Ever notice how some authors are more boy-friendly than others? My boys, for instance, loved the offbeat humor in The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Other boy-friendly authors include:
Matt Christopher
Neil Gaiman
Shel Silverstein
Geronimo Stilton
Do you have any favorite authors to add to the list? Who do your boys enjoy reading?
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I read a bit of Shel Silverstein to my younger son almost every night. I am so happy to have boy poetry!
We love the audio book Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Almost True Stories About Growing Up Scieszka by Jon Scieszka. If you haven’t listened to it already, do so. It’s great for car rides. Funny enough, we haven’t read any of his other books. I think we’ll have to start.
John Erickson’s Hank the Cowdog books are a huge hit with my boys! As are The Boxcar Children – something about those self-sufficient kids just hooks them. 🙂
Hank the Cowdog is hilarious on audiobook! Listen to it with your kids while making dinner, you will laugh and laugh!
Oh yes — Hank The Cowdog! Boy #1 discovered that series a few years ago and read through them all. We even listened to one on the way Up North on year.
Thought you all might like to know that Neil Gaiman just won the Newbery Medal and the Cilip Carnegie Medal for his novel, The Graveyard Book. The book is about an orphaned boy who is raised by ghosts.
Definitely Jon Scieszka! And check out http://www.guysread.com/! Some great stuff there!
Oops. Missed the link in the beginning of your post! Great minds, I guess.
Mary Pope Osborne who writes Magic Tree House Series. My 6 yr old devours them. They’re great fictional stories that are based on actual historical occurrences and gets them started into chapter books.
Great suggestion, & I can’t believe I missed that one! We have a whole bunch of Magic Tree House books at our house — they’re easy to read, they’re fun AND that contain some cool facts. The non-fiction companion guides are great too.
Thanks for the ideas. My son is finishing the third book of the Indian in the Cupboard books from the 80’s. He also enjoyed E.F. Foley’s books and devoured the Rick Riordan books.
The Indian in the Cupboard books make great read-alouds too.Thanks for the suggestions!
Jo Nesbo’s Dr. Proctor’s Fart Powder series is fun. Sure, it’s got some potty humor, humor, but it’s not overwhelming. The books are well-written, clever, and engaging.
Thanks for the suggestions! Going to have to check that one out.
From a boy at heart, I recommend four series to all young guys I meet. Ranger’s Apprentice by John Flannigan, Pendragon by D.J MacHale, the Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini and Adventurers Wanted by M.L. Forman. The boys I know can’t get enough of these.
Thanks for the recommendations! I haven’t heard of any of these series, so I look forward to checking them out.