Grade 4 Recommended Reading List

• Humor • Adventure and Mystery • Animal Stories • Fantasy • Family Stories •
Historical Fiction • Non-fiction and Biography • Recommended for Boys •

 

Humor

• Anderson, M. Whales on Stilts
• Banks, L. Harry the Poisonous Centipede
• Bond, M. A Bear Called Paddington (series)
• Brooks, W. Freddy and the Dragon (series)
• Butterworth, O. The Enormous Egg; Moose, the Thing, and Me
• Byars, B. The Not Just Anybody Family...(series); The Cybil War
• Carris, J. D. Aunt Morbelia and the Screaming Skulls
• Cleary, Beverly Ralph S. Mouse, Ramona Forever (series)
• Conford, E., The Frog Princess of Pelham
• Coville, B., The Skull of Truth; Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher
• Creech, S. Granny Torrelli Makes Soup; Replay
• Dahl, R, The Witches; The BFG; Matilda; Fantastic Mr. Fox
• Danziger, P. Amber Brown is not a Crayon (series)
• Erickson, J. R., Hank the Cowdog (series)
• Feiffer, J., The Man in the Ceiling; A Barrel of Laughs, A Vale of Tears
• Gantos, J., Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key; Joey Pigza Loses Control (series)
• Gauthier, G., My Life Among the Aliens; A year with Butch and Spike
• Grahame, K. The Reluctant Dragon
• Horvath, P., The Trolls; Everything on a Waffle
• Howe, J., Bunnicula (series)
• Ibbotson, E. Dial-a-Ghost (others)
• King-Smith, D. Babe: the Gallant Pig
• Levine, G., The Princess Tales (series)
• Lindgren, A. Pippi Longstocking (series)
• Lowry, L., Attaboy Sam; Anastasia Krupnik (others)
• MacDonald, B. Mrs. Piggle Wiggle
• Maguire, G. Three Rotten Eggs; Four Stupid Cupids (others)
• Mahy, M., The Great Piratical Rumbustification
• Merril, J., The Pushcart War
• Mowatt, F. , Owls in the Family
• Naylor, P.R., A Traitor Among the Boys; Beetles, Lightly Toasted (others)
• Peck, R.N., Soup, Soup on Wheels (series)
• Pilkey, Dav, Captain Underpants (series)
• Pinkwater, D., The Snarkout Boys...
• Prelutsky, J., Monday's Troll; A Pizza the Size of the Sun (poetry)
• Pullman, P., I Was a Rat
• Robertson, K., Henry Reed (series)
• Robinson, B., The Best School Year Ever (others)
• Rockwell, T., How to Eat Fried Worms
• Sachar, L., Sideways Stories from Wayside School (series)
• Scieszka, J., Time Warp Trio series; Summer Reading is Killing Me!; The Stinky Cheese Man
• Seidler, T. Mean Margaret
• Silverstein, Shel A Light in the Attic, Where the Sidewalk Ends
• Snicket, Lemony Series of Unfortunate Events
• Sommers-Bodenburg, The Vampire on the Farm (series)

Adventure and Mystery

• Alcock, V., Stranger at the Window
• Avi, Something Upstairs; The Barn; The Fighting Ground
• Baillie, A. Adrift
• Bawden, N, A Handful of Thieves; The White Horse Gang; Humbug
• Bellairs, J., The Figure in the Shadows (others)
• Byars, B., Death's Door (Herculeah Jones Series)
• Carris, J., Stolen Bones
• Christopher, M. The Hockey Machine (others)
• Colfer, E. Artemis Fowl
• Conrad, H. Whodunit Crime Puzzles
• Conrad, P., My Daniel
• Cushman, K. Rodzina
• Dixon, F.W. Hardy Boys (series)
• Dygard, T., River Danger
• Enright, E., Gone-Away Lake, Thimble Summer
• Estes, E., Ginger Pye
• Fleischman, S., The Case of the Crackling Ghost (series); Jim Ugly; The Whipping Boy
• George, J. C., My Side of the Mountain (and others)
• Hahn, M. D., The Gentleman Outlaw and Me - Eli: a Story of the Old West
• Hale, B. Chet Gecko (series)
• Ibbotson, Eva The Great Ghost Rescue
• Keene, C., Nancy Drew Series
• Konigsburg, E.L., From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler; Silent to the Bone
• Lindgren, A., Ronia, the Robber's Daughter
• Lowry, L., Number the Stars (and others)
• McManus, P. Never Cry Arp: and Other Great Adventures
• McSwigan, M., Snow Treasure (WWII)
• Naylor, P.R., The Treasure of Bessledorf Hill (series)
• Nesbit, E., The Railway Children (series)
• O'Dell, S., Black Star, Bright Dawn (and others)
• Orlev, U., The Island on Bird Street (Holocaust-survival)
• Park, Linda Sue Seesaw Girl; A Single Shard
• Paulsen, G., Hatchet; The River; Brian's Winter (wilderness survival) Mr. Tucket (series)
• Price, W., Safari Adventure(series)
• Pullman, P., His Dark Materials (series); The Firework-Maker's Daughter
• Raskin, E., The Westing Game (others)
• Roberts, W., The View From the Cherry Tree
• Sobol, D. Encyclopedia Brown (series)
• Sperry, A., Call It Courage (survival)
• Spinelli, J., Wringer (others)
• Uchida, Y., Journey to Topaz; Journey Home
• Wallace, B.B., Cousins in the Castle
• Williams, J. Danny Dunn and the Anti-Gravity Paint (series)
• Winterfeld, H., Detectives in Togas; Mystery of the Roman Ransom (others)
• Zindel, P., Raptor; Rats
  
