4th Grade Book Recommendations
Ms. Bock's Top Picks for Grade 4
Realistic Stories
- The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger
- Iron Thunderby Avi
- El Deafo by Cece Bell
- The Arrow Over the Door by Joseph Bruchac
- Frindle by Andrew Clements
- Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
- Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
- The Great Greene Heist by Varian Johnson
- From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basile E. Frankweiler
- Reign Rain by Ann M. Martin
Unlikely Stories
- Danny, the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl
- Secrets of Shakespeare's Grave by Deron Hicks, Jr.
- Regarding the Fountain by Kate Klise
- Black & White by David Macaulay
- Ask the Bones by Arielle North Olson
- A Drowned Maiden's Hair by Laura Amy Schlitz
- The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
- The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
Fantasy Stories
- The Boggart by Susan Cooper
- The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper
- The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer
- Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
- Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
- Finn Family Moomintroll by Tove Jansson
- Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
- Aviary Wonders Inc. Spring Catalog and Instruction Manual by Kate Samworth
Nonfiction
- Scientists in the Field series by various authors
- The New Way Things Work by David Macaulay
- When the Wolves Returned: Restoring Nature's Balance in Yellowstone by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
- The Tree of Life: Charles Darwin by Peter Sis
- If America Were a Village by David J. Smith
- How to Build Your Own Country by Valerie Wyatt
