Series Books

I, just like the kids, love series books! I often read the first book in a series aloud in the library, expressly to get as many kids hooked as possible. I tell them if they liked the book, it is so easy to pick up the next book in a series! They have already made a big investment in understanding the characters and have started to become familiar with the author's writing style. I stress that I have favorite authors and love it when they publish a new book.

Of course, with The 39 Clues, I stress that they can become familiar with a number of different authors. I explain the logic to the series having different authors is to not have them in college when the final book comes out, like what happened with the Harry Potter series. I learned this from Rick Riordan. With each different author, I go over all the other books by that author that they will probably like, too.