I have another reading list for your voracious elementary reader! If you missed my previous lists for 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grades, you can find them on this page.
Here is the tried-and-true 4th grade reading list.
Non Fiction
The Balloon Boy of San Francisco by Dorothy Kupcha Leland
The Story of Inventions by Anna Claybourne
The Story of Exploration by Anna Claybourne
Historical Fiction
Castle Diary by Richard Platt
Pirate Diary by Richard Platt
Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates
The Wheel on the School by Meindert De Jong
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
Lewis and Clark and Me by Laurie Meyers
Turn Homeward, Hannalee by Patricia Beatty
Tree of Freedom by Rebecca Caudill
The Mystery of the Roman Ransom by Henry Winterfield
Detectives in Togas by Henry Winterfield
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
The Houdini Box by Brian Selznick
Realistic Fiction
Ginger Pye by Estes
Pinky Pye by Estes
The Toothpaste Millionaire by Jean Merrill
Onion John by Joseph Quincy Krumgold
Frindle by Andrew Clements
Rascal by Sterling North
Big Red by Jim Kjelgaard
Wild Trek by Jim Kjelgaard
Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
Adventure
The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp by Kathi Appelt
King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry
Brighty of the Grand Canyon by Marguerite Henry
The Highly Trained Dogs of Professor Petit by Carol Ryrie Brinks
Tikta-’Liktak by James Archibald Houston
Lassie Come Home by Eric Knight
Black Stallion by Walter Farley
Gentle Ben by Walt Morey
Gone Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright
TinTin Graphic Novels
*please preview these books; there is some language and drug/alcohol use
Biography
Journey to the Bottomless Pit by Elizabeth Mitchell
Fantasy
The Phantom Toll Booth by Norton Juster
How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley
The Story of the Treasure Seekers by E. Nesbit
The Magic City by E. Nesbit
Dragons by E. Nesbit
TAL, His Marvelous Adventures with Noom-Zor-Noom by Paul Fenimore Cooper
Classics
A Wonder Book for Boys and Girls by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Children’s Homer by Padraic Colum
Favorite Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories by Arthur Conan Doyle
Humor
The Mad Scientists' Club by Bertrand R. Brinley (this is a series)
Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer by Kelly Jones
Henry Reed, Inc. by Keith Robertson (this is a series)
Mystery
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
Nooks and Crannies by Jessica Lawson
Nature Stories
The Stories Mother Nature Told Her Children by Jane Andrews
Secrets of the Woods by William J. Long
A Little Brother to the Bear by William J. Long
What would you add to this 4th grade reading list?
If you are looking for more reading lists for kids who love to read, please check out my Reading Lists for Voracious Readers page.
Do you have a printable list? I'd love to take this to the library with me.
Thanks
I will work on that! 🙂
Yes please, a printable list would be most helpful. Thank you.
Thank you! I am running out of ideas for my avid reader. I appreciate the suggestions!
I am also hoping for a printable list! You would earn my loyalty forever!