MNSD Elementary Librarians Celebrate Summer Reading with You!
Entering 4 th Grade Suggested Summer Reading List
Fourth Grade Reads!
The goal of our summer reading program is to encourage the enjoyment of reading and to acquaint students with specific authors, as well as, to encourage the reading habit by suggesting a wide range of authors of fiction, nonfiction, and series books. Summer reading is a time when children can focus on the fun of reading by reading what interests them. Visit your Marple or Newtown Public Library and let the celebration of summer reading begin!
I. Look for fiction books by these authors*:
- Avi
- Judy Blume
- Oliver Butterworth
- Betsy Byars
- Matt Christopher
- Beverly Cleary
- Andrew Clements
- Bruce Coville
- Roald Dahl
- Patricia Reilly Giff
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- Kate Dicamillo
- Jean Craighead George Dan Gutman
- Karen Hesse
- Polly Horvath
- James Howe
- Johanna Hurwitz
- Elizabeth Levy
- Lois Lowry
- Ann M. Martin
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- Gary Paulsen
- Louis Sachar
- Jon Scieszka
- Brian Selznick
- Dick King Smith
- Jerry Spinelli
- Bill Wallace
- E.B. White
- Elizabeth Winthrop
- Laurence Yep
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II. Explore nonfiction books by these authors*:
- David Adler
- Joanna Cole
- Douglas Florian
- Russell Freedman
- Jean Fritz
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- Lee Bennett Hopkins
- Kathleen Krull
- Kathryn Lasky
- Sandra Markle
- Sy Montgomery
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- Jim Murphy
- Mary Pope Osborne
- Jack Prelutsky
- Shel Silverstein
- Seymour Simon
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III. Browse for your favorite series:
- Amelia Notebooks
- Animal Ark
- Boxcar Children
- Dear America
- Encyclopedia Brown
- Evangeline Mudd
- Guardians of Ga’hoole
- Hank Zipzer
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- Historical Biographies
- Jenny Archer
- Jiggy McCue stories
- Judy Moody
- The Littles
- Magic Shop
- Marvin Redpost
- Morgy
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- My America
- Raintree Biographies
- Secrets of Droon
- Shredderman
- Spiderwick Chronicles
- The Time Warp Trio
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IV. Remember children’s magazines, too!
*Some authors write for older children, too. Be sure to check appropriateness of books chosen.
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