Elementary Fun-Reading Book List
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Books for Elementary Kids to Read for Fun
The problem with having kids who read is that you have to keep them in books.
Here are the series I’ve collected or returned to at the library to keep my elementary student readers in books.
Start with
- Hardy Boys by Franklin Dixon (library books tolerated for occasional free reading at our house)
- Encyclopedia Brown by Donald Sobol
- The Great Brain by John Fitzgerald
- Hank the Cowdog by John Erickson
- Trumpet of the Swan and others by E.B White
- The Borrowers by Norton
- Doctor Doolittle by Hugh Lofting
- Sugar Creek Gang by Hutchens (too goody-goody for my taste, but we have about 8 of them)
- Secret Garden and others by Frances Hodges Burnett
When they’re older and need more, turn to
- Redwall books by Brian Jacques
- 100 Cupboards series by N.D. Wilson (intense)
- Boys of Blur & Leepike Ridge by N.D. Wilson (not series)
- The Archives of Anthropos by John White
- Freddy books by Walter Brooks (very funny)
- The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaimen (I like Gaimen, but his books are seriously faerie-tale spooky – definitely pre-read to decide if they’re ok for your family)
- Charlatan’s Boy By Jonathan Rogers
- Into the Twilight, Endlessly Grousing by Patrick McManus (not written for children, but still humorous to them)
- Kidnapped and others by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Robin Hood and others by Howard Pyle
Plus we have a shelf full of Eyewitness Books that the boys love to page through and browse and copy pictures out of.
I’m just glad my boys have formed no prejudice about reading the same books over and over again! Remember and teach your children: real readers reread.
Edited to add: This list in pdf for printing or saving!
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You know, I read and re-read the Sword Bearer and the Tower of Geburah many times, but never realized there were four other books in the series I hadn’t read. Time to fix that.
I think we had three books, didn’t we? I had thought it was a trilogy. Hans had first picked up Matt’s old copy at Grandma’s house. :)
These lists are great. Is there a printable version somewhere that I’m not seeing? I know I want to save this list by itself for next year or two when my boys are just a bit older.
I just discovered your recipe for simple granola, btw, I can tell it’s going to be lifechanging.
Oh, I hadn’t made a printable version, but I can do that pretty easily. Do you use Evernote? You can also use the web clipper to save the page. Watch for an update with a pdf. :)
That was easier than I thought! The pdf download link is right there above the graphic for Rejoicing in Repetition.