UnsinkableKristen Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 DS7 is just now at that cusp of reading for enjoyment, rather than reading because it has been assigned. This is when I started reading the Ramona books, and when I had my daughter start them as well. What would be something like those for boys? He still needs to see a few pictures and he loves action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Kate Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Beverly Cleary also wrote a series of books about Henry Huggins (a character who is also mentioned in the Ramona books). Although, I will say that my ds enjoyed the Ramona books even more than the Henry Huggins books (he read/listened to them all!). I don't really think Ramona is a for-girls-only character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 My son has read all the Henry books, he loves them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnsinkableKristen Posted January 7, 2014 Author Share Posted January 7, 2014 Fantastic! I hadn't even thought about Henry Huggins!! In my head I think of him as part of the Ramona series and I forget that he has his own books. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baseball mom Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Carolyn Haywood -- Eddie -- books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 My son also read both the Henry Huggins books and the Ramona books. And the Mouse and the Motorcycle books. And... Okay, just about everything Cleary wrote! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzybluecheese Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Don't forget The Mouse and the Motorcycle and Ribsy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonfirmath Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 DS7 is just now at that cusp of reading for enjoyment, rather than reading because it has been assigned. This is when I started reading the Ramona books, and when I had my daughter start them as well. What would be something like those for boys? He still needs to see a few pictures and he loves action. Books my son is enjoying right now: Roscoe Riley Marvin Redpost by Louis Sachar Magic Treehouse (The first books. just got these for Christmas) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara in Colo Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Encyclopedia Brown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRG Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Otis Spofford by Beverly Cleary, too. The Fudge books by Judy Blume are fun, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalmia Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Homer Price by Robert McCloskey Centerburg Tales by Robert McCloskey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnsinkableKristen Posted January 7, 2014 Author Share Posted January 7, 2014 I knew this was the right place to ask :) . I hadn't even thought about most of these books! I'm compiling a list now :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenC Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 The Henry Huggins and Otis Spotford books by Cleary are great. The Homer Price books by McCloskey are good too. Karen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 The Ramona series itself was enjoyed by my older son. Plus most all of the reccomendations here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Soup books by Robert Peck would fit in this category. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Lulu* Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 The Ramona series itself was enjoyed by my older son. Plus most all of the reccomendations here. This was our experience as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonfirmath Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Soup books by Robert Peck would fit in this category. OOOh. This looks a little like the Great Brain series! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Try Sticky Burr, a good first graphic novel for that age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Owen Foote series by Stephanie Greene They are more like Junie B Jones than Ramona but I thought I'd throw it out there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbutton Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 My DS likes pretty much anything by Beverly Cleary also. My brother also devoured her books, though I think he was more into the mouse books than anything else. The movie, Ramona and Beezus, is really good too. I don't know how closely it follows the books (I didn't know about them when I was young), but my kids LOVE that movie. They watch it over and over. There is a short interview with Beverly Cleary on the DVD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilma Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 The Great Brain series! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyerin Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 My kids and I have been listening to Beverly Cleary books on audio in the car. I started with the Mouse and the Motorcycle, then we listened to the other two books about the mouse (Ralph S Mouse and Runaway Ralph). Then we moved to Henry Huggins, and listened to the full Hernry and Ribsy series. I started with the boyish books, since 2/3 of my kids are boys. Ramona is in all of the Henry books as a supporting character and by the time we finished the Henry books, they were all BEGGING to hear the books about Ramona herself. So now we're on our first Ramona book, and we're continuing to love eery minute of it. I also agree with the suggestions of Homer Price (and its sequel Centerburg Tales) by McCloskey and Otis Spofford by Cleary. If he likes Otis Spofford, he'd probably also like Ellen Tebbits. Otis plays a large supporting role in her story. Mine aren't reading books of this length independently yet, but they love listening to them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Try the Sid Fleischman books, esp Chancey and the Grand Rascal and By The Great Horn Spoon. Now is a good time for some of Roald Dahl's books, too, esp BFG, The Twits (easier), Fantastic Mr. Fox.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snow Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Subbing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripley Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Calvin Coconut - it's a series by Graham Salisbury. It's the Hawaiian (boy) Ramona, says a family who loved both characters! I originally bought (and liked) them because they remind us of home, but we've lent them out to friends who also really enjoy them - and who don't have the same sentimental ties. The books are roughly 150 pages long, short chapter with normal-larger print, and every few page features a small drawing or picture. Now 99% of our books are sourced from thrift stores, garage sales, hand-me-downs, and used bookstores. This series fell in the 1% for which I gladly ordered through Amazon. The kids still speak of Amazon Purchase 2009 ;) in which I ordered the rest of the series in one full-price swoop! We first learned of the series when a nice lady at church saw and bought it for my son because the boy on the cover resembled him. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammyw Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 My son also likes the Stink series (7.5). It was the first series he read through all by himself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mabeline Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Tales of a fourth grade nothing and the Fudge books are perfect at that age too. My boys loved them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reign Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 I would think the Stink books would work. About the Same reading level and there are some pictures. My girls are obsessed with the Fudge series. They are all hilarious. Slightly higher reading level maybe and I don't think there are pictures. My girls have listened to he books on audio enough that reading the book didn't seem as daunting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nd293 Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 There are a few Harry and the Dinosaurs chapter books (a step on from the Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs picture books) - ds7 enjoys those, although he is still at the "assigned reading" stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 Henry Reed books Mad Scientists' Club books Half Magic Ben and Me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Well, I when I was a little girl I adored the Henry Huggins books. I never read the Ramona series. They just didn't interest me for some reason. So, please don't rule out Ramona just because he is a boy. Both my boys adored Anne of Green Gables and the Little House books and my older boy loves The Penderwicks. And if he likes action then give the Soup books a try. I remember being amazed that I was allowed to read books that were so funny and about such naughty boys. I kept thinking the librarian would tell me that I couldn't have them. Those boys got into some scrapes for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2samlibby Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 The Hank Zipler series is fun. http://www.amazon.com/Henry-Winkler/e/B000APT04M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2samlibby Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 The Hank Zipler series is fun. http://www.amazon.com/Henry-Winkler/e/B000APT04M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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