JUNE 2008

GRADE 4

RECOMMENDED SUMMER READING LIST FOR STUDENTS ENTERING GRADE 4.

REQUIRED READING:

TALES OF A FOURTH GRADE NOTHING                             JUDY BLUME

BOOK REPORT MUST BE WRITTEN ON THE “BOOK REPORT SANDWICH” FORM.

 MUST READ 2 BOOKS FROM THE LIST BELOW

NAME OF BOOK AUTHOR

BECAUSE OF WINN DIXIE                                            KATE DI CAMILLO

MY TEACHER’S AN ALIEN                                           BRUCE COVILLE

HELP SOMEONE GET ME OUT OF                              HANK ZIPZER

FOURTH GRADE

MANIAC MAGEE                                                              JERRY SPINELLI

JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH                 ROALD DAHL

MATILDA                                                                            ROALD DAHL

WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR ROALD DAHL

TRUMPET OF THE SWAN                                              E.B.WHITE

RAMONA QUIMBY                                                          BEVERLY CLEARY

RUNAWAY RALPH                                                           BEVERLY CLEARY

THE MOUSE AND THE MOTORCYCLE                     BEVERLY CLEARY

FUDGE-A-MANIA                                                              JUDY BLUME

DOUBLE FUDGE                                                                JUDY BLUME

SUPERFUDGE                                                                     JUDY BLUME

MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS                                              RICHARD ATWATER

THE STORY OF JACKSON ROBINSON                       MARGARET  DAVIDSON

THE WRIGHT BROTHERS:                                           RUSSELL FREEDMAN

HOW THEY INVENTED THE AIRPLANE

ANY OF THE BOXCAR CHILDREN BOOKS                Gertrude Chandler Warner

ADVANCED READING MATERIAL

WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS                 WILSON RAWLS

LILY’S CROSSING                                                            GIFF

ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS                              SCOTT O’DELL