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The Best Books To Read In 4th Grade

“What are the best books to read in 4th Grade?” We looked at 1,223 of the top books, aggregating and ranking them so we could answer that very question!

The top 38 books, all appearing on 3 or more, “Best 4th Grade” book lists, are ranked below by how many times they appear. The books include images, descriptions, and links. The remaining 1,000+ books, as well as the lists we used, are in alphabetical order on the bottom of the page.

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The Best Books To Read In 4th Grade
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Top 38 Books For 4th Grade



38 .) A Series of Unfortunate Events (series) by Lemony Snicket

Lists It Appears On:

  • Imagination Soup
  • 11 Magnolia Lane
  • NPR

“Are you made fainthearted by death? Does fire unnerve you? Is a villain something that might crop up in future nightmares of yours? Are you thrilled by nefarious plots? Is cold porridge upsetting to you? Vicious threats? Hooks? Uncomfortable clothing?

It is likely that your answers will reveal A Series of Unfortunate Events to be ill-suited for your personal use. A librarian, bookseller, or acquaintance should be able to suggest books more appropriate for your fragile temperament. But to the rarest of readers we say, “”Proceed, but cautiously.”””

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37 .) A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

Lists It Appears On:

  • Benicia Public Library
  • Goodreads
  • NPR

“It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the kitchen for a midnight snack when they were upset by the arrival of a most disturbing stranger.

“”Wild nights are my glory,”” the unearthly stranger told them. “”I just got caught in a downdraft and blown off course. Let me sit down for a moment, and then I’ll be on my way. Speaking of ways, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract.””

A tesseract (in case the reader doesn’t know) is a wrinkle in time. To tell more would rob the reader of the enjoyment of Miss L’Engle’s unusual book. A Wrinkle in Time, winner of the Newbery Medal in 1963, is the story of the adventures in space and time of Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin O’Keefe (athlete, student, and one of the most popular boys in high school). They are in search of Meg’s father, a scientist who disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government on the tesseract problem.”

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36 .) All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor

Lists It Appears On:

  • 11 Magnolia Lane
  • Benicia Public Library
  • NPR

“Meet the All-of-a-Kind Family — Ella, Henny, Sarah, Charlotte, and Gertie — who live with their parents in New York City at the turn of the century.

Together they share adventures that find them searching for hidden buttons while dusting Mama’s front parlor and visiting with the peddlers in Papa’s shop on rainy days. The girls enjoy doing everything together, especially when it involves holidays and surprises.

But no one could have prepared them for the biggest surprise of all!”

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35 .) Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary

Lists It Appears On:

  • Highland Park Public Library
  • Benicia Public Library
  • HBCSD

“Beverly Cleary’s timeless Newbery Medal-winning book explores difficult topics like divorce, insecurity, and bullying through the thoughts and emotions of a sixth-grade boy as he writes to his favorite author, Boyd Henshaw.

After his parents separate, Leigh Botts moves to a new town with his mother. Struggling to make friends and deal with his anger toward his absent father, Leigh loses himself in a class assignment in which he must write to his favorite author. When Mr. Henshaw responds, the two form an unexpected friendship that will change Leigh’s life forever.

From the beloved author of the Henry Huggins, Ramona Quimby, and Ralph S. Mouse series comes an epistolary novel about how to navigate and heal from life’s growing pains.”

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34 .) Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine

Lists It Appears On:

  • Benicia Public Library
  • NPR
  • Goodreads

“At her birth, Ella of Frell receives a foolish fairy’s gift—the “gift” of obedience. Ella must obey any order, whether it’s to hop on one foot for a day and a half, or to chop off her own head! But strong-willed Ella does not accept her fate…

Against a bold backdrop of princes, ogres, giants, wicked stepsisters, and fairy godmothers, Ella goes on a quest to break the curse forever.”

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33 .) Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo

Lists It Appears On:

  • Highland Park Public Library
  • Imagination Soup
  • Goodreads

Holy unanticipated occurrences! From #1 New York Times best-selling author Kate DiCamillo comes a laugh-out-loud story filled with eccentric, endearing characters — a novel interspersed with comic-style graphic sequences and full-page illustrations, all rendered in black and white by K. G. Campbell.

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32 .) Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

Lists It Appears On:

  • Benicia Public Library
  • NPR
  • Goodreads

“This award-winning contemporary classic is the survival story with which all others are compared—and a page-turning, heart-stopping adventure, recipient of the Newbery Honor.

Thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson is on his way to visit his father when the single-engine plane in which he is flying crashes. Suddenly, Brian finds himself alone in the Canadian wilderness with nothing but a tattered Windbreaker and the hatchet his mother gave him as a present—and the dreadful secret that has been tearing him apart since his parent’s divorce. But now Brian has no time for anger, self pity, or despair—it will take all his know-how and determination, and more courage than he knew he possessed, to survive.”

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31 .) Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

Lists It Appears On:

  • Benicia Public Library
  • Brightly
  • Goodreads

One cruel night, Meggie’s father reads aloud from a book called INKHEART– and an evil ruler escapes the boundaries of fiction and lands in their living room. Suddenly, Meggie is smack in the middle of the kind of adventure she has only read about in books. Meggie must learn to harness the magic that has conjured this nightmare. For only she can change the course of the story that has changed her life forever.

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30 .) Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai

Lists It Appears On:

  • NPR
  • Goodreads
  • Pragmatic Mom

“Inspired by the author’s childhood experience as a refugee—fleeing Vietnam after the Fall of Saigon and immigrating to Alabama—this coming-of-age debut novel told in verse has been celebrated for its touching child’s-eye view of family and immigration.

Hà has only ever known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of its traditions, and the warmth of her friends close by. But now the Vietnam War has reached her home. Hà and her family are forced to flee as Saigon falls, and they board a ship headed toward hope—toward America.”

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29 .) Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell

Lists It Appears On:

  • Benicia Public Library
  • NPR
  • Goodreads

“In the Pacific there is an island that looks like a big fish sunning itself in the sea. Around it, blue dolphins swim, otters play, and sea elephants and sea birds abound. once, Indians also lived on the island. And when they left and sailed to the east, one young girl was left behind.

This is the story of Karana, the Indian girl who lived alone for years on the Island of the Blue Dolphins. Year after year, she watched one season pass into another and waited for a ship to take her away. But while she waited, she kept herself alive by building shelter, making weapons, finding food, and fighting her enemies, the wild dogs. It is not only an unusual adventure of survival, but also a tale of natural beauty and personal discovery.”

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28 .) Matilda by Roald Dahl

Lists It Appears On:

  • New York Public Library
  • NPR
  • Goodreads

Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she’s just a nuisance. She expects school to be different but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a kid-hating terror of a headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull she suddenly discovers she has a remarkable power with which to fight back. It’ll take a superhuman genius to give Miss Trunchbull what she deserves and Matilda may be just the one to do it!

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27 .) My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George

Lists It Appears On:

  • Education World
  • NPR
  • Highland Park Public Library

Terribly unhappy in his family’s crowded New York City apartment, Sam Gribley runs away to the solitude-and danger-of the mountains, where he finds a side of himself he never knew.

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26 .) Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor

Lists It Appears On:

  • 11 Magnolia Lane
  • Benicia Public Library
  • NPR

Set in Mississippi at the height of the Depression, this is the story of one family’s struggle to maintain their integrity, pride, and independence in the face of racism and social injustice. And it is also Cassie’s story—Cassie Logan, an independent girl who discovers over the course of an important year why having land of their own is so crucial to the Logan family, even as she learns to draw strength from her own sense of dignity and self-respect.

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25 .) Smile by Raina Telgemeier

Lists It Appears On:

  • Goodreads
  • Care
  • 11 Magnolia Lane

Raina just wants to be a normal sixth grader. But one night after Girl Scouts she trips and falls, severely injuring her two front teeth. What follows is a long and frustrating journey with on-again, off-again braces, surgery, embarrassing headgear, and even a retainer with fake teeth attached. And on top of all that, there’s still more to deal with: a major earthquake, boy confusion, and friends who turn out to be not so friendly.

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24 .) The City of Ember by Jeanne Duprau

Lists It Appears On:

  • NPR
  • Pragmatic Mom
  • Goodreads

The city of Ember was built as a last refuge for the human race. Two hundred years later, the great lamps that light the city are beginning to flicker. When Lina finds part of an ancient message, she’s sure it holds a secret that will save the city. She and her friend Doon must race to figure out the clues before the lights go out on Ember forever!

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23 .) The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden and Garth Williams

Lists It Appears On:

  • HBCSD
  • Education World
  • NPR

“Tucker is a streetwise city mouse. He thought he’d seen it all. But he’s never met a cricket before, which really isn’t surprising, because, along with his friend Harry Cat, Tucker lives in the very heart of New York City―the Times Square subway station. Chester Cricket never intended to leave his Connecticut meadow. He’d be there still if he hadn’t followed the entrancing aroma of liverwurst right into someone’s picnic basket. Now, like any tourist in the city, he wants to look around. And he could not have found two better guides―and friends―than Tucker and Harry. The trio have many adventures―from taking in the sights and sounds of Broadway to escaping a smoky fire.

Chester makes a third friend, too. It is a boy, Mario, who rescues Chester from a dusty corner of the subway station and brings him to live in the safety of his parents’ newsstand. He hopes at first to keep Chester as a pet, but Mario soon understands that the cricket is more than that. Because Chester has a hidden talent and no one―not even Chester himself―realizes that the little country cricket may just be able to teach even the toughest New Yorkers a thing or two.”

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22 .) The Curious Cat Spy Club (series) by Linda Joy Singleton

Lists It Appears On:

  • Highland Park Public Library
  • Imagination Soup
  • Imagination Soup

Kelsey helps catch a runaway zorse (horse + zebra) with the help of the nicest and most popular girl in school, Becca. The two are walking home when they happen upon a litter of kittens trapped in a dumpster and Leo is the only person around who can help get them out. The three unlikely friends decide to work together to help solve animal crimes with their secret club.

