Grades 4-6 Authors No Child Should Miss
AuthorSample Title
Adventure
Alexander, Lloyd The Book of Three
Avi True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
DeFelice, CynthiaDevil’s Bridge
Fleischman, SidBy the Great Horn
Spoon
George, Jean CraigheadMy Side of the Mountain
Hahn, Mary DowningTime for Andrew
Naylor, Phyllis Shiloh
Paulsen, GaryHatchet
Realistic Fiction
Christopher, MattSkateboard Tough
Clements, AndrewFrindle
Creech, SharonWalk Two Moons
Curtis, Christopher PaulThe Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963
Hesse, KarenOut of the Dust
Lowry, LoisAnastasia Krupnik
Peck, RichardFair Weather
Paterson, KatherineBridge to Terabithia
Spinelli, Jerry Maniac Magee
Fantasy
Dahl, RoaldThe BFG
Eager, EdwardHalf Magic
Ibbotson, EvaSecret of Platform 13
Jacques, BrianRedwall
Lewis, C. S.The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Historical Fiction
Collier, James LincolnMy Brother Sam is Dead
Cushman, KarenCatherine, Called Birdy
Denenberg, BarryJournal of William Thomas Emerson
Gutman, DanHonus and Me
O’Dell, ScottIsland of the Blue Dolphins
Peck, RichardA Long Way from Chicago
Uchida, YoshikoJourney to Topaz
Humor
Park, BarbaraSkinnybones
Peck, Robert Newton Soup
Robinson, BarbaraThe Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Sachar, LouisSideways Stories from Wayside School
Woodruff, ElviraAwfully Short for the Fourth Grade
Revised April 2002
AuthorSample Title
Mystery
Bellairs, JohnThe House with a Clock in its Walls
Hamilton, VirginiaThe House of Dies Drear
Kehret, PegSearching for Candlestick Park
Roberts, Willo DavisWhat Could Go Wrong?
Van Draanan, WendelinSammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief
Science Fiction
Christopher, John The White Mountains
Coville, BruceMy Teacher is an Alien
L’Engle, MadelineA Wrinkle in Time
Sleator, WilliamThe Green Futures of Tycho
Biography
Freedman, RussellLincoln: a Photobiography
Fritz, JeanDouble Life of Pocahontas
Krull, KathleenLives of the Musicians
Stanley, DianeLeonardo DaVinci
Folklore
AesopFables
Fisher, Leonard EverettCyclops
Haviland, VirginiaFavorite Fairy Tales Told in Japan
San Souci, RobertSukey and the Mermaid
Poetry
DeRegniers, BeatriceSing a Song of Popcorn
Prelutsky, JackThe New Kid on the Block
Silverstein, ShelWhere the Sidewalk Ends
Viorst, JudithIf I Were In Charge of the World and Other Worries
Proficiency Benchmarks for Grade 6
12. Read and respond to multiple literary works,
including at least ten that are identified on the
Central Bucks list of common recommended
literary selections.
From Central Bucks Elementary School Proficiency Benchmarks to Certify Mastery of Transitional Academic Standards in Grades 3 & 6.