Summer is progressing beautifully. J really needed a break from school and has enjoyed spending a ton of time reading her books and listening to audio books. I think that she is enjoying timing herself to see how long she is reading. It is almost comical, when I signed her up for our local library challenge I put our goal at 1500 minutes for the summer and she is already at over 1400! I don’t even bother including the time in the evening when we read Harry Potter together. And it we really are reading together – whenever Hermione speaks she is the one to act it out.
Anyhoo, at one point I hat promised a list of good books that were appropriate for young readers her age. So we’re talking books that are good for 1st grade through 3rd or 4th grade. While I was working on that list, I also thought about books that I would like to see J read that she hasn’t yet.
So here is the list of books that we have already read:
- A-Z Mysteries
- Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
- Cam Jansen
- Charlie & The Chocolate Factory
- Charlotte’s Web
- Flat Stanley
- Ivy & Bean
- Judy Moody
- Magic Treehouse
- Mermaid Tales
- Nancy Drew
- Ramona
- Rescue Princesses
- Tuesdays at the Castle
- Whatever After
While figuring out some books I would recommend to our friends, I also have a list of books that I would like to see J expand her horizons with. A couple are my husband’s suggestions, but they are all good books that take us a bit away from our normal comfort zone. The thing with J that I noticed is that she does not want to read a book if there is not a strong female lead. We almost had problems with Harry Potter until she realized that Hermione would have a big role. So here are some of the books that I think she might enjoy:
- Ella Enchanted
- Encyclopedia Brown
- Fablehaven
- From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
- James & The Giant Peach
- Little House on the Prairie
- Matilda
- Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
- Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
- Once Upon a Marigold
- The Enchanted Wood
- The Ordinary Princess
- The Thirteenth Princess
- The Wide-Awake Princess
- Trumpet of the Swan
- Wonder
Do you have good books that you think should be included?