My seven year old daughter needs some new books for us to read together at bedtime. For a long time we had the Junie B. Jones series on repeat and she loved them, then more recently she’s been really into the shel Silverstein poems, we have all three books and we tried some of his other stuff but she didn’t take to it. She’s very girly and loves animals, princesses, mermaids, etc.
Does anyone have any good suggestions? I’d like to find a series or chapter book that will take a while to read through.
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Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
I liked dork diaries and when I was a kid!! Rainbow magic series is also good! (It’s abt fairies!)
I started reading *The Wingfeather Saga* to my youngest when they were 8 & 9 years old. They’re enjoying it. We’re finally on the last book now.
If she likes to figure things out, Encyclopedia Brown stories.
The enid blyton short stories are great for this. and she might eventually grow into the mystery and girls boarding school stories too.
There’s a series called Upside Down Magic that’s great. Also the Clementine books. And a trilogy that starts with Where the Mountain Meets the Moon that is fantastic.
A bit older, but the [Jewel Kingdom](https://www.goodreads.com/series/69110-jewel-kingdom) series seems perfect for a princess-loving kid.
[Ella Enchanted](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/218038285-ella-enchanted?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=tTzGe6Fru4&rank=1) is a modernized Cinderella story and all around fantastic. Not a series, but the author has some similar books in the same universe that might work. I’ve never met a single person who didn’t inhale this one.
[Anne of Green Gables](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8127.Anne_of_Green_Gables?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=MQZTG6uiJe&rank=1) feels age-appropriate and Anne is very imaginative and girly herself. There are follow-up books following Anne into adulthood.
[Nancy Drew Diaries](https://www.goodreads.com/series/88700-nancy-drew-diaries) is a middle grade Nancy Drew series if she likes mysteries.
If she likes Miyazaki movies at all, Diana Wynne Jone’s [Howl’s Moving Castle](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6294.Howl_s_Moving_Castle?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=3hGmbw7iHy&rank=1) and Eiko Kadono’s [Kiki’s Delivery Service](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52747978-kiki-s-delivery-service) are fantastic. Howl has 1 sequel and Kiki is a series, though I’m not sure if they were all translated into English or if it’s just the first one…
I heard Angelina Ballerina has longer books now, maybe those? Babysitters club: little sisters is cute too
The Moomin books by Tove Janssen.
These are series: Dragon Girls, Dragon Masters, The Kingdom of Wrenly, Owl Diaries, Diary of an Ice Princess, Legends of the Lotus Flower, Ranger in Time, Mermaid Days….
You might like the *Polly and Buster* series by Sally Rippin.
I highly recommend the Bee Book Series, check it out at [www.cutebooks4kids.net](http://www.cutebooks4kids.net)
I love books about friendships and sibling dynamics for kids that age:
Ivy& Bean
Ramona Quimby (Bev Cleary)
Frog & Toad
Ivy + Bean has a lot of the same vibes as Junie B Jones.