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Post by filingjointly on Jul 3, 2017 10:54:49 GMT -6
My DD is 3.5 and we read a ton of picture books daily but we've just recently started doing some chapter books as well. We do a chapter a night. We've read Beezus and Ramona and Charlotte's Web and now we need another book. I tried Charlie and the Chocolate Factory but she was not as interested, I think because the hero was a boy.
Any suggestions of easy chapter books to try from here? They need to be plot-driven or she loses interest. I'm wary to start a series of books (like Little House) because the later books are too advanced. I ordered Matilda but I think it might still be a touch too hard.
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Post by pepper on Jul 3, 2017 11:10:25 GMT -6
Magic Tree House books are good early chapter books. Anna Hibiscus and Judy Moody and Junior B Jones are also popular ones.
Let me try to remember others - I'll report back.
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Post by sarahdove2 on Jul 3, 2017 11:21:46 GMT -6
My girls loved the Notebook of Doom books. They are sort of like little kid X Files books with really punny villains (a forkupine for example). They have a good sense of humor and chapters that aren't too long.
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Post by filingjointly on Jul 3, 2017 11:29:40 GMT -6
Magic Tree House books are good early chapter books. Anna Hibiscus and Judy Moody and Junior B Jones are also popular ones. Let me try to remember others - I'll report back. Awesome. Thank you. I'm going to order a Magic Tree House book. She'll like that it's a brother and sister. And I think I might actually have the Judy Moody books somewhere....pretty sure I have never gotten rid of a book. |
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Post by filingjointly on Jul 3, 2017 11:33:20 GMT -6
My girls loved the Notebook of Doom books. They are sort of like little kid X Files books with really punny villains (a forkupine for example). They have a good sense of humor and chapters that aren't too long. Ok yeah she'd be into this. Her favorite song is Ding Dong The Witch is Dead so she enjoys strange and even a little scary things. |
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Post by angelashly on Jul 3, 2017 11:34:16 GMT -6
Dd loves the great and the pain series from Judy Bloom
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Post by filingjointly on Jul 3, 2017 11:40:41 GMT -6
Dd loves the great and the pain series from Judy Bloom I've never heard of this series. Judy Blume always just makes me think of passing a tattered copy of Forever around my group of friends in sixth grade. But again, My DD is really into any story with a brother and sister (sometimes she makes me add a little brother into picture books) so this is right up her alley. |
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Post by angelashly on Jul 3, 2017 12:02:02 GMT -6
Dd loves the great and the pain series from Judy Bloom I've never heard of this series. Judy Blume always just makes me think of passing a tattered copy of Forever around my group of friends in sixth grade. But again, My DD is really into any story with a brother and sister (sometimes she makes me add a little brother into picture books) so this is right up her alley. They are cute. |
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Post by honeylemon on Jul 3, 2017 12:03:59 GMT -6
I was going to suggest The Magic Treehouse books. My DS loves them. Also The Boxcar Children.
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Post by pepper on Jul 3, 2017 12:18:00 GMT -6
My girls loved the Notebook of Doom books. They are sort of like little kid X Files books with really punny villains (a forkupine for example). They have a good sense of humor and chapters that aren't too long. This sounds great! |
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Post by sarahdove2 on Jul 3, 2017 13:45:49 GMT -6
My girls loved the Notebook of Doom books. They are sort of like little kid X Files books with really punny villains (a forkupine for example). They have a good sense of humor and chapters that aren't too long. This sounds great! I also enjoyed reading them. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2017 18:01:03 GMT -6
The Betsy-Tacy books. They are a series but you can read the first couple on their own.
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Post by CestLaVie on Jul 4, 2017 13:36:48 GMT -6
Ooh I need this. We have been doing chapters from 5 minute spiderman stories and we're almost done the book. I have found DS really really thrives/bedtime is way easier with the chapter a night routine.Notebook of doom sounds fun.
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Post by shitsngiggles on Jul 4, 2017 15:18:16 GMT -6
It's boys, but DS loves the Superfudge books.
Flat Stanley was cute too, but again, boys.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2017 16:47:41 GMT -6
We love the Junie B. Jones books here.
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Post by sarahdove2 on Jul 4, 2017 16:57:36 GMT -6
It's boys, but DS loves the Superfudge books. Flat Stanley was cute too, but again, boys. My youngest daughter really enjoyed Flat Stanley as well. |
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Post by justbecause on Jul 4, 2017 18:58:48 GMT -6
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Magic treehouse
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Post by billyhorrible on Jul 5, 2017 11:01:42 GMT -6
We're doing Captain Underpants in my house right now. My son LOVES it. Thinks its hysterical.
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Post by mananana on Jul 5, 2017 22:23:29 GMT -6
The Mercy Watson books are shorter but definite favorites in our house. The Hamster Princess series is funny and longer (Princess Harriet Hamsterbone would rather fight ogrecats and cliff dive than behave like a "proper" princess).
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Post by angelashly on Jul 6, 2017 9:17:06 GMT -6
We're doing Captain Underpants in my house right now. My son LOVES it. Thinks its hysterical. Dd just bought a graphic novel of captain underpants and keeps it in the car to read. I may have to check out the actual books. She loved the movie. |
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Post by hufflepug on Jul 6, 2017 11:32:44 GMT -6
The Mercy Watson books are shorter but definite favorites in our house. The Hamster Princess series is funny and longer (Princess Harriet Hamsterbone would rather fight ogrecats and cliff dive than behave like a "proper" princess). I second Mercy Watson and will add anything by Kate DiCamillo. I also loved American Girl and started reading them/having them read to me around her age. |
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Post by sarahdove2 on Jul 6, 2017 15:20:04 GMT -6
The Mercy Watson books are shorter but definite favorites in our house. The Hamster Princess series is funny and longer (Princess Harriet Hamsterbone would rather fight ogrecats and cliff dive than behave like a "proper" princess). A third for Mercy Watson. My kids loved them and they are much more tolerable than most to read. |
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Post by mintyblueair on Jul 6, 2017 16:17:53 GMT -6
The Secret World of Og by Pierre Berton. Lots of magic and rich imagery. The main characters are a group of male and female siblings.
The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White
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