Trumpet of the Swan
Charlotte’s Web
The Wild Robot
The Mouse and Motorcycle series
The Beezus/Ramona/Henry & Ribsy series

These are some chapter book series my strong reading 7 year old has enjoyed. Everything below is longer than scholastic branches books.

Captain Underpants
The Box Car Children
Goose Bumps
Wayside school
Judy Blume's Fudge series
My Weird School
Diary of a Wimpy kid

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Diary of a Wimpy Kid books
Captain Underpants books
Kate Klise
The Golly Sisters books by Betsy Byars
Amelia Bedelia books by Peggy Parish
Wayside School books by Louis Sachar
McBroom books by Sid Fleischman
The Princess in Black books
Magic School Bus picture books
Flat Stanley books
Cam Jansen books
Frindle by Andrew Clements
Beverly Cleary
Danny Dunn books
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle books
Secrets of Droon books by Tony Abbott
Magic Treehouse books
Time Warp Trio books

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein - quirky poetry

My kids are older, so they didn’t read these, but I’ve heard good things about Scholastic’s Branches books, you might want to check them out.
https://www.scholastic.com/site/branches.html

I tried to offer a range of books. Some of these may be too advanced for him right now, but you can start by reading to him, then gradually transition to taking turns, until he wants to start reading them on his own.

Did you read OP? Her son is an advanced reader.

OP didn’t say her son was an advanced reader. She said he needed something SLIGHTLY more advanced than Dog Man, Cat Kid, and Investi-Gators.

OP said she was looking for more advanced books with longer chapters….that doesn’t fit at all with Mercy Watson or Cam Jansen does it? Or even Amelia Bedelia. Those are more early style readers for kids learning to read.

Anonymous wrote:My son loved that warrior cat series around that age.

+1 I've seen 3 boys voraciously tear through that series.

Anonymous wrote:The How to Train Your Dragon book series is perfect for an 8-year-old boy because it has the length and vocabulary of a more advanced reader but humor that resonates with little boys. Other books mind loved around that age:

Hazardous Tales series (historical fiction graphic novels)
Ender's Game
The Giver quartet
Wrinkle in Time series
Maze Runner series

Yes! My son loved How To Train Your Dragon. Totally different than the movies.

Unplugged, anything by Gordon Korman
39 clues, books and graphic novels
The Wild Robot Series
Bunny vs.Monkey Series
Big Nate Series
Fudge, Superfudge, Tales of a 4th grade nothing, Super fudge
The Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

Anonymous wrote:I am just realizing with my 8 year old that she's ready for longer books. She keeps asking for Dragon Masters and then finishing multiple a day. I was looking through the lists I had from my older kids for things and came up with:

Chronicles of Narnia
Ramona/Henry Huggins
Vanderbeekers
Penderwicks
Gone Away Lake
The Borrowers
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
The Pushcart War
Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series
Marguerite Henry books
Black Stallion books (I ripped through those at that age)
Boxcar Children (with how many there are he can read those for months!)
Fortunately, the Milk
Dick King-Smith books
The One and Only Ivan series
The Candymakers
The Lemonade War
Escape from Mr. Limoncello's Library
E. Nesbit books if he doesn't mind vintage language

More book recommendations for your daughter:
E. D. Baker
Bunnicula
Roald Dahl
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
The Phantom Tollbooth
Nancy Drew
Louisa May Alcott
The Secret Garden
The Little Princess
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
How to Eat Fried Worms
Princess Tales by Gail Carson Levine
Kate Klise
Choose Your Own Adventure Books
Pippi Longstocking
All of a Kind Family
Encyclopedia Brown
Einstein Anderson
Louis Sachar
Danny Dunn
Ben and Me
Liza, Bill, and Jed mysteries by Peggy Parrish

Just-So Stories by Kipling (as a read-aloud) - the prose is extremely dense, but beautiful. The individual stories are relatively short and if you read it aloud, it not only aids comprehension but also makes the lyrical quality of the text more evident. You can get illustrated versions. Riki-Tiki-Tavi is also a good read, but it’s short.

