Suggested reading for 3rd and 4th graders

Juvenile Fiction

bullet Ackerman, Karen. The Night Crowwing
bullet Ahlberg, Allan. Ten in a Bed
bullet Armstrong, Jennifer. Blackeyed Susan
bullet Avi. S.O.R. Losers
bullet Banks, Lynne Reid. The Fairy Rebel
bullet Blume, Judy. Superfudge*
bullet Brennan, Herbie. The Mystery Machine
bullet Brooks, Bruce. Everywhere
bullet Byars, Betsy. McMummy
bullet Christopher, Matt. Double Play at Short
bullet Cleary, Beverly. Muggie Maggie
bullet Clifford, Eth. Never Hit a Ghost with a Baseball Bat
bullet Dahl, Roald. Matilda
bullet Danziger, Paula. Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon*
bullet DeGroat, Diane. Annie Pitts, Artichoke
bullet Fitz,Jean. The Cabin Faced West
bullet Giff, Patricia Reilly. Matthew Jackson Meets the Wall
bullet Gilson, Jamie. 4B Goes Wild
bullet Greenwald, Sheila. Rosy Cole Discovers America!*
bullet Haas, Jessie. A Blue for Beware*
bullet Herman, Charlotte. Millie Cooper and Friends*
bullet Hesse, Karen. Sable
bullet Howe, Deborah. Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery*
bullet Hurwitz, Johanna. A Llama in the Family
bullet Kenah, Katharine. Eggs Over Easy
bullet KingÄSmith, Dick. The School Mouse
bullet Lowry, Lois. Attaboy, Sam!*
bullet MacBride, Roger. Little House on Rocky Ridge*
bullet MacLachlan, Patricia. Sarah, Plain and Tall
bullet Mahy, Margaret. Tingleberries, Tuckertubs and Telephones: A Tale of Love and Ice Cream
bullet Marshall, James. Rats on the Roof: and Other Stories
bullet Mead, Alice. Junebug
bullet Moss, Marissa. Amelia's Notebook
bullet Namioka, Lensey. Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear*
bullet Naylor, Phyllis R. Shiloh
bullet Park, Barbara. Mick Harte Was Here
bullet Polacco, Patricia. Pink and Say
bullet Robinson, Barbara. The Best School Year Ever*
bullet Rylant, Cynthia. Gooseberry Park
bullet Scieszka, Jon. 2095 (Time Warp Trio)*
bullet Sobol, Donald. Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Disgusting Sneakers*
bullet Spinelli, Jerry. Fourth Grade Rats
bullet Taylor, Mildred. The Well: David's Story*
bullet Warner, Gertrude C. The Boxcar Children*

*and other titles in the series

Non-Fiction

bullet j011.03  Free Stuff for Kids
bullet j155.282  Bell. How to Analyze Handwriting to Reveal the Innermost Secrets of Personality
bullet j292  Aliki. The Gods and Goddesses of Olympus
bullet j363.123  Ballard. Exploring the Titanic
bullet j398.2  Aardema. Misoso: Once Upon a Time Tales from Africa
bullet j398.2  Hausman. How Chipmunk Got Tiny Feet: Native American Animal Origin Stories
bullet j398.2  Lattimore. Arabian Nights: Three Tales
bullet j398.2  Sanderson. Papa Gatto: An Italian Fairy Tale
bullet j398.2  Schwartz. Scary Stories 3
bullet j398.2  Talbott. King Arthur and the Round Table
bullet j398.8  Cole. Anna Banana: 101 Jump-Rope Rhymes
bullet j419  Ancona. Handtalk Zoo
bullet j507.8  VanCleave. 200 Gooey, Slippery, Slimy, Weird and Fun Experiments
bullet j597.31  Simon. Sharks
bullet j597.96  Lavies. A Gathering of Garter Snakes
bullet j599.744  Brandenburg. To the Top of the World: Adventures with Arctic Wolves
bullet j641.512  Wilkes. Children's Step-by-Step Cookbook
bullet j652.553  Kuntz. Computer Crafts for Kids
bullet j736.982  Nakano. Easy Origami
bullet j745.572  Gryski. Lanyard: Having Fun with Plastic Lace
bullet j780.92  Krull. Lives of the Musicians: Good Times, Bad Times (and What the Neighbors Thought)
bullet j793.73  Adler. Calculator Riddles
bullet j793.73  Agee. Go Hang a Salami! I'm a Lasagna Hog! and Other Palindromes
bullet j793.8  Day. Magic
bullet j795.4  Cole. Crazy Eights and Other Card Games
bullet j796.2  Lankford. Hopscotch Around the World
bullet j796.357  Ripken. Count Me In
bullet j796.44  Jackman. The Young Gymnast
bullet j811  Fleischman. Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices
bullet j811.54  Cole. Yours Till Banana Splits: 201 Autograph Rhymes
bullet j811.54  Silverstein. Falling Up
bullet jBIO  Pinkney. Dear Benjamin Banneker
bullet jBIO  Engel. Ezra Jack Keats: A Biography

 

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