After Magic Tree House: What's Next?

My sons really loves the A to Z mysteries. I don't know what level Magic Treehouse is, but A to Z are small chapter books. I haven't read them myself but I don't think they are too scary. My son is 6 and a bit of a scardy pants but they seem to be fine for him. We only have 1 or 2 more and then we'll have to find something new too.

My son didn't care for Magic Tree House books but he loves the Geronimo Stilton books. They are about a mouse that lives in New Mouse City (it's like New York City) and he writes for the Rodent's Gazette. It follows him on adventures. It has some colored pictures and sometimes the font on certain words is different. He also likes the Stink Series by Megan McDonald. He is Judy Moody's younger brother.

The Encyclopedia Brown mysteries. He is a gradeschool detective and it is a series of several books.

Also, don't be afraid to introduce him to the classics, like Swiss Family Robinson or Chronicles of Narnia. The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe is the best dadgum book ever written and has been around a heck of a lot longer than the movie.

Yea For Reading!!!

Encyclopedia Brown - nice age appropriate series, each chapter is it's own mystery so it a bunch of short stories with clues to solve.

Stink - Judy Moody's younger brother

Amelia Bedilia books are really funny (not sure of spelling on that one)

Henry and Mudge series - age appropriate but may seem too easy now that he has read Magic Tree House

Magic School Bus (has tv tie in, but worth it for educational value -- lead to lots of cool home experiments)

Freckle Juice - Judy Blume

Flat Stanley is a nice series

Authors:

E.B. White

Beverly Cleary

Also, Secrets of Droon is a nice big series, but may be for next year.

Go to the local library and ask the librarians, they love to help young readers.

Good for you for raising a reader!

wow - Magic Tree house books at 5?!!? you go!!

Hardy Boys Mysteries
Scooby Do Mysteries
Diary of a Wimpy Kid - I know there is a movie associated with this - but it's still a great series!

Target usually has the "classics" on sale for $1 - Swiss Family Robinson, Black Beauty, Peter Pan and soo many more...

Encyclopedia Brown is a great series too!!

Enjoy!!

Susan Cooper's "The Dark is Rising" series?

You might want to pre-read it. It's pretty scary if you're a kid.

L'Engle's "Wrinkle In Time" books could work.

Depending on his age, I ordered my son the first 3 books in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series (like Percy Jackson and the Lightning thief movie) for his 9th birthday in October. He has already finished the first book and is on the second and is really enjoying them.

Does he read Magic School Bus? It might look "easier" than Magic Tree House, but it really isn't. It's chock full of concepts, wonderful story lines, science out of this world. And the personalities of the kids is always wonderful. My son always identified with Dorothy Ann. She carried around a notebook and always said "According to my research..." and that's what my son did. We would go to museums, and he would sketch things he looked at and talk all about them, including saying "According to my research..." He was 5 doing that in front of a Do-Do bird display, and talking all about this bird being extinct. People thought this little kid was reading, but he really wasn't. It was very cute!

Just because it doesn't have a "boy protagonist" doesn't mean he won't love the series. Try it!

Dawn

Lots of good suggestions... also my son and my students all love Marvin Redpost books. My son has also been hooked on Melvin Beederman series, but your son may not be mature enough for the humor. Might be something to read and talk about with you.
Also, schools will be beginning to make a push toward a focus on non fiction, so the Magic School Bus idea is a good one.
God LUck and so glad to hear about a child doing so well with his reading and a mom so involved:)