SUGGESTIONS BOOKS FOR FOURTH GRADE

SCHOOL STORIES

HARRIET THE SPY Louise Fitzhugh
4 B GOES WILD Jamie Gilson*
RAMONA AND HER FATHER Beverley Cleary*
HERBIE JONES AND THE CLASS GIFT Suzy Kline*
ALI BABA BERNSTEIN Johanna Hurwitz*
TALES FROM WAYSIDE SCHOOL Louis Sachar*
THE SECRET LANGUAGE Ursula Nordstrom
MY TEACHER FRIED MY BRAINS Coville*
*this author has other good titles as well

 

MYSTERY AND ADVENTURE STORIES

BUNNICULA James Howe*
ENCYCLOPEDIA BROWN GETS HIS MAN* Donald Sobol
THE CASTLE IN THE ATTIC Elizabeth Winthrop
JULIAN, SECRET AGENT Ann Cameron
THE GREAT CHRISTMAS KIDNAPPING CAPER Jean Van Leeuwen*
CULPEPPER’S CANNON Gary Paulsen*

  SPORTS STORIES

MAKING THE TEAM Dean Hughes*
TALL MAN IN THE PIVOT Matt Christopher*
BASEBALL FEVER Johanna Hurwitz
BOBBY BASEBALL R.K.Smith
DOG ON THIRD BASE Constance Hiser
BENJY THE FOOTBALL HERO Jean Van Leeuwen*
GOLD MEDAL RIDER B.Bryant

 OTHER TIMES AND PLACES

THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW Wahington Irving
THE COURAGE OF SARAH NOBLE Alice Dahlgleish
THE LITTLE RIDERS Margarethe Shemin
LITTLE HOUSE IN THE BIG WOODS Laura Ingalls Wilder*
MORNING GIRL Michael Dorris
ENCOUNTER Jane Yolen
THE WELL Mildred Taylor
CHRISTMAS IN THE BIG HOUSE, CHRISTMAS IN THE QUARTERS McKissack

FAMILIES OF ALL KINDS

YANG THE THIRD AND HER IMPOSSIBLE FAMILY Lensey Namioka
THIEF OF HEARTS Lawrence Yep
ALL OF A KIND FAMILY S. Taylor
SIDEWALK STORY Sharon Mathis
THE HUNDRED PENNY BOX Sharon Bell Mathis
THE HUNDRED DRESSES Eleanor Estes

FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION

THE LION THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE C.S. Lewis*
WONDERFUL ALEXANDER AND THE CATWINGS Le Guin
THE BLACK CAULDRON Lloyd Alexander
ALIENS ATE MY HOMEWORK Coville*
MCMUMMY Betsy Byars
THE GENIE OF SUTTON PLACE George Selden

SERIES BOOKS

CAM JANSEN D. Adler
NANCY DREW MYSTERIES Carolyn Keene
THE BOXCAR CHILDREN Warner
GOOSEBUMPS R.L.Stine
STAR TREK DEEP SPACE NINE
THE HARDY BOYS Frank Dixon
THE BABYSITTERS’ CLUB Ann Martin

 

 Prepared by the Pocantico Hills School Library