Series Books: Recently, some series books have had both critical acclaim and mass market appeal.

Grades  K-1

Picture-story books

Not all of the books in these series were critical hits, but children and parents like them.

Clifford the Big Red Dog series by Norman Bridwell

Berenstain Bears by Stan and Jan Berenstain

Little Critter books by Mercer Mayer.

Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister

I Spy books by Jean Marzollo

Grades 2-4

Transitional fiction

These books have been well reviewed by critics and well received by children.

Magic Tree House books by Mary Pope Osborne

Junie B. Jones by Barbara Park

Cam Jansen by David A. Adler

Secrets of Droon series by Tony Abbott

A-Z Mysteries by Ron Roy

Time Warp Trio by Jon Scieszka

Beverly Cleary: Henry, Ribsy, Ramona

Clementine series by Sara Pennypacker; illus. by Marla Frazee

Upper Elem and YA

High critical acclaim for Harry Potter

Proven authors chosen to write Dear America series.

Harry Potter J. K. Rowling

American Girl and Dear America

Nonfiction

Brief introduction to science topics using a fictitious class, a field-tripping teacher, and a magic school bus. Fiction and nonfiction have never mixed so delightedly.

Magic School Bus series by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degan

YA

The teenage romance of forbidden love comes into a new century with an old vampire and a "typical" teenage girl.

Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer.