Series Recommendations 

Series for

1st & 2nd Graders

 Berenstain, Jan & Stan

         The Berenstain Bears

 Brown, Marc

         Arthur (the aardvark) stories

         D. W. stories

Hillert, Margaret

         Beginning to Read Series

         Dear Dragon

 Lobel, Arnold

         Frog and Toad stories

Beginning Chapters for

2 & 3 graders

 Adler, David

         Young Cam Jansen

         Bones Mysteries

Assorted authors

         Holiday house Readers

Cazet, Denys

         Minnie and Moo

Danziger, Paula

         A is for Amber

DiCamillo, Kate

         Mercy Watson

Guest, Elissa Haden

         Iris and Walter

Howe, James

         Pinky and Rex

Parish, Peggy

         Amelia Bedelia

 Rylant, Cynthia

         Henry and Mudge

 Sharmat, Marjorie

         Nate the Great

         Olivia Sharp, Nate the Great’s

            Cousin

Thaler, Mike

         Black Lagoon Adventures

 Yolen, Jane

         Commander Toad

Series for

3rd & 4th Graders

Abbott, Tony

         The Secrets of Droon

Adler, David

         Cam Jansen Mysteries

Barrows, Annie

         Ivy + Bean

Berenstain, Stan & Jan

         Berenstain Bears Chapter Books

 Brown, Marc

         Arthur Chapter Books

Christopher, Matt

         Various sports titles

Cleary, Beverly

         Ramona and her friends

Clements, Andrew

         Jake Drake

Conford, Ellen

         Jenny Archer

Dadey, Debbie

         Bailey School Kids

Danzinger, Paula

         Amber Brown

Erickson, John

         Hank the Cowdog

Giff, Patricia Reilly

         Polk Street Kids

         Friends and Amigos

Greenburg, Dan

         Weird Planet

Gutman, Dan

         My Weird School

         My Weird School Daze

Kline, Suzy

         Horrible Harry

Krulik, Nancy

         Katie Kazoo

Lewis, Beverly

         Cul-de-Sac Kids

Lowry, Lois

         Anastasia

McDonald, Megan

         Judy Moody

         Stink, Judy Moody’s cousin

Osborne, Mary Pope

         Magic Tree House

Park, Barbara

         Junie B. Jones

Roy, Ron

         A to Z Mysteries

Sachar, Louis

         Marvin Redpost

Sobol, Donald

         Encyclopedia Brown

Wilder, Laura Ingalls

         Little House Books

Series for

5^th & 6^th Graders

Blume, Judy

         Superfudge series

Christopher, Matt

         Various sports titles

Clements, Andrew

         His books are not a series, but they are about empowered school children who have consequences

Cooper, Susan

         Dark is Rising

Coville, Bruce

         Alien series

Dixon, Franklin

         The Hardy Boys

Duprau, Jeanne

         Books of Ember

Erickson, John

         Hank the Cowdog

Gutman, Dan

         Baseball Card Adventure

Keene, Carolyn

         Nancy Drew

Kinney, Jeff

         Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Lewis, C. S.

         Chronicles of Narnia

Mull, Brandon

         Fablehaven

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds

         Shiloh

         Besseldorf series

Nimmo, Jenny

         Charlie Bone series

Ogden, Charles

         Edgar & Ellen

Paulsen, Gary

         The Brian stories

Riordan, Rick

         Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Rowling, J. K.

         Harry Potter

Sachar, Louis

         Wayside School

Wilder, Laura Ingalls

         Little House Books

Series with Various authors

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