I work in the children's room of a library and there's a five year old who's an exceptional reader. All she wants to do is read and she devours books so quickly! It's gotten to the point that I'm struggling with suggestions for her.
Basically, I'd love suggestions for long chapter books that don't have any gritty themes, death, excessive romance or violence. Maybe books that are a bit old-timey but aren't "classics" specifically. Books that aren't so obvious. She loves Anne of Green Gables, My Father's Dragon, Penderwicks, Hamster Princess, The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street, etc… anything that's longer with a gentle, wholesome kind of vibe
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John Flanagan,
Sherwood Smith,
Tamora Pierce
Louis L’Amour Down the Long Hills
Julie of the Wolves
Kavik the Wolf Dog
My Side of the Mountain
Island of the Blue Dolphins
The Swiss Family Robinson
Call it Courage
The Iceberg Hermit
Hatchet & the sequels
Caddie Woodlawn
My Friend Flicka,
Black Beauty
Where the Red Fern Grows,
Old Yeller,
Sounder
A Girl and Five Brave Horses
Big Red,
Gentle Ben,
Call of the Wild,
White Fang,
The Dark is Rising series
Johnny Tremain
Bridge to Terabithia
Jacob Have I Loved
Shiloh
Onion John
The Sign of the Beaver
The White Stag
The Courage of Sarah Noble
Secret of the Andes
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Rifles for Watie
The Matchlock Gun
The Cay
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Holes
Frightful’s Mountain
Cold River
Charlotte’s web