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