Chapter book series for 2nd grade

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My daughter is struggling with stamina for reading. I’m looking for series in which we can alternate pages so that she gets some practice reading a whole page at a time. We are finishing up the Notebook of Doom series. Any suggestions for another series after Notebook of Doom? Is Magic Treehouse too “little kid” for end of 2nd? What other series are enjoyable at this age for a kid that needs some extra practice with reading? Please don’t suggest things like Harry Potter. We are reading that to her, but there’s no way she could read it on her own. I know some 2nd graders can tackle Harry Potter, but she’s not one of them! Her teacher says she’s “on grade level” for reading but she just needs practice tackling longer passages.

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Magic Treehouse was a book I often used for my beginning third graders. There are tons of series at this level. Your best bet is to go to the library and ask. Also, Geronimo Stilton. It’s good for her to read easier books on her own to help with fluency and stamina, like Henry and Mudge. Reading easier books helps her automatically decode words that are familiar. You can also ask the school librarian or her teacher for suggested titles.

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How about Diary of a Wimpy Kid? Dork Diaries? I Survived? Henry and Mudge is so cute, also check out Annie and Snowball (Annie and Henry are cousins). Fly Guy series. Magic Treehouse and Geronimo Stilton are good suggestions. Babysitter club graphic novels. Anything by Raina Telegemeier.

Her school library is probably loaded with good books. I volunteer at ours and the kids love graphic novels. You can get them easily on the Libby app if you have a library card. Don't worry about what is "Little Kid". The best book series for your daughter is the one that gets her excited about reading. That's really all that matters.

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My 2nd grader enjoyed the Weird School series.

Ronald Dahl books are also excellent for that age group.

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The wild robot series has been good for my 2nd grader--I read most of the first one to her, but in the second book, I started having her read the first page of each chapter and then I'd finish reading the chapter. She can read whole chapters now, though isn't motivated to read it on her own yet, only when we read together. The chapters are short, the sentence structure is very straightforward and direct and there are occasionally pictures.

She has been motivated to read the wings of fire graphic novels on her own after seeing her friend's copy.

She has also loved the "paige proves it" series, and been re-reading the mercy watson books. She liked dragon masters for the first few books too.

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My daughter just started reading fun jungle series.

In first and second grade, she and her brothers read the who is series as well as Geronimo and Thea Stilton.

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Upside down magic! It might be slightly above where she is (lexile for 2nd grade is 470-700, its lexile is 500), but hold it for next year.

It is a darling series of a little girl who develops magic that goes "wonky" and how she has to work extra hard to persevere through and appreciate the talents she has. My 5th grader still references it off hand.

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My daughter liked the Rainbow Fairies series at that age. They are quite simple and she could read them independently (which was a bonus because they are mind-numbingly boring lol)

Ivy and Bean is a cute series as well.

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I think Magic Treehouse has interesting story lines. My kids read them in first, they found the reading too easy, but the stories good. So if your daughter is struggling with stamina that might be a good choice. (The books also get longer and more magic-focused towards the end of the series, and you don't need to read them in order). They also really loved Geronimo Stilton and How to Train your Dragon.

From there my son skipped to Wings of Fire, which is a much higher reading level. My girls went to Harry Potter, Upside Down Magic and Goddess Girls. I loved Upside Down Magic, Goddess Girls was ok (seemed like too much flirting-nonsense for that age).

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My second grader is into the Babysitters Club series. She also liked Ivy and Bean, and Unicorn Academy books (Unicorn Academy is slightly more advanced, I would say). Princess in Black books may be appropriate for her too.

Babysitters Club does include some crushes on boys and that kind of thing, if you want to avoid that as this age.

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My 2nd grader really likes the Dragon Masters series.

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I don’t think Magic Treehouse is too little kid. It all depends on what your daughter likes.

Flat Stanley
Wayside School by Louis Sachar
McBroom books by Sid Fleischman
Encyclopedia Brown
Cam Jamsen
Nancy Drew Notebooks/Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew
Secrets of Droon
Where the Sidewalk Ends (quirky poetry)

I’ve heard great things about the Scholastic Branches books. My kids are older and these weren’t available when they were young, but I think these series are supposed to be good for kids who are about that level.
https://www.scholastic.com/site/branches.html#promo

The Princess in Black series is somewhat “little kid”, but really well done. They might be good books that she could transition into reading by herself.

Books that are more on the challenging side, but might work for shared reading a little later on:
Princess Tales by Gail Carson Levine
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
Boxcar Children
Beverly Cleary

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My girls loved the Scarlet and Ivy series by Sophie Cleverly.

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My 2nd grade son really enjoys the Ramona books. We read the first chapter to him and then worked up to alternating paragraphs then pages.