Guest Katia Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 My ds loved (and at 24yo still loves) The Mad Scientists' Club by Bertrand R. Brinley and Charles Geer. I think there are three or four other Mad Scientists' Club books, but the first is the best. I also highly recommend all of the Eddie books by Carolyn Haywood. Robert Rows the River by Carolyn Haywood is also very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfunnybunch Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 How about My Side of the Mountain? Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmom3tn Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 (edited) I know these have already been mentioned, but the Dimwood Forest books by Avi are great. (Ragweed, Poppy, Poppy and Rye, Ereth's Birthday, Poppy's Return, Poppy and Ereth) Poppy is Book 1, but Ragweed is a prequel, so you may want to start with that one. Also, I second Andrew Clements books. Our favorites were Frindle, Lunch Money, The School Story, and No Talking. We love Kate DiCamillo's books, too. The Tale of Despereaux, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (GREAT book!!!), Because of Winn-Dixie What about the Ralph books by Beverly Cleary? Ralph S. Mouse, The Mouse and His Motorcycle, Runaway Ralph Homer Price and Centerburg Tales by Robert McCloskey My Father's Dragon, Elmer and the Dragon, and The Dragons of Blueland, by Ruth Stiles Gannet We loved Everything on a Waffle, by Polly Horvath, but I can't remember if there might be anything objectionable in that one. E.B. White's books: Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, Trumpet and the Swan These are girly, but my girls loved the Betsy books, by Carolyn Haywood: B is for Betsy, Betsy and Billy, Back to School with Betsy, Betsy and Billy, etc... Many of Clyde Robert Bulla's books are good. One of my girls is on the couch right now reading A Lion to Guard Us. How about Encyclopedia Brown books??? The Trailblazer books by Dave and Neta Jackson??? The Boxcar Children The Railway Children Don't forget after Sarah Plain and Tall and Skylark, there's also Caleb's Story and More Perfect than the Moon. I like to use the Sonlight catalog as a book list, too: The Family Under the Bridge The Light at Tern Rock Twenty and Ten The Grandma's Attic series Justin Morgan Had a Horse Detectives in Togas Follow My Leader Mr. Popper's Penguins The Year of Miss Agnes The Door in the Wall The Whipping Boy The Matchlock Gun The Courage of Sarah Noble The Bears on Hemlock Mountain The Cabin Faced West All-of-a-Kind Family (and sequels) Thimble Summer .... I could go on and on about books, LOL :D Edited August 11, 2009 by hsmom3tn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntieM Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 I haven't read all the replies, so sorry for the possible duplicate. We loved Andy Buckram's Tin Men by Carol Ryrie Brink, as well as all the Big Red series dog books by Jim Kjelgaard (pretty sure I spelled that wrong!). These are all oldies but goodies, tailor-made for boys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 (edited) Has anyone mentioned Ralph Moody books yet? I woke up remembering a series my oldest son loved when he was small called Little Britches. There are other books by the same author as well. Sea-biscuit is another, I believe. Yes, here: http://www.tomfolio.com/authorinfo/authors/RalphMoody.asp Edited August 11, 2009 by LibraryLover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionfamily1999 Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 The Phantom TollBooth by Norton Juster We borrowed it from the library yesterday and he read it all day and half the night. My ds will be done with it by tonight, lol. It's a really good book, enjoyable for parents as a read aloud too, there's a ton of plays on words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariannNOVA Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 very funny, there is a lesson in there for everyone, and it is most enjoyable and quite appropriate.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumping In Puddles Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 He might like The Mad Scientist Club. My ds loves that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi @ Mt Hope Posted August 11, 2009 Author Share Posted August 11, 2009 I just found a beautiful old hardback of The Magic Umbrella at Amazon and splurged. Thanks for the recommendation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi @ Mt Hope Posted August 11, 2009 Author Share Posted August 11, 2009 Yep. We love Edward Eager. He has read both Penderwick books, too. I'll put The Magic Pudding on the list. Thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi @ Mt Hope Posted August 11, 2009 Author Share Posted August 11, 2009 The Mad Scientist Club looks perfect. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi @ Mt Hope Posted August 11, 2009 Author Share Posted August 11, 2009 Drat. Can't find Andy Buckram's Tin Men at the library or on Amazon (unless I want to pay $25....). I've heard of the Big Red series. I'll check that out! Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi @ Mt Hope Posted August 11, 2009 Author Share Posted August 11, 2009 We read Little Britches together last year. I have the next in the series to read aloud but we haven't gotten to it yet. I bet he'd love to read Seabiscuit on his own. I'll try to find that one, too. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi @ Mt Hope Posted August 11, 2009 Author Share Posted August 11, 2009 He's read lot of MTH, and two of the Hank the Cowdog books. I know there are more in the series, though. I'll have to see if they have those at the library. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi @ Mt Hope Posted August 11, 2009 Author Share Posted August 11, 2009 He has read other books by Blyton, but I'll check out those titles. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi @ Mt Hope Posted August 11, 2009 Author Share Posted August 11, 2009 We've read a couple of the Betsy and Eddie books, but I'll have to check on Robert Rows the River. I definitely think I'm going to have to get The Mad Scientist's Club. