- Cam Jansen & the Catnapping Mystery
- David A. Adler,
Puffin, $4
Young readers will love to play detective with Cam Jansen, the girl with the amazing photographic memory. And once your child is hooked, there are many more Cam Jansen mysteries for her to tackle.
- Encyclopedia Brown Gets His Man
- Donald J. Sobol,
Yearling, $6
Readers of all ages will have a blast trying to solve the mysteries in these four books, along with boy detective Encyclopedia Brown. The solutions for each case are explained at the back of the books.
- Magic Tree House
- Mary Pope Osborne,
Random House, $16
Jack and his little sister, Annie, discover a mysterious tree house filled with books that take them back in time to amazing adventures. In this set of four books, they visit ancient Egyptians, dinosaurs, royalty of the Middle Ages, and pirates.
- Junie B. Jones
- Barbara Park,
Random House, $20
This series offers a glimpse into the mind of an "almost-6-year-old," the hilarious, cheeky, supersmart, Junie B. Jones. Kids will find her endless misadventures hilarious.
- My Father's Dragon
- Ruth Stiles Gannet,
Yearling, $7
In this quirky adventure story, Elmer Elevator (the narrator's father as a boy) runs away with an alley cat to rescue an overworked and underloved baby dragon held captive on Wild Island.
- The Boxcar Children
- Gertrude Chandler Warner,
Albert Whitman & Company, $5
You many remember this series from your own childhood. Anyone fascinated by the idea of living on her own will love this story of four orphaned children who run away from a grandfather they have never met to create a home in their own abandoned boxcar.
