Early Reading

I worked in a book store for a while and the questions I got most often dealt with children's literature. Many people are either at a loss as to what books to recommend their children because their children don't read at all, or because they've already read everything. So here's a list of books most younger elementary aged children are reading or could be reading. (I've very much against giving books ages or levels. The only thing that should dictate whether or not one should read something is interest and ability. Not a random sorting system. But as this is how a majority of people work, these would typically be about 6-8). Most of these are a part of a series of some sort.

1.  Encyclopedia Brown by Donald J. Sobol

2.  Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne

Sea Monsters Don't Ride Motorcycles (The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids) by Marcia Thornton Jones

Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne

Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute by Jarrett Krosoczka

Marigold and the Feather of Hope, The Journey Begins (The Fairy Chronicles) by J. H. Sweet

Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey

My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett

Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel

Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren

Stuart Little by E. B. White

Junie B. Jones by Barbara Park

Roddy Doyle Slipcase: The Giggler Treatment, Rover Saves Christmas, The Meanwhile Adventures by Roddy Doyle

Judy Moody by Megan McDonald

Stink by Megan McDonald

Babymouse by Matthew Holm

Geronimo Stilton by Geronimo Stilton

Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

Alligator Pie by Dennis Lee