Chapter books for parents to read to 1st grader

[Anonymous]

Here’s what we’ve read recently. We need new suggestions!

Charlottes Web
Charlie and Chocolate Factory
Dragon Masters
Dragon Girls (kid was super into these. I found them repetitive, but she loved them)
Magic Treehouse
James and Giant Peach (weirder than I recalled)
Ralf and motorcycle series (loved these)

What should read next? Anything your kid has loved?

[Anonymous]

Check out Kate DiCamillo -- lots of good options and I found many of them pleasurable to read as an adult too. Also lots of female protagonists which is great for girls.

If she's into Dragons, My Father's Dragon is a classic and a quick read. Also the language is basic enough that you could take turns reading it if she is ready to read at the sentence or paragraph level.

DH is currently reading her My Side of the Mountain and she's enjoying it.

I'm following for more ideas as well.

[Anonymous]

The Sword in the Stone
The World According to Humphry
Frog and Toad
The Wind in the Willows
Jumbies (great for Halloween time)
Phantom Tollbooth
The Lion, the Witch, and The Wardrobe
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate

[Anonymous]

Any of the Ramona books
The Borrowers
Mr Popper’s Penguins

[Anonymous]

Pippi Longstocking
Little House in the Big Woods
The Wild Robot

[Anonymous]

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
Princess Tales by Gail Carson Levine
Flat Stanley
Pippi Longstocking
Beverly Cleary
Just-So Stories by Kipling

Not a chapter book, but the Quiltmaker’s Gift by Jeff Brumbeau has significantly more text than an average picture book and the illustrations are gorgeous.

[Anonymous]

The Penderwicks is a family favorite.

[Anonymous]

My 1st grader has liked My Father’s Dragon (I think there are 3 books) and the Zoey and Sassafras series.

[Anonymous]

A to Z Mysteries

[Anonymous]

The Boxcar Children, or is that too easy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Boxcar Children, or is that too easy?

I think the Boxcar Children series is great for that age. I meant to list it with my suggestions (14:22), but then forgot it.

[Anonymous]

Yes to Kate DiCamillo

Girl or boy? For girl try
Clementine
Ivy and Bean
Ada Lace

Any gender:
A to Z mysteries
Flat Stanley

[Anonymous]

The Ramona books are so good. I adore them.

[Anonymous]

Kingdom of Wrenly
Nancy Drew Clue Crew
The Princess in Black

[Anonymous]

Unicorn Academy series (since she liked Dragon Girls) and maybe the Mia mayhem books? These were the first my kid read to herself but I think they’d be good read allowed.