Fourth Grade Literature List
Revised July 29, 2011
Read in class or assigned for outside reading:
Blackwood, Gary
Burnett, Frances Hodgson
Carroll, Lewis
Dahl, Roald
D’Aulaire, Ingri & Edgar
Daugherty, James
de Angeli, Marguerite
Du Bois, William Pene
Estes, Eleanor
Henry, Marguerite
Green, Roger, Lancelyn
Konigsburg, E. L.
Lewis, C.S.
Norton, Mary
Prum, Deborah M.
Rebsamen, Frederick
Sis, Peter
Stanley, Diane
Stanley, Diane
Vernon, Louise A.
White, E. B.
Shakespeare Stealer
Secret Garden
Alice in Wonderland
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Leif the Lucky
The Magna Charta
Door in the Wall
Twenty-one Balloons
Ginger Pye
King of the Wind
King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table
Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basel E. Frankweiler
Prince Caspian
The Borrowers
Rats, Bulls, and Flying Machines
Beowulf
Starry Messenger: Galileo
Bard of Avon
Joan of Arc
Thunderstorm in the Church
Trumpet of the Swan
Outside Reading: Adopted titles are divided into three levels in an attempt to provide options for all readers.
Teachers and parents may use a list of titles above or below grade level when appropriate for a student. Books with a
“+” denote that any title in that series would be acceptable. In addition to the books assigned by the teacher, students
are to read one book per quarter independently outside of class from the books listed below. Instructions for a
related project will be provided by the teacher.
Level 1
Alexander, Lloyd
Armstrong, William
Babbitt, Natalie
Burnett, Frances H.
Carlson, Natalie
Estes, Eleanor
Knight, Eric
L’Engle, Madeliene
Lenski, Lois
Lenski, Lois
Lowry, Lois
McSwigan, Marie
Seredy, Kate
Speare, Elizabeth
Taylor, Sydney
Thurber, James
Verne, Jules
Wilson, N.D.
The Book of Three+
Sounder
Tuck Everlasting
A Little Princess
Family Under the Bridge
The Hundred Dresses
Lassie Come Home
A Wrinkle in Time+
Prairie School+
Strawberry Girl
Number the Stars
Snow Treasures
The Good Master
The Sign of the Beaver
All-of-A-Kind Family
Many Moons
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
100 Cupboards +
Level 2
Farley, Walter
Funke, Cornellia
George, Jean C.
Grahame, Kenneth
Hanes, Mari
Jacques, Brian
Lofting, Hugh
Morey, Walt
Peretti, Frank
Riordan, Rick
Smith, Dodie
Street, James
Travers, P.I.
Wilson, N.D.
The Black Stallion +
Inkheart +
My Side of the Mountain
The Reluctant Dragon
Two Mighty Rivers
Redwall +
Voyages of Dr. Dolittle +
Gentle Ben
Cooper Kids Adventure+
The Lightning Thief +
101 Dalmatians
Good-bye My Lady
Mary Poppins +
Leepike Ridge
Level 3
Adamson, Joy
Alcott, Louisa May
Burnford, Sheila
Field, Rachel
Lawson, Robert
Robertson, Keith
Robinson, Barbara
Sewell, Anna
Sidney, Margaret
Born Free
Little Women+
The Incredible Journey
Calico Bush
Ben and Me
Henry Reed, Inc. +
Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Black Beauty
Five Little Peppers +