Summer Reading Suggestions for Rising 4th Graders
Chapter Books/Fiction
Amelia’s Notebook, by Marissa Moss
The Boxcar Children series, by Gertrude Chandler Warner
The Cam Jansen series, by David Adler
Harriet the Spy, by Louise Fitzhugh
Horton Halfpot: Or the Fiendish Mystery of Smugwick Manor, by Tom Angleberger
The Lemonade War, by Jaqueline Davies
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis
The Matchbox Diary, by Paul Fleischman
Misty of Chincoteague, by Marguerite Henry
The Mysterious Benedict Society, by Trenton Stuart
A Nest for Celeste, by Henry Cole
The One and Only Ivan, by Katherine Applegate
One Dog and His Boy, by Eva Ibbotson
The Penderwicks, by Jeanne Birdsall
Pippi Longstocking, by Astrid Lindgren
Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin, by Liesl Shurtliff
Secrets of the Cicada Summer, by Andrea Beaty
The Tale of Despereaux, by Kate DiCamillo
Time Warp Trio series, by Jon Scieska
Touch Blue, by Cynthia Lord
Non-Fiction
14 Cows for America, by Carmen Agra Deedy
Alex the Parrot: No Ordinary Bird, by Stephanie Spinner
Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman, by Marc Tyler Nobleman
Dogs on Duty: Soldiers’ Best Friends on the Battlefield and Beyond, by Dorothy Hinshaw
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Ghosts of the White House, by Cheryl Harness
Lady Liberty: A Biography, by Doreen Rappaport
Mummy Math: An Adventure in Geometry, by Cindy Neuschwander
The Top of the World: Climbing Mount Everest, by Steve Jenkins
Who Was...? biography series (e.g. Who Was Abraham Lincoln?, by Janet Pascal)
Zombie Makers: True Stories of Nature’s Undead, by Rebecca L. Johnson