Sunday, July 15, 2012

Non-scary Realistic Fiction for a Seven-Year-Old

The title of this post is cumbersome but accurate.  My 7-year-old loves reading books about kids like herself, realistic books that are not scary at all.  Here is a list of the series that she's been enjoying this summer.  Some I had heard of; some we just found at the library.  The difficulty level varies quite a bit - some of the books are easier, or shorter, or both - but I don't believe in restricting her only to books that are at her level.  These are in addition, of course, to those I've read to her and mentioned elsewhere: the Ramona series, the Betsy-Tacy books, the Fudge books, and the Little House books.  Without further ado:


The Dyamonde Daniel books by Nikki Grimes

The Amber Brown books by Paula Danziger

The Ivy and Bean series by Annie Barrows

The Clementine books by Sara Pennypacker

The Weird School series by Dan Gutman

The Wayside School series by Louis Sachar

The Zigzag Kids books by Patricia Reilly Giff

The Ready, Freddy! books by Abby Klein

The Sophie books by Lara Bergen

The Humphrey the Hamster series by Betty G. Birney (okay, this one may be slightly less realistic)

The Nikki and Deja books by Karen English

The Frankly, Frannie books by A.J. Stern

The Anna Hibiscus series by Atinuke

The Judy Moody books by Megan McDonald

The Simply Sarah series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

The Piper Reed books by Kimberly Willis Holt

Do you have any other realistic fiction series to recommend to her?

3 comments:

  1. Also try: Katie Kazoo Switcheroo, Goonie Bird Greene and Just Grace

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  2. In Australia my six to eight year old girls are reading some of your list as well as these series
    * Billie B Brown by Sally Rippin
    * Violet Mackeral by Anna Branford
    * Henrietta by Martine Murray
    as well as these English series
    * Daisy Dawson by Steve Voake
    * Daisy by Kes Gray
    * Iggy and her sister by Jenny Valentine

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  3. Thanks, Victoria. I have to see if those are available here. She's really into flower names - she'd love books about Violets and Daisies!

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