Book Suggestions

Series Books- Arranged by level of difficulty

At school, we refer to 'Just-Right Texts' so readers can assess if a book is a good fit for them. We make the comparison to lifting different levels of weights. 
Here is a picture of a chart our class made. Click on it to enlarge it. 

Books with fewer words/sentences on each page:
Biscuit (Alyssa Satin Capucilli)

The Boulder Brothers (Sarah Lynn, Pierre Collet-Derby)

Croc and Ally (Derek Anderson)

Danny and the Dinosaur (Syd Hoff)

Duck, Duck, Porcupine (Salina Yoon)

Elephant & Piggie (Mo Willems)

A Frog and Dog Book (Janee Trasler)

Fly Guy (Tedd Arnold)

Hello, Hedgehog! (Norm Feuti)

Little Bear (Elsa H. Minarik)
Little Critter (Mercer Mayer)

Maisy (Lucy Cousins)
Mo series (David A. Adler, Sam Ricks)

Noodles (Hans Wilhelm)

Pig and Pug (Laura Marchesani and Zenaides A. Medina Jr.)

PJ Funny Bunny (Marilyn Sadler)

Princess Truly (Kelly Greenawalt)

Puppy Mudge (Cynthia Rylant)

Red Knit Cap Girl (Naoko Stoop)

Sally Goes to… (Stephen Huneck)
Sheep in a Jeep (Nancy Shaw & other “sheep” books)

Some (animals) (Mark Shulman)

Splat the Cat (Robin Scotton)

Sports Illustrated Kids- Line Readers

Syd Hoff books

Todd Parr books

Too Princessy (Purpley, Pickley) (Jean Reidy)

Trucktown (Jon Scieszka)

Beginning Chapter Books/Books with about a paragraph of text per page

The Adventures of Sophie Mouse (Poppy Green)

The Alien Next Door (A. I. Newton)
Amelia Bedelia (Peggy Parish)

Annie and Snowball (Cynthia Rylant- Annie is cousins with Henry from Henry and Mudge)

Arnold and Louise (Erica S. Perl)

Arthur (Marc Brown)
Aunt Eater’s… (Doug Cushman)
Bear Shadow (Frank Asch)

Black Lagoon -picture book series (Mike Thaler)

Bobs and Tweets (Kristy Caldwell)

Boris (Andrew Joyner)

Buster… (Marc Brown- a friend of Arthur)

Cam Janson (David Adler)
Clifford (Norman Bidwell)

Cowgirl Kate (Erica Silverman)

Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol (Andres Miedoso)

Diary of a Pug (Kyla May)
Dodsworth (Tim Egan)

Dragon series (Dav Pilkey)
The Dumb Bunnies (Dav Pilkey)
Fancy Nancy (Jane O’Connor)
Fox and His Friends (Edward Marshall)

Frog and Toad (Arnold Lobel)
Froggy (Jonathon London)

George and Martha (James Marshall)
Henry and Mudge (Cynthia Rylant)

Horrible Harry (Suzy Kline)

Houndsley and Catina (James Howe)

The Infamous Ratsos (Kara LaReau)
Invisible Inc. (Elizabeth Levy)
Iris and Walter (Elissa Haden Guest)

Jr. Chapter Book: The Bailey School Kids (Marica Thornton Jones)
Katie Woo (Fran Manushkin)
Katy Duck (Alyssa Satin Capucilli)

King & Kayla (Dori Hillestad Butler, Nancy Meyers)
Little Bear (Else H. Minarik)

Little Dolphin (Lucy Daniels)
Little Rabbit (Harry Horse)

Meet M&M (Pat Ross)

Mercy Watson (Kate DiCamillo)

Moby Shinobi and Toby Too (Luke Flowers)

Mr. Putter and Tabby (Cynthia Rylant)

My Weird School (Dan Gutman)
Narwhal and Jelly (Ben Clanton)

Nate the Great (Marjorie Weinman Sharmat)
Pedro (Fran Manushkin)

Pinky and Rex (James Howe)

Piper Green (Ellen Potter)

Poppleton (Cynthia Rylant)

Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot (Dav Pilkey)
Song Lee (Suzy Kline- Song Lee is a friend of Horrible Harry)
Unicorn Diaries (Rebecca Elliott)
Unicorn and Yeti (Heather Ayris Burnell)

Yasmin (Saadia Faruqi)
Young Cam Jansen (David Adler

Early Chapter Books
The Bailey School Kids (Marica Thornton Jones)
Black Lagoon Adventures (Mike Thaler)
Bink and Gollie (Kate DiCamillo)
Butterfly Meadow (Olivia Moss)
Calendar Club (Nancy Star)
Calendar Mysteries (Ron Roy)
Capitol Mysteries (Ron Roy)
The Critter Club (Callie Barkley)
Dr. Kitty Cat (Jane Clarke)
Dinosaur Cove (Rex Stone)
Ghostville Elementary (Marica Thornton Jones)

Haggis and Tank Unleashed (Jessica Young)
Heidi Heckelbeck (Wanda Coven, Priscilla Burris) 
Ivy + Bean (Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall)
Judy Moody (Megan McDonald)

Judy Moody and Friends (Megan McDonald, Erwin Madrid)
Junie B. Jones (Barbara Park)
Katie Kazoo Switcheroo (Nancy Krulik)
The Kids of Polk Street School (Patricia Reilly Giff)
The Littles (John Peterson)

Lola Levine (Monica Brown)
Magic Tree House (Mary Pope Osborne)
Marvin Redpost (Louis Sachar)
Mary Maroney (Suzy Kline)
Mia Mayhem (Kara West)
Missy’s-Super-Duper-Royal-Deluxe(Susan Nees)
Once Upon a Fairy Tale (Anna Staniszewski)

