tales of the 4th grade


More from the magic lady of my college day... 

4th GRADE RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Because of Winn-Dixie, by Kate DiCamillo (Great audio edition available, too!)
Birchbark House, by Louise Erdrich and sequel, Game of Silence
The Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis (Start with Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, which is really the first book!)
A Crooked Kind of Perfect, by Linda Urban
Dragon Rider, by Cornelia Funke (Great audio edition available, too!)
Enola Holmes mysteries, by Nancy Springer
Frindle, by Andrew Clement
Gooseberry Park, by Cynthia Rylant
Ida B., by Katherine Hannigan
Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles, by Julie Andrews Edwards
Little House series, by Laura Ingalls Wilder (Great audio editions available, too!)
Mandy, by Julie Andrews Edwards
Maniac Magee, by Jerry Spinelli (Great audio edition available, too!)
Mary Poppins, by P.L. Travers
The Moffats by Eleanor Estes, and others by her
Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry
Poppy series, by Avi
Prince of the Pond, by Donna Jo Napoli
Sarah, Plain and Tall, by Patricia MacLachlan
Shiloh series, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Tarantula in My Purse, by Jean Craighead George
Toliver’s Secret, by Esther Wood Brady
Also see the Upper El Picture Book list!

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