Fourth-Grade Reading List 1

Woodland Elementary

Great Books for Summer Reading List

Rising Fourth Grade

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

Man Swamp

Applegate, Katherine. The One and Only Ivan, Crenshaw

*Avi. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

Beasley, Cassie. Circus Mirandus

Brink, Carol. Caddie Woodlawn

Burleigh, Robert. Night Flight: Amelia Earhart

*Byars, Betsy. All books

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

*Creech, Sharon. Ruby Holler, Walk Two Moons

*Curtis, Christopher Paul. Bud, Not Buddy, The Watsons Go to

Birmingham, and Elijah of Buxton

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

Apprentice.

*Dahl, Roald. All books

DiCamillo, Kate. Because of Winn-Dixie, The Tale of

Despereaux, and The Miraculous Journey of Edward

Tulane

Draper, Sharon. Out of My Mind

Duffy, Chris. Nursery Rhyme Comics, Fairy Tale Comics

Eager, Edward. Half Magic series

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Estes, Eleanor. The Hundred Dresses. The Moffats Series,

Ginger Pye

Funke, Cornelia. Dragon Riders, Igraine the Brave, Inkheart,

Inkspell

*Freeman, Russell. All biographies

Gaiman, Neil. Coraline

Gantos, Jack. Dead End in Norvelt

*George, Jean Craighead. Julie of the Wolves

*Giff, Patricia Reilly. Lily’s Crossing, Nory Ryan’s Song

Grabenstein, Chris. The Island of Dr. Libris, Escape from Mr.

Lemoncello’s Library, Mr. Lemoncello’s Library

Olympics

*Hamilton, Virginia. M. C. Higgins, the Great

Henkes, Kevin. Junonia

Holm, Jennifer. The Trouble with May Amelia, Turtle in

Paradise

*Hesse, Karen. Out of the Dust

*Holt, Kimberly W. Dancing in the Cadillac Light,

My Louisiana Sky

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

*Horvath, Polly. Everything on a Waffle, Trolls

Ibbotson, Eva. Island of the Aunts

Jamieson, Victoria. Roller Girl

*Konigsburg, E.L. The View from Saturday, The Mixed-up

Files. . .

Lai, Thanhha, Lai. Inside Out and Back Again

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Levine, Gail Carson. Ella Enchanted.

*Lowry, Lois. Number the Stars

Martin, Ann M. A Dog’s Life, Rain Reign

Mass, Wendy. 11 Birthdays (Series)

O’Connell, Kristine. Emma, Dilemma: Big Sister Poems

Oliver, Lauren. The Spindlers, Liesl & Po

Palacio, P.J. Wonder., Auggie and Me

*Park, Linda Sue. A Single Shard

Parr, Maria. Adventures with Waffles

*Paterson, Katherine. Bridge to Terabithia, The Same Stuff as

Stars

*Paulsen, Gary. Hatchet, Dog Song

*Peck, Richard. A Long Way from Chicago, A Year Down

Yonder

Pennypacker, Sara. Pax

Riley, James. Story Thieves

Rylant, Cynthia. Missing May

*Sachar, Louis. Holes, Small Steps

Salisbury, Graham, Night of the Howling Dogs

Schlitz, Laura Amy. Splendors and Glooms

Shurtlift, Liesl. Rump, Jack

Selznick, Brian. Wonderstruck, Hugo Cabret

Snicket, Lemony. Who Could that be at this Hour?

Snyder, Zilpha. The Egypt Game

*Spinelli, Jerry. Loser, Wringer

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Stead, Rebecca.. When You Reach Me

Sweet, Melissa. Balloons Over Broadway

Ursu, Anne. Breadcrumbs

Voight, Cynthia. Young Fredle

Wardlaw, Lee. Won-Ton: A Cat Tale

Weeks, Sarah, Pie

Wiles. Deborah. All Books

Winter, Jeanette. The Watcher (biography)

Yelchin, Eugene. Breaking Stalin’s Nose

*Award-Winning Author **Kids’ Favorites

Chapter Book Series for Fourth Graders

HORSE AND DOG STORIES

Duey, Kathleen. Hoofbeats Horse

Series

Farley, Walter. Black Stallion Series

Haas, Jessie. Keeping Barney (and other horse stories)

Henry, Marguerite. Misty of

Chincoteague (and other horse

books)

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Shiloh Series

HUMOR

Angleberger, Tom. Origami Yoda Series

Benton, Jim. Franny K. Stein Series

Blume, Judy. Fudge Series

Cleary, Beverly. Ramona Series, Henry

Huggins Series, and Ralph the

Mouse Series

Dadey, Debbie. Adventures of the

Bailey School Kids

DiCamillo, Kate. Mercy Watson

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Erickson, John. Hank the Cow Dog

Kinney, Jeff. Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Look, Lenore. Ruby Lu Series, Alvin Ho Series

McDonald, Megan. Judy Moody, Stink

Pennypacker, Sara. Clementine

Peck, Robert. Soup Series

Peirce, Lincoln. Big Nate series

Pilkey, Dav. Ricky Ricotta and Captain

Underpants

Salisbury, Graham. Calvin Coconut

SPORTS and ADVENTURE

Christopher, Matt. All Sports Books

Gutman, Dan. Baseball Card Adventure Series

Paulsen, Gary. Hatchet Series

MYSTERY/SUSPENSE

American Girl Mystery Series (various authors)

Banks, Lynne. Indian in the Cupboard Series

Barrett, Tracy. Sherlock Files series

Bellairs, John. Mysteries

Byars, Betsy. Herculeah Jones series

DeFelice, Cynthia. Ghost of Cutler Creek (and other ghost

stories)

Dixon, Franklin. Hardy Boys

Funke, Cornelia. Ghosthunters Series

Hale, Bruce. Chet Gecko Mysteries

Keene, Carolyn. Nancy Drew

O’Connor, Jane. Nancy Clancy Series

Skukzynski, Gloria, National Park Mystery

Series

Stewart, Trenton. Mysterious Benedict Society

Series

Stine, Megan. Jeffrey and the Ghost

Series

39 Clues Series (by various authors)

VanDraanen, Wendelin. Sammy Keyes

Mysteries

Warner, Gertrude Chandler. Boxcar

Children Mysteries

Wood, Maryrose. The Incorrigible Children of

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Ashton Place Series

NONFICTION/BIOGRAPHY

Freeman, Russell. All History and

Biography Books

Fritz, Jean. All History Books

Gibbons.Gail. All Nonfiction Books

Stanley, Diane. All Biographies

FANTASY

Baker, E. D. Frog Princess

Brown, Jeffrey. Jedi Academy

Collins, Suzanne. Gregor the Overlander

Colville, Bruce. The Magic Shop Series

Jacques, Brian. The Redwall 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

Levine, Gail Carson. Princess Tales Series

Mlynowski, Sarah. Whatever After Series

Mull, Brandon. Fablehaven series

Nimmo, Jenny. Charlie Bone Series and the Magician Trilogy

Riordan, Rick. Percy Jackson & the Olympians

Scieszka, Jon. Time Warp Trio

Vernon, Ursula. Dragonbreath Series and Hamster Princess

Series

HISTORICAL FICTION

American Girl History Series (various

authors)

MacLachan, Patricia. Sarah, Plain and Tall Series

Tarshis, Lauren. I Survived Series

Wilder, Laura, Ingalls. Little House

Series

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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