My 3rd grader is loving the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books. Other than Dog Man this is the first book series that he's really taken to and he wants to read all of the time. I love it that he's so into the books but he's going to plow through them pretty quickly. What are some similar books? I am looking more for chapter books than graphic novels.
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Have you tried Nate the Great?
Another one that’s more graphic novel / diary style is Big Nate.
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@togetherthroughlife: We have not! I'll add that to our list.
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Dragon Masters? Hilo and Bad Guys are more graphic novels but might be good, Hilo in particular is WONDERFUL. The Wild Robot has three books, and they were hugely popular with my 2nd and 4th graders. Notebook of Doom and Eerie Elementary series? Oooh, and Mac B Kid Spy is great.
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My son loved all the series mentioned here already, so I agree with all those recommendations. He also liked Real Pigeons and Zita the Spacegirl. One other thing I’ll add is Percy Jackson was the series that helped my son branch out from graphic novels.
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In second grade The Amulet graphic novels were one of the first series my daughter really got into. (Plus the final book is about to come out!) She now really loves the I Survived books.
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My 7 yo is obsessed with the Wayside School series. Her entire class has been listening to her teacher read them aloud over the course of the school year and they all love them. She also loves Dragon Masters, as someone else suggested. And Magic Treehouse. She really enjoys listening to audiobooks before she falls asleep each night. Maybe give that a try and see if it translates to actual reading.
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My fourth grader recently INHALED the Academy series - he's soccer obsessed, and so these were right up his alley (an American kid gets invited to go to a summer Academy in London to try to make their youth Premier League team). He was staying up late, he was reading in the car, he was picking reading over screen time, it was amazing.
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A little late but the Press Start series was a HUGE hit and helped my son transition to Wings of Fire graphic novels
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