Summer Reading List 2021 Grades 3-4 Summer is a wonderful time to enjoy books and cultivate your reading habit. With the help of your parents, you can find lots of great books at your local library in person or by using OverDrive app, overdrive.com or the Libby app. You may also have a parent help you create an account at archive.org. Happy reading! Third and Fourth Grade REQUIRED Reading Listed below are required reading books for the summer. Please note that both books listed for your grade should be read. Enjoy them and be prepared to discuss the books in reading class during the first week of school: Third Grade REQUIRED Reading (both books) ● The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh AND ● Shoeshine Girl by Clyde Robert Bulla Fourth Grade REQUIRED Reading (both books) ● Frindle by Andrew Clements AND ● Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume Everyone LOVES to read … you just have to find what YOU love to read … Below are suggested books for more summer reading, but of course you can read books that are not on this list! For more ideas, check out your local library. Make a list of the books you read this summer on the sheet below. 3rd Graders have RECOMMENDED: ❖ World Historical Fiction ❖ The Guinness Book of World Records ❖ Sports Illustrated for Kids (magazine) ❖ I Survived by Lauren Tarshis (historical fiction series) ❖ Who Was … (biography series) ❖ Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner (animal fiction) ❖ Bunnicula series by Deborah and James Howe (mystery) ❖ Finding Gobi by Dion Leonard (true animal story) 1 of 4 rev.4/19/2021 4th Graders have RECOMMENDED: ∗ Calvin and Hobbes (comics) ∗ National Geographic (science/social studies nonfiction magazine) ∗ Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell (fiction) ∗ Friday Barnes by R. A. Spratt (series-mystery) ∗ Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein (series-fiction) ∗ Sink or Swim by Steve Watkins (historical fiction) ∗ The Universe in Your Hand: A Journey Through Time, Space, and Beyond by Christophe Galfard (nonfiction) ∗ Mister Max by Cynthia Voigt (series-mystery) ∗ Artemis Fowl by Eion Colfer (series-fantasy) ∗ Ferret in the Bedroom, Lizards in the Fridge by Bill Wallace (and his other books) 3rd and 4th Graders have RECOMMENDED: ➢ Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling (series-fantasy) ➢ Poetry (especially books with poems by Jack Prelutsky, Shel Silverstein) ➢ Dork Diaries; Max Crumbly; Big Nate; Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series-realistic fiction) ➢ Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan (series-fantasy) ➢ Sports (try the author Matt Christopher or the book Stealing Home by Mary Stolz) ➢ Mysteries (boys try the Hardy Boys series, girls try the Nancy Drew series) ➢ More Mysteries! (try 39 clues, Magic Treehouse, Encyclopedia Brown) ➢ Roald Dahl ➢ Candace Fleming ➢ Judy Blume ➢ Andrew Clements ➢ Louis Sachar ➢ W. Bruce Cameron More RECOMMENDATIONS! Explore some super series Pick a series and read 2-3 books, then move on to the next series: ● Something Queer series by Eve Titus ● Cam Jansen series by David Adler ● Basil of Baker Street series by Eve Titus ● Boxcar Children series by Gertrude Chandler Warner ● A Series of Unfortunate Events by Daniel Handler and Brett Helquist ● All of a Kind of Family series by Sidney Taylor 2 of 4 rev.4/19/2021 For an extra challenge dive into classic novels this summer ● Lassie Come Home by Rudyard Kipling ● Bambi: A Life in the Woods by Felix Salten ● Black Beauty by Anna Sewell ● Heidi by Johanna Spyri ● Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson ● Swiss Family Robinson by Johann D. Wyss ● Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll ● Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi ● The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle ● The Wind in the Willows by Denneth Graham ● Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne ● The Secret Garden by Frances H. Burnett Please print the summer reading sheet that follows and record your summer books. You can share your sheet with Ms. West and Ms. T at the beginning of the new school year. 3 of 4 rev.4/19/2021 Summer Reading List the books you want to show to Ms. West and Ms. Tagliarina Third and fourth graders – you will, of course, read more books than you can fit on this page. (You are not required to list all of the books you read this summer.) This page is just for fun. If you choose to read many books in one series, you do not need to list each title separately if you do not wish to. For example, your list might include “Hardy Boys books” or a list of Cam Jansen titles. It might say “books by Judy Blume,” a list of a few biographies, or a list of books about chess. It will be fun to compare which series, authors, or topics we each got “hooked” on over the summer. Enjoy a reading-filled summer. 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