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Does anyone know how to find out what "level" a book is? I mean, I know my son's AR level, but that doesn't help me when buying books for him. He is needing and wanting more challenging books.I did buy him 3 Junie B. Jones books at the book fair at his school. He seems to really like those books (they are all when she's a 1st grader). I'm not familiar enough with the books to know if they have them for each grade or not.Anyway, I'd like to find some other books for him. He's bored with what he calls his "baby" books. Any suggestions?
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Let's see:Nate the Great series, by Majorie SharmatThe Boxcar Children series, by Gertrude WarnerHank The Cowdog series, by John EricksonAmelia Bedelia series by Peggy ParishCam Jansen series by David A. AdlerMagic Treehouse series, by Mary Pope OsborneTime Warp Trio series, by Jon Sczieszka Encyclopedia Brown series, by Donald Sobol (chapters are each their own 'mystery', so could read over days/weeks and still be ok; vocabulary is a little more difficult)The Mouse on The Motorcycle, Ralph S. Mouse, Runaway Ralph, by Beverly Cleary (3 different books about the same mouse)Henry Huggins, Henry and Ribsy, et al, by Beverly Cleary - or any other Beverly Cleary book for that matter!These are a variety of reading levels, so look at them and see what he is interested in. I've found that kids will read 'easy' books below or right at their level if they find them interesting. If they are interested enough they'll even read a book that is difficult for them. If the book is boring, no matter what the reading level, they won't read it.I'll try to think of some more. My son likes non-fic stuff. Like Popular Science magazines. Or science books about interesting stuff. He's kind of eclectic and we haven't found anything the he likes above all others. :)