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Kids Books

Since all of us are avid readers, I've found some authors that might be of interest to kids. These are good quality books that are easy reads for juvinelle readers. Many of these were books I read growing up, but some are more recent.

Series

Agle, Nan Hayden - "Three Boys" series of books. Many have had their copyright expire, and may not be readily available.

Arthur, Robert - "Three Investigators" series.

Cameron, Eleanor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Cameron) - Author of the "Mushroom Planet" series.

Colfer, Eoin (http://www.eoincolfer.com/) - Artemis Fowl Series

Dixon, Franklin W - Hardy Boys Series (See also Stratemeyer Syndicate)

Hicks, Clifford - "Alvin Fernald" Books

Hope, Laura Lee - The Bobbsey Twins (See also Stratemeyer Syndicate)

Knee, Carolyn - Nancy Drew Series (See also Stratemeyer Syndicate)

L'Engle, Madeleine (http://www.madeleinelengle.com/) - "Wrinkle in Time" series.

Rowling, JK (http://www.jkrowling.com/) - Harry Potter series

Stratemeyer, Edward - See Stratemeyer Syndicate

Williams, Jay (http://www.iblist.com/author5091.htm) - Author of the "Danny Dunn" books

Warner, Gertrude Chandler (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Chandler_Warner) - The Boxcar Children (http://www.boxcarchildren.com/) aka The Box-Car Children

Organizations

Stratemeyer Syndicate (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratemeyer_Syndicate) - Authors of Nancy Drew (Carolyn Knee), Hardy Boys (Franklin W Dixon), Tom Swift (Victor Appleton), Bobbsey Twins and others

Books

DelRey, Lester - Runaway Robot

Key, Alexander (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Key) - 'Witch Mountain' and 'Forgotten Door' books</p>

Martel, Suzanne - The City Under Ground (http://www.amazon.com/dp/0671297309/)


Check back as I may add additional books and authors in the future. In addition, on my Technical Site I've posted a list of books that every "geek" should read. See http://www.tbruce.com/reading_list.rst even though many of these books are for more adult readers.