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Great Fourth Grade Reads

Looking for some great Fourth Grade reads? Try some of these:

The strange case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger

The one and only Ivan by Katherine Applegate; illustrations by Patricia Castelao

Tales of a fourth grade nothing by Judy Blume; illustrated by Roy Doty

The summer of the swans [by] Betsy Byars. Illustrated by Ted CoConis by Byars, Betsy Cromer

Frindle by Andrew Clements; pictures by Brian Selznick

Jennifer Murdley's toad: a magic shop book by Bruce Coville; illustrated by Gary A. Lippincott

Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

The cabin faced west by Jean Fritz; illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky

Dragon rider by Cornelia Funke; translated by Anthea Bell

Lily's crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff

Princess Academy by Shannon Hale

Bunnicula: a rabbit tale of mystery by Deborah and James Howe; illustrated by Alan Daniel

Rikki-tikki-tavi by Rudyard Kipling

Anastasia Krupnik by Lois Lowry

Winnie-the-Pooh. With decorations by Ernest H. Shepard by Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander), 1882-1956

Yang the youngest and his terrible ear by Lensey Namioka; illustrated by Kees de Kiefte

Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

You can't come in here! by written by P.J. Night

The charm bracelet by Emily Rodda; illustrations by Raoul Vitale

Glory be by Augusta Scattergood

The cricket in Times Square by George Selden; illustrated by Garth Williams

Fourth grade rats by Jerry Spinelli; illustrated by Paul Casale

Charlotte's web by E.B. White; pictures by Garth Williams

Little house in the Big Woods by Wilder, Laura Ingalls, 1867-1957

George Washington's socks by Elvira Woodruff

A ghost in the family by Betty Ren Wright

Passager: the young Merlin trilogy, book one by Jane Yolen