If your children’s library has older stock be sure to look for these out of print classics:
Miss Pickerell (A series, this lady can do anything)
“City Under the Back Steps” and “Captain Apple’s Ghost” by Evelyn Sibley Lampman
“Alfred Hitchcock’s Ghostly Gallery” and “Spellbinders in Suspense” (Great short story anthologies, very fondly remembered)
Hmmm...Hey! “Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet” is still in print! So are “The Wolves of Willoughby Chase” and “The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles”! And “The Castle in the Attic” by Elizabeth Winthrop!
And don’t forget: Ten years is not too young for Sherlock Holmes :)
I remember Miss Pickerell from first grade. The sister that taught my class used to read it to us, but only if we were good.
I als remember a teacher in 4th reading “Joseph and the Coat of Many Colors” I thought this was great and have looked aroud for it, but it seems to be out of print.