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi @ Mt Hope Posted August 11, 2009 Author Share Posted August 11, 2009 I love using the Sonlight catalog as a book list, too. :) We've read several on your list, but I'll have to look up the ones we haven't read, The Trailblazer books and for some reason he hasn't read Tale of Despereaux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi @ Mt Hope Posted August 11, 2009 Author Share Posted August 11, 2009 Oh, I *loved* My Side of the Mountain, but he hasn't read it yet. Thanks for reminding me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi @ Mt Hope Posted August 11, 2009 Author Share Posted August 11, 2009 Hoboken Chicken Emergency... That sounds hilarious. Will check it out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi @ Mt Hope Posted August 11, 2009 Author Share Posted August 11, 2009 I didn't read The Phantom Tollbooth until I was adult and really enjoyed it. I bet he is ready for that one. Must pull it off the shelf... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caraway Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 I really need an icon for clicking the Amazon button! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In the Rain Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Most of what dd enjoyed has already been mentioned. She is also a sensitive 7yo. Here are a few ideas I haven't seen mentioned (although I may have missed them). Gone-Away Lake and Return to Gone-Away The Dragonling series. I only preread the first of this series but dd read all of them. She didn't mention anything inappropriate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionfamily1999 Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 I didn't read The Phantom Tollbooth until I was adult and really enjoyed it. I bet he is ready for that one. Must pull it off the shelf... That's one of the few books I've read where I really wish I could memorize at least half of it, so I could quote it later. This is the first time I've read it and dh has even hung around to listen :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitilin Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Most of what dd enjoyed has already been mentioned. She is also a sensitive 7yo. Here are a few ideas I haven't seen mentioned (although I may have missed them). Gone-Away Lake and Return to Gone-Away The Dragonling series. I only preread the first of this series but dd read all of them. She didn't mention anything inappropriate. I love these--and reread them every year or two. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyJoy Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 My sci-fi loving husband strongly suggests the Tom Swift books from the early 1900s. He started reading them at age 7 and loved them. The first 26 are available at http://www.gutenberg.org for free download. They aren't well-organized at that site, so I suggest checking out http://tomswift.bobfinnan.com/ts1.htm to see the order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Most of what dd enjoyed has already been mentioned. She is also a sensitive 7yo. Here are a few ideas I haven't seen mentioned (although I may have missed them). Gone-Away Lake and Return to Gone-Away The Dragonling series. I only preread the first of this series but dd read all of them. She didn't mention anything inappropriate. We LOVE the Dragonling books! My highly sensitive children were all about that series. (The children do disobey ther parents, however. My recollection is that they sneak out at night etc). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 I love these--and reread them every year or two. :) :D Caitlain! Are you my sister?! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muffinmom Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Haven't read the whole thread, but if he doesn't mind "girly" books, I love the Betsy (Betsy-Tacy, etc.) series by Maud Lovelace. Has he read much in the way of biographies? I remember LOVING biographies when I wasn't much older than he is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In the Rain Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 I love these--and reread them every year or two. :) I liked them so much I wanted to buy them, but didn't really care for the covers that were available at the book store. :tongue_smilie: I'll have to wait for a used copy that I like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitilin Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 :D Caitlain! Are you my sister?! :lol: We must be sisters under the skin! :) It's nice to find others who share your tastes isn't it? BTW, Gone-away Lake seems like the perfect testimonial for free-ranging your kids--things influenced me that I hadn't realized. :) Understood Betsy informed my views on childrearing too--have you read that one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Understood Betsy informed my views on childrearing too--have you read that one? I agree - it's a very nice read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 A Little Princess is a pretty good book, even for a boy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 I have a couple precocious readers myself. I find that they even exasperate me with all of the reading. Then I will catch someone else watching them or overhear a comment about how they wish they could get their own kids to read for fun and I realize how fortunate I am in my problems. I would go after older books, which hopefully your library still has or has access to. They are both longer and less edgy. The Wizard of Oz and all its sequals by Baum and others. There are 15 books by Baum and then other sequals by some other authors. The Black Stallion and sequals by Walter Farley. While this is a horse series, the main character is a boy. Other horse and animal books by Margarite Henry. Misty of Chincoteague is one (with two sequals). But you also have King of the Wind, Black Gold, Justin Morgan Had a Horse and others. The Rescuers series by Margary Sharp (not much like the movies. But be aware that Sharp also wrote adult books) The second in the series is The Turret. Most of the rest are Miss Bianca and (something) Basil of Baker Street (the basis for The Great Mouse Detective). Another small series. The Hardy Boys, especially if you can get some of the older books. You might even ask around your family. My MIL had a huge collection of Nancy Drew from the 50s when she and her sister were in a mail order book club that she pulls out when my kids visit. We Were There series. These are a bit like a Landmark biography and were also part of a book club in the 50s. They follow a couple kids who are involved in some historic event. For example, a boy and his sister who live on the Navy base overlooking Pearl Harbor and who end up helping rescue survivors. The stories are fictional, but well based in fact. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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