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21 .) The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes

Lists It Appears On:

  • Benicia Public Library
  • Daddy Read
  • NPR

Eleanor Estes’s The Hundred Dresses won a Newbery Honor in 1945 and has never been out of print since. At the heart of the story is Wanda Petronski, a Polish girl in a Connecticut school who is ridiculed by her classmates for wearing the same faded blue dress every day. Wanda claims she has one hundred dresses at home, but everyone knows she doesn’t and bullies her mercilessly. The class feels terrible when Wanda is pulled out of the school, but by that time it’s too late for apologies. Maddie, one of Wanda’s classmates, ultimately decides that she is “never going to stand by and say nothing again.” This powerful, timeless story has been reissued with a new letter from the author’s daughter Helena Estes, and with the Caldecott artist Louis Slobodkin’s original artwork in beautifully restored color.

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20 .) The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks

Lists It Appears On:

  • HBCSD
  • Education World
  • Goodreads

It’s Omri’s birthday, but all he gets from his best friend, Patrick, is a little plastic Indian brave. Trying to hide his disappointment, Omri puts the Indian in a metal cupboard and locks the door with a mysterious skeleton key that once belonged to his great-grandmother. Little does Omri know that by turning the key, he will transform his ordinary plastic Indian into a real live man from an altogether different time and place! Omri and the tiny warrior called Little Bear could hardly be more different, yet soon the two forge a very special friendship. Will Omri be able to keep Little Bear without anyone finding out and taking his precious Indian from him?

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19 .) The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster and Jules Feiffer

Lists It Appears On:

  • 11 Magnolia Lane
  • NPR
  • Brightly

For Milo, everything’s a bore. When a tollbooth mysteriously appears in his room, he drives through only because he’s got nothing better to do. But on the other side, things seem different. Milo visits the Island of Conclusions (you get there by jumping), learns about time from a ticking watchdog named Tock, and even embarks on a quest to rescue Rhyme and Reason! Somewhere along the way, Milo realizes something astonishing. Life is far from dull. In fact, it’s exciting beyond his wildest dreams. . . .

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18 .) The Witches by Roald Dahl

Lists It Appears On:

  • Benicia Public Library
  • Goodreads
  • Highland Park Public Library

“This is not a fairy tale. This is about real witches.

Grandmamma loves to tell about witches. Real witches are the most dangerous of all living creatures on earth. There’s nothing they hate so much as children, and they work all kinds of terrifying spells to get rid of them. Her grandson listens closely to Grandmamma’s stories—but nothing can prepare him for the day he comes face-to-face with The Grand High Witch herself!”

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17 .) Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

Lists It Appears On:

  • Benicia Public Library
  • NPR
  • Goodreads

Doomed to―or blessed with―eternal life after drinking from a magic spring, the Tuck family wanders about trying to live as inconspicuously and comfortably as they can. When ten-year-old Winnie Foster stumbles on their secret, the Tucks take her home and explain why living forever at one age is less a blessing that it might seem. Complications arise when Winnie is followed by a stranger who wants to market the spring water for a fortune.

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16 .) Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

Lists It Appears On:

  • Benicia Public Library
  • Brightly
  • Goodreads

“Billy has long dreamt of owning not one, but two, dogs. So when he’s finally able to save up enough money for two pups to call his own—Old Dan and Little Ann—he’s ecstatic. It doesn’t matter that times are tough; together they’ll roam the hills of the Ozarks.
Soon Billy and his hounds become the finest hunting team in the valley. Stories of their great achievements spread throughout the region, and the combination of Old Dan’s brawn, Little Ann’s brains, and Billy’s sheer will seems unbeatable. But tragedy awaits these determined hunters—now friends—and Billy learns that hope can grow out of despair, and that the seeds of the future can come from the scars of the past.”

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15 .) Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Patterson

Lists It Appears On:

  • Benicia Public Library
  • NPR
  • Goodreads
  • HBCSD

Jess Aarons has been practicing all summer so he can be the fastest runner in the fifth grade. And he almost is, until the new girl in school, Leslie Burke, outpaces him. The two become fast friends and spend most days in the woods behind Leslie’s house, where they invent an enchanted land called Terabithia. One morning, Leslie goes to Terabithia without Jess and a tragedy occurs. It will take the love of his family and the strength that Leslie has given him for Jess to be able to deal with his grief.

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14 .) Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

Lists It Appears On:

  • HBCSD
  • Benicia Public Library
  • NPR
  • Goodreads

“Some Pig. Humble. Radiant. These are the words in Charlotte’s Web, high up in Zuckerman’s barn. Charlotte’s spiderweb tells of her feelings for a little pig named Wilbur, who simply wants a friend. They also express the love of a girl named Fern, who saved Wilbur’s life when he was born the runt of his litter.

E. B. White’s Newbery Honor Book is a tender novel of friendship, love, life, and death that will continue to be enjoyed by generations to come. It contains illustrations by Garth Williams, the acclaimed illustrator of E. B. White’s Stuart Little and Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House series, among many other books.”

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13 .) Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan

Lists It Appears On:

  • Imagination Soup
  • NPR
  • Pragmatic Mom
  • Goodreads

Esperanza thought she’d always live with her family on their ranch in Mexico–she’d always have fancy dresses, a beautiful home, and servants. But a sudden tragedy forces Esperanza and Mama to flee to California during the Great Depression, and to settle in a camp for Mexican farm workers. Esperanza isn’t ready for the hard labor, financial struggles, or lack of acceptance she now faces. When their new life is threatened, Esperanza must find a way to rise above her difficult circumstances–Mama’s life, and her own, depend on it.

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12 .) Frindle by Andrew Clements

Lists It Appears On:

  • New York Public Library
  • Daddy Read
  • Pragmatic Mom
  • Goodreads

Is Nick Allen a troublemaker? He really just likes to liven things up at school — and he’s always had plenty of great ideas. When Nick learns some interesting information about how words are created, suddenly he’s got the inspiration for his best plan ever…the frindle. Who says a pen has to be called a pen? Why not call it a frindle? Things begin innocently enough as Nick gets his friends to use the new word. Then other people in town start saying frindle. Soon the school is in an uproar, and Nick has become a local hero. His teacher wants Nick to put an end to all this nonsense, but the funny thing is frindle doesn’t belong to Nick anymore. The new word is spreading across the country, and there’s nothing Nick can do to stop it.

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11 .) Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Lists It Appears On:

  • Benicia Public Library
  • Pragmatic Mom
  • Goodreads
  • HBCSD


When Marty Preston comes across a young beagle in the hills behind his home, it’s love at first sight—and also big trouble. It turns out the dog, which Marty names Shiloh, belongs to Judd Travers, who drinks too much and has a gun—and abuses his dogs. So when Shiloh runs away from Judd to Marty, Marty just has to hide him and protect him from Judd. But Marty’s secret becomes too big for him to keep to himself, and it exposes his entire family to Judd’s anger. How far will Marty have to go to make Shiloh his?”

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10 .) The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich

Lists It Appears On:

  • Benicia Public Library
  • NPR
  • What Do We Do All Day?
  • Highland Park Public Library

Omakayas, living on an island in Lake Superior around 1847, Louise Erdrich is reversing the narrative perspective used in most children’s stories about nineteenth-century Native Americans. Instead of looking out at ‘them’ as dangers or curiosities, Erdrich, drawing on her family’s history, wants to tell about ‘us’, from the inside.

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9 .) Wonder by R.J. Palacio

Lists It Appears On:

  • Imagination Soup
  • BCLS
  • NPR
  • Goodreads

August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid—but his new classmates can’t get past Auggie’s extraordinary face. WONDER, now a #1 New York Times bestseller and included on the Texas Bluebonnet Award master list, begins from Auggie’s point of view, but soon switches to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others. These perspectives converge in a portrait of one community’s struggle with empathy, compassion, and acceptance.

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8 .) From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg

Lists It Appears On:

  • Brightly 2
  • Benicia Public Library
  • NPR
  • Goodreads
  • HBCSD

“When suburban Claudia Kincaid decides to run away, she knows she doesn’t just want to run from somewhere she wants to run to somewhere—to a place that is comfortable, beautiful, and preferably elegant. She chooses the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Knowing that her younger brother, Jamie, has money and thus can help her with the serious cash flow problem she invites him along.

Once settled into the museum, Claudia and Jamie, find themselves caught up in the mystery of an angel statue that the museum purchased at an auction for a bargain price of $250. The statue is possibly an early work of the Renaissance master Michelangelo, and therefore worth millions. Is it? Or isn’t it? Claudia is determined to find out. This quest leads Claudia to Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, the remarkable old woman who sold the statue and to some equally remarkable discoveries about herself.”

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7 .) Holes by Louis Sachar

Lists It Appears On:

  • HBCSD
  • Imagination Soup
  • Benicia Public Library
  • NPR
  • Goodreads

“Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnatses. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys’ detention center, Camp Green Lake, where the boys build character by spending all day, every day digging holes exactly five feet wide and five feet deep. There is no lake at Camp Green Lake. But there are an awful lot of holes.

It doesn’t take long for Stanley to realize there’s more than character improvement going on at Camp Green Lake. The boys are digging holes because the warden is looking for something. But what could be buried under a dried-up lake? Stanley tries to dig up the truth in this inventive and darkly humorous tale of crime and punishment—and redemption.”

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6 .) Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

Lists It Appears On:

  • Benicia Public Library
  • Daddy Read
  • NPR
  • Goodreads
  • HBCSD

“As the German troops begin their campaign to “”relocate”” all the Jews of Denmark, Annemarie Johansen’s family takes in Annemarie’s best friend, Ellen Rosen, and conceals her as part of the family.

Through the eyes of ten-year-old Annemarie, we watch as the Danish Resistance smuggles almost the entire Jewish population of Denmark, nearly seven thousand people, across the sea to Sweden. The heroism of an entire nation reminds us that there was pride and human decency in the world even during a time of terror and war.”

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5 .) Tales of A Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume

Lists It Appears On:

  • New York Public Library
  • NPR
  • Pragmatic Mom
  • Goodreads
  • Benicia Public Library

Two is a crowd when Peter and his little brother, Fudge, are in the same room. Grown-ups think Fudge is absolutely adorable, but Peter and his pet turtle, Dribble, know the truth. From throwing temper tantrums to smearing mashed potatoes on the wall, Fudge causes mischief wherever he goes!

