Books 4th Grade
Library Books for Fourth Grade
Books 4th Grade
The Books 4th Grade list includes most of the best books for young adults in 4th grade. This site provides links to free book resources and links to purchase many of the books. Most books, newspapers, and magazines are written between a 4th-7th grade level, so you’ll find that this list, while fairly extensive, could be far, far longer. Every attempt was made to inclusively list only the best teacher-selected titles. These are the books teachers use most. Over two hundred teachers were polled in order to make the list of the best books for young adults.
If you don’t find what you’re looking for on this list, you might try the book list for 3th or 5th grade. The difference, in terms of ability level, among books of these levels is minimal, and I would highly encourage you to look at all of these lists. Also, book levels are based on reading difficulty, not content or plot. Many books are highly readable but challenging in different ways, typically incorporating symbolism and other important literary devices. Again, it is entirely appropriate to read books above or below the reading level you are targeting if the book challenges the reader in other ways, perhaps in provocative way.
Book levels are based on reading difficulty, not content or plot. Many books are highly readable but challenging in different ways, typically incorporating symbolism and other important literary devices. It is entirely appropriate to read books above or below the reading level you are targeting if the book challenges the reader in other ways, perhaps in a provocative way. For example, The Catcher in the Rye is certainly a push for fourth grade in terms of content. Perhaps pushing it to seventh or eighth grade may be an option. As you can see, limiting a child to a book, because of a book list or the child's age, is a mistake. Grade-level lists are only guides and careful attention must be taken in order to select proper reading material based on ability and interest rather than a grade recommendation.
Books 4th Grade
Books 4th Grade
Books 4th Grade
Books 4th Grade
Books 4th Grade
Fourth Grade Novels
Anastasia at This Address
Anastasia at Your Service
Anastasia Krupnik
Anastasia's Chosen Career
...And Now Miguel
Animal, the Vegetable...Jones, The
Beezus and Ramona
BFG, The
Bingo Brown and the...of Love
Blossom Promise, A
Bridge to Terabithia
Burning Questions of Bingo Brown, The
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
Catcher in the Rye
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
Charlotte’s Web
Chocolate Fever
Cracker Jackson
Crossing the Wire
Cybil War, The
Danny The Champion of the World
Dear Mr. Henshaw
Devil's Arithmetic, The
Ellen Tebbits
Family Under the Bridge, The
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Fever, 1793
Fighting Ground, The
Flat Stanley
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
George's Marvelous Medicine
Glory Girl, The
Grapes of Wrath, The
Great Gilly Hopkins, The
Harriet the Spy
Hello, My Name is Scrambled Eggs
Henry and Beezus
Henry Huggins
Higher Power of Lucky, The
Holes
Indian and the Cupboard, The
It's Like This, Cat
James and the Giant Peach
Kid Who Ran For President, The
Lemonade War, The
Lightning Thief, The
Lincoln: A Photobiography
Little House on the Prairie
Little Women
Loser
Maniac Magee
M.C. Higgins, the Great
Midnight Fox, The
Miracles on Maple Hill
Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, The
My Brother Sam is Dead
Night of the Twisters
Night Swimmers, The
Number the Stars
Onion John
Otis Spofford
People of Sparks, The (sequel to City of Ember)
Poppy
Ragweed
Ramona the Brave
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
Sarah Bishop
Secret of the Andes
Shiloh
Sign of the Beaver, The
Sing Down the Moon
Small Steps
Stargirl
Stone Fox
Strawberry Girl
Streams to the River, River to the Sea
Summer of the Swans
Tale of Desperaux, The
Tex
Velveteen Rabbit, The
Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers, A
Walk Two Moons
Watsons Go To Birmingham-1963, The
Where the Red Fern Grows
Wheel on the School, The
Winged Colt of Casa Mia, The
Wizard of Oz, The
Wrinkle in Time, A
Year Down Yonder, A
Fourth Grade Novels and Interest Levels
There has long been a debate between phonics and whole language. Google “whole language”, and you’ll find almost 20,000,000 articles about the subject. Google “phonics’, and you’ll find almost 9,000,000 articles. Google “novels”, and you’ll find over 81,000,000 articles!
There are numerous opposing beliefs when it comes to teaching reading. Ultimately, regardless of how a child is taught to read, the reading material largely dictates his/her interest level. Can anybody truly be interested in the reading material contained in most reading texts? At what point is a child’s interest level as important as the method in which they are being taught to read? In my twenty years of teaching, I’ve found that the single best way to improve in reading is to read. I know that sounds simple, but it’s true. The problem with reading texts is that they really don’t provide a lot of reading opportunities that are interesting, so students never read from them on their own. Novels, on the other hand, are far more engaging and tend to motivate students to read both in groups and independently. As a result, I highly recommend novel reading over text reading when it comes to increasing student interest.
Book Links to Additional Lists
Book Banned
Books for Gifted Children
Newbery Award Winners by Grade Level
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novels List: Greatest Books of the 20th Century
Books 4th Grade: Bridge to Terabithia Resources
- Terabithia.com - The Official Site of Author Katherine Paterson
Official Web site of Katherine Paterson
Books 4th Grade: Number the Stars Resources
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