  

Animal Stories

• Atwater, R. J. Mr. Popper's Penguins
• Avi Poppy; Ragweed; Ereth's Birthday; The Good Dog
• Bauer, M. Runt
• Bryan, A. Beautiful Blackbird
• Burnsford, S. The Incredible Journey
• Cleary, B Socks; Ralph S. Mouse
• Creech, S. Love That Dog
• DiCamillo, K. The Tale of Despereaux
• Farley, W. The Black Stallion (series)
• Hamilton, V When Birds Could Talk And Bats Could Sing
• Harlow, J. Star in the Storm
• Henry, M. Misty of Chincoteague (and others)
• Herriot, J. Cat Stories
• Hoban, R. The Mouse and His Child
• Hunter, E. Into the Wild (Warriors series)
• Jarrell, R. The Animal Family
• Jacques, B. The Redwall Series
• King-Smith, D. Babe, the Gallant Pig; Martin's Mice; A Mouse Called Wolf (others)
• Kipling, R. The Just So Stories
• Kjelgaard. J. Snow Dog (others)
• Lasky, K. Guardians of Ga'Hoole (series)
• Lowry, L. Stay! Keeper's Story
• Morris, W. My Dog Skip; My Cat Spit McGee
• Mowat, F. Owls in the Family
• Naylor, P.R. Shiloh, The Grand Escape; The Healing of Texas Jake
• Rylant, C. Every Living Thing
• Seidler, T. The Rat's Tale; The Revenge of Randal Reese-Rat (and others)
• Selden, G. The Cricket In Times Square (series)
• Spires, E. The Mouse of Amherst
• Steig, W. Abel's Island; Dominic
• Titus, E. Basil of Baker Street (series)
• Van Velde, V. Smart Dog
• White, E.B. Charlotte's Web; Stuart Little
  
  

Fantasy

• Alexander, L Gypsie Rizka; The Book of Three (series)
• Anderson, H. C. The Snow Queen (in 398.2)
• Anderson, M In the Keep of Time
• Babbitt, N. Tuck Everlasting; The Devil's Storybook
• Barron, T.A. The Lost Years of Merlin Series
• Baum, L. The Wizard of Oz (series)
• Billingsley, F. The Folk Keeper
• Brittain, B. The Wish Giver; Shape Changer
• Christopher, J. The White Mountains (Tripod Series)
• Cooper, S. The Dark is Rising (series)
• Corder, Z. Lion Boy (trilogy)
• Coville, B. Alien Visitors (Collected Science Fiction Stories)
• Cresswell, H. The Bagthorpe Saga; The Secret World of Polly Flint
• Dahl, R. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (others)
• Eager, E. Half-Magic (series)
• Fleming, I. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car
• Hughes, T. The Iron Giant
• Hunter, M. A Stranger Came Ashore (others)
• Ibbotson, E. Which Witch; The Secret of Platform 13; Island of the Aunts
• Jennings, P. Unreal; Undone; Unbearable
• Jones, D. W. Eight Days of Luke; Mixed Magics
• Juster, N. The Phantom Tollbooth
• L'Engle, M. Wrinkle in Time (series)
• Langton, J. The Fledging
• Levine, G. The Princess Tales; Ella Enchanted; The Wish
• Lewis, C.S. The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe (Narnia series)
• Lindbergh, A. Bailey's Window; The People of Pineapple Place
• Lively, P. The Ghost of Thomas Kempe
• McGinley, P. The Plain Princess
• Nimmo, J. The Snow Spider; The Chestnut Soldier
• Pierce, T. The Song of the Lioness Series
• Rodda, E. Rowan and the Travelers
• Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter (series)
• Rupp, R. The Dragon of Lonely Island
• Rylant, Cynthia The Heavenly Village
• Sleator, W. The Duplicate; The Night the Heads Came
• Wisniewski, D. Golem
• Yep, L. Dragon Steel; Dragon Cauldron; Dragon's Wings
• Yolen, J. Here There Be Unicorns; The Merlin Trilogy; Boots and the Seven Leaguers

