READING SELECTIONS FOR FOURTH GRADE
Books Recommended by Librarians
Balliett, Blue.... Chasing Vermeer 
Banks, Lynn.... Indian in the Cupboard 
Bellairs, John.... House with a Clock in Its Walls
Broach, Elise...The Shakespeare Secret
Bulla, Clyde Robert.... Shoeshine Girl 
Burnett, Frances.... A Little Princess 
Byers, Betsy.... The Summer of the Swans 
Carroll, Lewis.... Alice in Wonderland 
Cassedy, Sylvia.... Behind the Attic Wall 
Cleary, Beverly.... Ramona Forever (series)
Clements, Andrew.... Frindle 
Coerr, Eleanor.... Sadako and the Thousand Cranes 
Colfer, Eoin.... Benny and Omar 
Creech, Sharon...Ruby Holler
Dahl, Roald.... Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
De Angeli, Marguerite.... Door in the Wall
Dowd, Siobhan...The London Eye Mystery
Draanen, Wendelin Van.... Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief (series) 
Eager, Edward.... Seven-Day Magic 
Edwards, Julie.... Mandy 
Estes, Eleanor.... The Moffats 
Farmer, Nancy.... The Sea of Trolls 
Fitzhugh, Louise.... Harriet the Spy 
Fleischman, Paul...Seedfolks
Fritz, Jean.... Homesick: My Own Story
Funke, Cornelia.... Dragon Rider 
George, Jean Craighead.... On the Far Side of the Mountain 
Giff, Patricia Reilly.... Lily's Crossing 
Godden, Rumer.... The Doll's House
Green, Tim...Football Genius
Greene, Bette.... Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe
Margaret Peter Haddix....Running Out of Time
Hamilton, Virginia.... M. C. Higgins, the Great 
Harness, Cheryl.... Ghosts of Civil War 
Henkes, Kevin.... Olive's Ocean 
Henry, Marguerite.... Black Gold 
Hiaasen, Carl.... Hoot 
(Florida fiction)
Ibbotson, Eva....The Dragonfly Pool
Kadohata, Cynthia.... Kira - Kira (Newbery Winner 2005) 
Konigsburg, E. L..... The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 
Krumgold, Joseph.... Onion John 
Lane, Rose Wilder.... Young Pioneers 
Lasky, Kathryn.... Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the Tudor House 
L'Engle, Madeleine.... A Ring of Endless Light (series) 
Lowry, Lois.... Number the Stars 
Lupica, Mike.... Travel Team 
McGovern, Ann.... If You Lived in Colonial Times 
McGraw, Eloise.... Moorchild 
Milne, A.A. .... Winnie-The-Pooh 
Myers, Walter Dean.... Hoops 
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds.... Shiloh 
O'Dell, Scott.... Sarah Bishop 
Patterson, James.... Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment 
(series)
Paulson, Gary.... Hatchet
Rawls, Wilson.... Where the Red Fern Grows
Rowling, J.K..... Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (series)
Rupp, Rebecca.... The Dragon of Lonely Island 
Sachar, Louis.... Holes 
Sorensen, Virginia.... Miracles on Maple Hill 
Speare, Elizabeth George.... Sign of the Beaver 
Spinelli, Jerry.... Maniac McGee 
Stewart, Paul.... Beyond the Deep Woods 
(series)
Stolz, Mary.... Noonday Friends 
Taylor, Sydney.... All-of-a-Kind Family 
Taylor, Theodore.... The Trouble With Tuck 
Voight, Cynthia.... Homecoming (series) 
Wilder, Laura Ingalls.... Little House in the Big Woods (series) 
