Series

The Elephant and Piggie series by Mo Willems is an excellent choice for beginning readers who enjoy humorous beginning reader books.

The Spiderwick Chronicles series is full of adventure and suspense. The Spiderwick Chronicles series of children's fantasy chapter books is enormously popular with children seven and older.

Fourth through sixth graders enjoy these books that accentuate the negative in a quirky and entertaining fashion as they recount the depressing adventures of the three orphaned Baudelaire children.

Paula Danziger's series about middle elementary student Amber Brown combines humor and serious issues. Amber Brown embraces life with enthusiam while also dealing with her parents' divorce and the aftermath.

This beloved series, which begins with eleven-year-old orphan Anne Shirley coming to live with an elderly brother and sister on Prince Edward Island, has remained popular since the first book was published in 1908.

I loved this series when I was a child. Here you will find a listing of the books and a link to descriptions, from the Betsy-Tacy Society.

While Dav Piley's series is not for everyone, the potty humor and silliness certainly appeal to elementary school children. It could be the series to motivate your reluctant reader to read.

This series, written in diary format, chronicles the lives of girls in different historical periods, from the 1770s to the 1970s. Other series within the Dear America series include My Name is America, a series about boys in different historical periods.

Middle readers (grades 3-5) will enjoy trying to solve mysteries along with ten year old supersleuth Encyclopedia Brown.

J.K. Rowling's wildly popular series of novels about young wizard Harry Potter appeals to adults and children alike.

This funny series about third grader Judy Moody, a rugged individualist, is popular with kids in grades 3-5.

Learn all about Laura Ingalls Wilder and her nine Little House books that were based on her early years as she moved west with her family.

The boy detective and his dog solve mysteries and have fun in this entertaining series, popular with middle readers (generally, grades 3-5).

Children enjoy learning about science as they join Ms. Frizzle and her students on imaginative adventures that reinforce science concepts.

This series of short chapter books that emphasize history and science through adventures is popular with both boys and girls. This site has lots of activities for kids.

This juvenile fiction series is about three horse-crazy girls who form their own club.

Beverly Cleary has written a number of extremely popular series, including those involving main characters Ramona Quimby and Henry Hugggins, as well as the Ralph S. Mouse series.