Family Stories

• Bauer, M. A Question of Trust; Runt
• Bawden, N. Granny the Pag (others)
• Belton, S. Mysteries on Monroe Street (Earnestine and Amanda series)
• Birdsall, S. The Penderwicks
• Blos, J. Brooklyn Doesn't Rhyme
• Brooks, B. Everywhere
• Buchanan, J. The Berry-Picking Man
• Burnett, F. H. The Secret Garden
• Byars, B. The Blossoms (series); The House of Wings; Keeper of the Doves
• Cleary, B. Ramona's World (series)
• Cooper, S. The Boggart (others)
• Creech, S. Walk Two Moons; Ruby Holler
• Curtis, C.P. Bud, Not Buddy
• Danziger, P. Amber Brown Goes Fourth (any title in series)
• DiCamillo, K. Because of Winn-Dixie
• Edwards, J. Mandy
• Ellis, S. Next-door Neighbors
• English, K. Francie
• Enright, E. The Saturdays
• Estes, E. The Moffats
• Fitzhugh, L. Harriett the Spy; The Long Secret
• Freeman, S. T. The Cuckoo's Child
• Greene, C. Al(exandra) the Great (series)
• Greenfield, E. Sister
• Hahn, M.D. Anna All Year Round
• Horvath, P. The Trolls
• Konigsburg, E. L. The View From Saturday
• Lisle, J.T. The Lost Flower Children
• Little, J. Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird; others
• Lowry, L. Anastasia's Chosen Career; All About Sam; Anastasia Krupnik
• MacLachlan, P. Journey; Baby; Sarah Plain and Tall; Skylark
• Namioka, L. Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear ; Yang the Eldest and His Odd Jobs
• Naylor, P. Shiloh (series)
• O'Connor, B. Me and Rupert Goody
• Parks, B. The Graduation of Jake Moon; Mick Harte was Here
• Sacher, L. The Boy Who Lost His Face
• Schreve, S. Trout and Me
• Slote, A. The Trading Game; Finding Buck McHenry
• Snyder, Z. K. Janie's Private Eyes
• Sorensen, V. Miracles on Maple Hill
• Taylor, M. Song of the Trees
• Taylor, S. All-of-a-Kind Family (series)
• Waugh,S. The Mennyms
• Wilder. L.I. Little House in the Big Woods (series)
• Williams, V. Amber Was Smart, Essie Was Brave
• Woodson, J. The Story of Tracy Beaker

Historical Fiction

• Alphin, E. The Ghost Cadet
• Avi. Something Upstairs
• Beatty, P. Charley Skedaddle (and others)
• Blackwood, G. The Shakespeare Stealer; Shakespeare's Scribe
• Brink, C. Caddie Woodlawn
• Burgess, M. The Copper Treasure
• Carter, D. His Majesty, Queen Hatshepsut
• Coerr Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
• Conrad, P. My Daniel
• Cushman, K. The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
• Erdrich, L. The Birchbark House
• Fritz, J. Homesick
• Giff, P. Lily's Crossing; All the Way Home
• Hanson, J. Which Way Freedom?
• Holland, I. The Journey Home; The Promised Land
• Karr, Kathleen The Great Turkey Walk
• Lasky, K. Marie Antoinette
• Lester, J. Pharoah's Daughter
• Lowry, L. Number the Stars
• McKissack, P. Nzingha
• Myers, W.D. The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins
• Murphy, J. The Journal of James Edmond Pease
• Paterson, K. Preacher's Boy
• Reeder, C. Foster's War
• Uchida, Y. Journey Home
• White, E. The Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty; Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

