- Jigsaw Jones
- Pixie Tricks
- Sideways Stories from Wayside School
- Bailey School Kids
- Santa Claus: Super Spy
- Runaway Ralph
- Flat Stanley
- Chapters in History
- Discovery Readers
- A to Z Mysteries
- Andy Shane
- Matt Christopher Sports Classics
- If You Lived... series
I really can't tell you how many inappropriate books I came across. I did all sorts of searches. I come across one search that recommended the book Strike Three Your Dead for 6-8 year olds (as side note, the description says ages 8 and up). Not my idea of appropriate material for that young of an audience. I actually found the best list of books completely by fate on Paperbackswap. I was looking for a particular Jigsaw Jones book for Monster. When I found it, the site asks if you would like to order more books from the same person. She had such great books. I wish I could have gotten them all for Monster.
As I was researching books, I came across many blogs that tear into at least one of the series I think are good. Like anything, it's all about personal preference. One blog I came across didn't want her child reading Jigsaw Jones because it used the word "Yeesh". She wanted "instill a love and respect for Shakespearean literature" in her children. If this is how you feel, then most of these books wouldn't be for your kids.
There are definitely books I wish my son wouldn't read, but I can't stop him at school. I can control what he reads at home. So far, he's not been "deprived" something because I can always find something else that interests him. His favorites by far are still Magic Tree House and Magic School Bus, but at least now, we have more options.