowles — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:37:00 +0000

I taught first grade before becoming a stay-at-home-mom, and I LOVE the Magic Treehouse books. Partly because they are great for little girls OR little boys, partly for their factual content within the crazy adventure. Plus, the language is not overwhelming for a young reader. I have read the first 2 books in the series aloud for my 3 and 1/2 year old son, and he loves them.

I also put my vote in for the Chronicles of Narnia as a read-aloud, and I adore the Judy Moody series by Megan McDonald. Junie B was not my favorite series, and I tend to agree more with the criticisms about the phonetic spellings, and also the incorrect grammar. But, I agree if kids are reading…shrug. Good with the bad.

Some of my favorite picture books, and my students favorite read-alouds were by Kevin Henkes– Lily is such a fabulous character, and there’s lots of opportunity to discuss language. Henkes is big on the adjectives.