Big Nate series

Big Nate: the boy with the biggest head in the world
Peirce, Lincoln. Big Nate: the boy with the biggest head in the world, London : HarperCollins Children's Books, 2010.

Meet Nate Wright, a sixth grader who loves drawing comics and believes he is destined for great things. He also has an uncanny knack for getting detention. With his best friends Teddy and Francis by his side this is his hilarious account of trying to navigate school and tolerate his perfect sister who is the teacher’s pet and his mother’s favourite - Ugh!!

The 13-storey treehouse series

13-storey treehouse
Griffiths, Andy. The 13-storey treehouse, Pan Macmillan, 2011.

Did you ever want to live in your very own treehouse? Well, meet Andy and Terry, two boys that live in the most amazing treehouse ever, that will blow you away!! There is a bowling alley, a library full of comics, even a secret underground laboratory. It’s light on text but the detailed pictures will give you, the reader a lot more to explore and image.


If you think there is nothing to compare to this treehouse wait until you read the others in the series.

Eric Vale Epic Fail

Eric Vale Epic Fail
Bauer, Michael Gerard, 1955-. Eric Vale Epic Fail, Parkside, S. Aust. : Omnibus Books, 2012.

Are you always getting in trouble in class because your mind is on other things? Then you will relate to Eric Vale who is always distracted by an awesome action adventure story he is writing.

Having an active imagination ended up earning him the nickname Epic Fail. Read on to find out if he will be able to change his Nickname by having an epic win in this hilarious story with illustrations to match.

Rowan of Rin series

Rowan of Rin
Rodda, Emily, 1948-. Rowan of Rin, Norwood, S. Aust. : Omnibus Books, 2005.

This is a great fantasy adventure series of Rowan, a boy from the village of Rin. Rowan has always been frail and unwell and not very confident and as such he doesn't live up to his father's reputation but he does have a big heart. His people value physical strength and don't have respect for Rowan. But can Rowan change all that and become the hero they need to save the village???
Find out all the exciting adventures that he encounters while trying.

Max Remy super spy series

Max Remy super spy : in search of the time & space machine 
Abela, Deborah. Max Remy super spy, Milsons Point, Nsw.: Random House, 2002

Meet Max, her mother works long hours and her father is remarried and lives in hollywood. Max is fed up and angry that her parents don't have time to spend with her and she is being sent off to stay with her odd aunt and uncle on their boring farm. To escape her glooming existence she invents Superspy Alex Crane from the Elite Intelligence Agency Spyforce.

Soon after she arrives she befriends a boy named Linden. They soon discover that her aunt and uncle are really inventors of a time machine. They get to try out the time machine but someone else is trying to get their hands on it. Can they outwit the evil Mr Blue and be heroes?

This fast paced adventure will have you hooked. This is the first of 10 books in this series.

Stuff Happens series

Jack
Wilson, Tony. Jack, Melbourne Victoria : Puffin Books, 2014

Stuff happens sometimes. These are everyday events gone wrong. Unfortunate events that are written to make you think and laugh. These books are a written catastrophe waiting to happen. Like a broken arm or getting into trouble with a new teacher.
Each of these books tells a different story about an every day event gone wrong and how each of these boys handle the situations they find themselves in.

Lennie
Roy, James. Lennie, Melbourne : Puffin Books, 2015

This series of books are written by different authors but have the same theme to each book, and that is, that sometimes stuff just happens and you just need to learn how to deal with it.

A series of unfortunate events

The bad beginning
Snicket, Lemony. The bad beginning, New York : HarperTrophy, 1999.

Three orphans are left alone after the death of their parents in a terrible fire. With a massive fortune in their grasp, they will have to survive with a crazed man named Olaf, who has an eye on their money. The unfortunate events that take place are terrible. A murderous guardian, incredibly deadly vipers and blood thirsty leeches. How will Sunny, Klaus and Violet survive all of this? Read on to find out and you will discover that this is just the very bad beginning of amazing adventures for all of them.

Famous Five series

Five on a treasure island
Blyton, Enid, 1897-1968. Five on a treasure island, London, U.K. : Hodder Children's, 2001.

Meet Dick, Julian & Anne who are sent away to stay with their cousin Georgina who they don't know. Georgina lives by the beach and her family own an island with its own castle. Georgina is a tomboy and refuses to answer to any name except George. After some uncertainty, they soon become great friends. They go exploring on the island and a massive storm brings up an old shipwreck onto the beach. They rush back early the next day to see if they can find the rumoured hidden treasure and this is the start of some exciting adventures for them all.

This is an awesome book and the best thing about it is that there are over 20 books in the series so as soon as you have finished reading one you can't wait to start on the next one.

The Chronicles of Narnia

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Lewis, C.S. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, London, U.K. : HarperCollins, 2001.

This story is an amazing fantasy adventure story that will fascinate any reader like it has for so many others since it was first published in 1950. During World War II four children are sent away to stay with their eccentric uncle at his home in the country. One rainy day while playing hide and seek indoors, Lucy, the youngest hides at the back of a wardrobe and ends up in another world where it is always winter. While she is exploring she befriends a talking fawn and becomes emotionally caught up in wanting to help him in his fight against the evil white witch. She eventually convinces her brothers and sister that this magical world exist and they end up on the most exciting quest to help overthrow the white witch and end the eternal winter in Narnia.

Diary of a wimpy kid series

Diary of a wimpy kid
Kinney, Jeff. Diary of a wimpy kid, Camberwell, Vic. : Puffin, 2007.

This is a funny story of Greg Heffley, a sixth grade boy trying to navigate his way through middle school and growing up. It really doesn't help when his painful older brother Rodrick, torments him by pulling aweful pranks on him. And his little brother Manny, who annoys him more than a… well you know. Not to mention his parents.... All of his family will make you laugh out loud with their clumsy mistakes that any person would call “bad luck.”

This has plenty of easy to read text with great comic style images to add to the story.