Anonymous wrote:After my kid finished Dragon Masters, Kingdom of Wrenly, Mia Mayhem, etc, she enjoyed:

Ellie, Engineer (maybe with a grown up)
The Roald Dahl books
Magic Treehouse
Zoey and Sassafrass
Geronimo Stilton
Princess Mirror-bella series
Whatever After series

I'd suggest Wings of Fire is more advanced and should wait a bit until your kid is older. One of the scenes I read with my daughter had dead dragon heads on pikes placed as ornaments on castle walls by an evil queen. Not something I considered ideal subject matter for a 6-7 yo.

I'll add that Ivy and Bean and Dory Fantasmagory are also great.

Anonymous wrote:are all your rising 2nd graders reading these books ON THEIR OWN or are you reading to them??!!

My rising kindergartener was obsessed with Dragon Masters and read them all. She had a Dragon Masters themed 5th birthday party. She's a rising 1st grader now and has probably read the whole series on her own 5-6 times from beginning to end. She's just getting sick of it and ready for something new.

Kids read at all different levels at those ages.

After my kid finished Dragon Masters, Kingdom of Wrenly, Mia Mayhem, etc, she enjoyed:

Ellie, Engineer (maybe with a grown up)
The Roald Dahl books
Magic Treehouse
Zoey and Sassafrass
Geronimo Stilton
Princess Mirror-bella series
Whatever After series

I'd suggest Wings of Fire is more advanced and should wait a bit until your kid is older. One of the scenes I read with my daughter had dead dragon heads on pikes placed as ornaments on castle walls by an evil queen. Not something I considered ideal subject matter for a 6-7 yo.

Geronimo Stilton Books

Anonymous wrote:PP is insufferable.

PP provided logical reasoning for the suggestions, while also pointing out that motivation is the greatest factor.

~tutor

PP is insufferable.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Secrets of Droon (the special editions may be both harder and more intense)
Princess in Black
Cam Jansen
Magic Treehouse
Rainbow Fairies
Magic Treehouse
Flat Stanley

Your first grader is reading rainbow fairies and cam jansen? Really? REALLY?

PP who suggested the quoted list here.

Rising second graders have a wide variety of reading levels. My children's reading levels as rising second graders are irrelevant. I tried to base my suggestions on the books the OP specified, and give a range of selections that I thought was similar. I was not familiar with the Dragon Masters series, so I downloaded a sample on Kindle and tried to suggest books of a similar level.

Based on your response, I did further research.

Assuming, I've identified the correct Dragon Masters books (Tracey West and Graham Howells), the first book, Rise of the Earth Dragon is leveled as follows:
Lexile 510
Guided Reading Level P
https://www.scholastic.com/branches/dragons.htm

Mia Mayhem is a Superhero is leveled as follows:
Lexile 550
Guided Reading Level N
https://shop.scholastic.com/teachers-ecommerce/teacher/books/mia-mayhem-mia-mayhem-is-a-superhero-9781338571509.html

Ivy and Bean is leveled as follows:
Lexile 580
Guided Reading Level M
https://shop.scholastic.com/teachers-ecommerce/teacher/books/ivy-and-bean-9780545002066.html

I couldn't find Kingdom of Wrenly on the Scholastic website, but the Lexile website, lists the Lexile level for the first book, The Lost Stone, as 560.
https://hub.lexile.com/find-a-book/book-details/9781442496903


The first book in the Cam Jansen series, The Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds, is leveled as follows:
Lexile 590
Guided Reading Level L
https://shop.scholastic.com/teachers-ecommerce/teacher/books/cam-jansen-mysteries-the-mystery-of-the-stolen-diamonds-9780590461214.html

I can't find the Rainbow Fairies level information on the Scholastic website, but according to the Lexile website, the Lexile level is 620. The Guided Reading Level is harder to find, but as best I can tell from a Google search, it's somewhere between L-O.

As you can see, leveling books is very squishy and even well-established systems differ on which books are ranked harder. These seem to me to be in the general ballpark, especially considering that a lot of reading level depends on motivation, and that a child at this level can make dramatic progress with practice.

I do apologize for listing the Magic Treehouse series twice. I was probably thinking of another series at approximately the same general level, but I can't remember which. Seeing as there are complaints that this level is too challenging, I'm not going to try to suggest more at this level.

I'm not suggesting these books for all rising second graders. Some will want books that are less challenging, others will want books that are more challenging. I suggest you follow OP's example, and list books that your child likes, and then we can tailor suggestions to their level, which is really independent of grade.

Anonymous wrote:are all your rising 2nd graders reading these books ON THEIR OWN or are you reading to them??!!

Don't worry, PP, this is is not typical for this age.

Anonymous wrote:Secrets of Droon (the special editions may be both harder and more intense)
Princess in Black
Cam Jansen
Magic Treehouse
Rainbow Fairies
Magic Treehouse
Flat Stanley

Your first grader is reading rainbow fairies and cam jansen? Really? REALLY?

For parents freaking out right now -- this is not typical for rising first graders. It's okay if your rising first grader is still reading BOB and elephant and biggie books.

My rising 2nd grader is liking the Kingdom of Wrenly series. My son at the age loved Dragon Masters (series that hooked him) and went on to read the Last Firehawk next, as others suggested. In second grade he and his pals began getting into all the Rick Riordan books which have been amazing. (But save those for 2nd/3rd/4th).

Anonymous wrote:are all your rising 2nd graders reading these books ON THEIR OWN or are you reading to them??!!

Mine is reading them on her own (she's the Last Firehawk fan). But she's just as likely to pick up a Berenstein Bears or Pete the Cat. She is definitely not ready to go beyond the very early chapter books like "Branches" series. There's no way she would attempt to read a book chock full of text - no pictures - like some of the books suggested up thread.

My daughter just found Dragon Girls at the library. Also enjoyed the Nevergirls series.

Go to library. Let her choose.

are all your rising 2nd graders reading these books ON THEIR OWN or are you reading to them??!!