• Suggested Summer Reading List for Students Entering 4th Grade

    Please choose at least 6 books from the list to read. Pace yourself and read a book each week that you are out for break.

     

    Fantasy
    Dragon with a Chocolate Heart by Stephanie Burgis
    Royal Guide to Monster Slaying by Kelley Armstrong
    Mellybean and the Giant Monster by Mike White
    The Land of Stories by Chris Colfer
    5 Worlds: The Sand Warrior by Mark Siegel & others
    The Beast of Buckingham Palace by David Walliams


    Adventure and Mystery
    Ninja Kid: From Nerd to Ninja by Anh Do
    Escape from a Video Game by Dustin Brady
    Survivor Diaries: Avalanche! by Terry Lynn Johnson
    Little Claws Animal Rescue by Eliot Schrefer
    The Last Kids on Earth by Max Brallier
    Me, Frida, and the Secret is the Peacock Ring by Angela Cervantes


    Funny
    The Magical Reality of Nadia by Bassem Youssef and Catherine R. Daly
    The Terrible Two by Mac Barnett andJory John
    The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza by Mac Barnett
    Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson
    The Beast and the Bethany by Jack Meggitt-Phillips
    It's the End of the World and I'm in My Bathing Suit by Justin A. Reynolds
    Strubble Town Squirrel Do Bad by Stephan Pastis
    Once Upon a Tim by Stuart Gibbs

    Historical Fiction Books
    The Watson’s Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis
    John Lincoln Clem Civil War Drummer Boy by E.F. Abbott
    Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
    Lifeboat 12 by Susan Hood
    Escape This Book Tombs of Egypt by Bill Doyle
    Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park


    Realistic
    Guts by Raina Telgemeier
    The One and Only Bob by Katherine Applegate
    Pie in the Sky by Remy Lai
    Restart by Gordon Korman
    Click by Kayla Miller
    Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd & Michelle Mee Nutter
    Cress Watercress by Gregory Maguire


    Nonfiction
    Gross As A Snot Otter: The World of Weird Animals by Jess Keating
    From an Idea to Nike by Lowey Bundy Sichol
    Beavers: The Superpower Field Guides by Rachel Poliquin
    The Thrifty Guide to Ancient Rome by Jonathan W. Stokes
    A Day in the Life of a Poo, a Gnu, and You by Mike Barfield and Jess Bradley