Fourth-Grade Reading List 1

Clements, Andrew. Frindle, School Story, Week in the Woods

*Creech, Sharon. Ruby Holler, Walk Two Moons

Woodland Elementary *Curtis, Christopher Paul. Bud, Not Buddy, The Watsons Go to Great Books for Summer Reading List Birmingham, and Elijah of Buxton

Rising Fourth Grade *Cushman, Karen. Catherine Called Birdy, The Midwife’s

Apprentice. Appelt, Kathi. The Underneath, The True Blue Scouts of Sugar

Man Swamp *Dahl, Roald. All books Applegate, Katherine. The One and Only Ivan, Crenshaw

DiCamillo, Kate. Because of Winn-Dixie, The Tale of *Avi. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle Despereaux, and The Miraculous Journey of Edward Beasley, Cassie. Circus Mirandus Tulane Brink, Carol. Caddie Woodlawn

Draper, Sharon. Out of My Mind Burleigh, Robert. Night Flight: Amelia Earhart

Duffy, Chris. Nursery Rhyme Comics, Fairy Tale Comics *Byars, Betsy. All books

Eager, Edward. Half Magic series Fourth-Grade Reading List 2

Henkes, Kevin. Junonia Estes, Eleanor. The Hundred Dresses. The Moffats Series, Ginger Pye Holm, Jennifer. The Trouble with May Amelia, Turtle in Funke, Cornelia. Dragon Riders, Igraine the Brave, Inkheart, Paradise Inkspell *Hesse, Karen. Out of the Dust *Holt, Kimberly W. Dancing in the Cadillac Light, *Freeman, Russell. All biographies My Louisiana Sky

Gaiman, Neil. Coraline Hobbs, Will. Jason’s Gold (and other adventure books)

Gantos, Jack. Dead End in Norvelt *Horvath, Polly. Everything on a Waffle, Trolls

*George, Jean Craighead. Julie of the Wolves Ibbotson, Eva. Island of the Aunts

*Giff, Patricia Reilly. Lily’s Crossing, Nory Ryan’s Song Jamieson, Victoria. Roller Girl Grabenstein, Chris. The Island of Dr. Libris, Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library, Mr. Lemoncello’s Library *Konigsburg, E.L. The View from Saturday, The Mixed-up Olympics Files. . .

*Hamilton, Virginia. M. C. Higgins, the Great Lai, Thanhha, Lai. Inside Out and Back Again

Fourth-Grade Reading List 3

Levine, Gail Carson. Ella Enchanted. *Paulsen, Gary. Hatchet, Dog Song

*Lowry, Lois. Number the Stars *Peck, Richard. A Long Way from Chicago, A Year Down Yonder Martin, Ann M. A Dog’s Life, Rain Reign Pennypacker, Sara. Pax

Mass, Wendy. 11 Birthdays (Series) Riley, James. Story Thieves Rylant, Cynthia. Missing May O’Connell, Kristine. Emma, Dilemma: Big Sister Poems *Sachar, Louis. Holes, Small Steps Oliver, Lauren. The Spindlers, Liesl & Po Salisbury, Graham, Night of the Howling Dogs Palacio, P.J. Wonder., Auggie and Me Schlitz, Laura Amy. Splendors and Glooms Shurtlift, Liesl. Rump, Jack *Park, Linda Sue. A Single Shard Selznick, Brian. Wonderstruck, Hugo Cabret

Parr, Maria. Adventures with Waffles Snicket, Lemony. Who Could that be at this Hour?

*Paterson, Katherine. Bridge to Terabithia, The Same Stuff as Snyder, Zilpha. The Egypt Game Stars *Spinelli, Jerry. Loser, Wringer Fourth-Grade Reading List 4

Wardlaw, Lee. Won-Ton: A Cat Tale Stead, Rebecca.. When You Reach Me Weeks, Sarah, Pie Wiles. Deborah. All Books Sweet, Melissa. Balloons Over Broadway Winter, Jeanette. The Watcher (biography) Yelchin, Eugene. Breaking Stalin’s Nose Ursu, Anne. Breadcrumbs *Award-Winning Author **Kids’ Favorites Voight, Cynthia. Young Fredle

