What are some great books for grade schoolers?

It's always exciting to see your child start diving into books on their own. What books has your grade schooler particularly enjoyed?

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By Helen Yue

- Posted on Jul 29, 2012

Easy ones: Amelia Bedelia
Frog and Toad
Picture books
Middle:
Cam Jensen
Junie B. Jones
Judy Moody
As a child, I remember I loved mystery and ghost stories, which were often advanced, which helped me quickly propel my reading to higher levels.
Advanced:
Bailey School Kids
Nancy Drew
Boxcar Children
Goosebumps
Source: I'm a tutor, and a child at heart.

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By Shannon

- Posted on May 18, 2012

The Sister's Grimm series is AMAZING! All fairy tale characters are real and live in Ferry Port Landing I read the first book when I took a children's lit class and loved it so much I had to read the rest of the books even though I had a lot of other reading to do. I'm sure there's others that I'm just not thinking of but this is a definite must read.

Annette - commented on May 18, 2012

Oh, my daughter loves this series, too. I think I will start reading them just for the fun of it. :0)

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By Angeline Haw

- Posted on Mar 26, 2012

My daughter really liked My Father's Dragon as a Read-Aloud in Kindergarten, and she read it to herself in first grade. Since then, she's enjoyed the Boxcar Children series, A Series of Unfortunate Events, the Narnia series, and the Warriors. Now a 5th grader, she can't seem to put down the Warriors books.

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By Nancy Centers

- Posted on Mar 22, 2012

The Frog and Toad books, Junie B Jones, Chester the Raccoon (the Kissing Hand book and others by the same author), Curious George series and National Geographic Kids books on animals. Scholastic Books offer plenty of nice affordable titles (some at $3.99 paperbacks) and I have found TONS of Scholastic books at Library sales, thrift shops, etc. in good condition for as little as 25 cents. My kids are Kindergarten and Second Grade respectively. The older one is a boy who now likes to read outloud sometimes and help his sister.

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By Annette Senior

- Posted on Mar 21, 2012

My daughter loves to read. She satrted out reading the Junie B Jones series in first grade, then moved on to Magic Tree House, A to Z Mysteries, Katie Kazoo Switcharoo, Dairy of a Whimpy Kid and the Warriors.
She is in six grade now and reads 5+ books a week. She just finished reading The Hunger Games series for the second time... in four days! She still loves the Warriors series and has read them again and again. I can't keep her in books. She checks them out from school and the public library in addition to us buying books and finding as many free books as I can for the Kindle.

Annette - commented on May 18, 2012

She also love The Princess Frog series and has really gotten into reading the Weenie books by David Lubar. He just visited her school last week and signed a couple of her books, including the newest one that isn't available until June but he made special arrangements to have available during his visit. :)