Katie the Catsitter is so good.

Anonymous wrote:My daughter loved Raina Telgemeier too. We also loved El Deafo, especially because my daughter wears hearing aids (this book was enormously special to her, and us, when she was in elementary).

My son loves Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales - great historical stories covering things like the Underground Railroad, the pilots in WWI, Lafayette...

I know it’s a long shot if you will see this PP but my child also wears hearing aids and I’d love any recs for other books that resonated with your child.

I also love Zita the Spacegirl.

My daughter loved Raina Telgemeier too. We also loved El Deafo, especially because my daughter wears hearing aids (this book was enormously special to her, and us, when she was in elementary).

My son loves Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales - great historical stories covering things like the Underground Railroad, the pilots in WWI, Lafayette...

All these are great, but I would stay away from Big Nate as well as Diary of A Wimpy Kid (which I bet will get recommended somewhere.) The kids are just negative and complainy, and the females are all know-it-alls. I don't believe that book characters have to be role models (Ramona Quimby is not exactly someone to style yourself after, and I think every kid should read those books), but I always feel like I need a good scrubbing after I glance at a page of my kid's Wimpy Kid book.

Have fun with the rest of these! Your kid is at such a fun reading age.

Anonymous wrote:Raina Telgemeier is basically God in my house

+1

She also loves Kayla Miller

This blog about children's books is written by an Alexandria mom who is the children's book buyer for Old Town Books.

www.whattoreadtoyourkids.com

Melissa's recommendations are fantastic. Follow her on Instagram too. @thebookmommy

Here is a link to last summer's reading guide for emerging readers, for example. It contains some graphic novels.

https://whattoreadtoyourkids.com/2024/05/30/2024-summer-reading-guide-emerging-readers/

Her 2025 summer guide is coming shortly.