Grades 3 – 4

Summer Reading

Never Glue Your Friends To Chairs by Katherine Applegate
Roscoe Riley has a creative way to solve the problems caused when the first graders’ bee antennae won’t stay on their heads and the drummers would not stay in their seats. This is book 1 in the Roscoe Riley Rules series.

Ivy + Bean Doomed To Dance by Annie Barrows
Best friends Ivy and Bean think that ballet class will be lots of fun until they are cast as squids in the ballet written by their teacher.  This is book 6 in the Ivy and Bean series.

The Red Ghost by Marion Dane Bauer
When Jenna gives her little sister an old doll as a birthday present, strange things begin to occur and Jenna begins to wonder if the doll is haunted.

The Frandidate by Jim Benton
A Franny K. Stein Mad Scientist book in which Frannie K. Stein uses her Atomic Combiner to create a suit that makes her seem to be whatever a voter wants her to be.

Adventure According To Humphrey by Betty Birney
When Humprhrey’s friends study ocean and sailing in Room 26, he stows away on board a model boat and takes a harrowing sail on a pond.

Friend Or Fiend? With the Pain & the Great One by Judy Blume
Jake is embarrassed when he makes a mistake in the reading circle in this book about first-grader Jake “The Pain” and his sister, third-grader Abigail “The Great One”.

Paddington Here and Now by Michael Bond
Paddington Bear, everyone’s favorite bear from Darkest Peru, is starring in a new book just in time for the 50th anniversary of his first adventure in A Bear Called Paddington.

Best Friends and Drama Queens by Meg Cabot
Nine-year-old Allie Finkle’s list of rules helps her when the new girl, Cheyenne, starts creating drama and telling everyone in the fourth grade what to do.  This book is part of the Allie Finkle’s Rules For Girls series.

The Curse of the Ancient Mask and Other Case Files by Simon Cheshire
Ten-year-old Saxby Smart, a genius detective who is still in elementary school, solves three cases in this title in the Saxby Smart Private Detective series.

A Nest For Celeste by Henry Cole
Celeste, a mouse that wants a real home, becomes a source of inspiration to the assistant of the young John James Audubon.

Future Knight by Tony Davis
In 1409, ten-year-old Roland, pursues his dream of becoming a knight. This is book 1 in the Roland Wright series.

Mercy Watson Thinks Like a Pig by Kate Di Camillo
Mercy Watson eats the delicious pansies that her neighbors have planted to beautify their yard and the animal control officer is called to investigate.

Phineas L. MacGuire…. Blasts Off! By Frances O’Roark Dowell
Phineas L. MacGuire wants to be the best scientist in the fourth grade.  He hopes to earn enough money by dog walking to go to Space Camp.

Sassy: Little Sister Is Not My Name by Sharon Draper
Sassy, the youngest in the family, is called Little Sister because she is small.  However, anytime there is a problem, she reaches into her Sassy Sack and pulls out what is needed.

The Problem With the Puddles by Kate Feiffer
Mr. and Mrs. Puddle always have a hard time agreeing on things so they each call their daughter by a different name and they each want a different kind of dog.  The family gets two, both named Sally.

Happy New Year, Mallory! By Laurie Friedman
Mallory’s plans for a perfect winter reunion and New Year’s Eve party change abruptly when she has to go to the hospital.

Did Fleming Rescue Churchill?  By James Cross Giblin
Ten-year-old Jason learns how to use many sources for gathering information when he writes his research paper on Sir Alexander Fleming.

Abigail Iris : The One and Only by Lisa Glatt and Suzanne Greenberg
Abigail Iris thinks that she would rather be an only child, but after going on a vacation with her best friend who is an only child, she thinks there are good things about being one of a big family.

Make Way For Dyamonde Daniel by Nikki Grimes
Dyamonde Daniel, a spunky third-grader at a new school, misses her old neighborhood.  She befriends another new student at the school.

