Great Books for Boys (and Girls)

Hi, lovely readers! I'm always on the lookout for great new books, especially series, that will appeal to my boys. I feel like I'm pretty set on girl books because I can recommend what I used to read or the latest series on Scholastic. With my students, however, I'm overloaded with boys who hate reading with the exception for maybe Diary of a Wimpy  Kid. I'm not as familiar with graphic novels, although I'm slowly learning my way around.  I've discovered two series recently that are a step away from graphic novels but make a great transition to "regular" books while still showing a decent amount of pictures.


The Strange Case of the Origami Yoda is a fun series about a social outcast who walks around giving advice through his Origami Yoda that he carries around on his finger. This "Origami Yoda" eventually makes him more popular. Lots of humor (and not as "boy gross" as Captain Underpants)! These are written slightly higher, but they're perfect for my fifth grade readers and some of my fourth graders.


Time Warp Trio was a series that I had had a small amount of interaction with before but didn't really know about until this year. Some of these books are graphic novels, although not the whole series. Jon Scieszka is the author, though, and he's kind of the guru on boy books (check out guysread.com, his website). In this series, a group of boys travel back in time to different important historical periods to help save history. And if you've ever read any of Scieszka's books before, you KNOW they're funny!

What books do you like for your boys?







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  1. Time Warp Trio is great for boys (and girls). I also like Magic Tree House, Horrible Harry, Magic School Bus, Black Lagoon, and Marvin Redpost. A couple of years ago, Courtney from Swimming into Second hosted a linky about the best books for boys. You should check it out:
    http://www.swimmingintosecond.com/2012/12/best-books-for-boys-linky-party-giveaway.html
    Storie

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    1. It's so important to make sure we have a good selection for boys. I think I have a few of each of those series (except Marvin Redpost). And now I'm heading over to that link-up to see what others I can learn about!

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  2. My son has started reading The Genius Files and NERDS series. It is funny because he is always listening to the other reading groups in the room and coming home to tell me which books to get him from the library based on what they are reading! He love the Origami Yoda books, especially since it all talks about places he has been. Boys are tough to find books for, but there are some good ones out there! Thanks for the post!

    Andrea
    Reading Toward the Stars

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    1. I haven't heard of The Genius Files OR NERDS. Gotta put those on my list!

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