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4 .) Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

Lists It Appears On:

  • 11 Magnolia Lane
  • BCLS
  • Daddy Read
  • NPR
  • Goodreads
  • Highland Park Public Library

One summer’s day, ten-year-old India Opal Buloni goes down to the local supermarket for some groceries – and comes home with a dog. But Winn-Dixie is no ordinary dog. It’s because of Winn-Dixie that Opal begins to make friends. And it’s because of Winn-Dixie that she finally dares to ask her father about her mother, who left when Opal was three. In fact, as Opal admits, just about everything that happens that summer is because of Winn-Dixie.

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3 .) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling

Lists It Appears On:

  • Imagination Soup
  • Goodreads
  • Care
  • Benicia Public Library
  • Mom Behind The Curtain
  • NPR

Harry Potter has no idea how famous he is. That’s because he’s being raised by his miserable aunt and uncle who are terrified Harry will learn that he’s really a wizard, just as his parents were. But everything changes when Harry is summoned to attend an infamous school for wizards, and he begins to discover some clues about his illustrious birthright. From the surprising way he is greeted by a lovable giant, to the unique curriculum and colorful faculty at his unusual school, Harry finds himself drawn deep inside a mystical world he never knew existed and closer to his own noble destiny.

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2 .) Poppy by Avi

Lists It Appears On:

  • HBCSD
  • New York Public Library
  • Benicia Public Library
  • Daddy Read
  • NPR
  • Highland Park Public Library

Poppy knew she was taking a risk following her beloved Ragweed to Bannock Hill, but a night of dancing with the handsome golden mouse was just too tempting. So when Ragweed is scooped up by the sinister owl, Mr. Ocax, who rules over Dimwood forest, she’s devastated. Her whole life she was warned of Mr. Ocax’s evil ways…how could she have been so foolish to put herself and Ragweed at risk?

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1 .) The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

Lists It Appears On:

  • Imagination Soup
  • BCLS
  • Daddy Read
  • NPR
  • Goodreads
  • Highland Park Public Library

“This unforgettable novel from renowned author Katherine Applegate celebrates the transformative power of unexpected friendship. Inspired by the true story of a captive gorilla known as Ivan, this illustrated book is told from the point of view of Ivan himself. This paperback edition includes an author’s note highlighting the differences between the fictional story and true events, a version of the author’s Newbery Medal acceptance speech, Ivan’s “”signature,”” discussion questions, and more.

Having spent twenty-seven years behind the glass walls of his enclosure in a shopping mall, Ivan has grown accustomed to humans watching him. He hardly ever thinks about his life in the jungle. Instead, Ivan occupies himself with television, his friends Stella and Bob, and painting. But when he meets Ruby, a baby elephant taken from the wild, he is forced to see their home, and his art, through new eyes.”

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The Additional Best Fourth Grade Books



 

#BookAuthorLists
(Titles Appear On 2 Lists Each)
39A Long Way from ChicagoRichard Peck
Benicia Public Library
NPR
40Against the OddsStrasser, ToddHBCSD
HBCSD
41Alice’s Adventures in WonderlandLewis CarrollNPR
11 Magnolia Lane
42All About SamLois Lowry
Highland Park Public Library
HBCSD
43All Kinds of Animals (It’s Science!)HBCSD
HBCSD
44Be a Perfect Person in Just Three DaysStephen Manes
Highland Park Public Library
HBCSD
45Bud, Not BuddyChristopher Paul Curtis
What Do We Do All Day?
Goodreads
46BunniculaJames HoweGoodreads
HBCSD
47Caddie WoodlawnCarol Ryrie Brink
11 Magnolia Lane
NPR
48Catherine, Called BirdyKaren Cushman
Benicia Public Library
NPR
49Diary of a Wimpy KidJeff KinneyGoodreads
NPR
50Dragon SlippersJessica Day George
Mom Behind The Curtain
Imagination Soup
51Dying to Meet YouKate Klise
Highland Park Public Library
Mom Behind The Curtain
52Emily Windsnap (series)Liz Kessler
Imagination Soup
BCLS
53Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s LibraryChris GrabensteinGoodreads
Brightly 2
54Escape of the Deadly Dinosaur: USAElizabeth Singer Hunt
Highland Park Public Library
Highland Park Public Library
55GeorgeAlex GinoCare
Highland Park Public Library
56Half MagicEdward Eager
Benicia Public Library
NPR
57Harriet the SpyLouise FitzhughNPR
Care
58Harry Potter And The Chamber Of SecretsJ. K. Rowling
Mom Behind The Curtain
Goodreads
59Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanJ. K. Rowling
Mom Behind The Curtain
Goodreads
60How to Eat Fried WormsThomas Rockwell
Benicia Public Library
Highland Park Public Library
61How to Train Your DragonCressida Cowell
Highland Park Public Library
Highland Park Public Library
62In a Glass Grimmly (series)Adam Gidwitz
Imagination Soup
BCLS
63In the Year of the Boar and Jackie RobinsonBette Bao Lord
Benicia Public Library
Highland Park Public Library
64James and the Giant PeachRoald DahlNPR
Goodreads
65Joey Pigza Swallowed the KeyJack Gantos
Benicia Public Library
Highland Park Public Library
66Knights of the Kitchen TableJon Scieszka
Barrington Library
Benicia Public Library
67Lady LollipopDick King-SmithHBCSD
Highland Park Public Library
68Love, Ruby LavenderDeborah Wiles
Pragmatic Mom
HBCSD
69Lunchbox and the AliensBryan Fields
Barrington Library
Highland Park Public Library
70Maniac MageeJerry SpinelliHBCSD
NPR
71Misty of ChincoteagueMarguerite Henry
Benicia Public Library
NPR
72Mr. Popper’s PenguinsRichard Atwater
New York Public Library
NPR
73Mrs. FrisRobert C. O’Brien, Zena Bernstein (illus.)
Education World
NPR
74Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMHRobert O’Brien
Benicia Public Library
What Do We Do All Day?
75Percy Jackson and the Olympians (series)Rick Riordan
Imagination Soup
NPR
76Ramona seriesBeverly ClearyNPR
HBCSD
77Rowan of RinEmily Rodda
Benicia Public Library
HBCSD
78Sammy KeyesWendelin Van DraanenBrightly 2
Benicia Public Library
79Sarah, Plain and TallPatricia MacLachlanNPR
Goodreads
80School of FearGitty Daneshvari
Mom Behind The Curtain
Imagination Soup
81Sideways Stories from Wayside SchoolLouis Sachar, Julie Brinckloe (illus.)
Education World
Highland Park Public Library
82SkinnybonesBarbara ParkHBCSD
Highland Park Public Library
83Stuart LittleE. B. White
Education World
Goodreads
84The Bad BeginningLemony Snicket
Benicia Public Library
Highland Park Public Library
85The BorrowersMary NortonNPR
Highland Park Public Library
86The Chocolate TouchPatrick CatlingHBCSD
Benicia Public Library
87The House with a Clock in its WallsJohn Bellairs
Benicia Public Library
NPR
88The Lemonade WarJacqueline DaviesGoodreads
Mom Behind The Curtain
89The Lion, the Witch and the WardrobeC.S. Lewis
Benicia Public Library
Goodreads
90The Magician’s ElephantKate DiCamillo
Highland Park Public Library
BCLS
91The Mysterious Benedict SocietyTrenton Lee Stewart
What Do We Do All Day?
Brightly
92The Name of this Book Is SecretPseudonymous BoschBrightly 2
Highland Park Public Library
93The SaturdaysElizabeth Enright
Benicia Public Library
NPR
94The Strange Case of Origami YodaTom AnglebergerCare
NPR
95The Tale of DespereauxKate DiCamillo
Benicia Public Library
Goodreads
96The Terrible TwoMac Barnett
Highland Park Public Library
Imagination Soup
97The War that Saved My LifeKimberly Brubaker BradleyGoodreads
Highland Park Public Library
98The Watsons Go to BirminghamChristopher Paul CurtisBrightly
Benicia Public Library
99The Year of Miss AgnesKirkpatrick HillHBCSD
Highland Park Public Library
100The Year of the DogGrace Lin
New York Public Library
11 Magnolia Lane
101Walk Two MoonsSharon CreechNPR
HBCSD
102Whales on StiltsM.T. Anderson
Benicia Public Library
Highland Park Public Library
103When You Reach MeRebecca SteadNPR
Care
104Where the Mountain Meets the MoonGrace LinNPR
Brightly
105WonderstruckBrian SelznickBCLS
Brightly
(Titles Appear On 1 List Each)
1062095Jon Scieszka
Highland Park Public Library
107100% WolfJayne Lyons
Highland Park Public Library
10811 BirthdaysWendy Mass
Highland Park Public Library
109A Bandit’s Tale: The Muddled Misadventures of a PickpocketDeborah Hopkinson
Highland Park Public Library
110A Black Hole Is Not a Hole.Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano.BCLS
111A Cloak for the Dreamer,HBCSD
112A Crooked Kind of PerfectLinda Urban
Highland Park Public Library
113A Day in the Life…Dancer,HBCSD
114
A Dinosaur Named Sue: The Find of the Century,
HBCSD
115A Dog on His OwnMary Jane Auch
Highland Park Public Library
116A Dog’s LifeAnn MartinBCLS
117A Earthsteps:HBCSD
118A Face First,HBCSD
119A Forging Freedom:HBCSD
120A George Washington:HBCSD
121A Great Miracle Happened There,HBCSD
122A Letter to Mrs. RooseveltC. Coco DeYoung
11 Magnolia Lane
123A Life of DiscoveryRussell FreedmanNPR
124A Long Pitch HomeNatalie Dias Lorenzi
Highland Park Public Library
125A My America:HBCSD
126A NovelChristopher Paul CurtisNPR
127A Novel in Words and PicturesBrian SelznickNPR
128A PICTURE FOR MARCKimmel, Eric A.
Daddy Read
129
A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl,
HBCSD
130A Poke in the IPaul B. Janeczko
Benicia Public Library
131A Rabbit-Tale of MysteryJames Howe and Deborah HoweNPR
132A Rainbow Is a Circle,HBCSD
133A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and MaryCandace FlemingNPR
134A Share of FreedomJune Rae Wood
Education World
135A Single ShardLinda Sue Park
Benicia Public Library
136A Tangle of KnotsLisa GraffBCLS
137
A Titanic Journey Across the Sea, 1912,
HBCSD
138A Tree Grows In BrooklynBetty SmithNPR
139A Visit to William Blake’s Inn,HBCSD
140A Walk in the Deciduous Forest,HBCSD
141A Walk in the Desert,HBCSD
142A Walk in the Prairie,HBCSD
143A Walk in the Tundra,HBCSD
144A Year Down Yonder,HBCSD
145Abby and the Mystery BabyHBCSD
146Abby and the Notorious NeighborHBCSD
147Abby and the Secret SocietyHBCSD
148Abduction!Peggy Kehret
Highland Park Public Library
149Abe Lincoln RemembersHBCSD
150
Abraham Lincoln & Frederick Douglass: The Story Behind an American Friendship
BCLS
151Achingly AliceHBCSD
152Addie Across the PrairieHBCSD
153Addy Saves the DayPorter, ConnieHBCSD
154Agnes May GleasonHBCSD
155Air KeepJ. Scott Savage (Farworld #3)BCLS
156Alice in AprilHBCSD
157Aliens Ate My HomeworkHBCSD
158Aliens For BreakfastJonathan Etra
Barrington Library
159Ally Finkle’s Rules for GirlsMeg Cabot
11 Magnolia Lane
160ALVIN HO: ALLERGIC TO GIRLS, SCHOOL, AND OTHER SCARY THINGSLook, Lenore
Daddy Read
161Alvin’s Famous No-HorseHBCSD
162
Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart
HBCSD
163
America’s Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle
HBCSD
164American Born ChineseGene Luen YangNPR
165American Girl Mysteriesvarious
Imagination Soup
166Amulet (series)Kazu Kibuishi
Imagination Soup
167Amy, Number SevenHBCSD
168Anastasia at Your ServiceHBCSD
169Anastasia KrupnikHBCSD
170Anastasia on Her OwnHBCSD
171Anastasia, AbsolutelyHBCSD
172Anastasia, Ask Your AnalystHBCSD
173Andy Russell, NOT Wanted by The PoliceDavid Adler
Benicia Public Library
174Angel’s Mother’s BoyfriendHBCSD
175AnimorphsK.A. Applegate
Barrington Library
176Anne Frank the Diary of a Young GirlAnne FrankNPR
177Anne of Green Gables seriesL.M. MontgomeryNPR
178Arcady’s GoalEugene Yelchin
Highland Park Public Library
179Arctic SummerHBCSD
180Are You There God? It’s Me, MargaretJudy BlumeNPR
181As Brave as YouJason Reynolds
Highland Park Public Library
182As Ever, GordyHBCSD
183As Simple As It SeemsSarah WeeksBCLS
184At Home in the Rain ForestHBCSD
185Attaboy, Sam!HBCSD
186
Aunt Harriet’s Underground Railroad in the Sky
HBCSD
187B. Bear Scouts Save That Backscratcher, The BerenstainStan/JanHBCSD
188B. Bears and the Bermuda TriangleBerenstainHBCSD
189B. Bears Get Their Kicks, The BerenstainStan/JanHBCSD
190Baba YagaHBCSD
191BABEKing-Smith, Dick
Daddy Read
192Babushka Baba YagaHBCSD
193Baby-sitters BewareHBCSD
194Baby-sitters’ Christmas ChillerHBCSD
195Baby-sitters’ Fright NightHBCSD
196Baby-sitters’ Haunted HouseHBCSD
197Baby-sitters’ Summer VacationHBCSD
198Baby-sitters’ Winter VacationHBCSD
199Badger in the BasementHBCSD
200Ballet ShoesNoel Streatfield
11 Magnolia Lane
201Bandit’s MoonHBCSD
202Bangalee (Original Text)HBCSD
203Baseball in ActionHBCSD
204Baseball’s Greatest PitchersHBCSD
205BatsHBCSD
206Bats! Strange and WonderfulHBCSD
207Bears’ HouseHBCSD
208Because of AnyaMargaret Peterson Haddix
Highland Park Public Library
209Because of MrRob Buyea
Highland Park Public Library
210Beezus and RamonaHBCSD
211Behold the Trees AHBCSD
212Being Danny’s DogHBCSD
213Belle TealAnn M. Martin
Highland Park Public Library
