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New Fourth Graders: These are suggested books but evaluate your child’s reading ability and interest and read those types of books.
Fiction:
Aggie’s Home by Joan L Nixon
All the Way Home by Patricia Giff
Black Star, Bright Dawn by Scott O’Dell
Cook’s Family by Laurence Yep
Corn Grows Ripe by Dorothy Rhoads
Fair Weather by Richard Peck
Gentle Ben by Walt Morey
See You Around, Sam by Lois Lowry
There’s an Owl in the Shower by Jean Craighead George
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Biographies:
Venus Williams (Stars of Sports) by Boekhoff/Kallen
Ronald Reagan by Heather Wagner
Picture Book of Rosa Parks by David Adler
Daisy & the Girl Scouts, Story of Juliette Gordon Low by Fern Brown
Who Was Thomas Jefferson by Dennis Fradin
Tomie de Paola Series What a Year, Things Will Never Be the Same, On My Way, or Hear We All Are
Beverley Cleary by Jennifer Peltak
Non-fiction:
Tornadoes! By Lorraine Hopping
Series: Only read one or two from a series
Nancy Drew Series by Keene
Hardy Boys Series by Franklin Dixon
Incredible Worlds of Wally McDoogle Series by Bill Myers
My America Series
Dear America Series
Royal Diaries Series:
Little House Series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Eyewitness Series such as Sea Shore, Plants, Insects, Fish, Amphibians, etc
Nicki Holland Series by Angela Hunt
Christianbook.com / Lifeway Book Stores
Left Behind Series for Kids by LaHaye/Jenkins
Christian Heritage Series by Nancy Rue (Focus on the Family)
Like: The Secret, The Rebel, The Stowaway
Sisters in Time Series by Barbour Publishing
Like: Rosa Takes a Chance, Laura’s Victory, Lizzie & the Redcoat
Winnie, The Horse Gentler by Dandi Mackall (Tyndale Kids Publishing)
Like: Wild Things, Eager Star, Bold Beauty
Games On Series by Stephen Smith (Standard Publishing)
Like: Full Court Pressure, Strike Three, Down Hill Challenge
Lily’s Series by Nancy Rue (ZonderKids Publishing)
Like: Lily’s Ultimate Party, Lights Action Lily, Lily’s Passport to Paris
Big Rig Rustlers by Max Elliot Anderson ISBN 0-9752880-1-6
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