Comments on: 12 Easy Chapter Book Series for Early Readers

By: Dreena Tischler

Dreena Tischler — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 02:49:29 +0000

I realize you posted this last year but it only applies to my "littles" this year. I had pinned it and am so glad I had. We are headed to the library tomorrow so we will look for some of these great chapter books. Thanks so much!

By: Sandra

Sandra — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 18:38:46 +0000

If you cannot find it at your library, there is a complete My Father's Dragon through bn.com that I have ordered and gifted to many children. It is a slightly higher reading level then the series you are mentioning above so it might be good for a slightly older reader that has overcome the fear. It is however a great read-a-loud from parent to children. We read it to our boys at age 4 and several times after. I don't think they ever read it alone. I love your listing above and will share this with some friends.

By: Lara

Lara — Tue, 12 May 2015 23:33:39 +0000

I will have to look at those. Thank you!

By: Amanda Lee

Amanda Lee — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 00:35:32 +0000

The same author has also written the Calendar Mysteries and Capital Mysteries!

By: Jocelyn (@ReadingRes)

Jocelyn (@ReadingRes) — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 18:43:43 +0000

We're just starting on Mrs Pepperpot, which I remember fondly from my childhood, too. Lovely little stories

By: MamaSchulze

MamaSchulze — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 15:45:51 +0000

My daughters love Stilton! and honestly I find the stories really engaging and fun to read for story times and such as well. They are very fun mysteries with pages of actual facts in them. We first started reading them in history with marco polo, then niagra falls.

By: Lara

Lara — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 03:21:08 +0000

Hi Kara,
Thanks for the book recommendations. I hadn't heard of Hopscotch Hill. My kids have liked the Rainbow Fairy books, too–and you're right, they are great for just cutting your teeth on chapter books. It's my opinion that it doesn't matter what they're reading as long as they are reading SOMETHING! 🙂 That's what will give them the love of reading I want them to have.

Thanks for the Pinterest board link…I'm now following that board. 🙂

By: Kara

Kara — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 14:40:37 +0000

My daughter cut her teeth on "Hopscotch Hill School" books which are an older American girl series about present day kids who are at a school and face problems such as sharing, handwriting issues, etc. They only have about 3 chapters each book, but she thought it was so awesome she was reading a chapter book. Then she moved on to the rainbow faries series, although I was not impressed with the repetitive plot lines, it is a great series for them to just blow through a ton of pages in order to grow as a reader.

She read all of Judy Moody series. Then her next favorite series was Jeranimo Stilton, who also has a cousin named Thea Stilton who has her own books as well. These were great for growing vocabulary as some of the longer words were actually illustrated to show their meaning. The word "freezing" for example might be covered with icicles. She has read a ton of books now at the age of 9, she is a gifted reader so already reads mostly middle school level literature or higher now.

If you want to see much of what she read I have been keeping a pinterest page of some of the books,(Because it is hard to keep up with all she reads) with reviews from her/myself and our two boys who's favorites are on the page as well.

pinterest.com/musicalmommy/books-my-kids-have-read/

By: Lara

Lara — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 01:26:08 +0000

Thanks! I will look those up too, it sounds like a fun way to learn about other countries.

By: Lara

Lara — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 01:25:47 +0000

They are really fun books, those A-Z Mysteries!