My daughter is 8 an advanced reader, what books (preferably a series) can i buy for her ?

Question

Preferably not Harry Potter type books..........she is very much a girlie girl, nothing heavy or too adult but not baby-ish either..she has an avid imagination and a keen interest i want to help her to develop. Which authors?

Answer 1

When i was younger (about her age) i used to love reading "The baby-sitters club" series and the Nancy Drew books. Head to the library and ask the librarians about which books they prefer. They'll most likely take you to a section and your daughter can check out the books that she wants to read. Encourage her by getting her books that you think will interest her. Oh and there was a book that was very interesting...it's called "Number the Stars." by Lois Lowry. Good luck!

Answer 2

The Chronicles of Narnia are really good. Also, anything by Katherine Paterson is usually pretty good. I especially like Bridge to Terabithia, The Great Gilly Hopkins, and The Same Stuff as Stars. There's also the Dear Dumb Diary series. Scholastic is a great place to go just to get ideas. They even have this new feature called I think the Book Wizard that you enter information into and it gives book suggestions. It's on the kids section of scholastic.com.

Answer 3

I would start by asking her to help you make a list of her likes, ie does she like stories about fantasy things, like unicorns, fairy's, animals stories, if so would she prefer a story from the animals point of view ie Olga da polga about a guinea pigs adventures 9a few books in the set) or like a horse and pony riding stores from the owners point of view how they look after their ponys and get ready for show jumping or something?

I also loved the old famous five series, the adventures of 4 children and the dog., well written too. some of the old book series are just as good as the new ones.

however I will admit that I brought the whole series of animophs stories, the children that were given special powers by some blue horseish like aliens, they have aventures with and can turn into any animal they like if they have touched the animal to fight the yurks, controlling people aliens, might be more 10-12 group, but then many adults enjoied the series also, it was televised and many 8 year olds like it as well as their parents. I liked the way it was written and not by a long straw the eldest that read then as a friend of mine in her 50's read them too

so why not pick a morning or afternoon out alone with her if you can and visit the local library first and let her take 3-4 different types of book out, read them and then tell you which she preferred, and if she really liked one and its a series, try several others via the library first to make sure and then treat her to the series, rather than waste money on books you think she might like and doesn't.

I loved the Secret Garden and although the title sounds rather boyish 'tom's midnight garden' his brother gets chicken pox or whatever and he is sent to family in the country house and the back garden is only a yard in the day, however at night it is a lush garden and he mets this little girl and makes friends, everytime he goes to the garden, he finds her, but only she can see him, her brothers can't, but she is getting older on each visit and the seasons are different too and he can't understand why the garden is their at night, but inside the garden it might be daytime, it has a twist at the end of it when you find out who the little girl actually is (also made into a film).

check the sales section of the library too, or if they have a book sale on, they might have a few popular books from last term or year, cheap, so you can build up a bigger picture of

you used tobe able to get adventures where you decided where the charactor goes to next, lets say the girl Sara in the story, has gone on a journey in the wood got lost from her family and has to pick a path to find her parents, but obviusly on the way of finding them all sorts ofadventures can happen, it depends on the reader which way she goes, ie going to the dark forest to the right, (goto chapter 8) straight ahead to the little tumble down cottage (goto chapter 5) or left to the river (goto chapter 3) with this sort of book, if you picked wrong you can start again and pick different options, sometimes a choise will lead you to the same choice as last time, but you can pick another route from their onwards.

they are excellent for those with avid imaginations and also those that get bored easy, having to make the choice for the charactor in the book, might keep them interested longer and also want to get to the end and try another path out if their are 3 endings to the story posible try to find the way to have read all the chapters and endings.

sorry its long but hope this helps

Answer 4

When my daughter was 8 she tested as reading at the 12th grade level. She very much enjoyed the Babysitters Club series as well as the Goosebumps series. She also totally enjoyed (and still does, years later) all of the Chicken Soup for the Soul books. In a couple of years though, ask the ninth grade high school English teacher for a list of the preferred reading for freshman English classes and go ahead and get her started on those. She will probably not devour them as quickly as she does these others, but that's okay, it will get her steered in the right direction and help her understand the great need to read for both pure enjoyment and for absorbing the classics educationally.

Answer 5

When I was 8 I was reading the Little House (Laura Ingles Wilder) book series. The American Girl book series, they correspond with the dolls. There's so many different authors, but libraries will sometimes have them all grouped together as a series. (there's about 7 books for each girl(doll) and I think there's about 8 or 9 girls now.) They have a little historical theme to them (each girl is from a different major historical period).

Answer 6

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. They're witty and great gor developing a large vocabulary as they use and explain a couple of long words per book. They don't condescend or patronise adn the characters are really interesting.

Answer 7

I don't if her books contain a series - but Jacqueline Wilson is a good wtiter for older children/teens/young adults - they seem popular with girls.

Laura Ingells Wilder is good - she grew up in America (I think it was the 19th century) and the books are about her life/adventures, and are aimed at all ages. I read as a child, on my own and with my Mum.

Answer 8

Black Beauty, My Friend Flicka, Wind In the Willows, Heidi, Little Women, Song of the South, Oliver Twist, Robinson Crusoe, Swiss Family Robinson, Kidnapped and Treasure Island. These should get her through the weekend and give her imagination a run for it's money. ,

Answer 9

You could try Enid Blyton's Malory Towers series which are currently all on offer on Amazon. Or her naughtiest girl books.

The Babysitter's Club and Sweet Valley twins are also good.

Answer 10

Jaqueline Wilsons books were always a really good read as far as my daughter was concerned....for the life of me I cant remember any of the titles at the moment. Sry they're not all series but very enjoyable reads all the same.