Class 4 Reading Recommendations
Class 4 Reading Recommendations
Most of the books on the booklist are available at Variety Books (Liberty Market), Readings and The Last Word or are available in the school library.
Realistic Fiction:
- Fizzleburt Stump: the Boy Who Ran Away by AF Harrold
- Tales from Moomin Valley by ToveJansson
- A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Awful Auntie by David Walliams
- Mr. Stink by David Walliams
- Night of the Moon by Hena Khan
- Princess Posey Series byStephanie GreeneandStephanie Roth Sisson
- My Weird School Series byDan Gutman andJim Paillot
- Judy Moody by Megan McDonald
- Amelia Bedelia Chapter Books byHerman Parish andLynne Avril
- Henry Huggins Series by Beverly Cleary
- RomonaQuimby Series by Beverly Clearly
- The Babysitter’s Club Series by Ann M. Martin
- Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
- Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
- King Arthur & the Knights of the Round Table by Thomas Malory
- Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
- Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
- Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
- The Landry News by Andrew Clements
- Lost & Found by Andrew Clements
- The School Story by Andrew Clements
Fantasy:
- Madame Pampelmouse by Rupert Kingfisher
- The Chocolate Touch by Patrick SkeneCatling and Margot Apple
- The Boy Who Swam with Piranhas by David Almond
- The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
- The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
- Flora & Ullysses by Kate DiCamillo
- The One & Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
- The Magic Schoolbus Series by Joanna Cole
- The Enormous Crocodile by Roald Dahl
- The Giraffe & the Pelly & Me by Roald Dahl
- The Twits by Roald Dahl
- George’s Marvelous Medicine by Roald Dahl
- Charlie & the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
- Charlie & the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl
- James & the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
- The BFG by Roald Dahl
- The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton
- The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton
- The Mouse & the Motorcycle by Beverly Clearly
- Stuart Little by EB White
- Paddington Bear Chapter Books by Michael Bond
- Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard Atwater
Mystery:
- Precious Ramotswe Mysteries for Young Readers Series (eg The Great Cake Mystery) by Alexander McCall Smith
- Escape from Mr. Lemoncillo’s Library by Chris Grabenstein
- Nancy Drew Series by Carolyn Keene
- Hardy Boys Series by Franklin W. Dixon
- Famous Five by Enid Bylton
- Gangsta Granny by David Walliams