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it’s mid-summer. it seems that’s usually when the slump begins. there’s the heat, the boredom, and the car rides. here are my suggestions on the 25 best chapter books to keep your older readers hands occupied and imaginations busy.
- A Taste of Blackberries
by Doris Buchanan Smith
- Because of Winn-dixie
by Kate DiCamillo
- The Boxcar Children Series
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
- Chasing Vermeer
by Blue Balliett
- The Chocolate Touch
by Patrick Skene Catling
- The Complete Adventures of the Borrowers
by Mary Norton
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid
by Jeff Kinney
- The Fledgling
by Jane Langdon
- From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
by E.L. Konigsburg
- The Giver
by Lois Lowry
- Hatchet
by Gary Paulsen
- The Hundred Dresses
by Eleanor Estes
- Jacob Have I Loved
by Katherine Patterson
- Jennifer, Hecate, MacBeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth
by E.L. Konigsburg
- Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie
by Julie Sternberg - Moon Over Manifest
by Clare Vanderpool
- Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
by Betty MacDonald
- Number the Stars
by Lois Lowry
- Pictures of Hollis Woods
by Patricia Reilly Giff
- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Mildred D. Taylor
- Sarah, Plain and Tall
by Patricia MacLachlan
- Sideways Stories from Wayside School
by Louis Sachar
- The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
by Avi
- Follow My Leader
by James B. Garfield - What book would you choose for the last spot?
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I am pinning this! There are so many great books on this list that were my favorites as a kid…Boxcar Children, Sara,Plain & Tall, Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, Sideways Stories, Number the Stars! Great selections! I've been wanting to read chapter books to the kids, so this will give me a great start on what to choose! All my favorites are on the list, so I can't think of one for #25!
Great list, Andie! My daughter wants to add, the Fudge books by Judy Blume for #25. My son says, any of the Goosebumps books by RL Stine.
I've read a lot of these, but there's a lot I haven't. I would add 5 Little Peppers. I loved that series.:)
Mrs. Pepperpot or The Girl Who Owned a School.
Here are three that I loved back then and I still love now: "Summer of My German Soldier", "That was Then, This is Now" and 'Flowers for Algernon.'
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