My faves were Ramona, The Hardy Boys and Trixie Belden.
My kids like these as well as the Boxcar Children and the darn Rainbow Magic Fairies (of which there are HUNDREDS and my girls insisted on reading them all)
I did not allow Junie B Jones b/c I cant stand the main character. The way she talks/acts etc. No thanks
I was hoping for other people who loved Junie B Jones books. From first grade to third grade I was a Junie B Jones nut! In fact when I was in second grade and I got my first pair of glasses, my mom (who is a great artist) drew a picture of me with my new glasses and Junie with her glasses and underneath wrote the caption two of the cutest glasses -wearers in the world. I have drawing in a frame and it's still hanging in my wall.