Books for 8 y/o girls

[elegy]

A little bit girly-girl. Very bright. Loves horses.

Any suggestions?

 

[Snark]

Maybe the Marguerite Henry books? King of the Wind, Misty, Five O'clock Charlie, Album of Horses...

I think I started reading the Black Stallion books around that age, too.

 

[ruffiangirl]

Are the saddle club books still available?

Eta: yes! These were some of my favourite books at that age.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/community-content-search/results?ie=UTF8&flatten=1&query=Saddle%20club%20&search-alias=rp-listmania

Also a home for Jessie of one can find it.

 

[Saeleofu]

Misty books, Black Stallion books, and depending on her reading level either Pony Pals, Saddle Club, or Thoroughbred books. I loved them all and read them all at that age, but the Thoroughbred books can be kind of hefty if she isn't REALLY into reading.

 

[Romy]

Definitely the Marguerite Henry books. Brighty's Canyon is a really good one too, same author and about a burro.

The Little House on the Prairie series is really good and at the right age bracket for her. I really enjoyed Farmer Boy, which Ingalls-Wilder wrote about her husband's childhood.

Definitely The Black Stallion. There's a whole series of them too.

I've heard really good things about Blind Beauty as well.

 

[frostfell]

i second everything listed so far. black beauty and its lesser-known sequel, beautys family, also animorphs and if shes very smart theres no reason she cant read adult books as well, fiction or fantasy or whatnot. i read Dune for the first time when i was her age

 

[milos_mommy]

The Wild At Heart series by Laurie Halse Anderson
American Girl books
The Babysitter's Club Series
Nancy Drew books
Sable by Karen Hesse
Harry Potter series
At that age I started reading a lot of classics in young-adult versions...like Jules Verne, Jack London, Dickens, Mark Twain, etc. I had a set my mom bought at KB Toys, but I believe there are other versions.

 

[elegy]

thanks guys! i had forgotten about marguerite henry!

 

[GoingNowhere]

I used to love the heartland series, but I may have been closer to 10 or 12 at that point - I don't remember... it's about a girl that runs (or works at?) a farm that heals hurt horses.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartland_(novel_series)

 

[Brattina88]

I was gonna say heartland, too. I read them around 8, but I was a good reader early on and I was quite the bookworm. I loved All of the black stallion books, too

 

[stafinois]

The ones most popular with that age group at our library are the Main Street series, the Animal Ark series, and the Dork Diaries series.

 

[CharlieDog]

Is Harry Potter too much for an 8 year old?

 

[Saeleofu]

Is Harry Potter too much for an 8 year old?

My brother started reading it when he was 8ish.

 

[CharlieDog]

My brother started reading it when he was 8ish.

I mean, I did too, but I was always an advanced reader.

 

[JessLough]

The ones most popular with that age group at our library are the Main Street series, the Animal Ark series, and the Dork Diaries series.

Animal Ark! Yes!


At least, I think that's what I'm thinking about.