If your kids are eager for “big kid” books but aren’t ready for the intensity (or find them just a bit too challenging), these first-chapter book series from Simon Kids are perfect read-aloud alternatives! 📚
If your kid wants to read ______, try ______ instead:
📖 Harry Potter ➡️ Henry Heckelbeck Gets a Dragon (Henry Heckelbeck series)
📖 Diary of a Wimpy Kid ➡️ First Day, Worst Day (The Very Worst Ever series)
📖 Charlotte’s Web ➡️ Home is Where the Heart Is (Good Dog series)
📖 Goosebumps ➡️ The Haunted House Next Door (Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol series)
📖 The Baby-Sitters Club/Nancy Drew ➡️ Amy and the Missing Puppy (The Critter Club series)
📖 Percy Jackson ➡️ Mia Mayhem Is a Superhero! (Mia Mayhem series)
These are the first books in an ongoing chapter book series with new releases coming this Fall.
With these series, there’s a book for every kid! Which of these would your little pick up first? 👇