Whereneverever Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 'Cause these threads seem to be going around. :001_smile: My eldest is 7. And a voracious reader. I have a list on my blog sidebar, but for example in the last week she's read Frankenstein, A Wrinkle in Time, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and is finishing up the Time Traveler. She's also reading the Fellowship of the Ring. This WEEK. :glare: She liked a Wrinkle in Time best of that bunch. Her actual favorite books so far have been Harry Potter, the Narnia books and the Mysterious Benedict Society. Any book suggestions to turn her on to? She likes fantasy and scary things. I prefer not a lot of gore or adult romance- falling in love, ect. is OK. :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whereneverever Posted October 22, 2011 Author Share Posted October 22, 2011 Man, no one has any other book ideas? I'm running out. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathy G Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Has she read The Phantom Tollbooth? Artemis Fowl? Gary Paulson books? Percy Jackson series? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen. Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Here are a few to look at: Lloyd Alexander - Prydain Chronicles (very much like Harry Potter) Brian Jacques - starting with Redwall (adventure series of a mouse) Karen Cushman - stories that take place in medieval England Edith Nesbit - fun magical stories Hope this helps :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whereneverever Posted October 23, 2011 Author Share Posted October 23, 2011 Here are a few to look at: Lloyd Alexander - Prydain Chronicles (very much like Harry Potter) Brian Jacques - starting with Redwall (adventure series of a mouse) Karen Cushman - stories that take place in medieval England Edith Nesbit - fun magical stories Hope this helps :) I'm getting the Prydian Chronicles for her for Christmas. :001_smile: She's read Redwall- maybe 3 of them? She doesn't LOVE them, though. I haven't heard of Karen Cushman that I can recollect- thanks!! She's a big Editch Nesbit fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Have you tried putting the books she likes into Scholastic Book Wizard and seeing what it suggests as being similar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whereneverever Posted October 23, 2011 Author Share Posted October 23, 2011 Have you tried putting the books she likes into Scholastic Book Wizard and seeing what it suggests as being similar? Yes- but some of the suggestions are not age appropriate- and a lot of the others she's already read. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisabees Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Peter and the Starcatchers series Children of Green Knowe series Gregor the Overlander series Wolves of Willoughby Chase series Eva Ibbottson books Theodosia series Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisabees Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Have you tried putting the books she likes into Scholastic Book Wizard and seeing what it suggests as being similar? Unfortunately, this never works for me. The recommendations are so random! Maybe I'm doing it wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whereneverever Posted October 23, 2011 Author Share Posted October 23, 2011 Peter and the Starcatchers series Children of Green Knowe series Gregor the Overlander series Wolves of Willoughby Chase series Eva Ibbottson books Theodosia series She has not read ANY of these! Thank you!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisabees Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 She has not read ANY of these! Thank you!!! Happy to help. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whereneverever Posted October 23, 2011 Author Share Posted October 23, 2011 Happy to help. :001_smile: It is helpful! It's such a ridiculous problem, but with the amount of nonfic she reads for school and her personal reading... we're running out of books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisabees Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 And she is young; that doesn't help! Adding a few others. Just check for appropriateness first. I've only seen Sisters Grimm and that should be fine. Neil Gaiman's Coraline and The Graveyard Book Sisters Grimm Series Tom's Midnight Garden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murmer Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett, it has 6th grade characters but nothing in it is inappropriate for a 2nd grader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whereneverever Posted October 23, 2011 Author Share Posted October 23, 2011 Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett, it has 6th grade characters but nothing in it is inappropriate for a 2nd grader. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunriseiz Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 (edited) hello,my name is Eleanor,and i am 7:001_smile:. :iagree: i have read most of those books,and i like the Boxcar Children,Hardy Boys,Nancy Drew,Jigsaw Jones,The Middle Of Somewhere,and The Red Pyramid and the throne of fire.:party::patriot::001_rolleyes: BOOKS!!!!!!!!! bye!:001_wub::seeya: Hi, I'm Mom and Eleanor apparently loves smilies! :) Hope this helps a little! ETA: Charlie Bone is another favorite of dds. Edited October 23, 2011 by sunriseiz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whereneverever Posted October 24, 2011 Author Share Posted October 24, 2011 Thanks, Eleanor. My DD has read most of your suggestions, but she's always pleased to hear about other kids who share her love of reading! hello,my name is Eleanor,and i am 7:001_smile:. :iagree: i have read most of those books,and i like the Boxcar Children,Hardy Boys,Nancy Drew,Jigsaw Jones,The Middle Of Somewhere,and The Red Pyramid and the throne of fire.:party::patriot::001_rolleyes: BOOKS!!!!!!!!! bye!:001_wub::seeya: Hi, I'm Mom and Eleanor apparently loves smilies! :) Hope this helps a little! ETA: Charlie Bone is another favorite of dds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Element Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 My ds loves fantasy too. He just finished The Shadows (The Books of Elsewhere Vol. 1). In addition to the books you have already mentioned, he has enjoyed the Mary Pope Osborne series Tales from the Odyssey and the Guardian's of Ga'Hoole series. Don't forget Roald Dahl, Diana Wynne Jones, the Wizard of Oz series (free on Kindle!), The Tale of Desperaux and the "Ember" books. He just pulled Neil Gaiman's Stardust off of my bookshelf today and started in on it but I had to stop him because I can't remember if it's appropriate for kids or not (Gaiman has several kid-friendly books, I just can't remember if that's one of them. I'll have to skim through it to refresh my memory.) I will definitely be checking out lisabees's suggestions since he hasn't read any of those yet. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovemyboys Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Just adding the Nick of Time books by Ted Bell. Time traveling boy and his younger sister starts during WwII but moves forward and back. The Warriors cat series have satisfied my voracious reader too. Like Watership Down, if you're not familiar. I've started slipping in classics here and there too....but it does get tricky for one this young. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whereneverever Posted October 24, 2011 Author Share Posted October 24, 2011 Just adding the Nick of Time books by Ted Bell. Time traveling boy and his younger sister starts during WwII but moves forward and back. The Warriors cat series have satisfied my voracious reader too. Like Watership Down, if you're not familiar. I've started slipping in classics here and there too....but it does get tricky for one this young. :001_smile: Haven't looked at the Nick of Time- thanks! She went through a Warrior Cat phase 4ish months ago and read all the ones our library has. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunriseiz Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 (edited) Thanks, Eleanor. My DD has read most of your suggestions, but she's always pleased to hear about other kids who share her love of reading! We are following this thread too. Eleanor has already made a new list of things to check out at the library! Keeping her in books for a week is quite a job!!! :D http://www.amazon.com/Rise-Fall-Mount-Majestic/dp/0803733755 We forgot about this one! Eleanor stayed up late and finished it all at once. She said she just couldn't stop reading! :D Edited October 24, 2011 by sunriseiz ETA more info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 (edited) Based on her enjoyment of Wrinkle in Time, Narnia and some others I recommend The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett. http://www.amazon.com/Wee-Free-Men-Discworld/dp/0060012382/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1319720589&sr=8-1 http://www.librarything.com/work/1043958/book/72937808 The heroine is a nine year old girl but even so my ds really enjoyed the book and is looking forward to reading the next. You may just wish to look at a few reviews of it to make sure it fits your content standards. The only thing I can think of off the top of my head that a parent may find objectionable is that the "wee free men" are pixies based on a Scottish sterotype and includes a fondness for Granny's special "sheep liniment" (some sort of home brewed alcohol.) It is aimed at ages 9 to 12 however after I read it I felt it was fine for my son last year at 8 yrs old. There's also "The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents" by Pratchett. It's also considered a "Young Adult" book but I've read it and I don't think the scary moments are any scarier than what happens in a Wrinkle in Time, or when Aslan is first killed by the witch in TLWW. edit: also look at The Young Merlin Trilogy by Jane Yolen http://www.librarything.com/work/95722/book/58219088 Edited October 27, 2011 by Jill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embassy Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Little House on the Prairie series Anne of Green Gables series and other books by Montgomery Pippi Longstocking Mr. Poppers Penguins Old Mother West Wind series My Father's Dragon series All the Roald Dahl books Indian in the Cupboard Cricket in Times Square Tomlinson series about animals (i.e. Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark) Bears on Hemlock Mountain The Whipping Boy Beverly Cleary books Castaways in Lilliput The Hundred Dresses Alice in Wonderland Through the Looking Glass Wizard of Oz Picture books too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBM Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 (edited) 'Cause these threads seem to be going around. :001_smile: My eldest is 7. And a voracious reader. I have a list on my blog sidebar, but for example in the last week she's read Frankenstein, A Wrinkle in Time, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and is finishing up the Time Traveler. She's also reading the Fellowship of the Ring. This WEEK. :glare: She liked a Wrinkle in Time best of that bunch. Her actual favorite books so far have been Harry Potter, the Narnia books and the Mysterious Benedict Society. Any book suggestions to turn her on to? She likes fantasy and scary things. I prefer not a lot of gore or adult romance- falling in love, ect. is OK. :bigear: If she likes Harry Potter, she'll probably like the T.A. Barron Merlin series. My son thought they were better than Harry Potter. She also might like some of Lloyd Alexander's books and maybe the book Flatland. Oh, and maybe The Little Prince. Edited October 27, 2011 by MBM added another book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whereneverever Posted October 27, 2011 Author Share Posted October 27, 2011 If she likes Harry Potter, she'll probably like the T.A. Barron Merlin series. My son thought they were better than Harry Potter. She also might like some of Lloyd Alexander's books and maybe the book Flatland. Oh, and maybe The Little Prince. I'll have to check those out, thanks! I'm holding off on the Little Prince until she can do it in French, though- hopefully in the next few years. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBM Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 I'm holding off on the Little Prince until she can do it in French, though- hopefully in the next few years. :) Fantastic! That would be the perfect way to read it. Enjoy! I miss searching for kid books. My youngest is in high school now. Sniff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iucounu Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 (edited) Some ideas off the top of my head that shouldn't be too heavy on the gore or romance: The Demon Princes series, by Jack Vance (Actually sci-fi/mystery, but with a heaping dash of the fantastic, and without the sexuality present in some of his better-known works; the five Demon Princes are interstellar criminals, not demons. The Dying Earth is simply brilliant, but unfortunately with bits of sex here and there.) The Puppet Masters and The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag, by Robert A. Heinlein Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury The Chronicles of Amber, by Roger Zelazny (some of his other stuff may be enjoyable to your DD as well) The Earthsea series, by Ursula K. LeGuin The Cyberiad, by Stanislaw Lem The Stainless Steel Rat series, by Harry Harrison The Deathworld trilogy, by Harry Harrison (cool series, not bloody) The Tripods series, by John Christopher Edited October 27, 2011 by Iucounu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunriseiz Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Based on her enjoyment of Wrinkle in Time, Narnia and some others I recommend The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett. http://www.amazon.com/Wee-Free-Men-Discworld/dp/0060012382/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1319720589&sr=8-1 http://www.librarything.com/work/1043958/book/72937808 The heroine is a nine year old girl but even so my ds really enjoyed the book and is looking forward to reading the next. You may just wish to look at a few reviews of it to make sure it fits your content standards. The only thing I can think of off the top of my head that a parent may find objectionable is that the "wee free men" are pixies based on a Scottish sterotype and includes a fondness for Granny's special "sheep liniment" (some sort of home brewed alcohol.) It is aimed at ages 9 to 12 however after I read it I felt it was fine for my son last year at 8 yrs old. There's also "The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents" by Pratchett. It's also considered a "Young Adult" book but I've read it and I don't think the scary moments are any scarier than what happens in a Wrinkle in Time, or when Aslan is first killed by the witch in TLWW. edit: also look at The Young Merlin Trilogy by Jane Yolen http://www.librarything.com/work/95722/book/58219088 Oh these sound great!!! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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