tuzor Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 My son will be entering second grade, next school year and he has completed all of the Nate The Great books. I am looking for another series for his independent reading. Any ideas? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaxMom Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 My end-of-second graders have just clicked into independent reading. They like Geronimo Stilton right now. And Star Wars leveled readers. Encyclopedia Brown? Boxcar Children? Magic Treehouse? My 11yo went from those horribly insipid fairy books to Harry Potter over a summer at about that age (through Spiderwick and Series of Unfortunate Events), so I probably don't have a good bead on what level anything is on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigitte Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 My girls loved the Jack Russell Dog Detective book series. They are good for boys and girls, and they are a nice intro to mysteries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in PA Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Cam Jansen, Horrible Harry, Magic Tree House, Time Warp Trio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 My ds enjoyed the Andy and Tamika series as well as the Magic Tree House version of the Odyssey. I think that was spread out over 6 books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn. Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 My kids loved The Littles books, in addition to what has already been mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alice Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 My son's favorite at about that age was Andrew Lost. It's about a boy inventor who has all kinds of adventures. The first is Andrew Lost on the dog where he gets shrunk down to the size of a flea and is on the dog. There is a lot of gross-but-true science in them. In the first one he is almost sucked into a lake of oil on an eyelid and has to fight off an eyelid mite. In one of them he goes through a whale's intestinal tract and yes, gets pooped out. They are well below my son's reading level now but he still often pulls them out and skims through them to re-read his favorite parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icul8rg8r Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 My 2nd grade son is currently enjoying the Boxcar Children (we have books #1-12). It's hard to get him to turn off the lights at night! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meena Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 My older son is somewhat of a reluctant reader, but when he finds a series he likes he will read non-stop. His favorites have been the Henry Huggins books (and some Ramona books when the library was out of HH), Boxcar Children, and Third-Grade Detectives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 The Edward Eager books maybe? Half Magic, Knight's Castle, etc. Or some of the shorter Roald Dahl books - The Magic Finger, The Giraffe, the Pelly, and Me, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Billy and Blaze books My Father's Dragon trilogy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilacii Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Ron Roy's Calendar Mysteries and A-Z Mysteries- My son loves them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechWife Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 The mice books! Mice of the Herringbone Mice of the Nine Lives Mice of the Seven Seas There are others in the series as well. If you need the titles let me know & I'll check our bookcase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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