20:44 here. Most of the suggestions are on grade level. You can look them up on Scholastic. Holes & Hoot are slightly older--grades 5-8. Those I read as an adult. I did read To Kill a Mocking Bird and All Creatures Great and Small in 4th grade, but yes, "technically" their reading levels are h.s. Harry Potter is pretty graphic in nature, just not as well written so I guess people don't object to that suggestion.

Phantom Tollbooth Reading Level Grade Level 3-5
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/book/phantom-tollbooth

(And PP, stuff it about kids not getting the humor. You've repeated this comment ad nauseam. Some kids won't but lots do.)

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Anonymous wrote:Island of the Blue Dolphis
Witch of Black Bird Pond were favorites of mine

I also would second the Jessica Day George.

I have also loved the Corneila Funke's material -everything from Dragon Tales to Ghost Stories

My DD is an avid reader and loves the Cornelia Funke too - Dragon Rider. Excellent Book.

My DD loves Cornelia Funke. The Inkhart series got pretty dark (although I enjoyed it). The Thief Lord and Dragon Rider were both excellent and not too dark.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wolves of Willoughby Chase
In Search of Delicious
Tuck Everlasting
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
The Mouse and his Child
Time Cat
Bridge to Terabithia (spoiler alert--sad, but beautiful story)
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Harriet the Spy
The Westing Game
Wrinkle in Time Trilogy
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
The Phantom Tollbooth
The Great Brain Series
Charlotte's Web
Anne of Green Gables
To Kill a Mocking Bird
All Creatures Great and Small
Hoot
Holes

God, this is the golden age for reading!

A lot of these are not for that age range...

Agreed. A third grader may be able to read them, but that's not the same as understanding them. Especially "To Kill A Mockingbird". And I wonder if PP has read "All Creatures Great and Small" recently, specifically the many, many parts where people getting pie-eyed drunk -- and driving while pie-eyed drunk -- is treated as funny.

My ADULT book club real The Phantom Tollbooth...a child would miss way too much...

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wolves of Willoughby Chase
In Search of Delicious
Tuck Everlasting
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
The Mouse and his Child
Time Cat
Bridge to Terabithia (spoiler alert--sad, but beautiful story)
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Harriet the Spy
The Westing Game
Wrinkle in Time Trilogy
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
The Phantom Tollbooth
The Great Brain Series
Charlotte's Web
Anne of Green Gables
To Kill a Mocking Bird
All Creatures Great and Small
Hoot
Holes

God, this is the golden age for reading!

A lot of these are not for that age range...

Agreed. A third grader may be able to read them, but that's not the same as understanding them. Especially "To Kill A Mockingbird". And I wonder if PP has read "All Creatures Great and Small" recently, specifically the many, many parts where people getting pie-eyed drunk -- and driving while pie-eyed drunk -- is treated as funny.

Anonymous wrote:Beezus and Ramona
Katie John
Catwings
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Catherine Called Birdy
Caddie Woodlawn
All-of-a-Kind Family
The Hundred Dresses
The Four Story Mistake Series
Thimble Summer
Strawberry Girl
Roller Skates
Alice in Wonderland, Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe or Wizard of Oz series

Doesnt the four story mistake disclose the truth abt Santa?

Anonymous wrote:Wolves of Willoughby Chase
In Search of Delicious
Tuck Everlasting
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
The Mouse and his Child
Time Cat
Bridge to Terabithia (spoiler alert--sad, but beautiful story)
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Harriet the Spy
The Westing Game
Wrinkle in Time Trilogy
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
The Phantom Tollbooth
The Great Brain Series
Charlotte's Web
Anne of Green Gables
To Kill a Mocking Bird
All Creatures Great and Small
Hoot
Holes

God, this is the golden age for reading!

A lot of these are not for that age range...

Beezus and Ramona
Katie John
Catwings
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Catherine Called Birdy
Caddie Woodlawn
All-of-a-Kind Family
The Hundred Dresses
The Four Story Mistake Series
Thimble Summer
Strawberry Girl
Roller Skates
Alice in Wonderland, Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe or Wizard of Oz series

Wolves of Willoughby Chase
In Search of Delicious
Tuck Everlasting
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
The Mouse and his Child
Time Cat
Bridge to Terabithia (spoiler alert--sad, but beautiful story)
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Harriet the Spy
The Westing Game
Wrinkle in Time Trilogy
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
The Phantom Tollbooth
The Great Brain Series
Charlotte's Web
Anne of Green Gables
To Kill a Mocking Bird
All Creatures Great and Small
Hoot
Holes

God, this is the golden age for reading!

Anonymous wrote:Island of the Blue Dolphis
Witch of Black Bird Pond were favorites of mine

I also would second the Jessica Day George.

I have also loved the Corneila Funke's material -everything from Dragon Tales to Ghost Stories

My DD is an avid reader and loves the Cornelia Funke too - Dragon Rider. Excellent Book.

Anonymous wrote:The Mysterious Benedict Society and its sequels/prequels.

My DD could not get through the first one, she was incredibly bored. I hear the ones that followed are better but there is a lot of set up in the first one. This from very strong 3rd grade reader, she wakes up early so she can keep reading the Percy Jackson series before school in the morning.

I was disappointed she did not love the Mysterious Benedict Society because the reviews were so good.

The Mysterious Benedict Society and its sequels/prequels.

Confessions of a Closet Catholic by Sarah Darer Littman
the Trixie Belden series

Anonymous wrote:My 9 y.o. DD is a pretty advanced reader, but she LOVES the non-advanced collection of books called Geronimo Stilton. LOVES them.

She also loves the Dork Diaries and Percy Jackson books and "A Series of Unfortunate Events" Lemony Snicket books (but fyi I don't like the Lemony Snicket SoUE books because she loves telling me the plot, and her summaries make the books sound rather dreadful)

She asked Santa for nature coloring books (easy to find on amazon.com)

There is also the Theta Stilton books that are pretty popular with grade 3/4 girls.
Another series that is quite engaging is the Alice Series by Phyllis Reynold Naylor http://alicemckinley.wordpress.com/the-books-in-order/

The Secret series
Astrid Lindgren: Ronja the Robber's Daughter
Neil Gaiman: The Graveyard Book

My 9 y.o. DD is a pretty advanced reader, but she LOVES the non-advanced collection of books called Geronimo Stilton. LOVES them.

She also loves the Dork Diaries and Percy Jackson books and "A Series of Unfortunate Events" Lemony Snicket books (but fyi I don't like the Lemony Snicket SoUE books because she loves telling me the plot, and her summaries make the books sound rather dreadful)

She asked Santa for nature coloring books (easy to find on amazon.com)