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Posted: Sept 17 2009 at 1:44pm | IP Logged Quote lovebeingamom

I am looking for a new series for my niece. She just finished the Junie B. Jones series and I am looking for another series a step up from this one. Approximate age range 8-12 (something other than American Girl).
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Posted: Sept 17 2009 at 1:55pm | IP Logged Quote JodieLyn

Little House on the Prairie Books? there's all the ancestors now too not just the ones about Laura.. Martha and Charlotte and Caroline.

Sarah Plain and Tall is a series of 5 books I think (Skylark, Caleb's Story, Pale as the Moon, and Grandfather's Dance if I'm recalling right - no guarantee on that )

Narnia

Oh if she's Catholic there's these:
Adventures with Sister Philomena, Special Agent to the Pope
- Lost in Peter's Tomb
- Break-In at the Basilica
- Curse of the Coins

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Posted: Sept 17 2009 at 2:08pm | IP Logged Quote Mary G

Have you looked at the Royal Diary series? They're fun diairies "written" by royalty before they hit the big time. For instance, Isabel is about Queen Isabel when she is still a princess (15-17 or so) and before she marries Ferdinand ... it's a great look at the political machinations of the time and has great Catholic bits in it too. I'm using these this year for Maggie's "history/geography" -- kind of doing a survey of history from Isabel to Anastasia (so 1466 to 1914) with the geography all over the world ....

Another fun series would be the Betsy-Tacy books .... that's a wonderful series.

Or one I'm pre-reading that I'm loving is the "Shoes" by Noel Streatfield .... Ballet Shoes is fabulous and the next is Theater Shoes which is really great too! There are others but I haven't finished Theater yet.

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Posted: Sept 17 2009 at 2:22pm | IP Logged Quote lovebeingamom

You ladies are awesome ... thanks for all the suggestions.   Please keep them coming!!
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Posted: Sept 17 2009 at 2:28pm | IP Logged Quote CrunchyMom

Mary G wrote:
Have you looked at the Royal Diary series? They're fun diairies "written" by royalty before they hit the big time. For instance, Isabel is about Queen Isabel when she is still a princess (15-17 or so) and before she marries Ferdinand ... it's a great look at the political machinations of the time and has great Catholic bits in it too. I'm using these this year for Maggie's "history/geography" -- kind of doing a survey of history from Isabel to Anastasia (so 1466 to 1914) with the geography all over the world ....

Another fun series would be the Betsy-Tacy books .... that's a wonderful series.

Or one I'm pre-reading that I'm loving is the "Shoes" by Noel Streatfield .... Ballet Shoes is fabulous and the next is Theater Shoes which is really great too! There are others but I haven't finished Theater yet.


Aw, I've often wondered if those books were good. Do you remember the scene from You've Got Mail where Meg Ryan is crying in the huge bookstore recommending the books to the woman shopping being "helped" by the employ of said bookstore? Anyway, its one of those times when Meg Ryan is her "cutest"

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Posted: Sept 18 2009 at 11:17am | IP Logged Quote SuzanneG

Not all of these are necessarily a "step-up" (reading-level-wise) from the Junie-level.....but thought I'd list them anyway, since my girls (age 7 & 8) love all of these:

Dick King-Smith Books

Cobble Street Cousin books

Lighthouse Family

Pony Pals

The Littles

Pippi

Cam Jansen

All-of-a-Kind Family

Boxcar Children

Nancy Drew Notebooks

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Posted: Sept 18 2009 at 12:30pm | IP Logged Quote lovebeingamom

Thanks Suzanne - I forgot about Pony Pals and The Nancy Drew Notebooks. Thanks for the other suggestions as well.
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Posted: Sept 18 2009 at 1:04pm | IP Logged Quote MelissaClaire

American Girl also has a mystery series that I hadn't known about until very recently.

My daughter loved The Doll People series. There are 3 books and she at first wouldn't get the 2nd one--skipped to the third --because it's called The Meanest doll in the worldbut finally went back and read it and loved it too.

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Posted: Sept 18 2009 at 2:18pm | IP Logged Quote Michiel

After Junie, my kids liked:

Judy Moody
A to Z Mysteries
Cam Jansen

they are boys, but I think these are universal series
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Posted: Sept 30 2009 at 10:39pm | IP Logged Quote teachingmom

Our favorites, most of which have already been mentioned:

Cobble Street Cousins
The early Betsy-Tacy books
All of a Kind Family
most of the Beverly Cleary books (esp. Ramona ones)
Sarah, Plain and Tall series
Little House books, and prequels and sequels
American Girl History Mysteries

We are listening to Theater Shoes on audio right now and everyone is enjoying it. We enjoyed Ballet Shoes a few years ago too. I think those books are for a bit stronger readers, however.

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Posted: Jan 26 2010 at 11:55am | IP Logged Quote SuzanneG

I found this the other day, and wanted to link it here:

Easy Chapter Books

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Posted: Jan 26 2010 at 1:27pm | IP Logged Quote Michiel

My younger ds and I have been reading the Tomie DePaola chapter books:
26 Fairmount Avenue
Here We All Are
On Our Way

These are very enjoyable

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