I was close to Amie’s age when my love of reading took off. Amie seems to have turned a corner, and is now devouring chapter books. She started the Ramona Quimby books by Beverly Cleary and is now busy racing through the next ones.
I love, love, love seeing my children enjoy some of my own childhood friends.
Every time I turn around, I find her curled up somewhere different, nose buried deep into a Ramona book.
{bliss}
Are you wondering about the sequence for the Ramona Quimby books?
*[brief appearances first in the Henry Higgins books]
Henry Higgins, Henry and Ribsy, Henry and the paper route, Henry and the clubhouse
The Ramona Quimby Books
- Beezus and Ramona
- Ramona the Pest
- Ramona the Brave
- Ramona and her Father
- Ramona and her Mother
- Ramona Quimby age 8
- Ramona Forever
- Ramona’s World
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**Amie is 9, what books do your 8/9 year old girls love? Any must reads?
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Great photo!!
It's so great to see our kids enjoying not only reading but books that we loved! I am a children's librarian and so many adults have told me that they fell in love with reading because of Beverly Cleary and/or Judy Blume. (Judy Blume is for when they are a little older).
My oldest daughter LOVES the Allie Finkle series by Meg Cabot ;-) and Ivy and Bean series.
My goodness HJ, we have more than where we live in common! My youngest is on Ramona Forever, in order of course… lol Cups Up! xoxo
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April
Theresa,
thanks for the tip, I will check them out! I love, deeply,the Princess Diaries series by Meg Cabot, I think they are brilliant and the movie stunk. But, Anne Hathaway was a great Mia, even if her hair color was wrong..but the movie was so shallow.
Oh, I started working in school with the remedial reading teacher and read Sign of the Beaver, Indian in the Cupboard, anything by Creech…this is the age group that I still love. My kids are kind of growing out of that stage…. I remember shivering under a blanket reading Little House snowstorm stories, and was sort of sad that none of my kids ever hit it off with that series…there's still time!!
Have a good week!
My 7 year old girl loves Ramona, too. I am delighted. She also enjoys the Bad Kitty series and Junie B. Jones.
My blog on this topic from Monday: http://notthatgoodofaperson.blogspot.com/2011/06/if-they-knew-all-about-you-they-end-up.html?m=1