lovinmyboys Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 My kids really like "family books" (that's what they call them). We have done: Clementine series Fudge series Ramona series Henry series Moffats series Melendy quartet (the Saturdays) All of a kind family series Boxcar children Penderwicks Any other suggestions or is it time to move on to another type of book? The kids are boys age 9, 7, 5, and 3 (but the 3yr old doesn't really listen)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS Mom in NC Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Little Britches Series by Ralph Moody The Borrowers Series by Mary Norton Paddington Bear Books (These are usually love them or hate them.) The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis (Adventures of the 4 siblings.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TX Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit Five Children and It by Edith Nesbit The Phoenix and the Carpet by Edith Nesbit Little House on the Prairie series Nurse Matilda by Christianna Brand Peter Pan Happy Hollisters series by Jerry West Susan in TX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purduemeche Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 The original "Cheaper by the Dozen" book is a hoot! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcmommy Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 All of a Kind Family https://www.bethlehembooks.com/loads here!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmasc Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Farmer Boy. MY DS loved it. We read it when he was 8 as a buddy read-aloud. It's the only book to date that he actually said "I wish it wasn't over." :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Maybe The Great Brain? A little different, but similar. Another that's sort of the same and sort of different would be Half-Magic and the sequels. It's a bit like if the Melendys had magic. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4Kiddos Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 The Swallows and Amazons series by Ransome The Mitchells series and Bantry Bay series by Stockum Little Women and Little Men 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calihil Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Five Little Peppers and How They Grew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bratsche Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Wrinkle in Time series by Madeleine L'Engle Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart (they start out as all orphans, though) Ginger Pye, Pinky Pye, etc. by Eleanor Estes (I see you've read the Moffats - these are just as good!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Mary Poppins Nurse Matilda Five Little Peppers and How They Grew A Wrinkle in Time Chronicles of Narnia Moomintroll series (not people, but a family) Little House on the Prairie series The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place Laddie: A True Blue Story The Birchbark House series Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Penderwicks? I couldn't read them, but it is all about a family. Not much else, in my opinion! Haha. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovinmyboys Posted September 17, 2015 Author Share Posted September 17, 2015 Penderwicks? I couldn't read them, but it is all about a family. Not much else, in my opinion! Haha. Yes, they love the Penderwicks and books like them where pretty much nothing happens. Kids just going on ordinary, everyday adventures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirstenhill Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Gone-Away Lake and Return to Gone-Away Lake - Also by Elizabeth Enright (same author as the Melendy books). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Year of the Dog series Birchbark House (warning: there is a death in the first book) One Crazy Summer, but your smallest kids might not be old enough. I'd pre-read. The Amy and Laura books, and their companion novels about Veronica Ganz All-of-a-Kind Family Blackbird Fly Bobby the Brave Alvin Ho The Grand Plan to Fix Everything How Tia Lola Came to Stay The Headless Cupid Swallows and Amazons, perhaps? Year of the Book The Exiles The Boys Start the War Marty McGuire Jar of Dreams Dog Days by Karen English The Children of Noisy Village Crunch (not a series) Bo of Ballard Creek (note: realistically, the little mining town in which she lives has "good time girls" living there. Her mother was one. The book is extremely cagey about how these women actually support themselves, and if your kid isn't thinking that way, they'll never guess, but if this is a concern for you, you might want to pre-read. I have no problem handing this book off to a 9 year old, but you might.) The books by Noel Streatfeild. Everybody always recommends Ballet Shoes, but I find that Skating Shoes is a more tightly written novel. Lemonade War A Year Down Yonder (and other books by Richard Peck) The Thing About Luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasons Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 The Happy Hollisters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonfirmath Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Five Little Peppers and How They Grew which is the first book of a whole series Betsy, Tacy, and Tib books If you like Happy Hollisters, Bobbsey Twins Story Girl books by the author of Anne of Green Gables The Half Magic books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammyw Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 We love these types of books also! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluegoat Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 The Austin family books, by L'Engle, are, IMO, very under-read. The first one IIRC is Meet the Austins. In some of the later books there are charachter cross overs from the Wrinkle In Time books, but they are not sci-fi or fantasy, they are just a regular family. My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell is also very good, its biography but has that family adventure feel. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Try the Penny and Peter books by Carolyn Haywood. (She has other books too, but we haven't read them yet.) Starting with Here's a Penny, this is a lovely, warm story about an adoptive family (starts when Penny [who is a boy btw] is 6yo). I am not sure why it is not more popular. I think most young kids would love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Others I forgot: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang The Mennyms series Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane Elliot Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Great suggestions here! My kids love the Wingfeather Saga by Andrew Peterson. #1 On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness #2 North! Or Be Eaten #3 The Monster in the Hollows #4 The Warden and the Wolf King Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 My kiddo reminded me of one more today, though it's less realistic than some of the others: The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks! LOL, they don't write 'em like that anymore! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cintinative Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Do animal families count? Because if so then the Freddy the Pig series might be good. =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitestavern Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 26 Fairmount Avenue was a favorite series here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 The Children of Cherry Tree Farm The Children of Willow Farm These are some Enid Blyton your kids might enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nd293 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 The Saturdays Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitestavern Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Try the Penny and Peter books by Carolyn Haywood. (She has other books too, but we haven't read them yet.) Starting with Here's a Penny, this is a lovely, warm story about an adoptive family (starts when Penny [who is a boy btw] is 6yo). I am not sure why it is not more popular. I think most young kids would love it. She wrote the Betsy series as well. I LOVED those books when I was a kid! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiana Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Caddie Woodlawn and Magical Melons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Oh, thought of one more, though it's not a series: When Money Grew On Trees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Understood Betsy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaLisa Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 We love these kinds of books as well! Swiss Family Robinson The original Mary Poppins The Story of the Trapp Family Singers (inspiration for Sound of Music) Treasures of the Snow, Patricia St. John Heidi, she's an orphan but it still feels like this category b/c the whole theme is her love and kindness bringing together her estranged grandfather, her friend Clara and her family, her neighbor Peter and his family and others. Swallows and Amazons and Five Little Peppers are favorites and Cheaper by the Dozen is hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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