In second grade, readers can really take off. Or not. Don’t be worried if your child hasn’t turned into a reader yet. Just focus on making fun books available. If you don’t read kids’ books for your own entertainment (I do!) you might have trouble coming up with some suggestions for your daughter. But better than my suggestions, are the suggestions of another girl. Here are 9 of the best books for girls, my daughters’ favorite books in second grade, ordered roughly in order from the easiest to read to the more difficult….
Easy and fast DIY Athena Costume your girl will love!
This post may contain text and image affiliate links. You pay the same price, but I may receive a small commissions for purchases through those links.The books I write for kids are fantasy, so it’s probably no surprise that we’re big fantasy readers around this house. When my daughter was in middle school she finally discovered the Percy Jackson series and tore through them. (Can you call it “discovered” when her brother has been begging her for years and she only read it because her English teacher put The Lightning Thief on a reading list?)
Some parents would be appalled that English teachers are encouraging kids to read something as commercial as The Lightning Thief. I think it’s great! To me, the main reason for assigning books is to turn kids into readers. The depressing books that most teachers assign discourage kids from reading….
Best books for kids during Covid pandemic – childhood illnesses & quarantines
This post may contain text and image affiliate links. You pay the same price, but I may receive a small commissions for purchases through those links.For kids who time time on their hands because of #shelterinplace or #stayathome quarantine due to Covid, what are the best books for them to read? Or maybe you need a list of books because your kid is doing virtual classes this fall. Of course any great kids’ book can be a great book to read anytime, including quarantine. But reading about quarantines and illness can help them put current events in perspective.
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How grandparents can encourage grandchildren to read
This post may contain text and image affiliate links. You pay the same price, but I may receive a small commissions for purchases through those links.There are lots of ways grandparents can encourage their grandchildren to read. Grandparents reading to grandchildren is an obvious way. But did you think about what books you keep at your house for them? How about giving books as gifts to grandchildren? I’ve got great ideas for the types of books that grandparents can keep around their house to entertain visiting grandchildren. And I’ve also got lots of ways to make book gifts more exciting! Read on for lots of great suggestions of books to read to grandchildren, books to own, and books to give grandchildren as gifts that will foster a love of reading!
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13 Best Books for Girls in Middle School – My Daughters’ Favorites
This post may contain text and image affiliate links. You pay the same price, but I may receive a small commissions for purchases through those links.Looking for a great books for girls in middle school to read? Who better to ask than another middle school girl? This isn’t just some book list made by some librarians, teachers or other authors. They are not all award-winning middle books and their not all popular middle school books that are on every book list. But all of these books are among my own daughters’ favorite books that they read in middle school – a best books for girls in middle school book list!
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17 GIANT Boxed Book Sets – Exciting gifts for Kids and Teens
This post may contain text and image affiliate links. You pay the same price, but I may receive a small commissions for purchases through those links.These are best boxed book sets on Amazon! (As judged by me the children’s books that my own kids love.) These giant boxed book sets make great Christmas gifts for kids. Boxed sets make reading fun for even reluctant readers. Some of these are classic children’s book series. Others are current popular elementary school books series and others work better for older kids and teens. All of these book series are well loved by my own kids.
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The Artemis Fowl Movie – a great way to motivate a boy to read
This post may contain text and image affiliate links. You pay the same price, but I may receive a small commissions for purchases through those links.The Artemis Fowl movie is finally coming! Read on to watch the Artemis Fowl movie trailer, find out the Artemis Fowl movie release date, AND get tips on how to use the movie to motivate a boy to read!
Photo from Disney Studios
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Non-toy gift idea – the best boxed book sets for kids
This post may contain text and image affiliate links. You pay the same price, but I may receive a small commissions for purchases through those links.Books for presents? You might be afraid that doesn’t sound very exciting. But a big set of books in a boxed set is colorful and exciting! Here are the best books to give as a set from my own kids’ favorite book series.
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Best Books for Girls in 5th Grade – My Daughters’ Favorites
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This is a list of my daughter’s favorite books in 5th grade. My daughters already loved reading at this point, so their choices could be pretty advanced. If you’re daughter isn’t really into reading yet, be sure to also check out my list of best books for girls in 4th grade.
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Great Expectations – SAT movies
This post may contain text and image affiliate links. You pay the same price, but I may receive a small commissions for purchases through those links.Great Expectations is another movie that we watched for improving SAT vocabulary and reading skills.
Watching Great Expectations to improve your SAT reading score
Great Expectations (2012) is not as gloomy, grungy, and violent as the first scenes and trailer suggest. …
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