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    Ultra...thanks for posting the question, and thanks everyone for the suggestions.

    My DS4 (five in February) has recently fallen in love with the Fudge books, and I'm wondering what's next. (He's also quite sensitive, so I have to screen out anything "scary.")

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    This is the only series of books my kid read yet. It was in the non-fiction under math in the children's section of the library. http://www.mathmonsters.com/
    Here's what the stories are like. http://vimeo.com/m/19052615
    They're friendly, interesting, not complex, can be read in about an hour.
    My kid liked the Junie B Jones book on tapes but he burnt out on her. The librarian suggested Horrible Harry. He can read the Boxcar Children but doesn't like it. The print is easy on the eyes in that series. Really what he's doing now is about three picture books a week from Little Golden books. He can read one or two in an hour or so. There's enough words that offer new vocabulary, old fashioned or modern sentence types, a variety of stories, and great pictures.

    Don't forget to order toy catalogs. Don't you remember looking at the Sears Catalog. Anyway, if a kid don't like the same series styles of books as we read about go look in the children's non-fiction section see whatcha find there.


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    This only has about 5 or 6 books in the series right now and is not a chapter book but it is about 3rd grade level and DS5 loved them. It's called Who Would Win

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    Thanks, everyone! Some of these I know and some I don't. He loved Fudge on tape, but I'm not sure he's ready to read them yet--maybe, but Blume is a bit higher on reading level. I hate Junie B. and would prefer to keep her out of the house. wink He does read a ton of Garfield and Peanuts (Peanuts is having a slightly weird influence at this point, I think!)

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    Stink would be perfect--I know those...dunno why I didn't think of them.

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    Also weird school and weird planet. The a to z mysteries, calendar mysteries and Capitol mysteries.

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    Several of the Roald Dahl books are simple (e.g. "Fantastic Mr. Fox", "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory").


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    Originally Posted by ultramarina
    (Peanuts is having a slightly weird influence at this point, I think!)

    LOL, that happened at our house too. Also Calvin and Hobbes. Like the time DS10 (then maybe 7) started quoting Calvin's screeds about child labor laws when having to do chores.

    Ultra, have you tried the Bad Kitty books, by Nick Bruel? DS6 finds them hysterically funny; they have big pictures but also some sophisticated prose. Sometimes a little rude, but nowhere near as rude as Junie B. Jones, IMO.

    The Littles (series) are also short and pretty readable, though the typeface is smaller and therefore maybe more intimidating.

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