214Benjamin Franklinstein Lives! (series)Matthew McElligott and Larry David Tuxbury
What Do We Do All Day?
215Benno’s BearHBCSD
216Berries, Nuts, and SeedsHBCSD
217Best Friends Fur-EverRuth BarshawBCLS
218Better Nate Than EverTime Federle
What Do We Do All Day?
219Beware, Dawn!HBCSD
220Big AnimalsHBCSD
221Big BugsHBCSD
222Big Nate Goes for BrokeLincoln Peirce
Highland Park Public Library
223Big Nate Welcome to My World (series)Lincoln Peirce
Imagination Soup
224Big Nate: Game On!Lincoln Peirce
Highland Park Public Library
225Big Ocean CreaturesHBCSD
226Big TrucksHBCSD
227Bill Peet: An AutobiographyBill Peet
Highland Park Public Library
228Bingo Brown and the Language of LoveBetsy Byars
Benicia Public Library
229Birds in FallHBCSD
230Birds in SpringHBCSD
231Birds in SummerHBCSD
232Birds in WinterHBCSD
233Black WhitenessHBCSD
234Blind MountainJane Resh Thomas
Highland Park Public Library
235BlissKathryn Littlewood
Highland Park Public Library
236Blork’s Evil Twin (Space Brat 2)Coville, BruceHBCSD
237Blossom Comes HomeHBCSD
238Blue Sky, Butterfly VanHBCSD
239Blueberries for SalHBCSD
240Bo and Mzzz MadHBCSD
241Bonny’s Big DayHBCSD
242Book ScavengerJennifer Chambliss BertmanBrightly 2
243Boston Jane: An AdventureHBCSD
244Boy Who Swallowed SnakesHBCSD
245
Brave Harriet: The First Woman to Fly the English Channel
HBCSD
246Bridge to the Wild: Behind the Scenes at the ZooCaitlin O’Connell
Highland Park Public Library
247Bringing the Rain to Kapiti PlainHBCSD
248Brown Girl DreamingJacqueline Woodson
Highland Park Public Library
249Butterwings (Original Text)HBCSD
250ButtonsHBCSD
251By the Great Horn Spoon!Sid Fleischman
Benicia Public Library
252California Girls!HBCSD
253Call Me AhnighitoHBCSD
254Call of the WildJack LondonBrightly
255Calli Be GoldMichele Weber Hurwitz
Highland Park Public Library
256Calling the SwanHBCSD
257Canada Goose (Nature’s Children)HBCSD
258CannedAlex Shearer
Highland Park Public Library
259Canoe Trip MysteryHBCSD
260Carol of the Brown King: Nativity PoemsHughes, LangstonHBCSD
261Cartooning : The Only Cartooning Book You’ll Ever Need to be the Artist You’ve Always Wanted to BeArt Roche
Highland Park Public Library
262CastleDavid Macaulay
Highland Park Public Library
263Catundra (Original Text)HBCSD
264CatwingsHBCSD
265Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryRoald DahlGoodreads
266Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to Summer VacationTommy GreenwaldBCLS
267Chasing VermeerBlue Balliett, illustratedBrightly
268Cheat the MoonHBCSD
269Cheesie Mack Is Not a Genius or AnythingStephen Cotler
Highland Park Public Library
270Cheyenne RoseHBCSD
271Children of PromiseHBCSD
272Children of the Civil WarHBCSD
273Children of the Dust DaysHBCSD
274Children of the Trail WestHBCSD
275Chimps Use ToolsHBCSD
276
Chinese New Year (Best Holiday Book)
HBCSD
277CHOCOLATE FEVERSmith, Robert Kimmel
Daddy Read
278Christina’s GhostHBCSD
279Chronicles of Narnia seriesC.S. LewisNPR
280Circle of GoldHBCSD
281Class ClownHBCSD
282
Claudia and the Mystery at the Museum
HBCSD
283
Claudia and the Mystery in the Painting
HBCSD
284Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls (The Baby-Sitters Club Series #2)Ann M. Martin
Education World
285Claudia and the Recipe for DangerHBCSD
286Coco GrimesHBCSD
287Cold FeetHBCSD
288
Columbus Day (Best Holiday Book)
HBCSD
289Come MorningHBCSD
290Comeback! Four True StoriesHBCSD
291
Common Ground: The Water, Earth, and Air We Share
HBCSD
292CooliesHBCSD
293CoralineNeil Gaiman
Benicia Public Library
294Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset SistersLesley M.M. Blume
Highland Park Public Library
295CountdownDeborah WilesCare
296Counting ThymeMelanie Conklin
Highland Park Public Library
297Coyote Places the StarsHBCSD
298Crabby Gabby (Original Text)HBCSD
299Crazy Horse’s VisionHBCSD
300CreationHBCSD
301CrenshawKatherine Applegate
Imagination Soup
302CreolŽ (Original Text)HBCSD
303Crickle-Crack (Original Text)HBCSD
304CrickwingHBCSD
305Crown Me!Kathryn Lay
Highland Park Public Library
306Cub in the CupboardHBCSD
307D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek MythsIngri D’Aulaire and Edgar D’AulaireNPR
308Danger in Quicksand SwampHBCSD
309Danger in the ExtremeHBCSD
310Danger is Everywhere: A Handbook for Avoiding Danger by DrDavid O’Doherty
Highland Park Public Library
311Danger on Thunder MountainHBCSD
312Dangerous GroundHBCSD
313Danny the Champion of the WorldRoald DahlNPR
314Daring to Be Abigail: A NovelRachel Vail
Highland Park Public Library
315DashKirby Larson
Highland Park Public Library
316Dawn and the Halloween MysteryHBCSD
317Dawn and the Surfer GhostHBCSD
318
Dawn Schafer, Undercover Baby-sitter
HBCSD
319Dewey the Library Cat: A True StoryVicki Myron
Highland Park Public Library
320Dial-a-GhostEva Ibbotson
Highland Park Public Library
321Diary of a 6th Grade Ninja (series)Marcus Emerson
Imagination Soup
322Diary of a Killer CatAnne Fine
Highland Park Public Library
323
Did You Hear That? Animals with Super Hearing
HBCSD
324Dinosaur Bone War: Cope & Marsh’s Fossil FeudElizabeth Cody Kimmel
Highland Park Public Library
325Dinosaur TreeHBCSD
326Disappearing ActSid FleischmanBCLS
327Do Bananas Chew Gum?HBCSD
328Doc Wilde and the Frogs of DoomTim Byrd
Highland Park Public Library
329
Doctors (People Who Care for Our Health)
HBCSD
330Dog ManDav Pilkey
Highland Park Public Library
331Dork DiariesRachel Renee Russell
11 Magnolia Lane
332
Downy Woodpecker (Nature’s Children)
HBCSD
333DrDavid Neilsen
Highland Park Public Library
334DragonsdaleSalamanda Drake
Highland Park Public Library
335Duke’s DenBecky Citra
Highland Park Public Library
336Earth (A True Book)HBCSD
337Earth DayHBCSD
338Earthquake TerrorPeg Kehret
Education World
339EarthquakesHBCSD
340EchoPam Muñoz RyanBrightly
341Eddie Red Undercover (series)Marcia Wells
Imagination Soup
342Eden’s WishM. Tara Crowl
Highland Park Public Library
343Egypt GameZilpha Keatley Snyder
Benicia Public Library
344Einstein Anderson, Science SleuthHBCSD
345El DeafoCece Bell
Highland Park Public Library
346Elevator FamilyHBCSD
347ElevenLauren Myracle
Highland Park Public Library
348Eliza Bing Is (Not) a Big, Fat QuitterCarmella Van Vleet
Highland Park Public Library
349Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat (series)Lynne Jonell
Imagination Soup
350Emperor Lays an EggHBCSD
351Emperor’s RiddleKat Zhang
Highland Park Public Library
352Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Soccer SchemeDonald J. Sobol
Highland Park Public Library
353Encyclopedia Brown Boy DetectiveHBCSD
354
Encyclopedia Brown Keeps the Peace
HBCSD
355
Encyclopedia Brown Solves Them All
HBCSD
356
Encyclopedia Brown Tracks Them Down
HBCSD
357Encyclopedia Brown, Boy DetectiveDonald J. Sobol
Benicia Public Library
358
Encyclopedia Brown…Disgusting Sneakers
HBCSD
359Ender’s GameOrson Scott CardNPR
360EOIN COLFER’S THE LEGEND OF SPUD MURPHY (SERIES)Colfer, Eoin
Daddy Read
361Escape from Baxter’s BarnRebecca Bond
Highland Park Public Library
362EverGail Carson Levine
Mom Behind The Curtain
363EvergladesHBCSD
364Everyday Angel (series)Victoria Schwab
Imagination Soup
365Everything BookHBCSD
366Everything on a WafflePolly Horvath
Benicia Public Library
367
Experiments with Magnets (A True Book)
HBCSD
368
Experiments with Plants (A True Book)
HBCSD
369Exploring the Deep, Dark SeaHBCSD
370Extinct! Creatures of the PastHBCSD
371Eye on CrimeHBCSD
372Fa Mulan SanHBCSD
373Face-OffHBCSD
374Fair WeatherHBCSD
375Family Pictures LomasHBCSD
376Fanny (Original Text)HBCSD
377Faraway SummerHBCSD
378Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods: 20 Chilling Tales From the WildernessHal Johnson
Highland Park Public Library
379Feather Fin (Original Text)HBCSD
380FeathersHBCSD
381
Ferret in the Bedroom, Lizards in the Fridge
HBCSD
382Fever, 1793HBCSD
383Fifth Grade: Here Comes TroubleHBCSD
384Fighting for the ForestHBCSD
385Fire TrucksHBCSD
386Flowering Plants (Step-by-Step)HBCSD
387Flutterby (Original Text)HBCSD
388Football Genius: A NovelTim Green
Highland Park Public Library
389FortCynthia DeFelice
Highland Park Public Library
390Fortunately, the MilkNeil Gaiman
Imagination Soup
391FOURTH GRADE RATSSpinelli, Jerry
Daddy Read
392Frazzle (Original Text)HBCSD
393Freddy the DetectiveWalter R. Brooks
Highland Park Public Library
394Free BaseballSue Corbett
Highland Park Public Library
395Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus BoycottRussell Freedman
Highland Park Public Library
396FriendshipHBCSD
397Fudge-a-ManiaJudy Blume
Education World
398Full of BeansJennifer L. Holm
Highland Park Public Library
399Full of Energy (It’s Science!)HBCSD
400Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead CalaverasDuncan Tonatiuh
Highland Park Public Library
401Gabby (Original Text)HBCSD
402Gaby, Lost and FoundAngela Cervantes
Imagination Soup
403Galactic Hot Dogs: Cosmoe’s Wiener Getaway (series)Max Brallier
Imagination Soup
404Garvey’s ChoiceNikk Grimes
Highland Park Public Library
405George Takes a Bow-Wow!HBCSD
406George vs George: the American Revolution as Seen From Both SidesRosalyn Schanzer
Highland Park Public Library
407George Washington’s Spies: Will Codes and Secrets Win the American Revolution?Claudia Friddell
Highland Park Public Library
408George’s Marvelous MedicineHBCSD
409Get to Work, Hercules! (Myth-O-Mania series)Kate McMullan
Imagination Soup
410Getting AirDan Gutman
Highland Park Public Library
411
Getting Something on Maggie Marmelstein
HBCSD
412Ghost BoyHBCSD
413Ghost Ship MysteryHBCSD
414Giants Beware!Jorge Aguirre
New York Public Library
415Girl of KosovoHBCSD
416Glitterby Baby (Original Text)HBCSD
417GLORIA RISINGCameron, Ann
Daddy Read
418Goat in the GardenHBCSD
419Goin’ Someplace SpecialHBCSD
420Going, Going, GoneNicholas Time
Highland Park Public Library
421Golden GloveHBCSD
422GolemHBCSD
423Good NeighborsHBCSD
424Good-bye, Chicken LittleHBCSD
425GOSSAMERLowry, Lois
Daddy Read
426Grace the PirateHBCSD
427Grampa-Lop (Original Text)HBCSD
428
Grandpa Blows His Penny Whistle Until the Angels Sing
HBCSD
429Grandpa’s Great EscapeDavid Walliams
Highland Park Public Library
430Great Rescue OperationHBCSD
431Greater Than AngelsHBCSD
432Greenglass HouseKate Milford, illustratedBrightly 2
433Grizzly PeakJonathan London
Highland Park Public Library
434Growing Up (It’s Science!)HBCSD
435Growing Up Wild: BearsHBCSD
436Guide Dog MysteryHBCSD
437Half a Moon and One Whole StarHBCSD
438Half Minute Horrors
Highland Park Public Library
439Halloween (Best Holiday Book)HBCSD
440Hana’s Suitcase: A True StoryKaren Levine
Highland Park Public Library
441Handbook for Dragon SlayersMerrie Haskell
What Do We Do All Day?
442Handel, Who Knew What He LikedHBCSD
443Hanukkah (Best Holiday Book)HBCSD
444Harriet’s HareDick King-Smith
Barrington Library
445Hearing Sounds (It’s Science!)HBCSD
446Hedgehogs in the HallHBCSD
447Hello, MrsBetty MacDonald
Highland Park Public Library
448Hello, My Name Is Scrambled EggsHBCSD
449Henry and BeezusHBCSD
450Henry HugginsHBCSD
451
Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales…
HBCSD
452Here is the Tropical Rain ForestHBCSD
453Hippopotamus (Nature’s Children)HBCSD
454His Dark Materials seriesPhilip PullmanNPR
455Home Sweet MotelChris Grabenstein
Highland Park Public Library
456Home to the PrairieHBCSD
457Homer PriceRobert McCloskey
Benicia Public Library
458HoneybeesHBCSD
459Honus and MeDan Gutman
Benicia Public Library
460Hope Is a Ferris WheelRobin HerreraCare
461House Mouse, Senate MouseHBCSD
462House of RobotsJames Pattersom
Highland Park Public Library
463How a Plant Grows (Crabapples)HBCSD
464How I, Nicky Flynn, Finally Get a Life (and a Dog): A NovelAri Corriveau
Highland Park Public Library
465How Mountains Are MadeHBCSD
466How to Steal a Dog: A NovelBarbara O’Connor
Highland Park Public Library
467How to Survive Third GradeHBCSD
468Howard Wallace, PCasey Lyall
Highland Park Public Library
469Hugh PineHBCSD
470Hungry PlantsHBCSD
471Hunt for Food (Life’s Cycles)HBCSD
472Hurricanes (Read About)HBCSD
473Hyde and Shriek: A Monsterterrific TaleDavid Lubar
Highland Park Public Library
474I Was a Rat!Philip Pullman
Benicia Public Library
475I, Freddy: Book One in the Golden Hamster SagaDietlof Reiche
Highland Park Public Library
476Ice TimeDavid Trifunov
Highland Park Public Library
477Iceberg, Right Ahead! : The Tragedy of the Titanic.Stephanie S. McPhersonBCLS
478Ida B:–And Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the WorldKatherine Hannigan
Benicia Public Library
479If You Made a MillionHBCSD
480In the Time of the DrumsHBCSD
481Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place (series)Maryrose Wood
Imagination Soup
482
Independence Day (Best Holiday Book)
HBCSD
483Into the Lion’s DenLinda A. Fairstein
Highland Park Public Library
484
Is a Blue Whale the Biggest Thing There Is?
HBCSD
485
Is There Room on the Feather Bed?
HBCSD
486Isabel Feeney, Star ReporterBeth Fantaskey
Highland Park Public Library
487It’s Like This, CatHBCSD
488It’s Raining CupcakesLisa Schroeder
Mom Behind The Curtain
489
Itse Selu: Cherokee Harvest Festival
HBCSD
490Ivy Pocket (series)Caleb Krisp
Imagination Soup
491Jack and Rebel, the Police DogPatricia FinneyBCLS
492Jack London and the Klondike Gold RushPeter Lourie
Highland Park Public Library
493Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded FangMordecai Richler, Fritz Wegner (illus.)
Education World
494Jalopy (Original Text)HBCSD
495Jay Versus the Saxaphone of DoomKara Kootstra
Highland Park Public Library
496Jelly BellyHBCSD
497Jenius: The Amazing Guinea PigHBCSD
498
Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth,…and Me,
HBCSD
499Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon HatcherHBCSD
500Jessi and the Jewel ThievesHBCSD
501Jewish Holidays in the SpringHBCSD
502Jingle Bear (Original Text)HBCSD
503Joey Pigza Loses ControlHBCSD
504Johnny TremainEsther Hoskins Forbes
11 Magnolia Lane
505Joshua T. Bates in Trouble AgainHBCSD
506Journey to the Bottomless Pit: The Story of Stephen Bishop and Mammoth CaveElizabeth Mitchell
Highland Park Public Library
507Judge Benjamin: Superdog GiftHBCSD
508JUDY MOODY (SERIES)McDonald, Megan
Daddy Read
509Julia’s KitchenBrenda A. Ferber
Highland Park Public Library
510Julie of the WolvesJean Craighead GeorgeNPR
511
Jungle Jack Hanna’s Safari Adventure
HBCSD
512Just a Little HamHBCSD
513Kartusch (Original Text)HBCSD
514Keeping ScoreLinda Sue Park
What Do We Do All Day?
515Kid CoachHBCSD
516Kids During the American Civil WarHBCSD
517Kids During the RenaissanceHBCSD
518Kids in Ancient GreeceHBCSD
519Kids in Colonial TimesHBCSD
520Kids in Pioneer TimesHBCSD
521Kids in the Middle AgesHBCSD
522Killer Species (series)Michael P. Spralin
Imagination Soup
523
Kirby Puckett: Be the Best You Can Be
HBCSD
524Kitty in the MiddleHBCSD
525Knucklehead: Tall Tales & Mostly True Stories About Growing Up ScieszkaJon Scieszka
Highland Park Public Library
526Korean CinderellaHBCSD
527Kristy and the Cat BurglarHBCSD
528Kristy and the Haunted MansionHBCSD
529
Kristy and the Middle School Vandal
HBCSD
530Kristy and the Missing ChildHBCSD
531Kristy and the Missing FortuneHBCSD
532Kristy and the Mystery TrainHBCSD
533Lady Rose (Original Text)HBCSD
534Ladybugs: Red, Fiery, and BrightHBCSD
535Land of PromiseHBCSD
536Last Son of KryptonSuperman
Highland Park Public Library
537
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Growing Up…Little House
HBCSD
538Leaves and TreesHBCSD
539Leepike RidgeNathan D. Wilson
Highland Park Public Library
540Legion of the DeadPaul Stewart (Barnaby Grimes series)BCLS
541Leo the Lop (Original Text)HBCSD
542
Leo the Lop: Tail Three (Original Text)
HBCSD
543
Leo the Lop: Tail Two (Original Text)
HBCSD
544Leon’s StoryLeon Walter Tillage
Highland Park Public Library
545Leonardo’s HorseHBCSD
546Let the Games Begin!HBCSD
547Library LilHBCSD
548Life Cycles (Cycles)HBCSD
549Light and Dark (Step-by-Step)HBCSD
550Lightning!HBCSD
551Like the Willow Tree: The Diary of Lydia Amelia PierceLois Lowry (Dear America series)BCLS
552Lily’s CrossingHBCSD
553Lincoln: A PhotobiographyRussell Freedman
11 Magnolia Lane
554
Lincoln’s Birthday (Best Holiday Book)
HBCSD
555LionboyZizou Corder
Highland Park Public Library
556Little Farm in the OzarksHBCSD
557Little HouseLaura Ingalls Wilder
11 Magnolia Lane
558Little House in the Big WoodsLaura Ingalls Wilder
Benicia Public Library
559Little House on Rocky RidgeHBCSD
560Little House on the PrairieHBCSD
561Little House SeriesLaura Ingalls WilderNPR
562
Little Mouse on the Prairie (Original Text)
HBCSD
563Little WomenLouisa May AlcottNPR
564Lizard MusicHBCSD
565Look Up! Bird-Watching in Your Own BackyardAnnette LeBlanc Cate
Highland Park Public Library
566Look What Came from AustraliaHBCSD
567Look What Came from ChinaHBCSD
568Look What Came from EgyptHBCSD
569Look What Came from FranceHBCSD
570Look What Came from JapanHBCSD
571Look What Came from MexicoHBCSD
572Look What Came from RussiaHBCSD
573Looking for JulietteHBCSD
574LoserJerry Spinelli
Benicia Public Library
575Lost in the Blinded BlizzardHBCSD
576Lotus SeedHBCSD
577Love FluteHBCSD
578Love that DogSharon Creech
Benicia Public Library
579Luck UgliesPaul Durham
Highland Park Public Library
580LuckyChris Hill
Highland Park Public Library
581Lyle, Lyle, CrocodileHBCSD
582Machines We Use (It’s Science!)HBCSD
583Mallory and the Ghost CatHBCSD
584Mandie and the Abandoned MineHBCSD
585Mandie and the Cherokee LegendHBCSD
586Mandie and the Fiery RescueHBCSD
587Mandie and the Foreign SpiesHBCSD
588Mandie and the Ghost BanditsHBCSD
589Mandie and the Hidden TreasureHBCSD
590Mandie and the Holiday SurpriseHBCSD
591Mandie and the Medicine ManHBCSD
592Mandie and the Midnight JourneyHBCSD
593Mandie and the Secret TunnelHBCSD
594Mandie and the Shipboard MysteryHBCSD
595Mandie and the Trunk’s SecretHBCSD
596MandyJulie Andrews Edwards
11 Magnolia Lane
597
Mary Anne and the Haunted Bookstore
HBCSD
598
Mary Anne and the Library Mystery
HBCSD
599
Mary Anne and the Music Box Secret
HBCSD
600
Mary Anne and the Secret in the Attic
HBCSD
601Mary Anne and the Silent WitnessHBCSD
602Mary Anne and the Zoo MysteryHBCSD
603Mary Anning and the Sea DragonHBCSD
604Mary PoppinsP. L. TraversNPR
605Maui-Maui (Original Text)HBCSD
606May B.Caroline Starr Rose.BCLS
607Maynard’s Mermaid (Original Text)HBCSD
608Meet Rebecca (American Girls Collection)Jacqueline Greene
11 Magnolia Lane
609
Meg Mackintosh…Mystery at Camp Creepy
HBCSD
610Mercy: The Incredible Story of Henry Bergh, Founder of the ASPCA and Friend to AnimalsNancy Furstinger
Highland Park Public Library
611Meriwether Lewis: Boy ExplorerHBCSD
612MerlinHBCSD
613Ming Ling (Original Text)HBCSD
614Minikin (Original Text)HBCSD
615Minna’s Patchwork CoatLauren A. Mills
Highland Park Public Library
616Miracle’s BoysHBCSD
617Miracles on Maple HillVirginia Sorensen
11 Magnolia Lane
618Miri Attwater and All That Glitters (Miri Attwater, Mermaid Princess Adventures Book 2)E.S. Ivy
Mom Behind The Curtain
619MishmashHBCSD
620Miss Daisy is Crazy!Dan Gutman
Highland Park Public Library
621Mitzi’s Honeymoon with Nana PottsHBCSD
