IsabelC Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 For her fun reading, dd has been reading through the Famous Five series and will soon be done with them. She needs something just a bit more challenging to read. She would like another series. At 6, she isn't ready for anything more mature in content (so nothing with teen romance or anything confronting). Any suggestions for books on a similar interest level to Famous Five but with a more complex writing style? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Secret Seven! I read them all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 How about the Edward Eager Half Magic series? If those go down well, then the next jump up would take her to The Saturdays or the E Nesbit stories. Other ideas: Milly-Molly-Mandy; Dick King-Smith (perhaps the Sophie stories might go down well). L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsabelC Posted November 18, 2014 Author Share Posted November 18, 2014 Thank you so much for suggesting the Eager books: she loved them, and now her brother is reading them. I gather the reading level is pretty cruisy for Ms. 6, so I'm still scouring various lists for the next level up. There seems to be a big gap between this kind of book and the Ann of Green Gables / Little Women / etc level of books - have to discover what is in between... I'm thinking Eragon might be good, but haven't read it and don't trust website recs as far as age/interest suitability goes (one site recommended the Hunger Games novels, which I have read and don't judge appropriate for little kids!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebunny Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 I second 'Secret Seven'. Loved them as a kid. In fact, almost any book by Enid Blyton should be ok for a 6 yr old The 'Adventure Series' by Enid Blyton? Along the same lines as secret seven and famous five.. or How about Encyclopaedia Brown written by Donald Sobol? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegs Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 The St Clare's and Malory Towers books are just a notch up from Famous Five, but still tame, IIRC. I remember reading a few stories by Nina Bawden when I was emerging from my Blyton phase, around the same age: Carrie's War; The Witch's Daughter; The Peppermint Pig. Over Sea Under Stone, and the books which follow, by Susan Cooper Maybe try some Victor Kelleher? Has Ursula K Le Guin written anything suitable for this age group? I don't remember whether the Earthsea Quartet might be a little advanced. I know I enjoyed it when I was just a tad older. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twolittleboys Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 What about some of the old Nancy Drew books? I really enjoyed these around the same age as the Famous Five. Also the Three Investigators. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmilyGF Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 We've enjoyed All of a Kind Family, which is sort of like a Jewish, New York Little House on the Prairie. My daughter just found the American Sisters series at our library, which she enjoys. Emily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kubiac Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 The Happy Hollisters series? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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