Additional Reading - 4th Grade
Unit 1
The Man Who Walked between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein
Fire in Their Eyes by Karen Magnuson Beil
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
Poppy by Avi
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
The Landry News by Andrew Clements
Amelia Earhart: Flying for Adventure by Mary Dodson Wade
Follow the Drinking Gourd by Jeanette Winter
Knee-Knock Rise by Natalie Babbitt
Unit 2
Toad Overload: A True Tale of Nature Knocked Off Balance in Australiaby Patricia Seibert
The River by David Bellamy
Why Doesn’t the Sun Burn Out? And Other Not Such Dumb Questions about Energy by Vicki Cobb
The Birds of Killingworth by Robert D. San Souci
Food Chains in a Meadow Habitat by Isaac Nadeau
Food Chains and You by Bobbie Kalman
Evergladesby Jean Craighead George
Water by Brenda Williams
A Walk in the Desert by Rebecca L. Johnson
Unit 3
Across the WideDarkSea: The Mayflower Journey by Jean Van Leeuwen
Sarah Morton’s Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Girl by Kate Waters
The New Americans: Colonial Times, 1620–1689 by Betsy Maestro
Abigail’s Drum by John A. Minahan
Colonial Kids: An Activity Guide to Life in the New World by Laurie Carlson
Children of the Wild West by Russell Freedom
The California Gold Rush: West with the Forty-Niners by Elizabeth Can Steenwyk
Unit 4
Turn It Loose: The Scientist in ABSOLUTELY Everybody by Diane Swanson
How to Think Like a Scientist: Answering Questions by the Scientific Method by Stephen P. Kramer
The Magic Wheel by Brian Birchall
Girls Think of Everything by Catherine Thimmesh
The Kids’ Invention Book by Arlene Erlbach
Marie Curie and the Discovery of Radium by Ann E. Steinke
Pasteur’s Fight Against Microbes by Beverley Birch and Christian Birmingham
Unit 5
The Steam Engine by Tamra Orr
The Industrial Revolution by Mary Collins
John Henry by Julius Lester
American Tall Tales by Mary Pope Osborne
Kids during the Great Depression by Lisa Wroble
The Bread Winner by Arvella Whitmore
Immigrant Kids by Russell Freedman
If Your Name Was Changed at Ellis Island by Ellen Levine
Alice Ramsey’s Grand Adventure by Don Brown
Unit 6
Neale S. Godfrey’s Ultimate Kids’ Money Book by Neale S. Godfrey
The Mildenhall Treasure by Roald Dahl
A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams
Max Malone Makes a Million by Charlotte Herman
What’s Cooking, Jenny Archer? By Ellen Conford
The Toothpaste Millionaire by Jean Merrill
Better Than a Lemonade Stand! Small Business Ideas for Kids by Daryl Bernstein
Odd Jobs: The Wackiest Jobs You’ve Never Heard Of! by Ellen Weiss
Brainstorm! The Stories of Twenty American Kid Inventors by Tom Tucker