Raise a reader: Top 10 book series to read before you're 12
Time for chapter books? These book series will hook young readers.
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Raising a reader isn't too challenging with these tried, tested and much-loved book series.
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Magic Tree House
Written by Mary Pope Osborne, Random House
Where to buy: Chapters.indigo.ca, from $6
Ivy Bean
Written by Annie Barrows and illustrated by Sophie Blackall, Chronicle Books
Where to buy: Chapters.indigo.ca, from $7
Captain Underpants
Written and illustrated by Dav Pilkey, Scholastic
Where to buy: Amazon.ca, from $7
Frog and Toad
Written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel, HarperCollins
Where to buy: Chapters.indigo.ca, from $5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney, Amulet Books
Where to buy: Amazon.ca, from $13
Harry Potter
Written by J.K. Rowling, Scholastic
Where to buy: Chapters.indigo.ca, from $10
Chronicles of Narnia
Written by C.S. Lewis and illustrated by Pauline Baynes, HarperCollins
Where to buy: Chapters.indigo.ca, from $9
The Borrowers
Written by Mary Norton and illustrated by Joe Krush, Scholastic
Where to buy: Amazon.ca, from $8
Bone
Written and illustrated by Jeff Smith, Scholastic
Where to buy: Chapters.indigo.ca, from $12
Little House
Written by Laura Ingalls Wilder and illustrated by Garth Williams, HarperCollins
Where to buy: Amazon.ca, from $9
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