Fabulous Books for 4th Graders

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Fiction

• The End of the Beginning: Being the Adventures of a Small Snail (and an Even Smaller Ant)
  by Avi
  (Newbery Award author)
  An ant and a snail start a voyage to the unknown and discover a friendship.
• The Folk Keeper
  by Franny Billingsley
  (2000 Horn Book Award)
  A girl dresses like a boy to pursue her dream job.
• Bud, Not Buddy
  by Christopher Paul Curtis
  (2000 Newbery & Coretta Scott King Awards)
  A boy searches for the father he never knew during the Depression.
• Tale of Despereaux
  by Kate DiCamillo
  (2005 Newbery Award Winner)
  Story of Despereaux, a tiny mouse with a huge heart, and his beloved Princess Pea.
• Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key
  by Jack Gantos
  (Newbery Honor author)
  A funny story of a boy dealing with learning disabilities.
• Fine Feathered Friends
  by Jamila Gavin
  (Whitbred Book Award author)
  A young boy spends a summer at his aunt and uncle's farm and learns the meaning of caring.
• Regarding the Fountain: A Tale in Letters, of Liars and Leaks
  by Kate Klise
  (2001-02 Connecticut Nutmeg Award & New Jersey Battle of the Books Award)
  A school needs a new water fountain and ends up swimming in trouble.
• The Old African
  by Julius Lester
  An old slave gives his fellow slaves hope by showing them a path to liberation.
• The Apple Gatherer
  by Steven Schnur
  (Sydner Taylor Award author)
  An old man walks across rural New England appreciating nature's bounty.
• The Time Warp Trio (series)
  by Jon Scieszka
  Three friends travel across time and get in a lot of trouble in this hilarious adventure series.
• The Skirt
  by Gary Soto
  (American Book Award author)
  A forgetful girl leaves behind a skirt she needs for a dance performance.
• Charlotte's Web
  by E.B. White
  A precious pig and a resourceful spider become the best of friends.

Non-Fiction

• While Standing on One Foot: Puzzle Stories & Wisdom Tales from the Jewish Tradition
  by Nina Jaffe
  J 296.1 J
• The Dancing Skeleton
  by Cynthia DeFelice
  A man tries to scare his widow's suitors.
  J 398 D
• The Magical Monkey King: Mischief in Heaven
  by Ji-li Jiang
  Stories of a traditional Chinese character.
  J 398 J
• I-Know-Not-What, I-Know-Not-Where: a Russian Tale
  by Eric A. Kimmel
  J 398 K
• The Rough-Face Girl
  by Rafe Martin
  An Algonquin Cinderella story.
  J 398 M
• A Drop of Water: a Book of Science and Wonder
  by Walter Wick
  (1997 Boston Globe-Horn Book Non-Fiction Award)
  J 546.22 W
• A Pot O'Gold: A Treasure of Irish Stories, Poetry, Folklore, and (of Course) Blarney
  by Kathleen Krull
  (Pura Belpré Award author)
  J 820.8 K
• The Hero Beowulf
  by Eric A. Kimmel
  A Viking story of good against evil with monsters and heroes.
  J 829.3 K
• Pirate Diary; the Journal of Jake Carpenter
  by Richard Platt
  (2001 Kate Greenaway Award)
  A boy tries to be a sailor but ends up a pirate instead.
  J 910.4 P