babygemma Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 Hi all, I'm looking for fiction recommendations for my 8.5 yo ds who's sensitive (doesn't like to read about ghosts, spirits, or see dark images). He's just began to read Harry Potter series and skipped some pages he claimed are scary and wouldn't read it at night. He just read The Thief Lord, enjoyed it very much but wouldn't read it at night. I gave him Dragon Rider and he just started that, so I don't know what he thinks of it yet. He likes mystery, spy adventure, and is excited to read anything with an exciting plot, a funny one is a plus of course. Thank you in advance for your tips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 Is "silly" suspense OK? Whales on Stilts, etc. ("M.T. Anderson's Thrilling Tales") E. Nesbit Avi Chasing Vermeer and sequels Peter and the Starcatchers and sequels Famous Five series by Enid Blyton maybe The Anybodies, The Nobodies, The Somebodies -- they aren't terribly suspenseful and are quite humorous Freddy the Pig Stories (Freddy goes to Florida is the first) Molly Moon series Sammy Keyes series The Great Brain series some Sid Fleischman Nicholas series by René Goscinny Polly Horvath maybe some Iva Ibbotson... lighter than Harry Potter Emil and the Detectives Stig of the Dump The Hall Family Chronicles (the first is The Diamond at the Window) Swallows and Amazons series James Thurber -- The 13 Clocks and The Wonderful O I'm not sure about these, but DD the Elder recommend the Alcatraz series by Sanderson. Alcatraz vs the Evil Librarians is the first. I'm hesitant only because there are lots of little cliffhangers. However, it's very silly, and the fifth and final book is due out in December. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 You might like to look at my Amazon lists. I tend to note if something in the earlier lists is scary. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjlcc Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 A few ideas: Peggy Parish books (the mystery series, not Amelia Bedelia) The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth Speare The Toothpaste Millionaire by Jean Merrill The Invisible Friend by Lois Johnson (mystery) Also, this is a great leveled book list site! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColourfulThreads Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 This is an old post, but I am just putting a list together and had some that weren't included here. Many of my suggestions are older books because I think sometimes older books expected children to be less "worldly" or perhaps more "sheltered"? Henry Huggins series Homer price series Burgess animal books by Thornton Burgess Any of the early novels by Cynthia Rylant (like the Gooseberry Park series) Some of the Cynthia Voight novels My Father's Dragon series The Moffatt children series The Railway Children and other by Edith Nesbitt Swallows and Amazons Twenty-One Balloons Cheaper by the dozen series The Phantom toll booth Paddington Bear series The Estes series The Moomin books Mr. Popper's Penguins All of a Kind Family series Owls in the Family Understood Betsy Miss Pickerell series Mercy Watts series by Kate Dicamillo The Great Horned Spoon George's key to the Secret Universe series by Stephen and Lucy Hawkings Consider non-fiction books as well. My boys loved reading non-fiction literary books (where there is more text than pictures). They mostly loved science and nature books (and not so much biographies). This website has a good mix: https://imaginationsoup.net/nonfiction-book-recommendations-for-10-year-olds/ Also, don't be afraid to let them read lots of pictures books! There are some really beautiful ones there. The oldest of my five highly-sensitive children read them into her teens. She is in graphic design and social media communications now and I can't help thinking that her love of the picture book contributed to her skills in design! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladiekali Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Check out these two series, warriors and wings of fire. the first is cats as warriors, the second is dragons. my sensitive yet not quite girly daughter loves these series. She is not into Harry Potter, too scary at times. But she has soaked up these books with amazement. They are both available on hoopla if you want to check them out to see if it’s his style or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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