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Mrs. Renz says, "Read, read, read!"

Mrs. Renz says, "Read, read, read!"

Reading is one of the great joys of life.  Here are some great authors and titles to help 

fourth graders get started in a great book.  The important thing is to read, read, read!

 
 

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Genre

Definition

Book Examples

Autobiography

The story of a real person's life that is written by that person.

  • Through My Eyes

  • Michelle Kwan, Heart of a Champion, an Autobiography

  • Once Upon a Time by Eve Bunting

Biography

A story of a real person's life written by another person.

  • Abe Lincoln, the Boy Who Loved Books

  • NBA Superstar Shaquille O'Neal

  • The Story of Ruby Bridges

Fantasy

A story including elements that are impossible such as talking animals and magic powers.

  • The Chocolate Touch

  • Fairy Realm

  • Click, Clack, Moo Cows that Type

Historical Fiction

A fictional story that takes place in a particular time period in the past.  Often the setting is real but the characters are made up from the author's imagination.

  • Ben and Me

  • How many Days to America - A Thanksgiving Story

  • Under the Quilt of Night

  • Meet Felicity, An American Girl

Informational

Texts that provide facts about a variety of topics (sports, animals, science, history, careers, travel, geography, space, weather, etc.)

  • The Titanic Lost and Found

  • Our Solar System

  • Pompeii:  Buried Alive

Mystery or Adventure

A suspenseful story about a puzzling event that is not solved until the end of the story.

  • A to Z Mysteries: The Bald Bandit

  • Mystery On the Docks

  • Cam Jansen and the Mystery at the Haunted House

Poetry

Poetry is verse written to create a response of thought and feeling from the reader.  It often uses rhythm and rhyme.

  • Beast Feast

  • Where the Sidewalk Ends

  • The New Kid on the Block

Realistic Fiction

A story using made up characters but could happen in real life.

  • Junie B. Jones

  • Ramona Quimby, Age 8

  • Thank You, Mr. Falker

Science Fiction

A type of fantasy that uses science & technology (robots and machines)

  • My Teacher is an Alien

  • The Magic School Bus - Gets Programmed

  • My Robot Buddy

Traditional Literature

Stories that are passed down from one group to the other in history.  This includes folk takes, legends, fables, fairy tales, tall tales, and  myths from different cultures.

  • Cinderella

  • Paul Bunyan

  • The Legend of the Blue Bonnet

Thanks to Beth Newingham for these great genre poster definitions.

Genre Posters by Beth Newingham

 

 Here are some great authors and titles to help 

fourth graders get started in a great book.  The important thing is to read, read, read!

AUTHOR

TITLE

Angelou, Maya

My Painted House

Armstrong, William

Sounder

Avi

Blue Heron

Crispin, the Cross of Lead

Night Journeys

The Fighting Ground

Ragweed

Bailey, Carolyn

Miss Hickory

Banks, Lynn Reid

The Fairy Rebel

Blume, Judy

Blubber

Freckle Juice

Superfudge and any of the Fudge series

Bond, Michael

A Bear Called Paddington

Bridges, Ruby

Through My Eyes

Brink, Carol R.

Caddie Woodlawn

Butterworth, Olive

The Enormous Egg

Byars, Betsy

Bingo Brown series

Blossoms series

Coast to Coast

The Summer of the Swans

The Computer Nut

The Cybil War

The Dark Stairs

The Night Swimmers

Tornado

Caudill, Rebecca

Did You Carry the Flag Today, Charley?

Caudill, Rebecca

Tree of Freedom

Christopher, Matt

Dirt Bike Racer

The Fox Steals Home

Ice Magic

Long Stretch at First Base

No Arm in the Left Field

Skateboard Tough

Cleary, Beverly

Beezus and Ramona  (any of the series )

Dear Mr. Henshaw

Ellen Tebbits

Henry Huggins (any of the series)

Muggie Maggie

Socks

Strider

Clements, Andrew

Janitor's Boy

Coerr, Eleanor

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

Colfer, Eoin

Artemis Fowl   (series)

Colville, Ann

My Teacher Fried My Brains

Colville, Bruce

I Was a Sixth Grade Alien

Creech, Sharon

Bloomability

Love That Dog

Walk Two Moons

Curtis, Christopher

Bud, Not Buddy

Curtis, Christopher

The Watsons Go to Birmingham

Cutler, Jane

No Dogs Allowed

Dahl, Roald  

The B.F.G.

