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Good Series for Younger Boys
Booklists for Kids


K. A. Applegate.
The ANIMORPHS series.

Janet and Isaac Asimov.
The NORBY THE ROBOT series.

Judy Blume.
The SUPERFUDGE series:
TALES OF A FOURTH GRADE NOTHING and sequels.

Walter R. Brooks.
The FREDDY THE PIG series.

Beverly Cleary.
The HENRY HUGGINS series:
The RALPH S. MOUSE series.

Andrew Clements.
FRINDLE and ongoing sequels.

Patricia Coombs.
The DORRIE THE LITTLE WITCH series.

Edward Eager.
HALF MAGIC and sequels.

Johanna Hurwitz.
The RUSSELL series:
The ALI BABA BERNSTEIN series.

Suzy Kline.
The HERBIE JONES series:
The HORRIBLE HARRY series.

Robert Lawson.
CAPTAIN KIDD’S CAT and others.

Elizabeth Levy.
The SOMETHING QUEER series.

Lois Lowry.
ALL ABOUT SAM and sequels.

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.
THE BOYS START THE WAR
and sequels:
The BESSLEDORF series.

Mary Pope Osborne.
The MAGIC TREE HOUSE series.

Robert Newton Peck.
The SOUP series.

Louis Sachar.
The WAYSIDE SCHOOL series.

Jon Scieszka.
The TIME WARP TRIO series.

George Selden.
THE CRICKET IN TIMES SQUARE
and sequels.

Donald J. Sobol.
The ENCYCLOPEDIA BROWN series.

Gina Willner-Pardo.
The SPIDER STORCH series.


Compiled by Anne Kelly, West Roxbury Branch, Boston Public Library, 1999.