Summer Reading

Recently, I polled friends and family for good book suggestions for my almost-eight-year old.  For about two days, the emails and Facebook comments poured in and it was sooo much fun to learn what books have touched my friends.  I put everything together in one big list and am posting it here, for the enjoyment of all.

In no particular order:

B is for Betsy
Boxcar Children

The Babysitter's Club

Shiloh

Stuart Little

Little House on the Prairie Series

A Series of Unfortunate Events

Magic Treehouse

American Girl books

Chronicles of Narnia

Canadian Flyers

Dear Canada

Geronimo Stilton

Anne of Green Gables

Rainbow Valley

Caddie Woodlawn

Princess Academy

Goose Girl

Charlotte's Web

Tale of Despereaux

Edward Tulane

Betty G. Birney with the Humphrey the Hamster series

The one and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

City of Ember series

Mysterious Benedict Society

Sisters Grimm books by Michael Buckley

Emily Windsnap books by Liz Kessler

Percy Jackson books by Rick Riordanc

Kingdom Keeper series

My Weird School books

A-Z Mysteries by Ron Roy

The Capital Mysteries by Ron Roy

Small Step the Year I got Polio

11 Birthdays

Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken

The Hundred Dresses

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine

Wayside School series

The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

Black Beauty

Misty of Chincoteague

Nancy Drew series

Ramona Quimby

The Indian in the Cupboard

A Wrinkle in Time

The Ordinary Princess

Harriet the Spy

The Secret Garden

Pippi Longstocking

The Wind in the Willows

Amelia Bedelia series

Mrs. Piggle Wiggle

Bobbsey Twins

Geronimo Stilton series

Judy Moody and Stink books

Clementine series

Susan Jeffers’ Snow White, Cinderella, The Swans

Jill Krementz's "A very young" series (Dancer, skater, actress, rider, gymnast)

Hatchet

Phantom Tollbooth

Secret Garden

Secret of Nimh

Encyclopedia Brown

The Borrowers

No Kiss for Mother

The 13 Clocks

Seabird

Rikkii Tikki Tavi

Island of the Aunts

Old Mother Westwind

Betsy Tacy
Johnny Tremain
Helen Keller
Happy Hollisters (author West)

Authors:

Carol Ririe Brink

Lois Lenski

Thorton W. Burgess

Margerite Henry

Roald Dahl

Beverly Cleary

Judy Blume

Susan Cooper