These are books I enjoyed. Sure it's their story time, but it helps if you like the book too and look forward to reading it each night.
Ramona Quimby, age 8
Beverly Cleary
jFICTION Cleary, Beverly
The further adventures of the Quimby family as Ramona enters the third grade.
Danny, the champion of the world
Roald Dahl
jFICTION Dahl, Roald
Kids
A young English boy describes his relationship with his father and the special adventure they share together.
Harriet spies again
Helen Ericson
jFICTION Ericson, Helen
Harriet's a real know-it-all. You'll love her.
- Brent
Ivy + Bean bound to be bad
Annie Barrows
jFICTION Barrows, Annie
Kids
Best friends Ivy and Bean learn that being very good, or very bad, can be a real challenge when they set out to become like a man Ivy heard about who was so pure of heart that birds and animals followed him.
This series is my absolute favorite for reading to my kids. We went through the whole series twice. at least.
- Brent
The Amulet of Samarkand
Jonathan Stroud
YOUNG ADULT FICTION Stroud, Jonathan
Fantasy, Young Adult
Nathaniel, a magician's apprentice, summons up the djinni Bartimaeus and instructs him to steal the Amulet of Samarkand from the powerful magician Simon Lovelace.
This trilogy is really good. More for older kids than the others in this list, but really good. I liked them enough to read the last one on my own.
- Brent
Dory Fantasmagory
Abby Hanlon
jFICTION Hanlon Abby
Kids
Dory, the youngest in her family, is a girl with a very active imagination, and she spends the summer playing with her imaginary friend, pretending to be a dog, battling monsters, and generally driving her family nuts.
I liked Dory almost as much as Ivy and Bean.
- Brent
Mrs. Frisby and the rats of Nimh
Robert C O'Brien
jFICTION O'Brien, Robert C.
Kids
Having no one to help her with her problems, a widowed mouse visits the rats whose former imprisonment in a laboratory made them wise and long lived.
Classic chapter book that I read to both my boys. so good.
- Brent
My favorite Roald Dahl book. I loved reading it to both my boys.
- Brent