These are books our children read after they were solid chapter book readers. I would say this generally will fall into the ages of elementary school-age children, but truly, anyone could enjoy these books. They are books to be enjoyed perhaps again when you are a teenager or read aloud to a child or the family. I will continue to add to this page, as an index, of the books I review on my blog that fall in this category. So check back again!
All-of-a-Kind Family by Sidney Taylor
The Borrowers by Mary Norton
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Crunch by Leslie Connor
Edward’s Eyes by Patricia MacLachlan
The Emperor’s Nightengale by H.C. Anderson
The Famous Five series by Enid Blyton
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankwiler by E.L. Konisburg
Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge
Ida B. . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World by Katherine Hannigan
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (series) by C.S. Lewis
Little Britches/Father and I Were Ranchers by Ralph Moody
Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers
Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorensen
Nanny McPhee: The Collected Tales of Nurse Matilda by Christianna Brand
The Penderwicks series by Jeanne Birdsall
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Thee, Hannah by Marguerite de Angeli
