Great books at similar reading level to Pony Pals

[Flowergirl159]

My DD7 has really taken off with independent reading, using the Pony Pals series.

 

What other series are good for this level and age?

 

[TriciaT]

American Girls, Disney Fairies, Ivy and Bean,Animal Ark books, Beverly Cleary Ramona books, Box Car children, E B White's books . If she is a big horse fan- Marguerite Henry's books!

 

 

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[Jayne J]

Not classics, but DD enjoyed the Heidi Hecklebeck series and the Critter Club series

[tm919]

In addition to those mentioned above:

 

There are a bunch of Rylant books in that range, including Some Good News, The Eagle, The Whale, The Islander, Wedding Flowers, and others. Take a look at grade level for each though online before choosing them, some like Every Living Thing have a context that she might not be ready for (example from that one, "Mom, what's nuclear war?")

 

My daughter didn't really love Ramona, but she did love other Cleary, particularly the Ralph Mouse books... I'd get these in the read-aloud versions or the large print versions from the library.

 

A lot of Roald Dahl's are in that range, like The Giraffe & Pelly & Me, and The Magic Finger, but also I feel like they can read even his slightly more complicated stuff (James and the Giant Peach, etc.) because they can understand the context. The same applies to Catwings & My Father's Dragon... technically I guess the reading level is higher, but they can read it because it's within their knowledge -- don't know what it says about children that flying cats and giant peaches are what they intuitively understand best.

 

Another that comes to mind is Flora and Ulysses.

Edited April 13, 2016 by tm919

[Flowergirl159]

Thanks for the suggestions. I have not heard of all of these, will check them out.

 

I am finishing up reading the boxcar children to her tomorrow, she has said that she would like to read that herself. I may just have to track down the others in the series.

[RootAnn]

There are some Magic Pony books that will be slightly easier than the ones others have listed. There are also lots of other horse/girl chapter books out there. (Saddle Club, for example)

 

My kids have also liked Magic Tree House which starts off fairly easy and gets harder the further you go in the series:(at least, up until my kids grew out of them).

 

Best of luck!