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Summer 2008 Reading

"BOOKS ARE GREAT! CATCH THE READING BUG IN' 08!"

-Selected Titles for Fourth Graders' Enjoyment-

Lorraine Bentley, St. Andrew Librarian Media Specialist.

Author Title
Avi POPPY AND RYE, RAGWEED
Bell AWESOME CHESAPEAKE: A KID'S GUIDE TO THE BAY
Bishop SPIDERS
Bowen THE KID COACH
Brittain WHO KNEW THERE'D BE GHOSTS
Bryan BEAT THE STORY DRUM, PUM PUM
Butterworth THE ENORMOUS EGG
Byars THE EIGHTEENTH EMERGENCY
Cameron THAT JULIA REDFERN
Carbone SARAH AND THE NAKED TRUTH
Cerullo THE TRUTH ABOUT GREAT WHITE SHARKS
Child THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA
Christopher SOCCER HALFBACK, CHALLENGE AT SECOND BASE
Cleary RAMONA'S WORLD, THE MOUSE AND THE MOTORCYCLE
Clements FRINDLE
Climo SOMEONE SAW A SPIDER: SPIDER FACTS AND FOLKTALES
Cole THE RAIN OR SHINE ACTIVITY BOOK: FUN THINGS TO MAKE AND DO
Coville JEREMY THATCHER, DRAGON HATCHER: A MAGIC BOOK
Creech PLEASING THE GHOST
Cutchins SLIPPERY BABIES: YOUNG FROGS, TOADS, AND SALAMANDERS
Cuthbert THE CLASSIC TREASURY OF CHILDREN'S PRAYERS
Dahl BOY, JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH
Danziger FOREVER, AMBER BROWN
Davies, J. THE LEMONADE WAR
Davies, N. WHAT'S EATING YOU? PARASITES, THE INSIDE STORY
Davis THE BOY WHO DREW BIRDS: A STORY OF JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
DePaola TOMIE DE PAOLA'S BOOK OF BIBLE STORIES
DiCamillo THE TALE OF DESPERAUX
Dowell PHINEAS L. MAGUIRE ERUPTS!
Eager HALF MAGIC
Estes THE MOFFATS
Fleishman THE WHIPPING BOY
Florian MAMMALABILIA
Freedman OUT OF DARKNESS: THE STORY OF LOUIS BRAILLE
Fritz THE DOUBLE LIFE OF POCAHANTAS
Fritz SHH! WE'RE WRITING THE CONSTITUTION
Gaeddert THE KID WITH THE RED SUSPENDERS
Gaiman THE DAY I SWAPPED MY DAD FOR TWO GOLDFISH
Garfield YOUNG NICK AND JUBILEE
Gardiner TOP SECRET
George ONE DAY IN THE TROPICAL RAINFOREST
Giblin THE MYSTERY OF THE MAMMOTH BONES AND HOW IT WAS SOLVED
Gilson 4B GOES WILD
Giovanni ROSA
Greenwald GIVE US A GREAT BIG SMILE, ROSIE COLE
Gryski CAT'S CRADLE, OWL'S EYES: A BOOK OF STRING GAMES
Gutman THE HOMEWORK MACHINE
Hahn THE DOLL IN THE GARDEN
Hale THE BIG NAP: FROM THE TATTERED CASEBOOK OF CHET GECKO, PRIVATE EYE
Hamilton THE PEOPLE COULD FLY
Hammond SPORTS (Eyewitness Books)
Hatkokk OWEN AND MZEE: THE LANGUAGE OF FRIENDSHIP
Henry MISTY OF CHINCOTEAGUE
Hermes KEVIN CORBETT EATS FLIES
Hicks ALVIN FERNALD, TV ANCHORMAN
Horath THE TROLLS
Howe BUNNICULA STRIKES AGAIN!
Hughes ELLA'S BIG CHANCE: A JAZZ-AGE CINDERELLA
Hurwitz TEACHER'S PET, THE DOWN AND UP FALL
Ibbotson THE SECRET OF PLATFORM 13, DIAL-A-GHOST
Janulewicz YIKES! YOUR BODY UP CLOSE!
Jaspersohn BAT, BALL, GLOVE
Kelly LUCY ROSE, HERE'S THE THING ABOUT ME (sequels)
Kennedy BRATS
Kennet LOOKING AT PAINTINGS
King-Smith HARRIET'S HARE
