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Recommended  Reading  for  Grades  Four  and  Five    

Developed  by  Howard  County  Public  School  Library  Media  Specialists  and  Children's  Instruction  &  Research  Staff  from  Howard  County  Library  System  

 The  titles  selected  for  this  recommended  summer  reading  list  were  chosen  especially  for  those  students  finishing  4th  and  5th  grades.  Titles  included  are  just  a  sampling  of  the  books  you  may  enjoy  reading  during  this  summer.  Many  of  the  authors  on  this  

list  have  written  more  than  one  book.  Check  out  some  of  those  titles,  too!    

A Blast from the Past  

What’s the Big Idea?: Inventions that Changed Life on Earth Forever   Becker, Helaine  World War II Spies: An Interactive History Adventure   Burgan, Michael  Bo at Ballad Creek   Hill, Kirkpatrick  Ick! Yuck! Eew!: Our Gross American History   Huey, Lois Miner  The Story of Salt   Kurlansky, Mark  Buffalo Bird Girl: A Hidasta Story   Nelson, S. D.  The Kite that Bridged Two Nations: Homan Walsh and the First Niagra Suspension Bridge   O'Neill, Alexis  Ice!: The Amazing History of the Ice Business   Pringle, Laurence      

Highly Illustrated  

Jedi Academy Brown, Jeffrey Donner Dinner Party   Hale, Nathan  The Invention of Hugo Cabret: a Novel in Words and Pictures Selznick, Brian Max Axiom STEM Adventures series   various      

Hilarity & Hijinks  

Just Joking series   Barry, Dave  The Odd Squad: Bully Bait Fry, Michael Spaceheadz series   Scieszka, Jon Science Fair: a Story of Mystery, Danger, International Suspense, and a Very Nervous Frog Tatulli, Mark

     DIY & FYI

 Alien Worlds: Your Guide to Extraterrestrial Life Aguilar, David A. Art2-D2's Guide to Folding and Doodling Angleberger, Tom Design It!: The Ordinary Things We Use Every Day and the Not-So-Ordinary Ways They Came to Be Arato, Rona That's Creepy Boyer, Crispin Card Tricks   Fullman, Joe  Chemistry Green, Dan The Solar System Through Infographics Higgins, Nadia Gadgets and Inventions Hobbs, Mike Myths Busted!: Just When You Thought You Knew What You Knew Krieger, Emily Quiz Whiz 2: 1,000 Super Fun Mind-Bending Totally Awesome Trivia Questions

National Geographic

Get Connected: Make a Friendship Bracelet

Rau, Dana Meachen

Remake it!: Recycling Projects From the Stuff You Usually Scrap   Threadgould,

Tiffany      

It’s 4 Real  

Phineas L. MacGuire -- Erupts!: the First Experiment  

Dowell, Frances O'Roark  

The Thing about Luck   Kadohata, Cynthia  The Kid Who Named Pluto McCutcheon, Marc The Garden of My Imaan   Zia, F.    

 

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Incredible Investigations  

The Water Castle  Blakemore, Megan Frazer  

The Secret Garden  Burnett, Frances Hodgson  

Horten's Miraculous Mechanisms Evans, Lissa Capture the Flag   Messner, Kate  Randi Rhodes, Ninja Detective: the Case of the Time-capsule Bandit   Spencer, Octavia  Mister Max: the Book of Lost Things Voigt, Cynthia    

Magic & Mayhem  

Magic Marks the Spot Carlson, Caroline The Secret Zoo series   Chick, Brian  Fortunately, the Milk   Gaiman, Neil  A Tangle of Knots Graff, Lisa The Art of Flying Hoffman, J. A.

Bliss Littlewood, Kathryn

The Flame of Olympus   O'Hearn, Kate  Rump: the True Story of Rumpelstiltskin Shurtliff, Liesl The Emerald Atlas Stephens, John The Real Boy   Ursu, Ann  

Zero to Hero  Winkler, Henry and Oliver, Lin  

   

Test It Out  

Science Experiments That Surprise and Delight  

Bell-Rehwoldt, Sheri  

Fizz, Bubble, & Flash! Brandolini, Anita Crazy Concoctions: a Mad Scientist's Guide to Messy Mixtures Brown, Jordan D. Science Experiments That Fly and Move   Lew, Kristi  Naked Eggs and Flying Potatoes   Spangler, Steve  Science Experiments That Explode and Implode

Wheeler-Toppen, Jodi

Science Experiments That Fizz and Bubble  

Wheeler-Toppen, Jodi  

       

Epic Adventure

The 7 Professors of the Far North Fardell, John Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Fleming, Ian George's Secret Key to the Universe

Hawking, Lucy & Stephen Hawking

Numbed! Lubar, David Treasure Hunters Patterson, James The Rooftoppers   Rundell, Katherine  The Sasquatch Escape   Selfors, Suzanne  Infinity Ring series   various  

       

 

Creature Feature  Look Up!: Bird Watching in Your Own Backyard   Cate, Annette  Deadly!: The Truth About the Most Dangerous Creatures on Earth   Davies, Nicola  Wild Animal Neighbors: Sharing Our Urban World   Downer, Ann  How to be a Dinosaur Hunter: Your Globe-trotting, Time-traveling Guide   Forbes, Scott  The Show Must Go On!   Klise, Kate  The Case of the Vanishing Honey Bees: A Scientific Mystery   Markle, Sandra  How to Speak Dog: A Guide to Decoding Dog Language  

Newman, Aline Alexander  

The Mouse with the Question Mark Tail   Peck, Richard  No Monkeys, No Chocolate   Stewart, Melissa  The Dolphins of Shark Bay   Turner, Pamela S.  Charlotte's Web White, E.B.