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The dragon in the sock drawer series
Sid Fleischman--the whipping boy, great horned spoon etc

Never heard of these! Great.

He did not like The Penderwicks--a bit of a surprise, as it was DD's fave series in 1st. But it was too sophisticated in terms of stuff about romance, etc. He has read all of My Father Dragon and all the Magic Schoolbus chapter books at our library.

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How about some of the books by Andrew Clements like Frindle, Lunch Money, The Report Card, et

Don't know these, so good!

I think Cooper is too hard and he wouldn't be into Hardy Boys or Drew. He LOVED Alice in Wonderland and we have read Pooh many times. As I recall, Wind in the Willows is really hard. I keep meaning to try him on Oz.

Name of the Book is Secret--not too clever/sophisticated?