Concord Public Schools
Summer Reading List

Grade 4
June 2008

Brought to you by your
Public School Librarians

 

FICTION

 

Banks, Kate

 

Lenny’s Space

Birdsall, Jeanne

The Penderwicks on Gardam Street

Broach, Elise

Shakespeare’s Secret

Clements, Andrew

No Talking

Collins, Suzanne

Gregor the Overlander series (more titles)

Curtis, Christopher Paul

Mr. Chickee’s Messy Mission

DiCamillo, Kate

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

Dowell, Frances

Phineas L. Macquire…Gets Slimed!

Gutman, Dan

Jim and Me: a Baseball Card Adventure

Hale, Shannon

Princess Academy

Haven, Paul

Two Hot Dogs with Everything

Hobbs, Valerie

Sheep

Horvath, Polly

The Trolls

Harlow, Joan Hiatt

Thunder From the Sea

Klise, Kate

Letters From Camp

Lin, Grace

The Year of the Rat

Maguire, Gregory

Leaping Beauty and Other Animal Fairy Tales

Marsden, Carolyn

Bird Springs
When Heaven Fell

Martin, Ann

A Dog’s Life

A Dog's Life (pb)

O’Connor, Barbara

How to Steal a Dog

Orr, Wendy

Nim’s Island (pb)

Osborne, Mary P.

The Odyssey Series (more titles)

Park, Linda Sue

Project Mulberry

Ritter, John H.

The Boy Who Saved Baseball

The Boy Who Saved Baseball (pb)

Rodda, Emily

Rowan of Rin series (more titles)

Scieszka, Jon

Marco? Polo!

Snicket, Lemony

A Series of Unfortunate Events (more titles)

Tavares, Matt

Mudball

Vande Velde, Vivian

Wizard at Work: A Novel in Stories

Winkler, Henry

Hank Zipzer series (more titles)

VanDraanen, Wendelin

Shredderman series (more titles)

Varon, Sara

Robot Dreams

 

NONFICTION

 

Arnold, Nick

 

The Stunning Science of Everything: Science with the Squishy Bits Left In

Basman, Michael

Chess For Kids

Coleman, Janet W.

Secrets, Lies, Gizmos and Spies:
A History of Spies and Espionage

Curlee, Lynn

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

Lagasse, Emeril

There’s a Chef In My World

Gerstein, Mordecai

The Man Who Walked Between the Towers

Helfel, Ralph

The World’s Greatest Elephant

King, Daniel

Games: Learn to Play, Play to Win

Lewin, Ted

Tooth and Claw: Animal Adventures

Littlefield, Cindy

Awesome Ocean Science

Loy, Jessica

Follow the Trail

Martin, Laura C.

Nature’s Art Box

McDonald, Megan

Saving the Liberty Bell

McCarthy Meghan

Aliens Are Coming!

Piven, Hanoch

What Athletes Are Made of

Rhatigan, Joe

In Print! 40 Cool Publishing Projects for Kids

Schwartz, David

Where in the Wild?

Siy, Alexandra

Sneeze!

Swinburne, S.

The Woods Scientist

Truss, Lynne

Eats, Shoots and Leaves

Warshaw, Hallie

The Sleepover Cookbook

 

FOLKTALES

 

Casanova, Mary

 

The Hunter: A Chinese Folktale

Chen, Jiang Hong

The Magic Horse of Han Gan

Demi

The Hungry Coat

Hamilton, Virginia

The People Could Fly

Harris, John

Strong Stuff: Herakles and His Labors

Keido, Ippo

The Butterfly’s Dream

Kimmel, Eric A.

Blackbeard’s Last Fight

Kimmel, Eric A.

Rip Van Winkle’s Return

Tchana, Katrin

Sense Pass King

Yep, Laurence

The Khan’s Daughter

Yolen, Jane

Mightier Than the Sword

Zeman, Lumilla

Sinbad

 

POETRY

 

Alarcon, Francisco

 

From the Bellybutton of the Moon and Other Summer Poems

Grimes, Nikki

Pocketful of Poems

Janeczo, Paul (ed.)

Hey, You! Poems to Skyscrapers, Mosquitoes and Other Fun Things

Hopkins, Lee Bennett

My America: A Poetry Atlas
of the United States

Janeczko, Paul

A Kick in the Head

Kennedy, Caroline

A Family of Poems

Kennedy, X.J.

Exploding Gravy

Kurtz, Jane

River Friendly, River Wild

Lear, Edward

Nonsense

Lewis, J. Patrick

A Burst of Firsts: Doers, Shakers
and Record Breakers

Myers, Walter Dean

Harlem

Prelutsky, Jack

If Not for the Cat

Rammel, S. Kelly

City Beats: a Hip-Hoppy Pigeon Poem

Rex, Adam

Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich

Sidman, Joyce

Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow

Siebert, Diane

Tour America: A Journey Through Poems and Art

 

BIOGRAPHY

 

Bridges, Ruby

 

Through My Eyes

Demi

Su Dongpo: Chinese Genius

Giovanni, Nikki

Rosa

Golenbock, Peter

Hank Aaron: Brave in Every Way

Lasky, Kathryn

John Muir: America’s First Environmentalist

Matthews, Tom

Light Shining Through the Mist:
A Photobiography of Dian Fossey

McCarthy, Meghan

The Story of Charles Atlas, Strong Man

McCurdy, Michael

Trapped by the Ice: Shackleton’s Amazing Antarctic Journey

Miller, Norma

Stompin’ at the Savoy:
The Story of Norma Miller

Myers, Walter Dean

I’ve Seen the Promised Land  (Martin Luther King)

Paulsen, Gary

My Life In Dog Years

Winter, Jonah

Roberto Clemente: Pride of the
Pittsburgh Pirates

Zhang, Song Nan

The Great Voyages of Zheng He

 

CLASSICS for the WELL-READ CHILD

 

Avi

 

Poppy

Burnford, Sheila

Incredible Journey

Creech, Sharon

Love That Dog

Curtis, Christopher Paul

The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963

DiCamillo, Kate

Tale of Despereaux

Eager, Edward

Half Magic

Farley, Walter

The Black Stallion

Fitzhugh, Louise

Harriet the Spy

George, Jean C.

My Side of the Mountain

Grahame, Kenneth

The Wind in the Willows

Hearne, Betsy

Seven Brave Women

Juster, Norton

The Phantom Tollbooth

Kipling, Rudyard

Captains Courageous

Konigsburg, E.L.

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

Langton, Jane

The Diamond in the Window

Lewis, C.S.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe / Narnia series (more titles)

Lord, Bette Bao

In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds

Shiloh

O’Brien, Robert

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats
of NIMH

Selden, George

A Cricket in Times Square

Spinelli, Jerry

Maniac Magee

Stevenson, Robert Louis

Kidnapped

Taylor, Mildred

The Gold Cadillac