Must Reads for K-3rd Grade

An ongoing list of books for kids from Kindergarten-Third Grade

• The Magic Treehouse series by Mary Pope Osborne- Time travel with a treehouse? Talk about a great way to learn about history!

• The Boxcar Children series by Gertrude Chandler Warner- Four orphaned siblings solve mysteries together (+a tragic backstory first book)

• The Wingfeather Saga by Andrew Peterson- A fantasy graphic novel by a Christian author that involves "toothy cows"

• The Geronimo Stilton series by Elisabetta Dami- A scaredy-cat newspaper editor, who happens to be a mouse, gets into all sorts of adventures in this graphic novel series.

• The Cul-de-Sac Kids series by Beverly Lewis- A series about the shenanigans of a whole neighborhood of kids!

• The Humphrey series by Betty G. Birney- A series about the newest class pet at Longfellow School and what he learns.

• The Encyclopedia Brown books by Donald J. Sobol- Features a boy detective with an extensive range of knowledge that earns him the nickname "Encyclopedia"

• The Cam Jansen books by David Adler- A girl with a photographic memory solves mysteries with her best friend

• The A to Z Mysteries series by Ron Roy- A series about friends Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose who solve alphabetical mysteries together!

• The Mercy Watson series by Kate DiCamillo- Mercy Watson is a pig with one thing on her mind... buttered toast! In the search for buttered toast, she might just wind up saving the day!