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Can someone please give me some suggestions for books for my 8 year old dd? Thanks.
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06.22.09, 07:30 AM [ Flag ]
- What books has she enjoyed?
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  06.22.09, 07:34 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - She liked Magic Tree House, Daisy Meadows fairies, Little House on the Prairie, first 2 books Harry Potter.
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    06.22.09, 07:49 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - Try Ivy and Bean next. Also the Ramona books, Encyclopedia Brown
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      06.22.09, 07:52 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - has she read the betsy/tacy books? a little old fashioned but it sounds like something she might enjoy. i'd also suggest the "shoes" books (ballet shoes, circus shoes, etc.) but they might be hard to find. sorry, i don't know that many contemporary books.
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      06.22.09, 07:54 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - ^^^also pippi longstocking. and i'll second the wolves of willoughby chase that the poster below mentioned. also books by Avi and books by patricia beatty, although those might wait a year or two.
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        06.22.09, 07:58 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        Thank you.
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        06.22.09, 08:02 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - My Weird School series.
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      06.22.09, 07:58 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - np Daisy Meadows Fairies are more for 5 and 6 yos, imo.
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      06.22.09, 08:28 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- The Secret Garden, Ballet Shoes, Wolves of Willoughby Chase
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  06.22.09, 07:50 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- The Little House books by Wilder, Ramona books by Cleary, Clementine by Pennypacker, Ivy & Bean books, Judy Moody books, and Geronimo Stilton books. Enjoy!
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  06.22.09, 08:11 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- Savvy by Ingrid Law
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  06.22.09, 08:19 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- The Phantom Tollbooth; Jennifer, Hectate, Macbeth, William McKinley and Me, Elizabeth; From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankenweiler (last two by the same author).
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  06.22.09, 08:20 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - ^^ E.L. Konisberg.
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    06.22.09, 08:26 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- The Gilda Joyce books by Jennifer Allison are really cute. And Lauren Myracle's Eleven, Twelve, and Thirteen.
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  06.22.09, 08:27 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- Thank you all.
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  06.22.09, 08:27 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]