Children’s Series

For those of you who read my blog titled “Encouraging a Love of Reading” (You can find it by going to the side bar, click on “Reading” and scrolling down), you know that one of the suggestions I made was to get your child hooked on reading a series.  This worked both for me, when I was a child, and for my son. With this in mind, I’ve compiled a list of some of our favorite children’s series for my readers. The links will bring you to either the whole series, the first few books in the whole series, or to the first book in the series, depending on what I could find.  I will be adding to this page, so if you see a series that you like that is not here, feel free to send a comment about it or contact me via the contact link at the top of the page.

This list has many older series on it. I like the older series because the children in them treat each other with respect (or if not, there are consequences).  Also, I am not including historical series on this list because they are already listed on the page titled “Historical Chapter Books.” (Link at the top of the page)

• The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks

• Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty MacDonald

• Ann of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

• Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers

• Dealing with Dragons (The Enchanted Forest Cronicles) by Patricia C. Wrede

• Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren

• The Borrowers by Mary Norton

• The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting

• Uncle Wiggliy’s Adventures by Howard Roger Garis

• Favorite Thornton Burgess Animal Stories by Thornton W. Burgess

• The Magic Faraway Tree Collection by Enid Blyton

• The Wishing Chair Collection by Enid Blyton

• The Secret Seven Collection by Enid Blyton

• Mystery of the Burnt Cottage by Enid Blyton

• One Day in the Tropical Rainforest by Jean Craighead George

• I Want a Pony (Pony Pals Series) by Jeanne Betancourt

• The Secret of the Mansion (Trixie Belden series)

• Half Magic by Edward Eager (Magic series)

• The Cronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

• The Littles by John Peterson

• Raggedy Ann Stories by John Gruelle

• The Wizzard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

• The Secret of the Old Clock (Nancy Drew series) by Carolyn Keene

• The Bobbsey Twins by Laura Lee Harper

• The Happy Hollisters by Jerry West

• The Tower Treasure (Hardy Boys series) by Frank W. Dixon

• The Magic Treehouse by Mary Pope Osborne

• The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner

• Kittens in the Kitchen (Animal Ark series) by Ben Baglio

Disclosure: I have now become an Amazon Affiliate so if you purchase these books after clicking on their links, I will earn a small percentage of the profits.  I became an affiliate after some of my readers suggested it.