Suggested Reading List: Grades 4 and 5

Summer Reading Assignment

Suggested Reading List: Grades 4 and 5

From the Indiana Department of Education

Fiction: Classic and Contemporary

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Verne, Jules

Alice’sAdventuresinWonderlandbyCarroll,Lewis

TheBFGbyDahl,Roald

BridgetoTerabithiabyPeterson,Katherine

CharlieandtheChocolateFactorybyDahl,Roald

Charlotte’sWebbyWhite,E.B.

EsperanzaRisingbyRyan,PamMuñoz

FloraUlyssesbyDiCamillo,Kate

Fromthe Mixed-UpFilesofMrs.BasilE.FrankweilerbyKonigsburg,E.L.

HarriettheSpybyFitzhugh,Louise

HenryHugginsbyCleary,Beverly

The Invention of Hugo Cabret: A Novel in Words and Pictures by Selznick, Brian

JumanjibyVanAllsburg,Chris

TheLemonadeWar(series)byDavies,Jacqueline

TheLion,theWitchandtheWardrobebyLewis,C.S.

MaryPoppinsbyTravers,P.L.

Mr.Popper’sPenguinsbyAtwater,FlorenceandRichard

Mrs.FrisbyandtheRatsofNIMHbyO’Brien,Robert

PoppybyAvi

TheSecretGardenbyBurnett,FrancesHodgson

Shiloh(trilogy)byNaylor,PhyllisReynolds

SidekicksbySantat,Dan

SounderbyArmstrong,WilliamHoward

TheTaleofDespereauxbyDiCamillo,Kate

TheWizardofOzbyBaum,Frank

WheretheRedFernGrowsbyRawls,Wilson

TheWhippingBoybyFleischman,Sid

HistoricalFiction

AbigailbySperry,Portia Howe andDonaldson,Lois

AndThenWhatHappened,PaulRevere?ByFritz,Jean

Bud,NotBuddybyCurtis,ChristopherPaul

CrispinbyAvi

ForgebyAnderson,LaurieHalse

IslandoftheBlueDolphinsbyO’Dell,Scott

JohnnyTremainbyForbes,Esther

The Journal of William Thomas Emerson: A Revolutionary War Patriot by Denenberg, Barry

TheKeepingRoombyMyers,Anna

LittleHouseintheBigWoodsbyWilder,LauraIngalls

LizzieBrightandtheBuckminsterBoyby Schmidt, Gary

TheMightyMissMalonebyCurtis,ChristopherPaul

P.S.BeElevenbyWilliams--‐Garcia,Rita

RidingFreedombyRyan,PamMuñoz

SaltbyFrost,Helen

TheSecretSoldier:TheStoryofDeborahSampsonbyMcGovern,Ann

TheSignoftheBeaverbySpeare,ElizabethGeorge

WatsonsGotoBirmingham–1963byCurtis,ChristopherPaul

The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777 by Gregory, Kristiana

ShortStories

SelectionsfromBaseballinAprilandOtherStoriesbySoto,Gary

“ZlatehtheGoat”bySinger,IsaacBashevis

Poetry

“ABarefootBoy”byRiley,JamesWhitcomb

LeafbyLeafbyRogasky,Barbara

“MyFirstMemory(ofLibrarians)”byGiovanni,Nikki

“CaseyattheBat”byThayer,ErnestLawrence

Words with Wings: A Treasury of African American Poetry and Art by Rochelle, Belinda

Folklore/Mythology

Aesop’sFablesbyAesop

TheDaysWhentheAnimalsTalkedbyFaulkner,WilliamJ.

TheMerryAdventuresofRobinHoodbyPyle,Howard

TheRough-FaceGirlbyRafe,Martin

Biography/Autobiography

LostStar:TheStoryofAmeliaEarhartbyLauber,Patricia

James Whitcomb Riley: Young Poet by Mitchell, Minnie Bell and Dunham,Montrew

NelsonMandelabyNelson,Kadir

The Story of Jackie Robinson, Bravest Man in Baseball by Davidson, Margaret

The Story of Thomas Alva Edison: The Wizard of Menlo Park by Cousins, Margaret

SatchelPaigeDon’tLookBackbyAdler,David

Nonfiction:Science,SocialStudies,andMathematics

50SimpleThingsKids CanDotoSavetheEarthbytheEarthWorksGroupGeorge Vs. George: The American Revolution as Seen from Both Sides by Schanzer, Rosalyn

MathCursebyScieszka,Jon

Shh!We’reWritingtheConstitutionbyFritz,Jean

Sir Cumference and the First Round Table: A Math Adventure by Neuschwander, Cindy

WorkingwithFractionsbyAdler,David