lulalu Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 (edited) I have family wanting to buy ds, 8 years old, a book series. He has finished The Magic Tree House series. I would say he can read close to 4th grade, but is still working on stamina and needs larger print (although he just got glasses for reading last week so maybe that won't be a big deal anymore). Edited March 28, 2020 by lulalu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gck21 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 My son is 7 and loves the How to Train Your Dragon series by Cressida Cowell. He likes a lot of books on a lot of different topics, but these are always his top recommendation! I have a very low tolerance for the kind of humor often put in "boy books", but these are legitimately funny. David Tennant (Dr Who) reads the audiobooks, and we listened to the first one together and were all laughing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherry in OH Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 My sons enjoyed the Dinosaur Cover series by Rex Stone and Junior Explorer series by Jeff Corwin as a step up from Magic Tree House. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomN Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 We loved all the Henry Huggins books, all the Ramona books, The Land of Stories series, The Penderwicks, The Indian and the Cupboard (2 book series), Dr. Doolittle (many books in the series), The Wizard of Oz series, ... Of those, I'd say the only ones considered "boy" books would be the Henry Huggins ones and The Indian and the Cupboard, both great series. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lulalu Posted March 28, 2020 Author Share Posted March 28, 2020 Thanks I will look into the ones mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 The Black Stallion series, Island Stallion series 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenecho Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 My son loves the Danny Dragonbreath series. Very funny (like really clever...I enjoy it to) and not too hard to read. Geronimo Stilton is a good graphic novel, with time travel. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lulalu Posted March 30, 2020 Author Share Posted March 30, 2020 He has read My Father's Dragon series. He loved those! Our family read aloud was just the Naria series. He might be at that level to read alone, but he would need a little help. But being we just finished the Last Battle in January he wouldn't want to go through those again just yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 My 9yo has been reading Jack and the Geniuses by Bill Nye and seems to enjoy them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 (edited) Hank the Cowdog Freddie goes to ... not a series, but my DS loved all the EB White books Homer Price and the Centerburg Tales were an early favorite here Edited March 30, 2020 by ScoutTN 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah0000 Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 My 8yo is liking the Wings of Fire series. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lulalu Posted April 18, 2020 Author Share Posted April 18, 2020 So we already had the Little House series. DS has been loving them so far. He is on Farmer Boy right now! I just had a dear friend offer to ship books to us too. DS is stuck inside our apartment for at least 5 more weeks. And reading for about 2 hours a day! I told him he will need to reread a lot of books before this is all over. So much time to just sit around and read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Keeper Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 (edited) One series that my younger readers have all loved is the Tales From the Odyssey books (also by Mary Pope Osborne, but much better writing than the MTH books). Here is Part One, and here is Part Two. They were originally published as six slimmer paperbacks, but were later combined into a Part One volume (first 3 books) and Part Two volume (last 3 books). I had to buy a second copy of these books for my younger kids to have because one of my older sons literally wore them out. 🙂 Edited April 18, 2020 by Zoo Keeper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lulalu Posted April 18, 2020 Author Share Posted April 18, 2020 29 minutes ago, Zoo Keeper said: One series that my younger readers have all loved is the Tales From the Odyssey books (also by Mary Pope Osborne, but much better writing than the MTH books). Here is Part One, and here is Part Two. They were originally published as six slimmer paperbacks, but were later combined into a Part One volume (first 3 books) and Part Two volume (last 3 books). I had to buy a second copy of these books for my younger kids to have because one of my older sons literally wore them out. 🙂 Ooo that sounds great we are learning about Greek and Roman history this year and ds is LOVING it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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