Reading Suggestions by Emily Freeman https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d Many of these books/series make great read alouds, but they are also great for independent reading! Especially seek out series that hook your child and make them want to keep reading! Please add your own suggestions here, too! en-us 2015-04-16 01:39:56 UTC 2025-10-01 20:43:50 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/62418756/081f308e46c75a469d5a1974e15a7b75da9a8c18/151123233e37855cfb1cee398c616193.jpg Harry Potter series Freeman2ndGrade https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/57325701 J.K. Rowling

]]> 2015-04-17 22:17:30 UTC https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/57325701 The Mysterious Benedict Society Freeman2ndGrade https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/57325713 Trenton Lee Stewart

]]> 2015-04-17 22:17:55 UTC https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/57325713 The Chronicles of Narnia Freeman2ndGrade https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/57325722 C.S. Lewis

]]> 2015-04-17 22:18:11 UTC https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/57325722 Ramona series Freeman2ndGrade https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/57325727 Beverly Cleary

]]> 2015-04-17 22:18:27 UTC https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/57325727 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Freeman2ndGrade https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/57325736 Raold Dahl

and many others, like Fantastic Mr. Fox, The BFG, MAtilda

]]> 2015-04-17 22:18:50 UTC https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/57325736 Aquam https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/57340212 Alice hoff

]]> 2015-04-18 12:59:40 UTC https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/57340212 The alchemyst https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/57340930 2015-04-18 13:36:09 UTC https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/57340930 The True Meaning of Smekday https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/57341025 by Alex Rex

]]> 2015-04-18 13:40:12 UTC https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/57341025 The Reading Promise https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/57341074 By Alice Ozma

]]> 2015-04-18 13:42:24 UTC https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/57341074 Percy Jackson series https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/57341394 Rick Riordan

Also wrote other series... ask your book seller or librarian!

]]> 2015-04-18 13:56:38 UTC https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/57341394 The Kingdom Keepers https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/57341415 2015-04-18 13:57:18 UTC https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/57341415 Websites to help you find new books for your child: https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/57342036 Www.kidsbookseries.com

Www.booktrust.org.uk

Http://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com

Www.scholastic.com/book wizard/

]]> 2015-04-18 14:23:10 UTC https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/57342036 Out of My Mind Freeman2ndGrade https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/58232210 Sharon Draper

]]> 2015-04-24 23:50:59 UTC https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/58232210 The One and Only Ivan Freeman2ndGrade https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/58232218 Katherine Applegate

]]> 2015-04-24 23:51:23 UTC https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/58232218 Wonder Freeman2ndGrade https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/58232226 RJ Palacio

]]> 2015-04-24 23:51:52 UTC https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/58232226 The Crossover Freeman2ndGrade https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/58232254 Kwame Alexander

]]> 2015-04-24 23:52:59 UTC https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/58232254 Brown Girl Dreaming Freeman2ndGrade https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/58232275 Jacqueline Woodson

]]> 2015-04-24 23:53:42 UTC https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/58232275 Flora and Ulysses Freeman2ndGrade https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/58232281 Kate DiCamillo

]]> 2015-04-24 23:54:16 UTC https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/58232281 Great Graphic Novels with complex stories and characters Freeman2ndGrade https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/58232630 Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales series (there are 4 or 5 out now - nonfiction about significant historical events)

Bone series

Amulet series

Cardboard by Doug Tenpennel

El Deafo by Cecelia Bell

Rollergirl

The Silver Six by AJ Lieberman & Darren Rawlings

]]> 2015-04-25 00:10:34 UTC https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/58232630 Gregor the Overlander series Freeman2ndGrade https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/58304007 Suzanne Collins

]]> 2015-04-27 01:03:01 UTC https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/58304007 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Freeman2ndGrade https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/58304259 Jeff Kinney

]]> 2015-04-27 01:04:53 UTC https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/58304259 Origami Yoda series Freeman2ndGrade https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/58304417 2015-04-27 01:08:01 UTC https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/58304417 The Greenglass House Freeman2ndGrade https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/58482063 by Kate Milford

]]> 2015-04-28 00:54:43 UTC https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/58482063 Guys Read series Freeman2ndGrade https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/58997942 Edited by Jon Scieczka

Collections of short stories written specifically with a middle-grade boy audience in mind. Also check the website for more reading lists that appeal to boys (and girls!)

]]> 2015-05-01 10:27:38 UTC https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/58997942 Helping Kids See Themselves as Readers Freeman2ndGrade https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/58998036 Great article in the Washington post - and a quick read! http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2015/05/01/self-image-matters-helping-kids-see-themselves-as-readers/

]]> 2015-05-01 10:30:28 UTC https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/58998036 Ivy and Bean series https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/64596138 2015-07-16 14:43:12 UTC https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/64596138 Franny K. Stein https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/64596155 Jim Benton

]]> 2015-07-16 14:43:36 UTC https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/64596155 Dear Dumb Diary https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/64596169 Jamie Kelly

]]> 2015-07-16 14:43:52 UTC https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/64596169 Spy School https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/64596226 Stuart Gibbs

]]> 2015-07-16 14:45:04 UTC https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/64596226 Goonie Bird Greene series https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/64596260 Lois Lowry

]]> 2015-07-16 14:45:40 UTC https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/64596260 The World According to Humphrey series https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/64596290 Betty G. Birney

]]> 2015-07-16 14:46:40 UTC https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/64596290 Captain Underpants https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/64596328 Dav Pilkey

Also wrote the Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot series and Super Diaper Baby series

]]> 2015-07-16 14:47:39 UTC https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/64596328 Geronimo Stilton https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/64596392 2015-07-16 14:48:35 UTC https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/64596392 Amulet (graphic novel) series https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/64596411 Kazu Kibuishi

]]> 2015-07-16 14:48:51 UTC https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/64596411 Clueless McGee series https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/64596444 Jeff Mack

]]> 2015-07-16 14:49:38 UTC https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/64596444 Boys Life Magazine https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/64596475 2015-07-16 14:50:37 UTC https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/64596475 LEGO Adventure series https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/64596713 2015-07-16 14:59:04 UTC https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/64596713 All About (animals) series https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/64596752 Jim Arnosky

]]> 2015-07-16 15:00:24 UTC https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/64596752 DC Comic Chapter Books https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/64596806 various authors

published by Capstone

]]> 2015-07-16 15:02:11 UTC https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/64596806 Guardians of Childhood series https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/64596850 William Joyce and Laura Geringer

]]> 2015-07-16 15:03:29 UTC https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/64596850 The Adventures of Nanny Piggins https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/64596896 R.A. Spratt

]]> 2015-07-16 15:04:42 UTC https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/64596896 Dark Lord series https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/64596911 Jamie Thomson

]]> 2015-07-16 15:05:05 UTC https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/64596911 Wings of Fire series https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/64596927 Tui T. Sutherland

]]> 2015-07-16 15:05:40 UTC https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/64596927 Babymouse (graphic novel) series https://padlet.com/Freeman2ndGrade/q01k3312vu9d/wish/64596941 Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm

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