Non-fiction and Biography

• Adkins, J. Bridges: From My Side to Yours
• Agee, J. Palindromia Aliki
• William Shakespeare and the Globe
• Ames, L Draw 50 Dinosaurs (and many others) (Art - Drawing)
• Ballard, R. Exploring the Titanic; Ghost Liners(Underwater Archaeology)
• Berger, M. Mummies of the Pharoah
• Blumberg, R. Shipwrecked! True Adventures of a Japanese Boy
• Borden The Journey that Saved Curious George
• Brewster, H. Anastasia's Album
• Bridges, R. Through My Eyes (Civil Rights Memoir)
• Burleigh, R. Black Whiteness: Admiral Bird Alone in the Antarctic
• Butts, E. Eugenie Clark: Adventures of a Shark Scientist
• Collins, M. Airborn: A Photobiography of Wilber and Orville Wright
• Cummings, P. Talking with Artists (Illustrators)
• Dixon, D. Dougal Dixon's Dinosaurs Updated
• Evslin, B. Jason and the Argonauts; Hercules; ( and others - Myths)
• Ferris, J. Arctic Explorer (Matthew Henson - Biography)
• Freedman, R. Buffalo Hunt (North American Indians); Confucius: The Golden Rule
• Fritz, J. The Great Little Madison; Why not Lafayette?; Leonardo's Horse (and others --biography)
• Gerstein, M. The Man who Walked Between the Towers
• Gish, L. An Actor's Life for Me! (Autobiography)
• Greenberg, J. Frank O. Gehry: Outside In
• Grimes, N. Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman
• Hamilton, V. The People Could Fly (Folktales); Her Stories
• Hodges, M. Saint George and the Dragon; The Kitchen Knight (Legends)
• Hughes, L. The Dream Keeper (Poetry)
• Jackson, D. The Bug Scientists
• Jones, C. Mistakes That Worked (Inventions); Accidents May Happen
• Jones, R. That's Magic
• Kramer, S. Eye of the Storm: Chasing Storms with Warren Faidley
• Krull, K. Lives of the Writers; Lives of the Musicians (Biography)
• Lasky, K. The Man who Made Time Travel
• Lauber, P. Painters of the Caves (759.01 Cave Dwellers)
• Lurie, A. Clever Gretchen (Folklore - Strong Women)
• Mann, E. Hoover Dam; The Panama Canal
• McCaughrean, G The Golden Hoard: Myths and Legends of the World
• Murdoch, D. Tutankhamun: The Life and Death of a Pharaoh (Egypt)
• Myers, W.D. Blues Journey
• Peet, B. Bill Peet: An Autobiography
• Prelutsky, J. For Laughing Out Loud; The Beauty of the Beast ( and others- Poetry)
• Rumford, J. Seeker of Knowledge
• Schwartz, A. Tales of Trickery; (Folklore)
• Schwartz, H. The Diamond Tree (Jewish Folklore)
• Service, R. The Shooting of Dan McGrew (Poetry)
• Silverstein, S. A Light in the Attic (and others - Poetry)
• Stanley, D. Leonardo Da Vinci; Joan of Arc (Biography)
• Waldherr, K. Persephone and the Pomegranate (Myth)
• Waldman, N. Masada (Jewish Roman Battle)
• Wells, R. Mary on Horseback (Biography)
• Wick, W. A Drop of Water: A Book of Science
• Winters, K. Voices of Ancient Egypt
• Yolen, J. Tam Lin (and others - Folklore)

Recommended Books for Boys

• Adler, D. Cam Jansen Mysteries (series)
• Alexander, L. The Book of Three
• Banks L.R. Harry the Poisonous Centipede, Indian in the Cupboard (series)
• Blume, J. Freckle Juice
• Brown, J. Flat Stanley
• Catling, P. The Chocolate Touch
• Curtis, C.P. Bud not Buddy
• Dahl, R. Fantastic Mr. Fox, Twits, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (others)
• Dixon, F.W. Hardy Boys series
• Erickson, J. Hank the Cowdog (series)
• Ferris, J. Arctic Explorer-Mathew Henson (biography)
• Gantos, J. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key (series)
• George, J. My Side of the Mountain
• Greenburg, D. Zack Files
• Gutman, D. Shoeless Joe and Me (series); Million Dollar Shot (series)
• Hale, B. The Chameleon Wore Chartreuse (Chet Gecko series)
• Horowitz, A. Stormbreaker, Eagle Strike, Point Blank
• Howe, J. Bunnicula (series)
• Jacques, B. Redwall (series)
• Korman, G. Island (series), Everest (series)
• Lewis, C.S. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Narnia series)
• Lupica, M. Heat
• Macdonald, F. You Wouldn't Want to be in a Medieval Dungeon (series with various authors)
• Naylor, P. R. The Bomb in the Bessledorf Bus Depot
• Orlev, U. The Island on Bird Street
• Paulsen, G. Hatchet, The River, Mr. Tucket (series)
• Peck, R. Soup, Soup on Wheels
• Pilkey, Dav Captain Underpants, (series) Dog Breath
• Pinkwater, D. Fat Camp Commandos (series); The Snarkout Boys (series); The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
• Rockwell, T. How to Eat Fried Worms
• Sachar, L. Holes, Sideways Stories from Wayside School (series)
• Schwartz, A. ed. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
• Scieszka, J. Summer Reading is Killing Me, Time Warp Trio (series)
• Snicket, L. Series of Unfortunate Events
• Sobol, D. Encyclopedia Brown; Two Minute Mysteries (series)
• Stine, R.L. Goosebumps (series)
• Zindel, P. Rats