Stack o’ Books: Number Two Daughter
Number Two Daughter is 10. I’m told that 8-11 year-olds love book series. My 10 y.o. is pretty extreme in this regard:
the Harry Potter series
the new Peter Pan series by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
the Redwall series by Brian Jacques
the Series of Unfortunate Events series
the Artemis Fowl series
the Magic Treehouse series
the 26 Fairmount Avenue series by Tomie DePaola
the Warriors series
the Nancy Drew series (she seems to enjoy the old editions better)
I’m sure there are more that are not coming to mind at the moment…
Interestingly, even thought there is an American Girl doll, which she loves, in the picture, Number Two Daughter has never gotten into the American Girl book series.
When I was a child the series I devoured were:
Alfred Hitchcock and The Three Investigators
(another good link about that series here)
Madeline L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time books
Hardy Boys
Doctor Who (Note: in my opinion Dr. Who is no longer suitable for children or teens. More on this tomorrow.)
April 16th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
My son just loved the Series of Unfortunate Events too; we would often read chapters out loud to each other. The man just slays me. The unauthorized autobiography!