I got a note from Jill Patchin from Eau Claire today, saying if she’d known I would accept books in series for last month’s reading goals, she would have had lots to recommend. Jill runs My First Book Club, for kids just starting to read chapter books, and has had great luck with almost all of these titles (except Mrs. Noodlekugel by Daniel Pinkwater), especially these series: Lulu (by Hilary McKay), Moongobble (by Bruce Coville) and Milo and Jazz Mysteries (by Lewis B. Montgomery).
Jill calls these books Bridge Books.
· A to Z Mysteries: Absent author by Rob Roy
· Down Girl and Sit: Home on the range by Lucy Nolan
· Flat Stanley’s Worldwide Adventures: The Mt. Rushmore Calamity by Sara Pennypacker
· Franny K Stein Mad Scientist: Lunch Walks Among Us by Jim Benton
· Doyle and Fossey Science Detectives: The Case of the Gasping Garbage by Michele Torrey
· Lulu and the Duck in the Park by Hilary McKay
· Marvin Redpost: Kidnapped at Birth? by Louis Sachar
· Mercy Watson to the Rescue by Kate DiCamillo
· Milo and Jazz Mysteries: The Case of the Stinky Socks by Lewis B. Montgomery
· Moongobble and Me: The Dragon of Doom by Bruce Coville
· My Weird School Daze: Mrs Dole Is Out of Control by Dan Gutman
· Mrs Noodlekugel by Daniel Pinkwater
· Roscoe Riley Rules: Never Glue your Friends to Chairs by Katherine Applegate
· The Littles by John Peterson
· Trouble with Chickens: A J.J. Tully Mystery by Doreen Cronin