tofindwisdom Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 What books have been your daughters' favorite when starting chapter books? I've started a list below. I'm in search of easy/beginner chapter books that have more meaningful stories and/or better writing. She's not ready for the Little House series but is eager to read chapter books. If Magic Tree House was/is a favorite in your home, which book titles in the series were more of a hit? There are so many! My daughter prefers book series so any of those would be helpful. Thanks! Flat Stanley series Jigsaw Jones series Cam Jansen series Betsy-Tacy series Magic Tree House series Mrs. Piggle Wiggle series Pippi Longstocking series The Boxcar Children series Wilder - Little House series American Girl series Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 My kids liked the Rainbow Fairy series (there are various sub-series - sports fairies, gem ones, holiday ones, etc.). One of them enjoyed Junie B. Jones. One of them liked the series Magic Kitten, Magic Puppy, etc. Captain Underpants was a thing for a while. They liked the Magic Treehouse series, though it wasn't an enduring favorite. My advanced reader read the Little House books, but I do not consider them "easy" chapter books for the level you indicated. They loved Mrs. Piggle Wiggle as a read-aloud, but those are not beginning chapter books. We have the Boxcar Children series, but they haven't been a hit here so far. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 My current second grader adores The Littles and the Ramona books. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Magic Treehouse get progressively harder as they go along. They are also loosely connected with multi-book themes. With my typically-developing reader, we started with #1 and moved from there. They grew with her very nicely. (She still has a few more to finish, but she took a break from them.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 At the Ramona level, yes, those are excellent books, and my kids also loved the Peter and Penny stories by Carolyn Haywood. We did these as read-alouds, but they are easy to read and quite enjoyable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 The Mouse and the Motorcycle trilogy was a hit here. My daughter also loves nonfiction and the Horrible Histories books were the first chapter books she would read completely independently. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleowl Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 My daughter loves the Rainbow Magic fairy books and Cam Jansen books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AspenSong Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 My daughter absolutely loved the Rainbow Fairies series. She has read dozens of them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Governess Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Many titles/series by Cynthia Rylant Whatever After series Beverly Cleary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Nikki and Deja. OMG, I couldn't pry those out of the girls' hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 My boys both loved Stink and Judy Moody. Also Ivy and Bean. The Secrets of Droon was also a short lived hit here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Magic Tree House here. They continue from one to another, so the best thing to do is start with #1. Warning: They are pretty formulaic. Kids who are going to like, say, Nancy Drew or Black Stallion books later on will love this. My own DD read them avidly for the first 5-6 books, then decided that they were too much the same for her to want to bother with them and moved on to the Ramona books which are much harder. The only other formula books she has ever read are the Twilight ones (ugh). MTH cemented her fluency in reading, and without the nutsy bad grammar in books like, say, Junie B. Jones. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertflower Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 A to Z Mysteries by Ron Roy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriciaT Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 My daughter has loved: Ivy and Bean Disney Fairy Books (Much better than the rainbow fairy books) Ramona Books 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleowl Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 My daughter has loved: Ivy and Bean Disney Fairy Books (Much better than the rainbow fairy books) Ramona Books My DD would disagree vehemently with the bolded! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 My oldest still loves the Magic Treehouse books - especially the Fact Tracker books. She also likes a series called Vet Volunteers, by Laurie Halse Anderson. Our children's librarian has recommended: The Dragon Slayer Academy series The Sixty-Eight Rooms series Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misha Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Along with Magic Treehouse, my girls love Beverly Cleary, Judy Blume's 'Fudge' books, 'The Spiderwick Chronicles', and the 'Bunnicula' series as their favorites to read alone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 My daughter has loved: Ivy and Bean Disney Fairy Books (Much better than the rainbow fairy books) Ramona Books I never thought I'd be typing out a sentence like this, but... Yes! Disney fairy books are way better than Rainbow Magic fairy books. I think the authors get more artistic freedom. The Goddess Girls are more advanced but still accessible. My older daughter loves predictable formulae. These series are great. I didn't get into literature until high school so I think it's okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Disney imprint books - NOT the movie tie-ins, but independent books - are usually pretty good, actually. Thought of another early chapter book series my girls liked: Ruby Lu. Wow, they're all coming back to me now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternallytired Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 My DD is currently reading our Magic Tree House collection through for a second time, having already exhausted the library's additional titles. :-) She, too, seems to be a series kinda gal, and she has very strong opinions on books--there are a lot she just quits on because she doesn't like them enough. (Unlike her mother, who feels obligated to finish any book she starts. The only one I didn't finish was Across Five Aprils which I got midway through around age 14; I felt guilty for so long that I checked it out and read it in my 20s!) She has also loved Ron Roy's Calendar Mysteries and A to Z Mysteries--both are series, with the calendar ones being slightly lower reading level than the A to Z (like 2nd-3rd as compared to 3rd to 4th). Boxcar Children Ramona books Magic School Bus chapter books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebbyribs Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Kingdom of Wrenly (huge hit here) Commander Toad Dragon Masters Secrets of Droon (I should add in here that my 2 girls refuse to wear dresses or anything pink, and they've avoided "girl" books as well.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayareanative Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 My daughter really likes the Thea Stilton books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 I grew up on Enid Blyton. Some are easier reading than others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama Geek Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 If Frozen is a favorite there are about 6 Chapter books that mine really likes. She is reading the third one and is really getting into it. We don't have 1 and 2 yet but will be getting it when she finished the 4 she has. http://www.amazon.com/Anna-Elsa-Disney-Frozen-Stepping/dp/0736432841/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1442783160&sr=8-2&keywords=anna+and+elsa+chapter+books Stuart Little Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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