What were your favorite chapter books as a kid?

jalaiaa · February 2012

DH never really read much as a kid and has started to "catch up" on all the chapter books he missed out on by reading to the boys before bed. On my recommendation he's started with one of my favorite authors, Roald Dahl (The BFG and now James and the Giant Peach.) I thought that it would be fun myself to delve into some books I never read as a child on nights that DH is working.

What were your favorites?

keg · February 2012

The Boxcar Children books (mysteries...may still be a little old for you guys), The Chronicles of Narnia, The Black Stallion books, The Secret Garden, anything by Judy Bloom (Superfudge and Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing...the other stuff is great but much older themes), The Westing Game. The Over Sea, Under Stone series by Susan Cooper is great (fantasy type), but I don't think I read it until the 6th grade...might be scary at the moment.

Kristen61607 · February 2012

Babysitters club, Saddle Club, Thoroughbred --- those are the ones I can remember off the top of my head!

devinjonesrn · February 2012

LOVED Rhald Dahl (sp?) and Judy Bloom, also I used to get The Babysitter's Club books in the mail, like 3 a month or something!

CourtneySue · February 2012

Babysitters & Boxcar.

My first graders love junie B jones & magic tree house chapter books.

nikinikinine · February 2012

Judy Blume books (tales of a fourth grade nothing, fudge, freckle juice). The Chocolate War, Island of the Blue Dolphins, The Great Gilly Hopkins, The Giver, the Ramona Series and a bunch of others by Beverly Cleary, Number the Stars, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Holes, Sarah Plain and Tall, the Bridge to Terabithia, the Wayside School series, Tuck Everlasting, Bunnicula, Pictures of Hollis Woods...

I could go on for days. Some of these are things I read in my childhood literacy class when I was doing my masters but they are the "new" classics. Have fun reading, this is a great idea!

Reilly626 · February 2012

Where the Red Fern grows, Shiloh, Holes, anything Nancy Drew

melissajo2011 · February 2012

The Narnia books! Tom Sawyer, Little Women.

jalaiaa · February 2012

Loving all of the replies. Some of those were my favorites too. I loved the Narnia series, Anne of Green Gables, Boxcar children etc. I read of ton of Babysitter's Club and Saddle Club too. My mom always tried to discourage those for the classics but I'd stay up til late reading them in bed at night. I think I'm going to recommend Narnia to DH next. I'm excited to try out some of the books you all are recommending now. Thanks! And happy to hear more suggestions.

Switzerland87 · February 2012

I loved the American Girls books! I also read The Secret Garden, A Little Princess, and Phantom of the Opera.

Haven1 · February 2012

Sweet Valley High! They were twins! Clearly that's the only answer here.

LottaLattes · February 2012

I definitely second Tuck Everlasting and Bridge to Terabithia.

Also (sloppy caps on my phone)

Mrs. Frisby and the rats of NIMH

The Madeline L'Engle series (Wrinkle in Time)

A cricket in times square

All of the Ramona books

Behind the Attic Wall

Oh, I love juvenile fiction, its so hard to get my little boys to read what I suggest but so many vood books out there!

ougrad1 · February 2012

I'll probably show my age here. I loved the Sweet Valley High chapter books....

MagPie08 · February 2012

Boxcar Children and Ramona books. Harriet the Spy, Indian in the Cupboard, Pippi Longstockings

keg · February 2012

nikinikinine:
Judy Blume books (tales of a fourth grade nothing, fudge, freckle juice). The Chocolate War, Island of the Blue Dolphins, The Great Gilly Hopkins, The Giver, the Ramona Series and a bunch of others by Beverly Cleary, Number the Stars, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Holes, Sarah Plain and Tall, the Bridge to Terabithia, the Wayside School series, Tuck Everlasting, Bunnicula, Pictures of Hollis Woods...
I could go on for days. Some of these are things I read in my childhood literacy class when I was doing my masters but they are the "new" classics. Have fun reading, this is a great idea!

Oooohhhh, I loved the Bunnicula books too! And the Ring of Endless Light by Madeline L'Engle.

sara1014 · February 2012

Charlotte's Web (Charlotte is Hannah's middle name for that reason)

The BFG

Mr. Popper's Penguins

The Bunnicula series

The Ramona Quimby books

BeccaLandes · February 2012

nikinikinine:
Judy Blume books (tales of a fourth grade nothing, fudge, freckle juice). The Chocolate War, Island of the Blue Dolphins, The Great Gilly Hopkins, The Giver, the Ramona Series and a bunch of others by Beverly Cleary, Number the Stars, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Holes, Sarah Plain and Tall, the Bridge to Terabithia, the Wayside School series, Tuck Everlasting, Bunnicula, Pictures of Hollis Woods...
I could go on for days. Some of these are things I read in my childhood literacy class when I was doing my masters but they are the "new" classics. Have fun reading, this is a great idea!

i also love these, plus i loved lois lowry's "anastasia" series and phyllis reynolds naylor's "alice" series.

Rangergal9 · February 2012

I was an avid reader as a kid! Some books I loved were: Pippi Longstocking, Mr. Popper's Penguins, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, Ramona Books, Fudge Series, BabySitters Club, Babysitters Club Little Sister, RL Stine's Fear Street, Christopher Pike books, any other horror books, Bunnicula, all Roald Dahl books, EB White books, The Chocolate Touch, The Phantom Tollbooth, Number the Stars, OMG I could go on and on.

As a third grade teacher I read several of those books to my students.. I read them Charlotte's Web, Pippi Longstocking, Mr. Popper's Penguins, Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, The Chocolate Touch, The BFG, Bunnicula, The Witches, Ramona Quimby Age 8, and one of the Fudge books. I always tell them how I loved these books as a kid!

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