Chapter Book Series for Fourth Graders

HORSE AND DOG STORIES HUMOR Duey, Kathleen. Hoofbeats Horse Angleberger, Tom. Origami Yoda Series Series Benton, Jim. Franny K. Stein Series Farley, Walter. Black Stallion Series Blume, Judy. Fudge Series Haas, Jessie. Keeping Barney (and other horse stories) Cleary, Beverly. Ramona Series, Henry Henry, Marguerite. Misty of Huggins Series, and Ralph the Chincoteague (and other horse Mouse Series books) Dadey, Debbie. Adventures of the Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Shiloh Series Bailey School Kids DiCamillo, Kate. Mercy Watson Fourth-Grade Reading List 5

Erickson, John. Hank the Cow Dog Byars, Betsy. Herculeah Jones series Kinney, Jeff. Diary of a Wimpy Kid DeFelice, Cynthia. Ghost of Cutler Creek (and other ghost Look, Lenore. Ruby Lu Series, Alvin Ho Series stories) McDonald, Megan. Judy Moody, Stink Dixon, Franklin. Hardy Boys Pennypacker, Sara. Clementine Funke, Cornelia. Ghosthunters Series Peck, Robert. Soup Series Hale, Bruce. Chet Gecko Mysteries Peirce, Lincoln. Big Nate series Keene, Carolyn. Nancy Drew Pilkey, Dav. Ricky Ricotta and Captain O’Connor, Jane. Nancy Clancy Series Underpants Skukzynski, Gloria, National Park Mystery Salisbury, Graham. Calvin Coconut Series Stewart, Trenton. Mysterious Benedict Society SPORTS and ADVENTURE Series Christopher, Matt. All Sports Books Gutman, Dan. Baseball Card Adventure Series Stine, Megan. Jeffrey and the Ghost Paulsen, Gary. Hatchet Series Series 39 Clues Series (by various authors) MYSTERY/SUSPENSE VanDraanen, Wendelin. Sammy Keyes American Girl Mystery Series (various authors) Mysteries Banks, Lynne. Indian in the Cupboard Series Warner, Gertrude Chandler. Boxcar Barrett, Tracy. Sherlock Files series Children Mysteries Bellairs, John. Mysteries Wood, Maryrose. The Incorrigible Children of Fourth-Grade Reading List 6

Ashton Place Series Levine, Gail Carson. Princess Tales Series Mlynowski, Sarah. Whatever After Series NONFICTION/BIOGRAPHY Mull, Brandon. Fablehaven series Freeman, Russell. All History and Nimmo, Jenny. Charlie Bone Series and the Magician Trilogy Biography Books Riordan, Rick. Percy Jackson & the Olympians Fritz, Jean. All History Books Scieszka, Jon. Time Warp Trio Gibbons.Gail. All Nonfiction Books Vernon, Ursula. Dragonbreath Series and Hamster Princess Stanley, Diane. All Biographies Series

HISTORICAL FICTION FANTASY American Girl History Series (various Baker, E. D. Frog Princess authors) Brown, Jeffrey. Jedi Academy MacLachan, Patricia. Sarah, Plain and Tall Series Collins, Suzanne. Gregor the Overlander Tarshis, Lauren. I Survived Series Colville, Bruce. The Magic Shop Series Wilder, Laura, Ingalls. Little House Jacques, Brian. The Redwall Series Series Kessler, Liz. Emily Windsnap Series Klise, Kate. 43 Old Cemetery Road Series Lafevers, R. L. Nathaniel Fludd series L’Engle, Madeline. A Wrinkle in Time Lewis, C.S. Chronicles of Narnia Fourth-Grade Reading List 7

FICTION Barrows, Annie. Ivy and Bean Series, Magic in the Mix, The Magic Half Byng, Georgia. Molly Moon Series Clements, Andrew. Jake Drake Series: Keepers of the School series Danziger, Paula. Amber Brown Dowell, Frances. Phineas L. MacGuire Gantos, Jack. Joey Pigza Series Howe, James. Bunnicula Lowry, Lois. Anastasia Series Martin, Ann M. Main Street Series Mills, Claudia. Franklin School Friends Series Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Boys vs. Girls Series Pflugfelder, Bob. Nick and Tesla Series Snicket, Lemony. The Series of Unfortunate Events