Books for Boys: Reluctant Readers Grades 3-5

The Magic Tree House whisks Jack and Annie back to Colonial America. They arrive just as General George Washington is planning the crossing of the Delaware. Before they know it, Jack and Annie are in a boat with the Father of Our Country as history is made!

Something weird is going on! First the school bus gets a flat tire, and then Mrs. Kormel is totally lost in the middle of nowhere! Mrs. Kormel is the weirdest bus driver in the history of the world, and she's driving everyone crazy!

This book from "The Time Warp Trio" series finds the three friends traveling with the great explorer, Marco Polo. Running from bandits in the desert, riding camels, and dealing with angry astrologers are only a few of the adventures that await the reader in this fun and interesting book.

Horrible Harry thinks he's the world's second-best detective (second to Sherlock Holmes, of course), but the rest of the kids in Room 3B aren't as sure. So he's determined to prove himself by solving the latest mystery at South School: a cafeteria contest has just begun, and Harry wants to figure out how to win it.

When Neal's dog Snorky slips into the magical closet, the kids have no choice but to follow him to Droon. It's a lucky thing they do, though, because a strange thing has just occurred in the land of the Oobja.

Joe Sweety is the worst kind of bully -- big, mean, and always ready to use his fists. Chipmunk is the shiest, clumsiest kid at Rotten School. When Chipmunk is paired with Joe on the class trip, things get ugly -- and fast! Chipmunk spills his apple juice on Joe, he barfs on Joe, and he pulls down Joe's pants.