My son loved that warrior cat series around that age.

Anonymous wrote:It might be time for Harry Potter and The Lightning Thief…. Having an early voracious reader is tough because they can handle the length and vocabulary but themes are often too mature. I have felt your pain.
I don’t have a ton of other suggestions because mine were girls and one was heavily into fantasy/science fiction. Oh - kid versions of Shakespeare and also Greek Mythology books were big hits with my girls as well.

Good luck and happy reading!

Yes, love the bolded. My kids zipped through D'Aulier's myth books in 2nd/3rd and it prepared them well for various ancient history units that were around the same time or a few years later. Plus Percy Jackson made a ton more sense.

My 8 year old likes Mac B Spy Kid!

He also still likes Dragon Masters (but we finished it) so we started The Last Fire Hawk series too.

If your kid is ready for the next level maybe try some of the shorter Roald Dahl books. George's Marvelous Medicine, Fantastic Mr Fox, The Enormous Crocodile are all quick reads to gauge how he likes that type of thing.

Also, Ramona Quimby is still lots of fun.

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Anonymous wrote:Diary of a Wimpy Kid books
Captain Underpants books
Kate Klise
The Golly Sisters books by Betsy Byars
Amelia Bedelia books by Peggy Parish
Wayside School books by Louis Sachar
McBroom books by Sid Fleischman
The Princess in Black books
Magic School Bus picture books
Flat Stanley books
Cam Jansen books
Frindle by Andrew Clements
Beverly Cleary
Danny Dunn books
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle books
Secrets of Droon books by Tony Abbott
Magic Treehouse books
Time Warp Trio books

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein - quirky poetry

My kids are older, so they didn’t read these, but I’ve heard good things about Scholastic’s Branches books, you might want to check them out.
https://www.scholastic.com/site/branches.html

I tried to offer a range of books. Some of these may be too advanced for him right now, but you can start by reading to him, then gradually transition to taking turns, until he wants to start reading them on his own.

Did you read OP? Her son is an advanced reader.

OP didn’t say her son was an advanced reader. She said he needed something SLIGHTLY more advanced than Dog Man, Cat Kid, and Investi-Gators.

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Anonymous wrote:Mine loves Geronimo Stilton and Mercy the Pig books

Marcy the Pig is too easy of a read for a voracious reader. It’s like second grade material or even lower.

My advanced readers read it in K (though we'd been reading it aloud for years before). However there's no harm in going back and re-reading easy books, even for advanced readers. My kids re-read books that are too easy for them the same way they eat comfort food - because it's familiar and soothing. Then they dive into something hard like Wingfeather Saga (which is too much for a sensitive reader, but so good).

Anonymous wrote:Diary of a Wimpy Kid books
Captain Underpants books
Kate Klise
The Golly Sisters books by Betsy Byars
Amelia Bedelia books by Peggy Parish
Wayside School books by Louis Sachar
McBroom books by Sid Fleischman
The Princess in Black books
Magic School Bus picture books
Flat Stanley books
Cam Jansen books
Frindle by Andrew Clements
Beverly Cleary
Danny Dunn books
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle books
Secrets of Droon books by Tony Abbott
Magic Treehouse books
Time Warp Trio books

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein - quirky poetry

My kids are older, so they didn’t read these, but I’ve heard good things about Scholastic’s Branches books, you might want to check them out.
https://www.scholastic.com/site/branches.html

I tried to offer a range of books. Some of these may be too advanced for him right now, but you can start by reading to him, then gradually transition to taking turns, until he wants to start reading them on his own.

Did you read OP? Her son is an advanced reader.

Anonymous wrote:Mine loves Geronimo Stilton and Mercy the Pig books

Marcy the Pig is too easy of a read for a voracious reader. It’s like second grade material or even lower.

Anonymous wrote:Mine loves Geronimo Stilton and Mercy the Pig books

If the Mercy books are too short, there's also the spin-off Tales from Deckawoo Drive books that are GREAT. Plus any other Kate DiCamillo except the ones for older readers like Beverly Right Here.