Tawlas Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 The Ivy and Bean series has been what's gotten my dyslexic 9 1/2 yo dd to finally start reading independently. And after all our hard work this year, they're now too easy. Not that I want to take a big jump up since this is for independent reading. What book or series would you recommend next? She also loved (listening to the audiobooks) "Matilda" by Roald Dahl, the entire Ramona series, the entire Henry Huggins series and the "Ralph and the Motorcycle" books. It will probably still need to be fairly straightforward vocabulary-wise (grade three-ish?) and she seems like to real life kind of stories as opposed to fantasy or history. Suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UCF612 Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Oh my boys loved Ivy and Bean! We did all the audiobooks awhile back. I don't have any ideas for you though. You've named everything I already thought of! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epicurean Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 How about The Penderwicks series? BookList says it's Grade 3+. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tm919 Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 (edited) My daughter is pretty much the opposite -- she likes fantasy a lot better than real life stuff -- but some series she liked, that might fit: *About the same reading level as Ivy & Bean: Horrible Harry, Judy Moody, Junie B., and Nancy Clancy chapter books *SLIGHTLY ( only 1-2 grade levels up) higher than Ivy & Bean:Encyclopedia brown, Amelia Bedelia chapter books, Goony Bird *Others that have a slight (but not entirely) fantasy element: The Littles (mid third grade level), Flat Stanley chapter books Of those, Judy Moody, Junie B., Nancy Clancy, and Goony Bird all have that "school age girl" as main character thing that Ivy & Bean has. Edited April 18, 2016 by tm919 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Congrats! I'm gonna post a list shortly - sometime after dinner, anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternallytired Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 I was recently pondering what series my kids read through as they progressed from beginning chapter books to about 4th grade level, and I ended up making this list (with descriptions) and chart showing the reading levels of the books, if it's helpful. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Along with Ivy and Bean, my daughter loves Heidi Heckelbeck, Princess in Black, Anna Hibiscus, and Clementine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalusignan Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 My dd also loves Ivy and Bean (and Ramona and Henry and Ralph). She is also reading The Boxcar Children series and just started Sew Zoey series (loves) and American Girl books. The Penderwicks (mentioned above) is also a favorite, but we mainly listen to those on audio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsWeasley Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 What about A to Z Mysteries? I don't know if they count as "real life" stories, but they aren't historical or fantasy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tawlas Posted April 19, 2016 Author Share Posted April 19, 2016 Thank you everyone for the suggestions! eternallytired, the table was helpful. So great to go to the library armed with a listful of ideas! thanks again :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reign Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 My 8 year old went from Ivy&Bean to Ramona. She loves funny books. Other favorites for her have been: The Best Christmas Pagent Ever and it's sequels How to Eat Fried Worms Wayside books 13 Story Treehouse books Mrs. Pigged Wiggle She has also enjoyed a lot of Dick King Smith's books. They are funny but have animals as the characters. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Ivy and Bean was my dyslexics first series ! Next she did Stink and Bad Kitty. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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