Freer Elementary School
Summer Reading List
Entering Fourth Grade
Reading consistently over the summer is crucial to developing lifelong readers. The books and authors in each reading list are suggestions only. However, we hope that parents will be active participants in their children’s summer reading and will encourage setting individual goals.
Charlotte’s Web
White, E.B.
Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer’s Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him.
Chocolate Fever
Smith, Robert Kimmel
Henry ate so much chocolate that he finally came down with chocolate fever.
Dragon Rider
Funke, Carnelia
Firedrake, a silver dragon, is joined by a brownie and an orphan boy in a quest to find the legendary valley known as the Rim of Heaven, encountering creatures along the way, and struggling to evade the relentless pursuit of an old enemy.
Holes
Sachar, Louis
Young Stanley Yelnats finds himself at Camp Green Lake, where digging a hole a day keeps the warden at bay and "builds character". An ancient family curse still dogs Stanley and he's thrown headlong into the adventure of his life. Stanley and his campmates will have to forge fast friendships to unearth the mystery of what's really going on in the desert.
The Last of the Really Great Wangdoodles
Edwards, Julie Andrews
With help from an eccentric professor in giving their imaginations special intensive training, three children succeed in locating the last of the great Whangdoodles and granting his heart's desire.
Loser
Spinelli, Jerry
Even though his classmates from first grade on have considered him strange and a loser, Daniel Zinkoff's optimism and exuberance and the support of his loving family do not allow him to feel that way about himself.
Love, Ruby Lavender
Wiles, Delorah
When her quirky grandmother goes to Hawaii for the summer, nine-year-old Ruby learns to survive on her own in Mississippi by writing letters, befriending chickens as well as the new girl in town, and finally coping with her grandfather's death.
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
DiCamillo, Kate
Edward Tulane, a cold-hearted and proud toy rabbit, loves only himself until he is separated from the little girl who adores him and travels across the country, acquiring new owners and listening to their hopes, dreams, and histories.
My Dog, My Hero
Byars, Duffey, and Myers
A panel of three judges has to decide which dog out of eight deserves to win the title of My Hero.
Ruby Holler
Creech, Sharon
Thirteen-year-old fraternal twins Dallas and Florida have grown up in a terrible orphanage but their lives change forever when an eccentric but sweet older couple invites them each on an adventure, beginning in an almost magical place called RubyHoller.
Try some books by these authors:
Byng, Georgia
Clements, Andrew
Dahl, Roald
Rawling, J.K.
Encourage non-fiction reading based on interest.