Children's Books for Reluctant Readers
 
 







  
Bony-legs (Hello Reader Series)21 reviews
JOANNA COLE

Scholastic Paperbacks, 1986

A unique and fun style of scary story

+ Silly Story
+ Funny and well written
+ Book Review of Bony Legs!
+ For Older Reluctant Readers, Too
  
  











  



  
Chasing the Falconers (On the Run, Book 1)34 reviews
Gordon Korman

Scholastic, 2005

Great Series, fast paced

+ On the Run
+ For reluctant readers
+ Chasing The Falconers
+ on the run chasing the falconers.
  
  











  



  
Jack Plank Tells Tales3 reviews
Natalie Babbitt

Michael di Capua Books, 2007

Sing us a song, you're the pirate man

+ ' it's never too late to be happy.'
+ A Piratical Pleasure

I was sitting at the children's reference desk the other day when a parent came up to me with a request. "I want a bedtime story to read to my daughter. Nothing cutesy or anything. Just some really nice tales to tell her before she goes to sleep. She's seven." Requests of this sort are a delight. ...
  
  











  



  
Oh, Yuck! The Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty54 reviews
Joy Masoff

Workman Publishing Company, 2000

That's Nasty!

+ Oh, Yuck Book
+ great reading for kids
+ Great gift for a boy
+ Oh, YucK!
  
  











  



  
The New Captain Underpants Collection: Box Set (Books 1-5)55 reviews

The Blue Sky Press, 2002

Christopher Chase's Favorite Book

+ Loving these books!!!
+ My son can't stop reading these
+ My son is all over them
  
  











  



  
Grossology8 reviews
Sylvia Branzei

Price Stern Sloan, 2002

Gross but can't put it down!

+ Very informative and fun!
+ Make science fun!
+ Grossology
+ My GIRLS like it too!
  
  











  



  
No More Dead Dogs89 reviews
Gordon Korman

Hyperion Book CH, 2002

No More Dead Dogs

+ Fun book
+ No More Dead Dogs
+ Very good read!
+ NO MORE DEAD DOGS
  
  











  



  
Frog and Toad Are Friends (I Can Read Book 2)47 reviews

HarperTrophy, 1979

Help a child learn to read

+ Frog and Toad
+ God! I love this book!
+ Frog and Toad are Friends
+ needy public school teacher
  
  











  



  
Big Book of Cars2 reviews
DK Publishing

DK CHILDREN, 1999

Have A Kid Who Likes Cars?

+ The big book of cars rocks!

Then this is an excellent choice. I'm a children's librarian and this book always goes out. Big glossy pictures, fold out pages and interesting facts on what the car does (for instance, the dodge viper has an engine 6 times the size of a small family car, has special handles on the door that you ...
  
  











  



  
The Recruit (Cherub)11 reviews
Robert Muchamore

Simon Pulse, 2005

An Awesome Series

+ The Recruit is a really awsome book!
+ the recruit
+ The Recuit
  
  











  



  
Fox and His Friends: Level 3 (Easy-to-Read, Puffin)1 review
Edward Marshall

Puffin, 1994

Classic James Marshall

If you have a child between 3 and 8, you should buy this book. The late, great James Marshall (Edward was a pseudonym) had the rare ability to tell a story using easy-to-read words, but still with genuinely surprising and humorous twists. This book's ending is a brilliant twist, which I will not ...
  
  











  



  
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1)257 reviews
Rick Riordan

Miramax, 2006

A Wow Story!

+ A New Take Into Mythology
+ A fun read - even for fantasy-loving adults!!
+ lightening thief
+ An unexpected pageturner
  
  











  



  
Stormbreaker (Alex Rider Adventure)266 reviews
Anthony Horowitz

Puffin, 2006

Alex Rider

+ The best of Alex rider
+ Alex Rider
+ a stork of a story l
.
+ what time is it
  
  











  



  
Wayside School Boxed Set: Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger, Wayside School is Falling Down, Sideway ...45 reviews
Louis Sachar

HarperTrophy, 1996

Great book for kids!

+ Best set for reluctant readers
+ Wayside School books
+ wayside school gets a little stranger
+ Sideways fun for low level teenagers
  
  











  



  
Nascar (DK Eyewitness Books)5 reviews
James Buckley

DK CHILDREN, 2005

Speed, Power and Drama

+ Good informative book
+ Excellent book for young NASCAR fans!
+ Excellent book
  
  











  



  
Who Eats What? Food Chains and Food Webs (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 2)7 reviews
Patricia Lauber

HarperTrophy, 1995

Who Eats What? Food Chains and Food Webs

+ Food chain
+ love it
+ My 2nd Graders Thought This Was Cool
  
  











  



  
Island Box Set (Books I, II, & III)34 reviews
Gordon Korman

Scholastic Paperbacks, 2002

Survival in a desert island

+ Island Books Enjoyed
+ Darien's Review
+ ISLAND
+ Gordon Korman Island Series
  
  











  



  
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory459 reviews
Roald Dahl

Puffin, 1998

just right

+ Simply scrumdiddlyumptious!
+ wonderful
+ Charming, funny, happy
  
  











  



  
Son of the Mob95 reviews
Gordon Korman

Hyperion Book CH, 2004

Son of the mob - A great book

+ Entertaining page-turner
+ Recommended
+ Gordon Korman does it again
  
  











  



  
My Soccer Book2 reviews

HarperCollins, 2000

Great for four year olds!

+ Good for 4 or 5 year olds.

My two love this book. It breaks the principles of the game into simplistic steps and basic explanations which are perfect for preschoolers. The bold pictures make the book enjoyable for the boys to "read" to themselves sometimes, too.
  
  











  






   



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