Kid Book Question

[cereal K]

C is 5 (will be 6 in August) and in preschool (missed the cutoff, will go to K this fall). She's reading already - really well on her own - but we also read at night at bedtime. 

Her teachers told me she really liked the Magic Treehouse books they read in classroom. For Christmas, she got books 1-4 of the series. We're on the fourth book now. I asked her if she wanted the next set of books. She's kinda eh about it. They've read them all in class, so it's not a "new" story for her. 

Can anyone else suggest other similar chapter books that we can read together? Her suggestion was Harry Potter, but I think I should save that for a year or two from now!

[gennyu]

DS likes Magic Schoolbus*, Stink, and Nate the Great.
*This is the series I prefer.

[cleo29]

Does she like fancy Nancy? There is a series of chapter books where she is a detective, Nancy Clancy. Also there are some Disney ones about the fairies.

[whitemerlot]

My son loves Beverly Cleary books, especially The Mouse and the Motorcycle. We also have liked the Ron Roy A to Z mystery series.

[stephm0188]

Mercy Watson, Junie B Jones, Ready Freddy, Ivy and Bean

[gretchenindisguise]

L is currently really into Clementine books.

We've also done a lot of Ivy and Bean books.

Mercy Watson books are good for her to read on her own.

The El Deafo book I mentioned in mekia's thread was a hit.

[gretchenindisguise]

Feb 5, 2016 18:26:01 GMT -5 cleo29 said:

Does she like fancy Nancy? There is a series of chapter books where she is a detective, Nancy Clancy. Also there are some Disney ones about the fairies.

Oh yeah - Neverland Girls has been a pretty good hit around here too.

I like series.

[missmaddie]

Flat Stanley?

[pierogigirl]

My kids like the Toys Go Out series. We also have the Mercy Watson books. DS1 liked Charlotte's Web as a read aloud. It had more guns, and discussion of death than I remembered, though.

[Alyssa]

It sounds like your child is not going to have any trouble with Kindergarten.  My daughter is 6 and in Kindergarten and this is the type of little paper book her teacher is sending home for the kids to read.  My daughter is pretty bored with this type of stuff, she likes the Fancy Nancy series because it also has vocabulary words mixed in.

[sonrisa]

Does she like the Princess in Black books?

[mslhb]

Mermaid Tales

[cereal K]

Feb 5, 2016 18:26:58 GMT -5 whitemerlot said:

My son loves Beverly Cleary books, especially The Mouse and the Motorcycle. We also have liked the Ron Roy A to Z mystery series.

I forgot about Beverly Cleary! I loved the Ramona books as a kid. 

Feb 5, 2016 19:16:44 GMT -5 sonrisa said:

Does she like the Princess in Black books?

I'm not familiar with them...I'll look into them.

Feb 5, 2016 19:49:05 GMT -5 @chloe77 said:

Wayside School books are funny, my 6 year old likes them.

OMG - I forgot about these! I loved the Sideways Stories as a kid. Definitely need to add to the list.

[cereal K]

Thanks for the recs, everyone! Our Amazon list has grown and C is happy!

[jenna]

Pretty sure my son read Cam Jansen books in grade school.

www.amazon.com/Cam-Jansen-Book-Vols-1-16/dp/0545293553

www.amazon.com/Young-Cam-Jansen-Dinosaur-Game/dp/0140377794

Or it could have been the Young Cam Jansen series.  They have updated the covers, so I can't remember which series he read.

[Deleted]

Another vote for Beverly Cleary and Wayside School! Also, I used to LOVE the Pee Wee Scouts series...not sure if they still sell those but, man, good memories!

[SpartanGirl]

At that age my oldest LOVED the Rainbow Magic Fairies. There are million different stories. They weren't my favorite, but she seriously devoured them.

Other suggestions: Mercy Watson, Ivy and Bean, Daisy Dawson, Princess Posey, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (not a series, but one of my favorite books that I read with the kids), The Best Loved Doll

[cuddlyevil]

Ivy and Bean
Geronimo Stilton
Mercy Watson