OK, even I have tired of My Father's Dragon (trilogy), please give me other titles

[kalanamak]

similar to this book. Something a little under Stewart Little. He likes dragons, gobblins, hobbits, etc, and adventure, like the Gilgamesh trilogy by Zeman, but I'm looking for early chapter books like My Father's Dragon.

[Laura Corin]

You might like to look at Dick King-Smith's books. Calvin suggests his The Merman, but there are many others. They vary in reading level - some are much easier than his Babe.

Laura

[whitestavern]

How about Roald Dahl books? Some are easier than other others but my 3rd grade dd has read through all of them and loves them. Good luck!

[Book Crazy]

I 2nd Laura and whitestavern.

The easier Roald Dahl ones are

The Magic Finger, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Enormous Crocodile,
The Giraffe, the Pelly and Me

I have not looked at them, and my son has not read them but there is a series of books called The Dragon Slayers Academy (http://www.amazon.com/New-School-Dragon-Slayers-Academy/dp/0448431084/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202996309&sr=1-1)

Sarah

[Pegasus]

I'd recommend a series called Dragon Slayers' Academy. My older DD enjoyed them.

From Wikipedia:

Dragon Slayers' Academy is a children's book series written by author Kate McMullan and illustrated by Bill Basso, published by Grosset & Dunlap. The series currently features 18 books varying from 100 - 220 pages. The books have been a cult hit since The New Kid At School was first published in 1997.

Basic Plot: The adventures of a young peasant boy Wiglaf of Pinwick and his 2 friends, Erica von Royale and Angus du Pangus during their stay at Angus' greedy Uncle Mordred's school (Dragon Slayers' Academy, or DSA) set in the Middle Ages.

Here's a list of all the books in the series.

1. The New Kid At School
2. Revenge of the Dragon Lady
3. Class Trip to the Cave of Doom
4. A Wedding For Wiglaf?
5. Knight For A Day
6. Sir Lancelot, Where Are You?
7. Wheel of Misfortune
8. Countdown to the Year 1000
9. 97 Ways To Train A Dragon
10. Help! It's Parents Day At DSA
11. Danger! Wizards At Work
12. The Ghost Of Sir Herbert Dungeonstone
13. Beware! It's Friday the 13th!
14. Pig Latin - Not Just For Pigs
15. Double Dragon Trouble
16. The Worlds Oldest Living Dragon
17. Hail! Hail! Camp Dragonongka
18. Never Trust a Troll!
19. Little Giant - Big Trouble

[Surfside Academy]

I 2nd what Pegasus recommended. My boys have really enjoyed the DSA books; very funny & entertaining.

[nmoira]

I second the Dick King-Smith. You might also want to check out Joanna Hurwitz (Rip-Roaring Russell and sequels), Beverley Cleary's The Mouse and the Motorcycle and sequels, and Mr. Popper's Penguins,

[Lori D.]

FANTASY

grade 3
- Toots and the Upside Down House (Hughes)
- Moongooble and Me series (Coville)
- Dragon Slayer Academy series (McMullan)
- The Littles series (Peterson)

grade 3-4
- Land of Oz; Ozma of Oz (Baum) -- lively sequels; skip Wizard of Oz (dull/long)
- Charlie & the Chocolate Factory; Great Glass Elevator (Dahl)
- Charlotte's Web; Trumpet of the Swan (White)
- The Mouse and the Motorcycle (McCleary)

grade 4
- Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle series (Betty MacDonald)
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Fleming)
- The Borrowers (series) (Norton)
- Pippi Longstockings; Pippi in the South Seas (Astrid)
- Mr. Popper's Penguins (Atwater)
- The Cricket in Times Square (Selden)
- Ben and I (Lawson)
- The Rescuers, Miss Bianca, Miss Bianca in the Orient (Sharpe)

grade 4-5
- Chronicles of Narnia (Lewis)
- City of Ember; People of Sparks (Du Prau)
- Basil of Baker Street (Titus)
- Inkheart (and others by Funke)

grade 5
- Peter and the Starcatchers (and sequels) (Barry)
- The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (Aiken) -- Victorian-like setting
- Half Magic; Magic by the Lake, Knight's Castle; Time Garden; Seven Day Magic (Eager)
- The Father Christmas Letters (Tolkien)
- The Secret of Platform 13 (Ibbotson)
- The Treekeepers (Britton)
- The Phantom Tollbooth (Juster) -- boy journeys through a mathematical land
- The Never Ending Story (Ende)
- The Hobbit (Tolkien)
- Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (O'Brien)



FUN TALL TALE

grade 3
- McBroom's Wonderful One-Acre Farm (Fleischman)

grade 3-4
- The Whipping Boy (Fleischman)

grade 4
- By the Great Horn Spoon (Fleischman)

grade 5
- Just So Stories (Kipling)
- Holes (Sachar)

[kalanamak]

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