My guy has demolished over 50 books in the past two and a half weeks. The Notebook of Doom series. The Who Would Win books. The My Weird School series (and all it's permutations). He's in the midst of the Wayside School. He's putting away 250+ pages a day. I do not want this to fade.
Are there any books (series specifically but open to any) that are slightly more challenging than the above but would still appeal to his first grade mind?
He was pretty mid about A-Z Mysteries, and Eerie Elementary. He enjoyed Captain Underpants, but not Dog Man. Big Nate is not allowed currently (emulated poor decisions from the book) and I think The Diary of a Wimpy Kid is cut from the same cloth, right?
Goosebumps, Animorphs (am I aging myself here?), Boxcar Children, Babysitters Club, Hardy Boys, etc., I think are a bit too mature for him still.
Like the same difficulty and vocab as Holes would be great, but less, um, torturous subject matter.
by Passthegoddamnbuttr
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The Magic Treehouse series by Mary Pope Osbourne
Wings of Fires series by Tui Sutherland
I’m old and maybe they’re outdated but I LOVED Encyclopedia Brown.
Considering Animorphs were really popular with 2nd-4th graders back in the day he’s in the right age group.
Babysitter’s Club has the Little Sisters series if you want to start with a younger set of characters.
I would say try him on Boxcar Children book 2 and onward. They are just silly mysteries with low stakes and no one really gets hurt unlike the first book.
Have you tried Redwall series by Brian Jacques? They are impressive looking books about woodland animals going on adventures against evil vermin.
Take him to a library and let him choose books. My kid was way advanced with reading. Sometimes you just need to let your kid browse.
My kid liked animal books at that age – Geronimo Stilton, Bunnicula, the Warriors series, and especially Chet Gecko.
– [Alcatraz vs the Evil Librarians](https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/857d341b-6e0b-4142-93c6-872d62e64e4d) by Brandon Sanderson
– [A Whole Nother Story](https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/126ba88a-441b-41a5-943c-d9596c8a33ce) by Dr. Cuthbert Soup
warriors, magic treehouse, wings of fire, certain roald dahl books, jack and the geniuses, I survived
The Hardy Boys Secret Files are for younger kids as well as Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew