[*dreamer*]

Hi,
My 8 year old DD is a book worm. She is just constantly reading. We used to go to the local library, but now that I am working full-time again, I am finding it just so hard to get there with her.

I am now resorting to Book Depository. Although she reads at about 3-4years above her age, she is definitely not older than her years in maturity. So, she likes the challenge of the older books, but sometimes not the content.

She loves Ivy and Bean, Nanny Piggins, Judy Moody all the Enid Blyton collections etc.

Is there some fantastic colletion that I have missed that I can buy to keep her happy over the summer.
I would love some suggestions if you have any.
Thanks

[*Mimi*]

All in the Blue Unclouded Weather by Robyn Klein and then there's two more books in the series that follow it. I loved them when I was her age and still do!! Although 3 books won't keep her going for the whole summer but they're still worth reading

[s'peachykeen]

She might be on the cusp of Ronald Dahl? 'Matilda' might be a place to start?

[big adventure]

I was given the whole Anne of Green Gables set when I was eight, and I still read them to this day. I also found out only a few years ago that there were two more books in the Anne series that I didn't have - loved discovering them!
And if she likes the Anne books, LM Montgomery also did an earlier series called Emily of New Moon (there are 3), which I also discovered in adulthood and love.

[Anemonefish]

My 9yo DD loved the 'Rainbow Fairy' series last year - she got through them really fast though (one or more per night) so we used to get those from the library rather than buy them.

She also loves:
Geronimo Stilton (and the spin-off Thea Stilton)
Nanny Piggins
Alice Miranda
Darcey Bussel's ballerina series
Roald Dahl books

My DD also reads above her age level but is still a bit too sweet & innocent for the content of the teen books.

Check if your local library has a service where you can view their catalogue online and choose the books you want, then instead of having to go and spend the time picking out books, you can just drop by and pick them up from the loans counter.

[Ianthe]

Alice Miranda by Jacqueline Harvey
My Story series ( I bought a set of these through Scholastic for $4 a book!)
http://www.moon-monkey.com/zone/book_my-story_girls.htm
Our Australian Girl series
http://www.ouraustraliangirl.com.au/

And as a kid I loved

The Moffats by Eleanor Estes
All of a Kind Family by Sydney Taylor

There's a few in each series.

[PatG]

I'm not sure if she is old enough (long time since I read them!) but the Billabong series by Mary Grant Bruce is good but I'm not sure how readily available they are - they were republished in the 90s I think (originally published 1920s ish).

Pollyanna books.

I second Anne of Green Gables

[PrincessPeach]

The Anne of Green Gables series is beautiful!

Also if they still exist I started reading the baby sitter club books around that age, as well as a series called the gymnasts.

Roald dahl's books are also great - James & the giant peach, willy wonker & the chocolate factory (there is also a sequal to this), the twits & matilda have wonderful story lines.

John Marsden also has a lot of great kids books, but I think they may be too grown up.

I also read a book called Zlata's diary - it's actually written by a child living in sarejavo during the latest war there. It is her actual diary & she would have been about 9 or 10 when she wrote it. It's stuck with me for some reason, maybe because it's a true story.

[Elemenopee]

My 7 year old has recently enjoyed the Magic School Bus Chapter books. I ordered them off Book Depository for about $4.50 a book (there are 17). I also grabbed a 10pack of Goosebumps for $18 (thanks Gloriosa!).
My dd also really like the Little House on the Prairie books, The Borrowers are great too. Narnia. Magic Faraway Tree. Milly Molly Mandy but your daugher is probably to old for this (although I am sure I read it over and again til I was about 12!)

[Brumby Jack]

My 8-year-old really enjoys the "Puppy Place" books, as well as Roald Dahl books.

This post has been edited by Brumby Jack: 23/11/2012, 02:37 PM