Oona Bramblegoops's Sideways Magic (Kate Korsh)
Owl Diaries (Rebecca Elliot)

Press Start! (Thomas Flintham)
The Princess in Black (Shannon Hale)
Rainbow Magic- “Pet Fairies” and “Rainbow Fairies” collections (Daisy Meadows)

Ready Freddy (Abby Klein)
The Secrets of Droon (Tony Abbott)
Stink (Megan McDonald- Stink is the brother to Judy Moody)

WeirDo (Anh Do)

More Challenging Chapter Books:
A-Z Mysteries (Ron Roy)

According to Humphrey (Betty G. Birney)
Amber Brown (Paula Danziger)

Amelia Bedelia (Lynne Avril, Herman Parish) -chapter book version with her as a child

Animal Ark: Where Animals Come First (Ben M. Baglio)

The Bad Guys (Aaron Blabey)
Bad Kitty (Nick Bruel)

Ballpark Mysteries (David A. Kelly)

Berenstain Bears chapter book series (Stan and Jan Berenstain)

The Best School Year/Halloween/Christmas Pageant Ever (Barbara Robinson)

The Binder of Doom (Troy Cummings)
The Boxcar Children (Gertrude Chandler Warner)

Bunnicula (James Howe)

Captain Awesome (Stan Kirby, George O'Connor)

Captain Underpants (Dav Pilkey)
Catwad (Jim Benton)
The Chicken Squad- Doreen Cronin

Class Clown (Johanna Hurwitz)
Comic Guy (Timothy Roland)

Dogman (Dav Pilkey)

Diary of a Minecraft Zombie (Zack Zombie)
Diary of a Pug (Kyla May)

Dragon Masters (Graham Howells, Tracey West)

Dragons in a Bag (Zetta Elliott) 
Dragon Slayer’s Academy (Kate McMullan)

Ellray Jakes (Sally Warner)
Encyclopedia Brown (Donald J. Sobol)
Fairy Realm (Emily Rodda)

Flat Stanley (Jeff Brown)

Franny K. Stein: Mad Scientist (Jim Benton)

Fudge series (Judy Blume)
Geronimo Stilton (Geronimo Stilton)

Gooney Bird Greene (Middy Chilman Thomas)

Gooseberry Park (Cynthia Rylant)

Hank Zipzer (Henry Winkler & Lin Oliver)

Henry Huggins series (Beverly Cleary)
Herbie Jones (Suzy Kline)
Hot Dog (Anh Do)

The Haunted Library (Dori Hillestad Butler, Aurore Damant)
Isadora Moon (Harriet Muncaster)

The Isle of Misfits (Jamie Mae)
Jada Jones (Kelly Starling Lyons

Jake Drake (Andrew Clements)
Jasmin Toguchi (Elizabet Vukovic, Debbi Michiko Florence)

J.D. the Kid Barber Series (J. Dillard)

Journal of a Cardboard Genius (Frank Asch)

Just Grace (Charise Mericle Harper)

The Kids of Cattywampus Street (Lisa Jahn-Clough)
A Little House Chapter Book (Laura Ingalls Wilder)

Lulu (Judit Viorst)
Magic Bone- Nancy Krulik
Magic School Bus chapter book series (Bruce Degen)

Monkey Me (Timothy Roland)

Mr. Popper’s Penguins (Richard Atwater)
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Betty MacDonald)

My Weirder School (Dan Gutman)
Mystic Lighthouse Series (Laura E. Williams)
Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew (Carolyn Keene)

The Never Girls (Kiki Thorpe)
The Notebook of Doom (Troy Cummings)

Pippi Longstocking (Astrid Lindgren)

Princess Pink and the Land of Fake Believe (Noah Z. Jones)

Puggleton Park (Deanna Kizis)

Pug Pals (Flora Ahn)
The Puppy Place (Ellen Miles)

Punished (David Lubar)
Purr-maids (Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen)

Ramona series (Beverly Cleary)

The Rescue Princesses (Paula Harrison)
Ruby & the Booker Boys (Derrick Barnes)

Salem Hyde (Frank Cammuso)

The Scream Team (Jared Lee, Bill Doyle)

Sideways Stories from Wayside School (Louis Sachar)

Sports Illustrated Kids- Victory School Superstars

Stick Dog (Tom Watson)

Super Happy Party Bears (Marcie Colleen)

There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom (Louis Sachar)

The Underdogs (Kate & Jol Temple)

Upside-Down Magic (Emily Jenkins, Lauren Myracle, Sarah Mlynowski)

Wayside School Series (Louis Sachar)

Who Would Win? (Jerry Pallotta)

The Zach & Zoe Mysteries (Mike Lupica)

Zoe's Rescue Zoo (Amelia Cobb)

Zoey and Sassafrass (Asia Citro)

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Good for Read Alouds
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Jeff Kinney)
Half Magic (Edward Eager)
The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom (Christopher Healy)
Origami Yoda Files (Tom Angleburger)
The Secret Zoo (Bryan Chick)
The Time Warp Trio (Jon Scieszka)
Tiger Rising (Kate DiCamillo)
Eddie Dickens series- (Philip Ardagh)
Flora and Ulysses (Kate DiCamillo)
Loser (Jerry Spinelli)
The Magician’s Elephant (Kate DiCamillo)
The Secret Zoo (Bryan Chick)
The Sisters Grimm (Michael Buckley)
The Tale of Despereaux (Kate DiCamillo)
This Book is Not Good For You- Secret Series (Pseudonymous Bosch)
Wonder (R. J. Palacio)
Harry Potter series (J.K. Rowling) V-Z
Lawn Boy (Gary Paulsen) V
Series of Unfortunate Events (Lemony Snicket) V