Book Series for Boys

My Name is America has some boy characters. You will need to read a few to see if they mesh with your ideals, though. Some of them, as is true of Dear America, introduce mature themes rather early. The My America series by the same publisher is for younger readers, but the same precaution there.

The Sugar Creek Gang is a Christian series with boy characters.

Other books for boys that I like to recommend are:

The Henry Huggins series by Beverly Cleary

Homer Price by Robert McCloskey

Encyclopedia Brown series by Donald Sobol

Books by William O. Steele (When I worked at a public library, a Mennonite boy liked these, and his parents didn’t object).

If he likes horses, the Black Stallion series

If he likes dogs, books by Jim Kjelgaard (I think that’s the correct spelling; I know it begins with kj, though).

HTH,

Karen

My son is 11 1/2 and is enjoying the Narnia series in audio (I didn’t think he’d like them at all), we may read them in the future. He has read Home Price and loved it (it has a sequel, More Homer Price,  but he said it wasn’t quite as good), the Henry Huggins series mentioned, Black Beauty (have not started Black Stallion, but hope to). He started the Sugar Creek Gang, but didn’t like that as much (I’d like him to read at least one of those so I may read to him). He enjoyed Johnny Tremain and the Holling C. Holling books (I know that’s probably not what you’re looking for, but to have my son like them says alot, he’s new to the love of reading:)  He has read several of the My Name is America books, but that was when we were just  barely starting out with CM (full scale) and I wasn’t familiar with the term “twaddle”.  He is my boy that has had trouble in the reading department so I was just glad that he found something that he could feel good about reading and understand the content.

I’m at a loss for what else he likes or has read so I’ll leave it up to the experts…

I always learn something new from this forum and now I have another couple of book ideas for my boys. 

HTH, and thanks everyone.

It’s not a series, but Carry On Mr. Bowditch is a great book for both boys (and girls). My 11 yo (Asperger’s) will not read fiction on his own, but he will listen to me read aloud. He’s enjoyed this book alot.

For series, I have heard only good things about the G.A. Henty books and  R. M. Ballantyne series for boys, although we have not read them ourselves.

Nanci

Many children in my lending library (boys and girls) are crazy about these books.  My oldest son didn’t care for them but he’s never really been into fantasy (except Lord of the Rings.)  I know of nothing particularly objectionable in them.  I consider them “dessert” books…not really in the twaddle category but better in moderation.

We tried to get into the Redwall books, but our son just didn’t like them.  He does enjoy The Hobbit very much and we’ve started reading through Lord of the Rings.  He also like the Andrew Lost series by J.C. Greenburg, but I would caution that they are written from an evolution standpoint.  And of course, I used that as another opportunity to talk with our son about Creation vs. evolution.  We have also read quite a number of The Boxcar Children series, but after a while they get a bit predictable.  Some were actually amusing in an odd sort of way – one has them find a uranium deposit on a relatives property.  We were joking that he children would be glowing in the dark!  We also enjoyed Stuart Little and Charlotte’s Web.

My frustration is that I can’t seem to get him to sit down with a book and read.  He taught himself to read when he was 2 (he’s 11 now) and can read anything you put in front of him.  He still loves to have me read to him (and I love it too!), but I would love for him to get into a good book.  I’m going to have to look into the Stephen Meader books and see if he’ll read those.

Best, Linda