Kline HERBIE JONES AND THE MONSTER BALL
Korman THE TOILET PAPER TIGERS
Krementz A VERY YOUNG GYMNAST (series)
Kurlansky THE STORY OF SALT
Lasky DINOSAUR DIG
Lauber DINOSAURS WALKED HERE AND OTHER STORIES FOSSILS TELL
LOST STAR, THE STORY OF AMELIA EARHART
Lerner BACKYARD BIRDS OF SUMMER
Lester THE TALES OF UNCLE REMUS (ill. Pinkney)
Lindgren PIPPI LONGSTOCKING (series)
Look RUBY LU, EMPRESS OF EVERYTHING
Lowry ALL ABOUT SAM; SEE YOU AROUND, SAM!
Macauley CASTLE
MacLachlan ARTHUR FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME
Maguire SEVEN SPIDERS SPINNING
Mak MY CHINATOWN: ONE YEAR IN POEMS
Malnig WHERE THE WAVES BREAK, LIFE AT THE EDGE OF THE SEA
Markle OUTSIDE AND INSIDE SHARKS
Marsden JADE DRAGON
Mathis THE HUNDRED PENNY BOX
Mayne HOB AND THE GOBLINS
McClosky CENTERBURG TALES
McKay DOLPHIN LUCK, THE EXILES
McDonald JUDY B. MOODY GETS FAMOUS
Merrill THE PUSHCART WAR
Micklethwait A CHILD'S BOOK OF ART: DISCOVER GREAT PAINTINGS
Mills DYNAMITE DINAH
BEING TEDDY ROOSEVELT
Mowat OWLS IN THE FAMILY
Myers, W. ME, MOP, AND THE MOONDANCE KID
Namioka YANG THE SECOND AND HER SECRET ADMIRER
Naylor BEETLES, LIGHTLY TOASTED, THE GRAND ESCAPE
Norton THE BORROWERS AFLOAT
O'Connor YOURS TILL NIAGARA FALLS, ABBY
Park, B. THE KID IN THE RED JACKET
Park, F. THE ROYAL BEE
Peck SOUP (series)
Peet BILL PEET: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Pinkwater FAT CAMP COMMANDOS
Platt CASTLE DIARY: THE JOURNAL OF TOBIAS BURGESS, PAGE
Prelutsky THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK
Pringle ELEPHANT WOMAN
Ride TO SPACE AND BACK
Robinson THE BEST SCHOOL YEAR EVER
Sacher WAYSIDE SCHOOL IS FALLING DOWN
Say KAMISHIBAI MAN
Schanzer DAVY CROCKETT SAVES THE WORLD
Scieszka 2095, SCIENCE VERSE
Seidler MEAN MARGARET
Seldon TUCKER'S COUNTRYSIDE
Shapiro HOW THEY BUILT THE STATUE OF LIBERTY
Sharp THE RESCUERS
Simon EINSTEIN ANDERSON, SCIENCE SLEUTH
Simon JUPITER, VOLCANOES
Singh YOUNGUNCLE COMES TO TOWN
Slote THE TRADING GAME
Shura CHESTER
Smith BOBBY BASEBALL
Spinelli FOURTH GRADE RATS
St. George SO YOU WANT TO BE AN INVENTOR?
Stanley RUMPELSTILTSKIN'S DAUGHTER
Stevenson CANDY CORN
Stolz QUENTIN CORN, THE BULLY OF BARKHAM STREET
Tanaka GRAVEYARDS OF THE DINOSAURS
Taylor THE TROUBLE WITH TUCK
Turner GORILLA DOCTORS
Van Draanen SHREDDERMAN 2: ATTACK OF THE TAGGER
Van Leeuwen THE GREAT SUMMER CAMP CATASTROPHE
Walker HIPPOS
Waryncia IF I WERE A KID IN ANCIENT CHINA
Wells RACHEL FIELD'S HITTY: HER FIRST HUNDRED YEARS
Whybrow LITTLE WOLF'S HAUNTED HALL FOR SMALL HORRORS
Wick A DROP OF WATER
Wilder THE LITTLE HOUSE IN THE BIG WOODS
Williams SCOOTER
Winthrop THE CASTLE IN THE ATTIC
Wise CHRISTOPHER MOUSE, THE TALE OF A SMALL TRAVELER
Wisniewski TOUGH COOKIE
Wright THE GHOST COMES CALLING
Yep LATER, GATER
Yolen WIZARD'S HALL

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