622Molly and Pim and the Millions of StarsMartine Murray
Highland Park Public Library
623Money HungryHBCSD
624Moon BearGill Lewis
Highland Park Public Library
625Moonbird : A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95.Phillip M. Hoose.BCLS
626Moonpie and IvyHBCSD
627Moose TracksHBCSD
628Morgan and Me (Original Text)HBCSD
629Morgan and Yew (Original Text)HBCSD
630Mother’s Day (Best Holiday Book)HBCSD
631Mothman’s CurseChristine Hayes
Highland Park Public Library
632
Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument (A True Book)
HBCSD
633Mountain DogMargarita Engle
Highland Park Public Library
634Mountain MiracleHBCSD
635Mountain PoseHBCSD
636Mouseheart (series)Lisa Fiedler
Imagination Soup
637Mousemobile (A Mousenet Book)Prudence Breitrose
What Do We Do All Day?
638Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Writing Thank-You NotesPeggy Elizabeth Gifford
Highland Park Public Library
639Mr. and Mrs. Bunny, Detectives Extraordinaire!Polly HorvathBCLS
640Mr. Potter’s PetHBCSD
641Mufaro’s Beautiful DaughtersHBCSD
642Muggie MaggieHBCSD
643MVP: *Magellan Voyage ProjectDouglas Evans
Highland Park Public Library
644My Brother is a SuperheroDavid Solomons
Highland Park Public Library
645My Brother StevieHBCSD
646My Friend the VampireHBCSD
647My Last Best FriendJulie BoweBCLS
648My Life among the AliensGail Gauthier
Barrington Library
649My Life as a BookJanet Tashjian
Highland Park Public Library
650My Life as a StuntboyJanet TashjianBCLS
651My Life in Dog YearsGary Paulsen
Highland Park Public Library
652My Sister the Vampire (series)Sienna Mercer
Imagination Soup
653My Teacher Fried My BrainsBruce Coville
Barrington Library
654My Trip to Alpha IAlfred Slote
Barrington Library
655Mysteries And ThrillersChaseNPR
656Mysterious HideawayHBCSD
657Mystery at Claudia’s HouseHBCSD
658Mystery at the Dog ShowHBCSD
659Mystery BookstoreHBCSD
660Mystery in Washington, D.C.HBCSD
661Mystery of the Lost VillageHBCSD
662Mystery of the Phantom PonyHBCSD
663Mystery of the Purple PoolHBCSD
664Napoleon’s Rainbow (Original Text)HBCSD
665Native American Doctor, The Story of Susan LaFlesche PicotteJeri Ferris
Education World
666Nature’s PaintbrushHBCSD
667Neptune (A True Book)HBCSD
668Nerd CampElissa Brent Weisman
Highland Park Public Library
669NERDS: National Espionage, Rescue and Defense SocietyMichael Buckley
Highland Park Public Library
670Nick and Tesla’s High Voltage Danger Lab (series)Bob Pflugfelder and Steve Hockensmith
Imagination Soup
671Night of the GargoylesHBCSD
672Nightmare at the BookfairDan GutmanBCLS
673Nightmares! (series)Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller
Imagination Soup
674Nighty-NightmareHBCSD
675No TalkingAndrew Clements
Highland Park Public Library
676
Nobody Particular: One Woman’s Fight to Save the Bays
HBCSD
677Nory Ryan’s SongHBCSD
678Nothing’s Fair in Fifth GradeBarthe DeClements
Education World
679Nutty Can’t MissHBCSD
680Nutty for PresidentHBCSD
681Okay for NowGary D. SchmidtNPR
682
Oliver Dibbs and the Dinosaur Cause
HBCSD
683Oliver Dibbs to the Rescue!HBCSD
684One Crazy SummerRita Williams-GarciaNPR
685
One Giant Leap: The Story of Neil Armstrong
HBCSD
686One Half from the EastNadia Hashimi
Highland Park Public Library
687One Tiny TurtleHBCSD
688Open Wide: Tooth School InsideHBCSD
689Or There And Back AgainJ.R.R. TolkienNPR
690
Osceola: Memories of a Sharecropper’s Daughter
HBCSD
691Otherwise Known as PossumMaria D. Laso
Highland Park Public Library
692Otis SpoffordHBCSD
693Our Ocean HomeHBCSD
694Our Planet (Worldwise)HBCSD
695Out of the DarkHBCSD
696Owen and Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable FriendshipIsabella Hatkoff
Highland Park Public Library
697Owls in the FamilyFarley Mowat, Robert Frankenberg (illus.)
Education World
698Oz seriesL. Frank BaumNPR
699Pablo RemembersHBCSD
700Paper WishesLois Sepahban
Highland Park Public Library
701Pelicans (Nature’s Children)HBCSD
702Perijee and MeRoss Montgomery
Highland Park Public Library
703Peter PanJ. M. BarrieNPR
704Phantom TollboothNorton Juster
Benicia Public Library
705Phantoms Don’t Drive Sports CarsHBCSD
706Phoebe and Her Unicorn (series)Dana Simpson
Imagination Soup
707
Photojournalist: In the Middle of Disaster
HBCSD
708Pictures of Hollis WoodsPatricia Reilly Giff
Benicia Public Library
709Pippi LongstockingAstrid Lindgren
Highland Park Public Library
710Pizza MysteryHBCSD
711Plants and Flowers (It’s Science!)HBCSD
712Playoff DreamsHBCSD
713Pluto (A True Book)HBCSD
714PoisonHBCSD
715Poop Fountain!Tom Angleberger
Highland Park Public Library
716Poppyseed (Original Text)HBCSD
717Popularity PapersAmy Ignatow
11 Magnolia Lane
718PotterwookieeObert Skye (Humorous Stories)BCLS
719Princess NevermoreHBCSD
720Professor GargoyleCharles Gilman
Highland Park Public Library
721Project Mulberry: A NovelLinda Sue Park
Highland Park Public Library
722Pterodactyls (A True Book)HBCSD
723PudmuddlesHBCSD
724Pursuing AmyHBCSD
725R My Name is RachelPatricia GiffBCLS
726RaftHBCSD
727Rain ReignAnn M. Martin
Highland Park Public Library
728
Ramadan and Id al-Fitr (Best Holiday Book)
HBCSD
729RapunzelHBCSD
730Raymie NightingaleKate DiCamillo
Highland Park Public Library
731Raz-Ma-Taz (Original Text)HBCSD
732Real FriendsShannon Hale
Highland Park Public Library
733Rechenka’s EggsHBCSD
734Red Fox (Nature’s Children)HBCSD
735Redwood Trees (Trees)HBCSD
736Regarding the FountainKate Klise
Benicia Public Library
737Regarding the Fountain: A Tale, In Letters, of Liars and LeaksKate Klise
Highland Park Public Library
738Relatives CameHBCSD
739Remembering BoxHBCSD
740Rescue Josh McGuireHBCSD
741Revenge of the Green BananaJim Murphy
Highland Park Public Library
742Rhubarb (Original Text)HBCSD
743Rickshaw GirlMitali Perkins
What Do We Do All Day?
744Riding the WindHBCSD
745
Right in Your Own Backyard: Nature Math Time-Life-for-Children
HBCSD
746Rocket and Groot: Stranded on Planet Strip Mall!Tom Angleberger
Highland Park Public Library
747
Rodeo Clown: Laughs and Danger in the Ring
HBCSD
748Rose Faces the MusicHBCSD
749Rose’s Magic TouchHBCSD
750Ruby HollerSharon Creech
Pragmatic Mom
751Rumble with the Romans!Gary Northfield
Highland Park Public Library
752Rump: The True Story of RumpelstiltskinLiesl ShurtliffGoodreads
753Rumpelstiltskin’s DaughterHBCSD
754Run Away HomeHBCSD
755Sadako and the Thousand Paper CranesEleanor Coerr
Highland Park Public Library
756Sadie (Original Text)HBCSD
757Safe at Home: A Comeback Kids NovelMike Lupica
Highland Park Public Library
758Sahara SpecialEsmé Raji Codell
Highland Park Public Library
759Salmon (Wildlife)HBCSD
760
Sam Johnson and the Blue Ribbon Quilt
HBCSD
761Samuel’s ChoiceHBCSD
762Santa CallsHBCSD
763Santa CowsHBCSD
764Sarah’s LionHBCSD
765Sassafras (Original Text)HBCSD
766Saturn (A True Book)HBCSD
767Save Me a SeatSarah Weeks
Highland Park Public Library
768Saving the TeamAlex MorganBCLS
769SavvyIngrid Law
Pragmatic Mom
770Scary Stories to Tell in the DarkAlvin Schwartz
Benicia Public Library
771
Sea of Ice: The Wreck of the Endurance
HBCSD
772Sea of TrollsNancy Farmer
Highland Park Public Library
773Seaglass SummerAnjali Banerjee
Highland Park Public Library
774Search for the ShadowmanJoan Lowery Nixon
Education World
775Seasons (A True Book)HBCSD
776Secret IdentityWendelin Van Draanen
Benicia Public Library
777Secret SchoolHBCSD
778Secret Sisters seriesSandra Byrd
11 Magnolia Lane
779See You Around, Sam!HBCSD
780Seeking Refuge: A Graphic NovelIrene N. Watts
Highland Park Public Library
781Serafina’s PromiseAnn E. Burg
Highland Park Public Library
782Serendipity (Original Text)HBCSD
783Seven Candles for KwanzaaHBCSD
784Shadow of the WolfHBCSD
785Shark WarsE.J. AltbackerBCLS
786SheepValerie Hobbs
Highland Park Public Library
787Sheepdog in the SnowHBCSD
788Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: Shackleton’s Amazing VoyageJennifer Armstrong
Highland Park Public Library
789Shipwrecked! The True Adventures of a Japanese BoyRhoda Blumberg
Highland Park Public Library
790Shrinking VioletHBCSD
791SidekicksDan Santat
New York Public Library
792Simply Delicious!HBCSD
793Sing down the MoonHBCSD
794Skeleton ManHBCSD
795SkelligDavid Almond
Benicia Public Library
796SkyfallMichael Dahl
Highland Park Public Library
797Slam DunkMatt ChristopherBCLS
798Small as an ElephantJennifer Jacobson
Highland Park Public Library
799Small Steps: The Year I Got PolioPeg Kehret
Highland Park Public Library
800SmasherHBCSD
801
Smokejumper: Firefighter from the Sky
HBCSD
802Snowflake BentleyHBCSD
803Snowflakes Can Fall in SummerHBCSD
804So You Want to Be President?HBCSD
805Sojo : Memoirs of a Reluctant Sled DogPam Flowers
Highland Park Public Library
806Some Kind of PrideMaria Testa
Highland Park Public Library
807Some of the Kinder PlanetsHBCSD
808Some Plants Grow in MidairHBCSD
809Some Writer! The Story of EMelissa Sweet
Highland Park Public Library
810
Something Fishy at MacDonald Hall
HBCSD
811Somewhere AmongA. Donwerth-Chikamatsu
Highland Park Public Library
812Song and Dance ManHBCSD
813Soul Looks Back in WonderHBCSD
814Sound (Step-by-Step)HBCSD
815Soup and MeHBCSD
816Soup on IceHBCSD
817Sparrow Hawk RedHBCSD
818
Spider Kane and the Mystery at Jumbo Nightcrawler’s
HBCSD
819
Spider Kane and the Mystery Under the May-Apple
HBCSD
820Sports CampRich Wallace
Highland Park Public Library
821Spy-in-TrainingJonathan Berstein
Highland Park Public Library
822Spying on Miss MullerHBCSD
823Squabbles (Original Text)HBCSD
824Squeakers (Original Text)HBCSD
825Stacey and the Fashion VictimHBCSD
826
