http://american-family.org/2008/07/29/jitters-and-shakes/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:51:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://american-family.org/2008/07/29/jitters-and-shakes/comment-page-1/#comment-90851 jenney Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:50:23 +0000 http://american-family.org/2008/07/29/jitters-and-shakes/#comment-90851 My son loves the laurence yep gold mountain series. He has written so many books of various reading levels from picture books to YA books. Great books with chinese characters. My son loves the laurence yep gold mountain series. He has written so many books of various reading levels from picture books to YA books. Great books with chinese characters.

]]> http://american-family.org/2008/07/29/jitters-and-shakes/comment-page-1/#comment-90105 June Yeow Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:06:19 +0000 http://american-family.org/2008/07/29/jitters-and-shakes/#comment-90105 The boxcar children is great, and so are any Enid Blyton books. Maybe not so much the mysteries like secret seven or famous five (may be too old), but those book of short stories or Amelia Jane books or the any of the 'school' series like 'the naughtiest girl' series, Malory Towers series or St Clares series. The boxcar children is great, and so are any Enid Blyton books. Maybe not so much the mysteries like secret seven or famous five (may be too old), but those book of short stories or Amelia Jane books or the any of the ‘school’ series like ‘the naughtiest girl’ series, Malory Towers series or St Clares series.

]]> http://american-family.org/2008/07/29/jitters-and-shakes/comment-page-1/#comment-90043 Andrea Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:24:32 +0000 http://american-family.org/2008/07/29/jitters-and-shakes/#comment-90043 I lost myself just reading the comments-- I forgot how many books I gobbled up when I was little! Yes, yes YES to the Cam Jansen series (the early ones anyway; I don't know if they are still writing them or not, but if they are I can't speak to the newer ones), Encyclopedia Brown, the Littles . . . has she read the Borrowers books? Those are all series books that never really fell into the "formula" trap the way so many of them have. On those same lines, Pippi Longstocking is another great suggestion; the Boxcar Children books have gotten fairly formulaic but I doubt a younger child would notice as much, and there are certainly a lot of them. EB White . . . Roald Dahl's <i>Matilda</i> is a real charmer . . . ooh, and I love, love, LOVE Jane Langton's Hall Family Chronicles, though they might fall into the Mum-reads-aloud category, I'm not sure. I loved them when I was little and I still read them today. There are eight out now, as The Dragon Tree was just released in May. They're about a deliciously odd family living in Massachusetts, very fun, magical and just a little silly. I lost myself just reading the comments– I forgot how many books I gobbled up when I was little! Yes, yes YES to the Cam Jansen series (the early ones anyway; I don’t know if they are still writing them or not, but if they are I can’t speak to the newer ones), Encyclopedia Brown, the Littles . . . has she read the Borrowers books? Those are all series books that never really fell into the “formula” trap the way so many of them have. On those same lines, Pippi Longstocking is another great suggestion; the Boxcar Children books have gotten fairly formulaic but I doubt a younger child would notice as much, and there are certainly a lot of them. EB White . . . Roald Dahl’s Matilda is a real charmer . . . ooh, and I love, love, LOVE Jane Langton’s Hall Family Chronicles, though they might fall into the Mum-reads-aloud category, I’m not sure. I loved them when I was little and I still read them today. There are eight out now, as The Dragon Tree was just released in May. They’re about a deliciously odd family living in Massachusetts, very fun, magical and just a little silly.

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