Reading is Fun!!

4 t h grade Summer Reading Suggest ion Ber keley School L ibrar ies , 2015

 

Having Fun with Chapter Books (*level O-P-Q)

The Amazing Gum Girl!: Chews your destiny, by Rhode Montijo

Bad Kitty Gets a Bath, by Nick Bruel

Beezus and Ramona, by Beverly Cleary

Bowling Alley Bandit, by Laurie Keller

Clementine, by Sara Pennypacker

Dragonbreath, by Ursula Vernon

Ferno the Fire Dragon (Beast Quest), by Adam Blade

Geronimo Stilton series, by Geronimo Stilton

Judy Moody series, by Megan McDonald

Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel, by Nikki Grimes

Mallory on the Move, by Laurie Friedman

The Sinking of the Titanic (I Survived series), by Lauren Tarshis

The Year of the Book (Anna Wang series), by Andrea Chang

Adventure and Historical Fiction (level Q-R-S)

Al Capone Does My Shirts, by Gennifer Choldenko

Dash, by Kirby Larson

The Maze of Bones (39 Clues series), by Rick Riordan

The Shark Attacks of 1916 (I Survived series), by Lauren Tarshis

Shipwreck (Island series), by Gordon Korman

Storm Runners, by Roland Smith

Turtle in Paradise, by Jennifer Holm

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Exciting Fantasy (level Q-R-S)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by Roald Dahl

The Fairy Tale Detectives (Sisters Grimm series), by Michael Buckley

I Left My Sneakers in Dimension X, by Bruce Coville

The Mark of the Dragonfly, by Jaleigh Johnson

Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin, by Liesl Shurtliff

The Search for WondLa, by Tony Di Terlizzi

A Tale Dark and Grimm, by Adam Gidwitz

* reading levels based on Fountas & Pinnell system

Funny Stories (level R-S-T)

The 13-Story Treehouse, by Andy Griffiths

Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to Summer Vacation, by Tommy Greenwald

Flora and Ulysses, by Kate DiCamillo

Fortunately, the Milk, by Neil Gaiman

The Strange Case of Origami Yoda, by Tom Angleberger

The Terrible Two, by Mac Barnett and Jory John

Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made, by Stephan Pastis

Stories that Touch Your Heart (level R-S-T)

The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond, by Brenda Woods

Counting By 7s, by Holly Goldberg Sloan

Dancing Home, by Alma Flor Ada

Drita, My Homegirl, by Jenny Lombard

Fish in a Tree, by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

P.S. Be Eleven, by Rita Williams-Garcia

The One and Only Ivan, by Katherine Applegate

Serafina’s Promise, by Ann E. Burg

A Snicker of Magic, by Natalie Lloyd

Tiger Boy, by Mitali Perkins

Wonder, by R.J. Palacio

Words with Wings, by Nikki Grimes

New Graphic Novels!

Bird and Squirrel on Ice, by James Burks

Cleopatra in Space, by Mike Maihack

Comics Squad: Recess!

Dragons Beware!, by Jorge Aguirre

El Deafo, by Cece Bell

Escape from Lucien (Amulet #6), by Kazu Kibuishi

Roller Girl, by Victoria Jamieson

Sisters, by Raina Telgemeier

The Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents Macbeth, by Ian Lendler

The Underground Abductor, by Nathan Hale

Find more recommendations at Mary Ann Scheuer’s website greatkidbooks.blogspot.com

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Fascinating Nonfiction

Barbed Wire Baseball, by Marissa Moss

Baseball Legends in the Making, by Marty Gitlin

Brown Girl Dreaming, by Jacqueline Woodson

Can We Save the Tiger?, by Martin Jenkins

The Case of the Vanishing Honeybees: A Scientific Mystery, by Sandra Markle

Eye to Eye: How Animals See the World, by Steve Jenkins

Neighborhood Sharks, by Katherine Roy

Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation, by Duncan Tonatiuh