School Reading List 2009

Grade 4

FICTION

Barshaw, Ruth

Ellie McDoodle: New Kid in School

Birdsall, Jeanne

The Penderwicks on Gardam Street

Broach, Elise

Masterpiece

Clements, Andrew

Lost and Found

Collins, Suzanne

Gregor the Overlander series

DiCamillo, Kate

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

Dowell, Frances

Phineas L. MacGuire…Blasts Off

Frazier, Sundee

Brendan Buckley’s Universe and Everything in It

Gutman, Dan

Aber and Me: a Baseball Card Adventure

Hale, Shannon

Princess Academy

Haven, Paul

Two Hot Dogs with Everything

Harlow, Joan Hiatt

Thunder From the Sea

Kessler, Liz

Emily Windsnap series

Klise, Kate

Letters From Camp

LaFevers, Robin

Theodosia and the Staff of Osiris

Langrish, Katherine

Troll Fell

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

McGhee, Alison

Julia Gillian and the Art of Knowing

O’Connor, Barbara

How to Steal a Dog

Osborne, Mary P.

The Odyssey Series

Park, Linda Sue

Project Mulberry

Riordan, Rick

The Maze of Bones (39 Clues series)

Ritter, John H.

The Boy Who Saved Baseball

Rodda, Emily

Rowan of Rin series

Scieszka, Jon

Marco? Polo!

Snicket, Lemony

A Series of Unfortunate Events

Tavares, Matt

Mudball

Vande Velde, Vivian

Wizard at Work: A Novel in Stories

Winkler, Henry

Hank Zipzer series

VanDraanen, Wendelin

Shredderman series

Varon, Sara

Robot Dreams


FOLKTALES

Casanova, Mary

The Hunter: A Chinese Folktale

Chen, Debby

Monkey King Wreaks Havoc in Heaven

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 Battle

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, Ludmila

Sinbad series


CLASSICS

Avi

Poppy

Burnford, Sheila

Incredible Journey

Creech, Sharon

Love That Dog

Curtis, Christopher Paul

The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963

D’Aulaire, Ingri and Edgar

D’Aulaire’s Book of Greek Myths

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 Reluctant Dragon

Hamilton, Virginia

The People Could Fly

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

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


NONFICTION

Arnold, Nick

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

Basman, Michael

Chess For Kids

Bishop, Nic

Nic Bishop Spiders

Coleman, Janet W.

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

Curlee, Lynn

Seven Wonders of the Ancient 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 in the Wild

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!

Smith, Charles R.

Winning Words: Sports Stories & Photographs

Swinburne, S.

The Woods Scientist

Truss, Lynne

Twenty-Odd Ducks: Why, Every Punctuation Mark Counts!

Warshaw, Hallie

The Sleepover Cookbook

Yolen, Jane

Fairy Tale Feasts


POETRY

Alarcon, Francisco

From the Bellybutton of the Moon and Other Summer Poems

Florian, Douglas

Dinothesaurus

Giovanni, Nikki

Hip Hop Speaks to Children

Grimes, Nikki

Pocketful of Poems

Heard, Georgia (ed.)

Falling Down the Page

Janeczo, Paul (ed.)

Hey, You! Poems to Skyscrapers, Mosquitoes and Other Fun Things
A Foot in the Mouth

Hopkins, Lee Bennett

My America: A Poetry Atlas of the United States

Kennedy, Caroline

A Family of Poems

Kennedy, X.J.

Exploding Gravy

Lear, Edward

Nonsense!

Lewis, J. Patrick

The World’s Greatest: Poems

Myers, Walter Dean

Harlem

Prelutsky, Jack

My Dog May Be a Genius

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

Bolden, Tonya

George Washington Carver

Bridges, Ruby

Through My Eyes

Demi

Su Dongpo: Chinese Genius

Giovanni, Nikki

Rosa

Golenbock, Peter

Hank Aaron: Brave in Every Way

Krull, Kathleen

The Road to Oz (L. Frank Baum)

Lasky, Kathryn

One Beetle too Many (Charles Darwin)

Matthews, Tom

Light Shining Through the Mist: A Photobiography of Dian Fossey

McCarthy, Meghan

The Story of Charles Atlas, Strong Man

McCully, Emily A.

Manjiro: the Boy Who Risked His Life for Two Countries

McCurdy, Michael

Trapped by the Ice: Shackleton’s Amazing Antarctic Journey

Myers, Walter Dean

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

Winter, Jonah

Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates

Zhang, Song Nan

The Great Voyages of Zheng He