Grade 4: Fiction
Summer Reading Suggestions
for Students Entering Grades 4
for Students Entering Grades 4
| Author | Title | Type |
| A | ||
| Avi | S.O.R. Losers | Sports/Humor |
| Who Stole the Wizard of Oz | Mystery | |
| B | ||
| Bang, Molly | Dawn | Japanese Fairy Tale |
| Barber, Antonia | The Ghosts | Time Fiction |
| Barrett, Judi | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs</td> | Humor |
| Blume, Judy | Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing | Family |
| Byars, Betsy | Tornado | Dog Story |
| The 18th Emergency | Adventure | |
| My Dog,My Hero | Animal | |
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| C | ||
| Catling, Patrick | The Chocolate Touch | Self-Control |
| Carrick, Catherine | Stay Away from Simon | Friendship |
| Caudill, Rebecca | A Certain Small Shepherd | Holiday |
| Christopher, Matt | Ice Magic | Sports Mystery |
| Cleary, Beverly | The Mouse and the Motorcycle | Animal Adventure |
| Ramona the Pest | Family | |
| Ramona's World | Family | |
| Ramona and her Father | Family | |
| Clement, Andrew | A Week in the Woods | Adventure |
| Report Card | School | |
| Clifford | Help! I'm a Prisoner in The Library | Mystery |
| Coatsworth, Elizabeth | The Cat Who Went to Heaven | Fantasy |
| Conford, Ellen | Me and the Terrible Two | Moving |
| Creech, Sharon | Granny Tortelli Makes Soup | Family |
| D | ||
| Dahl, Roald | The Twits | Humor |
| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Humor | |
| Dalgliesh, Alice | The Courage of Sarah Noble | Courage |
| Danziger, Paula | Amber Brown Goes Fourth | Friendship |
| De Jong, Meindert | Hurry Home Candy | Animal |
| DiCamillo, Kate | The Tale of Despereaux | Fantasy |
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| F | ||
| Fleischman, Sid | McBroom Tells the Truth | Tall Tale |
| G | ||
| Gackenbach, Dick | Harry and the Terrible Whatzit | Feelings |
| Giff, Patricia Reilly | The Candy Corn Contest | Adventure |
| H | ||
| Hall, Donald | Ox-Cart Man | Historical Fiction |
| The Man Who Lived Alone | Historical Fiction | |
| Hautzig, Esther | The Endless Steppe | Cross-Cultural |
| Heide, Florence Parry | Tales for the Perfect Child | Humor |
| Henkes, Kevin | Sun & Spoon | Humor |
| Henry, Marguerite | King of the Wind | Horse |
| Hildick, E.W. | The Case of the Condemned Cat | Detective |
| Howe, James | Bunnicula | Animal Humor |
| Bunnicula Strikes Again | Animal Humor | |
| Hughes, Ted | The Iron Giant | Science Fiction |
| Hurwitz, Joanna | Class Clown | Humor |
| Spring Break | Humor | |
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| K | ||
| Kellogg, Steven | Paul Bunyan | Tall Tale |
| Kimmel, Eric | Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock | Folk Tale |
| Kimmel, Eric &Hyman | Hershel and the Hanukkah goblins | Jewish Holiday |
| King-Smith, Dick | Babe the Gallant Pig | Animal |
| L | ||
| Leach, Maria | The Thing at the Foot of the Bed | Scarey Stories |
| Levoy, Myron | The Witch of Fourth Street | Urban Life |
| Levy, Elizabeth | Dracula is a Pain in the Neck | Mystery/Humor |
| Lindgren, Astrid | Pippi Longstocking | Adventure/Fantasy |
| Lowry, Lois | Gooney Bird Greene | School |
| Zoo Man Sam | Adventure | |
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| M | ||
| Macaulay, David | Black and White | Animal |
| Why the Chicken Crossed the Road | Animal | |
| MacLachlan, Patricia | Caleb's Story | Family |
| More Perfect Than the Moon | Family | |
| Skylark | Family | |
| McCloskey, Robert | Homer Price | Humor |
| Martin, Bill | Ghost Eye Tree | Humor |
| P | ||
| Parish, Peggy | Clues in the Woods | Mystery |
| Park, Barbara | Skinnybones | Humor |
| Pinkwater,Daniel | Fat Men from Space | Humor |
| Polacco, Patricia | Aunt Chip and the Triple Creek Dam Affair | TV |
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| R | ||
| Robertson, Keith | Henry Reed Inc. | Adventure |
| Rockwell, Thomas | How to Eat Fried Worms | Humor |
| S | ||
| Sachar, Louis | Sideways Stories from the Wayside School | Humor |
| Sargent, Sarah | Weird Henry Berg | Adventure |
| Scieszka, Jon | The Frog Prince Cont'd | Humor |
| The Stinky Cheese Man And Other Fairly Stupid Tales | Humor | |
| Seldon, George | Cricket in Times Square | Friendship |
| Seuss, Dr. | Hooray for Diffendoofer Day | School |
| Shreve, Susan | The Flunking of Joshua T. Bates | Failure |
| Silverstein, Shel | The Giving Tree | Love |
| Slote, Alfred | The Trading Game | Family Values |
| Smith, Robert Kimmel | Chocolate Fever | Humor |
| Sobol, Donald | Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective | Mystery |
| The Case of the Slippery Salamander | Mystery | |
| Spinelli, Jerry | Fourth Grade Rats | Values |
| Steig, William | Amos and Boris | Animal |
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| T | ||
| Turkle, Brinton | Do Not Open | Mystery |
| Thy Friend Obediah | Friendship | |
| V | ||
| Van Allsburg, Chris | The Stranger | Seasons |
| Vogel,Ilse-Margaret | My Twin Sister Erika | Death |
| Voight, Cynthia | Building Blocks | Time Fiction |
| W | ||
| Warner, Gertrude Chandler | The Boxcar Children Series | Adventure |
| White, E.B. | Charlotte's Web | Friendship |
| Stuart Little | Animal | |
| Wilder, Laura Ingalls | The Little House on the Prairie | Family |
| The Little House in the Big Woods | Family | |
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| Y | ||
| Yolen, Jane | The Mary Celeste | Adventure |