My 1st grader reads and comprehends at a 5th grade level. Help!

  • The Wild Robot, #1 and #2 by Peter Brown
  • Junie B. Jones (28 book set) by Barbara Park 
  • Magic Treehouse (55 book set) by Mary Pope Osborne 
  • The World According to Humphrey (13 book set) by Betty G. Birney 
  • Bad Kitty (14 book set) by Nick Bruel 
  • Dragonbreath (11 book set) by Ursula Vernon 
  • The Adventures of Nanny Piggins (8 book set) by R.A. Spratt 
  • The Year of the Dog (3 book series) by Grace Lin 
  • The Haunted Library (10 book set) by Dori Hillestad Butler 
  • My Father’s Dragon (3 book series) by Ruth Stiles Gannett 
  • Every Roald Dahl book
  • The Star Darlings (12 book set) by Shana Muldoon Zappa 
  • The Spiderwick Chronicles (5 book series) by Tony DiTerlizzi 
  • I Survived (20 book set) by Lauren Tarshis 
  • Holes by Louis Sachar
  • Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar 
  • The Imaginary Veterinary Series (6 book series) by Suzanne Selfors 
  • Weird But True! (6 book set) by National Geographic Kids 
  • Ramona Quimby Series (8 book set) by Beverly Cleary 
  • Ralph S. Mouse Series (3 book set) by Beverly Cleary 
  • Diary of a Wimpy Kid (15 book set) by Jeff Kinney 
  • Castle Glower Series (5 book series) by Jessica Day George 
  • Whatever After (13 book set) by Sarah Mlynowski 
  • Ivy & Bean (12 book set) by Annie Barrows
  • Harry Potter, books 1-3
  • Every Kate DiCamillo book. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane is a great place to start with her.
  • Bob by Wendy Mass & Rebecca Stead
  • Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
  • Beverly Cleary is still great after all these years
  • Mrs. Piggle Wiggle still works too!
  • The Candy Shop War, #1 and #2 by Brandon Mull
  • The Box-Car Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
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