Emmaline and the Bunny by Katherine Hannigan
Everything in the town of Neatasapin is tidy, except Emmaline who likes to dig in the dirt and jump in puddles.

Just Grace Goes Green by Charise Mericle Harper
Grace and her best friend Mimi want to make a difference for the environment when they do a “green” project for school.

Piper Reed Gets a Job by Kimberley Willis Holt
Ten-year-old Piper Reed and her fellow Gypsy Club members try to raise money for a clubhouse.

Sensible Hare and the Case of Carrots by Daren King
Mazy Rabbit asks Sensible Hare of the Hare Detective Agency to find her missing suitcase of carrots.

Clever Duck by Dick King-Smith
Damaris the duck and Rory the sheepdog try to get back at the farmyard pigs when the pigs pick on the other animals.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney
The diary of middle –schooler Greg Heffley includes attemps to spend his summer vacation indoors, but his mother has other ideas.

The Dragon In the Driveway by Kate Klimo
Cousins Jesse and Daisy, along with their pet dragon, continue their battle against the evil scientist in this title which is book 2 in the Dragon Keepers series.

Alvin Ho: Allergic To Camping, Hiking, and Other Natural Disasters by Lenore Look
Alvin’s father takes him camping so he will learn to love nature.  He learns that he can be brave even though he is afraid of everything.

Gooney Bird Is So Absurd by Lois Lowry
Mrs. Pidgeon’s second grade class studies poetry and the students write all types of poetry.

Judy Moody & Stink : The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Treasure Hunt by Megan McDonald
Judy and Stink Moody take part in a pirate treasure-hunting game during a trip to Ocracoke Island.

Rule of Three by Megan McDonald
Sisters Alex, Stevie, and Joey take turns telling about their lives in Acton, Orgeon.

The Home-Run King by Patricia McKissack
Two baseball loving brothers host Josh Gibson, a star of the Negro leagues, in their home during the Depression in Nashville, Tennessee.  This is part of the Scraps of Time series.

How Oliver Olson Changed the World by Claudia Mills
Nine-year-old Oliver shows his overprotective parents that he is able to do great things without their help.

The Adventures of Sir Givret the Short by Gerald Morris
This is part of the Knights’ Tales, a recasting of the Arthurian legend.

Amelia’s Itchy-Twitchy, Lovey-Dovey Summer At Camp Mosquito by Marissa Moss
Notes from Amelia’s summer diary in this title in the popular series about Amelia.

Sly the Sleuth and the Code Mysteries by Donna Jo Napoli
Sly’s mysteries that she solves all include some kind of code.

Bad To the Bone by Lucy Nolan
Down Girl and Sit work hard at training their masters to behave the way masters should but they find out that it is very difficult to train them.  This continues the Down Girl and Sit series.

Moonlight On the Magic Flute by Mary Pope Osbourne
Jack and Annie travel to Vienna, Austria, in 1762, where they meet the young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his sister in the 41st book in the popular Magic Tree House series.

Mudshark by Gary Paulsen
Twelve-year-old Lyle Williams, aka Mudshark, is asked to help solve the mystery of the missing erasers.

Clementine’s Letter by Sara Pennypacker
Clementine’s beloved teacher might be leaving the school to go on a research trip to Egypt and she decides to hatch a plan to get him to stay.

The Mount Rushmore Calamity by Sara Pennypacker
When Flat Stanley and his brother, Arthur, team up with a cowgirl named Calamity Jasper, their vacation turns into a Wild West experience in this book based on the Flat Stanley stories by Jeff Brown.

Uncle Pirate by Douglas Rees
Wilson is one of the most bullied fourth graders at his school until his long-lost uncle, Desperate Evil Wicked Bob, a pirate, arrives.

The Gecko & Sticky: Villain’s Lair by Wendelin Van Draanen
Thirteen-year-old Dave and his talking gecko try to get an ancient Aztec powerband from an evil villain.