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OT - series book suggestions for kids

Last edited 11/30/2012

I was wondering if we could do a book thread to share some series that your kids are in to.  My ds is in second grade and he is getting his own kindle paperwhite for Christmas. I would like to preload it with books. 

I have found two new series that I hadn't heard of before (Artemis Fowl and Bat Pat) I think Bat Pat is just in Spanish but Artemis Fowl is available in both.

What series do your kids like? 

Artemis Fowl is about a world of fairies and then the title character, Artemis is a 12 yr old criminal mastermind and super genius.  I am reading the first one now and it seems fine for ds.  I really like it.

Not sure how helpful this rec is because I can't find the books in English, but Bat Pat is about a bat who is a detective and solves spooky mysteries from the graveyard where he lives. Ds has read two of this series and he loves them. 

Thanks in advance!

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Posted 11/30/2012

My kids love all things Artemis Fowl, Harry Potter and Percy Jackson.

Those out of the way they liked the Kane Chronicles, but not as much as Percy Jackson.  The Magic Thief series went over very well.  They liked The Alchemist series mostly but lost steam.  I am about to give them the Greene Knowe books, but those are older so we will see.  And they love Michael Morpurgo, which isn't a series, but he is a very prolific author of good books.

Posted 11/30/2012

DD loved Artemis Fowl, but she didn't get really into it until 4th grade.

DS is currently reading Hugo and loves it, but I think it works better as a real book because the author has alot of hand-drawn artwork as part of the story. I am not sure if it translates well electronically.

DS also just finished all the science chapter books from the Magic School Bus series. 

Many kids also start with Harry Potter and Narnia series around this age. 

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Posted 11/30/2012

The Harry Potter series is available in e-book from Pottermore.com, and there's a discount if you buy all 7. We got them for ODD even though we have them all in physical books, too. You can buy them and then install them one or two at a time on the Kindle as he is ready for them.

My friend's kid loves Artemis Fowl. I am still trying to get ODD to pick up the book he lent us.

What about the Percy Jackson books? Those are available as e-books. Again, put them onODD's kindle and she hasn't decided to  "try" them yet, which kills me because she is such a voracious reader.

You'll laugh, but ODD *loved* the old Encyclopedia Brown books at that age. Don't know if they are in e-book or not.

 

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Posted 11/30/2012

Eileen, those are totally up ds's alley! Ds has all of my old copies of Encyclopedia Brown and he loves them.  I just got one my reading buddies at school hooked on them too. 

 

These are all great suggestions and I am adding them to my amazon list. 

Posted 11/30/2012

Not quite the same lines but for something different

Magic TreeHouse 

A to Z Mysteries

My Weird School/Weird School Daze/Weirder School

Maybe 

Hardy Boys Secret Files (Elementary School Aged Joe & Frank)

 

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Posted 11/30/2012

I went through a serious Encyclopedia Brown phase when I was a kid. I still remember how one case was solved - the "magician" had short sleeves. Magicians need long sleeves in order to do their magic.

I can't wait for DD to get old enough to start reading, for real. I'm filing these away for future reference.

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Posted 11/30/2012

They really did a lot with Nancy Drew - and it looks like Hardy Boys too - to age the series down. There is an elementary set of Nancy Drew books, and a middle school set. ODD just read The Secret In The Old Clock for her "Mystery Book" book-a-month project:) I am hoping she will read the rest of the series.

OHHHH!!!! The Boxcar Children! That might also be good for a boy that age, though I don't k now if they are available digitally. She *loved* these in second and third grade, though with her reading skills she has sort of aged out of them now. I am also going to try her on Trixie Belden.

We also adore a series of books about a little girl named Clementine. There are maybe 5 of them. Clementine, Clementine Friend of the Week, Clementine's letter, and a few more. Clementine is a creative little girl whose brain just works a little differently. If you like Ramona (and who doesn't?), Clementine is a little more modern and I like her because it's clear that the character thinks and reacts to the world around her differently from other kids.

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Posted 11/30/2012
Eragon series. A solo book dragon rider. My dd is also suggesting the heroes of Olympus series.
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Posted 11/30/2012
Fable haven series by Brandon Mull.
Posted 11/30/2012

I just remembered Peter and the Starcatchers!  Those went over well.  

I'm afraid that I have no idea of appropriate ages for books.  My kids have come to the same books at such different ages that I no longer know what the 'recommended' ages for books are and wonder somewhat how they assign them.

Bundles:  My eldest liked the first Percy Jackson series a lot.  They start when he is 12 I think.  They haven't kept her interest so much as he has gotten older and so has she, but my ODS still loves them.

My third grader has suddenly started reading chapter books and is very into the Magic Fairy series and so were our neighbors (twin boys) at a similar age. My 1st grader is currently devouring the Dinosaur Cove books, but I am not sure how available they are on this side of the Atlantic.  Neither of them are much into Magic Treehouse, but I own the first 28 books, because my older two read them all in K and 1st grade, contemporaneously with HP and adored them.  Only my eldest has really gotten into Narnia so far, but the older two both liked The Dark is Rising.

 

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