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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So what are the well-written children's books people like?
DS has gone through all the older classics. He will read most anything and doesn't need to be given books that were written to get reluctant readers to read. He gets enough of those from school.[/quote]

Here are some books that my kids and I have enjoyed.  Some are classics, while others might lean more to popular appeal than you might wish.  As for being well written, that seems to require subjective judgement.  Some of these are more literary and others geared more for casual reading.  Also, some may be intense/scary, have tragic parts, reflect outdated cultural attitudes, and/or have girl protagonists.

I highly recommend the Newberry Award Winners/Honors books in general.  Some of my recommendations below are Newberry books.

How to Eat Fried Worms
Susan Cooper - The Dark is Rising series and Victory
Louis Sachar - Holes and Wayside School series
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Kipling - Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and Just-So Stories
Danny Dunn series
Frindle - Andrew Clements
Hidden Talents by David Lubar
Three Investigators series
Misty of Chincoteague
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Ben and Me
Sisters Grimm series
The Westing Game
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase 
A Wrinkle in Time
Call It Courage
Tuck Everlasting
Pippi series
The Phantom Tollbooth
Green Knowe series
Gail Carson Levine
Ally Carter
Bunnicula
Tom Sawyer
The Great Brain
Choose Your Own Adventure series
Kate Klise
Secret Garden
Pollyanna
folktales from the nonfiction section

Where the Sidewalk Ends (quirky poetry)
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