Esio Trot

Witches (and any other book by Roald Dahl)

Davidson, Margaret

The Story of Jackie Robinson, the Bravest Man In Baseball

DeCamillo, Kate

Because of Winn Dixie

The Tale of Despereaux

Denenberg, Barry

Stealing Home: A Story of Jackie Robinson

Edmonds, Walter

The Matchlock Gun

Estes, Eleanor

The Moffats   (series)

Fitzhugh, Louise

Harriet the Spy

Fleischman, Paul

Bull Run

Fritz, Jean

And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?

Can't You Make Them Behave, King George?

George Washington's Breakfast

Shh! We're Writing the Constitution

The Double Life of Pocahontas

What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?

Where Do You Think You're Going, Columbus?

Gardiner, John

Stone Fox

Giff, Patricia

Lily's Crossing Nory Ryan's Song

 

Gipson, Fred

Old Yeller

Gutman, Dan

Honus and Me

Haywood, Carolyn

Betsy    (series, any books)

The Eddie   (series)

Henry, Marguerite

Black Gold

King of the Wind (series)

Hiaasen, Carl

Hoot

Holling, Holling

Paddle-to-the Sea

Howe, Deborah

Bunnicula

Howe, James

Howliday Inn

Hughes, Langston

The Dreamkeeper and other Poems

Hunter, Mollie

The Mermaid Summer

Hurwitz, Johanna

Aldo  (any in the series)

Jacques, Brian

Redwall   (series)

Jerry Spinelli,

Wringer

Joseph, Lynn

The Color of My Words

Juster, Norton

The Phantom Tollbooth

King-Smith, Dick

Pigs Might Fly

Konigsburg, E. L.

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

Krumgold, Joseph

Onion John

Lawson, Robert

Ben and Me

L'Engle, Madeleine

A Wind in the Door

A Wrinkle in Time (series)

Levers, Gail Carson

Ella Enchanted

Lewis, C. S.

Chronicles of Narnia  (series)

Lindgren, Astrid

Pippi Longstocking   (series)

Lovelace, Maud Hart

Betsy-Tacy   (series)

Lowry, Lois

All About Sam

Anastasia   (series)

Attaboy, Sam

Number the Stars

MacLachlan, Patricia

Sarah, Plain and Tall

Martin, Rafe

Rough Face Girl

McDonald, Betty

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle  (series)

Mochizuki, Ken

Baseball Saved Us

Naylor, Phyllis

Beetles Lightly Toasted

Saving Shiloh

Norton, Mary

The Borrowers    (series)

O'Dell, Scott

Sing Down the Moon

Park, Linda Sue

A Single Shard

Peck, Richard

A Long Way From Chicago

A Year Down Under

Voices After Midnight

Peck, Robert Newton

Soup  (series)

Porter, Eleanor

Pollyanna

Reid Banks, Lynn

The Indian in the Cupboard

Reilly Giff, Patricia

Fourth Grade Celebrity

Pictures of Hollis Woods

Robinson, Barbara

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Rockwell, Thomas

How to Eat Fried Worms

Rowling, J. K.

Harry Potter (series)

Ryan, Pam

Esperanza Rising

Rylant, Cynthia

A Blue-Eyed Daisy

Sachar, Louis

Holes

Sixth Grade Secrets

There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom

Wayside School is Falling Down

 

Various authors

Dear America (series) 

Scieska, Jon

Summer Reading Is Killing Me The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales

 

Silverstein, Shel

Falling Up

The Giving Tree

Simon, Seymour

Big Cats

Snicket, Lemony

Bad Beginning (series)

Sobol, Donald J.

Encyclopedia Brown  (series)

Sperry, Armstrong

Call It Courage

Spinelli, Jerry

Fourth Grade Rats

Stargirl

Knots in My Yo-Yo String

Steig, William