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[quote=Anonymous]For chapter books, are you reading to your child, or is your child reading chapter books independently? If so, at what grade level, approximately?

My 4-year-old, reading at about a 3rd grade level, has really enjoyed reading the Notebook of Doom series (a Scholastic Branches series) to themselves. The heroes are secretly monsters and a lot of things about differences between individuals are addressed in that context. From what I've seen, the girls are strong and smart, without the boys being dumb/silly.

Magic Tree House, and the other Scholastic Branches series (Dragon Masters, etc.) are also fun. The Branches books tend to address issues such as race obliquely, via fantasy-world parallels.

Ben Hatke's "Zita the Space Girl" graphic novels are great for independent readers at that age looking for a strong female character. Ditto Jonny Duddle's Pirates books. (His illustrated books, starting with "The Pirate Cruncher" are great fun, too.)

My kiddo has really enjoyed early-reader biographies of George Washington Carver, Harriet Tubman, Jackie Robinson, and other historical people of color. You might consider that too.[/quote]

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