Fourth Grade
Suggested Reading List
School Stories
•4B Goes Wild by Jamie Gilson
•Harriet, the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
•My Teacher Fried My Brains by Bruce Coville
•Ramona and Her Father by Beverley Cleary
•Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
Mystery and Adventure Stories
•The Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop (Challenging independent read)
•Culpepper’s Cannon by Gary Paulsen
•Encyclopedia Brown Gets His Man by Donald J. Sobol
•Julian, Secret Agent by Ann Cameron
Sports Stories
•Baseball Fever by Johanna Hurwitz
•Benjy the Football Hero by Jean Van Leeuwen
•Bobby Baseball by Robert Kimmel Smith
•Dog on Third Base by Constance Hiser
•Gold Medal Rider by Bonnie Bryant
•Tall Man in the Pivot by Matt Christopher (There are many other sports stories by this author.)
Historical Fiction
•The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgleish
•The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
•The Hundred Penny Box by Sharon Bell Mathis
•Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
•The Well by Mildred D. Taylor (Challenging independent read)
Fantasy and Science Fiction
•Aliens Ate My Homework by Bruce Coville
•The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis (Challenging independent read)
Series Books
• The Babysitter’s Club by Ann M. Martin
• Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
• Cam Jansen by David A. Adler
• Goosebumps by R. L. Stine
• The Hardy Boys by Franklin W. Dixon
• Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling
• Marvin Redpost series Louis Sachar
• Nancy Drew Mysteries by Carolyn Keene
• A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
•The Stories that Julian Tells by Ann Cameron
Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey
