Goodreads posed the question:

What book made you fall in love with reading?

For me it was was in different stages.

In elementary it was Amelia Bedelia. >Visit Here<

In middle school it was Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. It was the first time I realized that movies changed endings. I was both proud and devastated. >Visit Here<

#thestrugglewasreal in junior high. Sports were introduced and I figured out I could run {like Forest}.

In high school it was the short story Desiree's Baby by Kate Chopin. It is still one of my all time favorite short stories. >Read Here<

In college I only read what I had too. Those were very dark times...

Listopia on GoodReads has a great list of

The Must-Have Series for Children Ages 6 to 12.

I polled all the little middle-grade readers running through my house this summer and these are the top 5 they recommend. Check out Listopia's list >HERE< for a huge variety of middle-grade series. The list is for the must-have series in a library that children ages 6 - 12 can read for themselves.