https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 04 Apr 2026 10:14:13 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/family-book-suggestion#post-902836 Wed, 03 Jul 2013 07:52:02 +0000 cmomma17 902836@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Honeybee: SD shot down the hunger games idea! Boo! :( she said "too scary"<br /> We might have to go browse the bookstore together and look for some of the other suggestions </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/family-book-suggestion#post-896527 Sun, 30 Jun 2013 14:19:59 +0000 cmomma17 896527@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Awesome suggestions all around guys! Thanks so much!!! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/family-book-suggestion#post-896472 Sun, 30 Jun 2013 13:03:17 +0000 Honeybee 896472@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh what about the Lemony Snickett books, too? The first one was made into a movie. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/family-book-suggestion#post-896395 Sun, 30 Jun 2013 11:31:08 +0000 Cole 896395@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Also consider the Artemis Fowl series, they are funny and well written and I think they are going to be made into a movie soon. But I second Harry Potter and Hunger Games. I think at 7 they are too much for them to handle on their own but as a family it should be fine. Anne of Green Gables might be fun with just your sd if that is something you might enjoy. Pippi Longstocking is also a lot of fun, they are easy enough that you could all take turns reading them too but still full of adventure. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/family-book-suggestion#post-896339 Sun, 30 Jun 2013 10:30:16 +0000 cmomma17 896339@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bookworm: ooh thanks! I will look for that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/family-book-suggestion#post-896336 Sun, 30 Jun 2013 10:28:21 +0000 Bookish 896336@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hunger Games is a good idea, the author also has a series for younger kids that I haven't read but have good reviews. Might be less scary! I think they are called Gregor the Overlander or something like that :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/family-book-suggestion#post-896307 Sun, 30 Jun 2013 09:55:41 +0000 cmomma17 896307@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Honeybee: thanks for the suggestions! My sister and I were obsessed with little house on the prairie! :)<br /> DH voted for hunger games "because its shorter" , can you guess which one of us is the reader in the family? :)<br /> I already own hunger games so I think we will give that a shot! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/family-book-suggestion#post-896277 Sun, 30 Jun 2013 09:27:22 +0000 Honeybee 896277@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cmomma17: hmmmm, my first thought for SD would be the Little House on the Prairie books or the Little Women books, but idk if that would be action-y enough for your SS? What about the Boxcar Children? Maybe a little below the 11 year old's reading level, but if she's struggling already, they might be just right for her? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/family-book-suggestion#post-896230 Sun, 30 Jun 2013 08:57:50 +0000 cmomma17 896230@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Honeybee: I have the hunger games books and I was wondering if they might be too scary since there is so much death? I like that with both of your suggestions, we could watch the movies together as a reward for finishing the book.<br /> SS would love both and nothing scares him ever but SD is easily scared and lots of movies are upsetting to her (she thinks wall e was scary!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/family-book-suggestion#post-896227 Sun, 30 Jun 2013 08:55:31 +0000 Honeybee 896227@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Harry potter? Maybe the Percy Jackson books, too? Or the Hunger Games books. I think any YA novels that have been made into movies will be in the right genre to appeal to the age range you described. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/family-book-suggestion#post-896222 Sun, 30 Jun 2013 08:52:45 +0000 cmomma17 896222@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My eleven year old stepdaughter and seven year old stepson are set to arrive Tuesday evening (we live in different states) for a month-long visit.<br /> SD is into her BFF's, clothes, probably starting to crush on cute boys, entering middle school this fall. She struggles with reading. SS is a little wild man, loves dirt, bugs, sports, doing crazy things.<br /> Any suggestions for a book we could read together as a family? </p>