Stacey and the Haunted Masquerade
HBCSD
827Stacey and the Missing RingHBCSD
828
Stacey and the Mystery at the Empty House
HBCSD
829Stacey and the Mystery MoneyHBCSD
830Stacey and the Stolen HeartsHBCSD
831Star in the StormHBCSD
832Star Jumper: Journal of a Cardboard GeniusFrank Asch
Highland Park Public Library
833Star Wars: Jedi AcademyJeffrey Brown
Highland Park Public Library
834Starring the Baby-sitters Club!HBCSD
835Starry MessengerHBCSD
836Step Up to the Plate, Maria SinghUma Krishnaswami
Highland Park Public Library
837Stone FoxHBCSD
838Stormstruck!John MacFarlane
Highland Park Public Library
839Stormy Seas: Stories of Young Boat RefugeesMary Beth Leatherdale
Highland Park Public Library
840StoryboundMarissa Burt
Highland Park Public Library
841StriderHBCSD
842Stuck on EarthDavid Klass
Highland Park Public Library
843SunHBCSD
844SuperfudgeJudy Blume
Highland Park Public Library
845Superkid!HBCSD
846SwindleGordon Korman
Highland Park Public Library
847SwitcharoundHBCSD
848Sylvester and the Magic PebbleHBCSD
849T.J.’s Secret PitchHBCSD
850Taste of Blackberries, AHBCSD
851Teacher’s PetHBCSD
852Team That Couldn’t LoseHBCSD
853Teddy Bear’s ScrapbookHBCSD
854Ten Ways to Make My Sister DisappearNorma Fox Mazer
Highland Park Public Library
855Tet: Vietnamese New YearHBCSD
856Thank You, Mr. FalkerHBCSD
857
Thanksgiving Day (Best Holiday Book)
HBCSD
858Thatcher Payne-in-the-NeckHBCSD
859The 100-Year-Old SecretTracy Barrett
Highland Park Public Library
860The 39 Clues seriesRick Riordan and various authorsBrightly 2
861The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time IndianSherman AlexieNPR
862The Adventures of a South Pole PigChristopher Kurtz
Highland Park Public Library
863The Agony of AlicePhyllis Reynolds Naylor
Benicia Public Library
864The AlchemystMichael ScottBrightly
865The Amazing FrecktacleRoss Venokur
Highland Park Public Library
866The Amber CatHBCSD
867The Annotated Classic Fairy TalesMaria TatarNPR
868The ArrivalShaun TanNPR
869
The B. Bears and Queenie’s Crazy Crush
HBCSD
870
The B. Bears and the Galloping Ghost
HBCSD
871
The B. Bears and the Ghost of the Auto Graveyard
HBCSD
872
The B. Bears and the Haunted Hayride
HBCSD
873
The B. Bears and the Showdown at Chainsaw Gap
HBCSD
874The B. Bears at Camp CrushHBCSD
875
The B. Bears at the Teen Rock Cafe
HBCSD
876
The B. Bears Don’t Pollute (Anymore)
HBCSD
877
The B. Bears in the Freaky Funhouse
HBCSD
878The Battle of the LabyrinthRick RiordanGoodreads
879The Bee: Friend of the FlowersHBCSD
880The Best Bad ThingHBCSD
881The Best Book of SharksHBCSD
882The Best School Year EverBarbara Robinson
Benicia Public Library
883The BFGRoald DahlGoodreads
884The Bionic Bunny ShowMarc Brown
Barrington Library
885
The Black Bull of Norroway: A Scottish Tale
HBCSD
886
The Blossoms and the Green Phantom
HBCSD
887
The Blossoms Meet the Vulture Lady
HBCSD
888The Bone SeriesJeff SmithNPR
889The Book of ThreeLloyd Alexander
Benicia Public Library
890The Book ScavengerJennifer C. Bertman
Highland Park Public Library
891The Boxcar Children seriesGertrude Chandler Warren
11 Magnolia Lane
892The Boy and the GhostHBCSD
893The Boy Who Spoke DogClay MorganBCLS
894The BreadwinnerDeborah Ellis
Highland Park Public Library
895The Brilliant World of Tom GatesLiz Pichon
Highland Park Public Library
896The CandymakersWendy Mass
Highland Park Public Library
897
The Case of the Black-Hooded Hangmans
HBCSD
898The Case of the Case of Mistaken IdentityMac Barnett
Highland Park Public Library
899
The Case of the Swirling Killer Tornado
HBCSD
900THE CASTLE IN THE ATTICWinthrop, Elizabeth
Daddy Read
901The Cat That Was Left BehindHBCSD
902The Cheetah: Fast as LightningHBCSD
903The Children of Green KnoweL.M. Boston
Benicia Public Library
904The Chocolate Sundae MysteryHBCSD
905The Christmas KnightHBCSD
906The Chronicles of NarniaC.S. Lewis
11 Magnolia Lane
907The Chronicles of Prydain seriesLloyd AlexanderNPR
908The Clearing: A MysteryHBCSD
909The Complete Tales of Winnie-The-PoohA. A. MilneNPR
910The Creature DepartmentRobert Paul Weston
Highland Park Public Library
911The Dark Is Rising seriesSusan CooperNPR
912The Dark-ThirtyHBCSD
913The Desperate SearchHBCSD
914The Dog Days of Charlotte HayesMarlane Kennedy
Highland Park Public Library
915The Dog that Pitched a No-HitterMatt Christopher
Benicia Public Library
916The DoldrumsNicholas Gannon
Highland Park Public Library
917THE DOLL PEOPLE (SERIES)Martin, Ann; Godwin, Laura
Daddy Read
918The Doll’s EyeMarina Cohen
Highland Park Public Library
919The Dollhouse MurdersHBCSD
920The Door by the StaircaseKatherine Marsh
Highland Park Public Library
921THE DRAGON’S CHILDNimmo, Jenny
Daddy Read
922The Drawing Lesson: A Graphic Novel That Teaches You How to DrawMark Crilley
Highland Park Public Library
923The Dream Tree (Original Text)HBCSD
924
The Drop in My Drink: The Story of Water on Our Planet
HBCSD
925The Earthsea Cycle seriesUrsula K. Le GuinNPR
926The Egypt GameZilpha Keatley SnyderNPR
927The Elephant: Peaceful GiantHBCSD
928The Fairy-Tale DetectivesMichael Buckley
Highland Park Public Library
929The FamiliarsAdam Jay Epstein
Highland Park Public Library
930The Fantastic Secret of Owen JesterBarbara O’ConnorBCLS
931The Field GuideHolly BlackGoodreads
932The Firehouse MysteryHBCSD
933The First DayHBCSD
934The Five SistersHBCSD
935The Fizzy Whiz KidMaiya Williams
Highland Park Public Library
936The Fourteenth GoldfishJennifer Holm
Highland Park Public Library
937The Fox Steals HomeMatt Christopher
Highland Park Public Library
938The Fox: Playful ProwlerHBCSD
939The Frog PrincessE.D. Baker
Highland Park Public Library
940The Genius Files (series)Dan Gutman
Imagination Soup
941The Ghost FoxHBCSD
942The Ghost in the Third RowBruce Coville
Highland Park Public Library
943THE GIANTS AND THE JONESESDonaldson, Julia
Daddy Read
944The Giraffe and the Pelly and MeHBCSD
945The Girls’ RevengeHBCSD
946The GiverLois LowryNPR
947
The Gnome from Nome (Original Text)
HBCSD
948The Go-Around DollarHBCSD
949The GoatAnne Fleming
Highland Park Public Library
950The Gollywhopper GamesJody Feldman
Highland Park Public Library
951The Good DogAvi
Highland Park Public Library
952The Goodbye TimeCeleste Conway
Highland Park Public Library
953The Graduation of Jake MoonHBCSD
954The Grand Plan to Fix EverythingUma KrishnaswamiCare
955The Graveyard BookNeil GaimanNPR
956The Great BrainJohn D. Fitzgerald
Benicia Public Library
957
The Great Christmas Kidnapping Caper
HBCSD
958The Great DebateHBCSD
959The Great FireJim Murphy
Highland Park Public Library
960The Great Gilly HopkinsHBCSD
961The Great Ideas of Lila FenwickHBCSD
962The Green Dog: A Mostly True StorySuzanne Fisher Staples
Highland Park Public Library
963The Halloween MonsterHBCSD
964The Happy OrphelineHBCSD
965The Haunted PlaygroundShaun Tan
Highland Park Public Library
966The Hero RevealedWilliam Boniface
Highland Park Public Library
967The Hickory ChairHBCSD
968The Hippopotamus: River HorseHBCSD
969The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the GalaxyDouglas AdamsBrightly
970The Hockey MachineHBCSD
971The Homework MachineDan Gutman
Highland Park Public Library
972The Hot and Cold SummerHBCSD
973THE HOUDINI BOXSelznick, Brian
Daddy Read
974The House of the ScorpionNancy FarmerNPR
975The House on Mango StreetSandra CisnerosNPR
976The Hunter: A Chinese FolktaleHBCSD
977The Imagination BoxMartyn Ford
Highland Park Public Library
978The Indian SchoolHBCSD
979THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRETSelznick, Brian
Daddy Read
980The JacketAndrew Clements 89 pages
Benicia Public Library
981The JourneyHBCSD
982The JumbiesTracey Baptiste
Highland Park Public Library
983
The Keeping Quilt (Revised Edition)
HBCSD
984The Key to ExtraordinaryNatalie Lloyd
Highland Park Public Library
985The Kicks (series)Alex Morgan
Imagination Soup
986The Kid Next DoorHBCSD
987The Kidnappers: A MysteryHBCSD
988The Kingdom Keepers (series)Ridley Pearson
Imagination Soup
989The Koufax DilemmaSteven Schnur
Highland Park Public Library
990
The Lamp, the Ice, and the Boat Called Fish
HBCSD
991The Land I Lost: Adventures of a Boy in VietnamQuang Nhuong Huynh
Highland Park Public Library
992The Land of Stories (series)Chris Colfer
Imagination Soup
993The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson ElementaryLaura Shovan
Highland Park Public Library
994The Last Kids on EarthMax Brallier
Highland Park Public Library
995The Last of the Really Great WhangdoodlesJulie EdwardsNPR
996The Last OlympianRick RiordanGoodreads
997The Latchkey DogMary Jane Auch
Highland Park Public Library
998The League of Unexceptional ChildrenGitty Daneshvari
Highland Park Public Library
999The Lemming ConditionHBCSD
1000The Library CardHBCSD
1001The Lightning ThiefRick RiordanGoodreads
1002The Lincoln ProjectDan Gutman
Highland Park Public Library
1003The Lions of Little RockKristin Levine
Pragmatic Mom
1004The Little PrinceAntoine de Saint-ExuperyNPR
1005The London Eye MysterySiobhan DowdBrightly 2
1006The Lost City of the JediStar Wars
Highland Park Public Library
1007
The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses
HBCSD
1008
The Magic School Bus Explores the World of Animals
HBCSD
1009
The Magic School Bus Gets Programmed
HBCSD
1010
The Magic School Bus Inside a Hurricane
HBCSD
1011The Magic ShellHBCSD
1012The Magic ThiefSarah Prineas
Highland Park Public Library
1013The Man in the CeilingJules Feiffer
Highland Park Public Library
1014The Many Reflections of Miss Jane DemingJ. Anderson Coats
Highland Park Public Library
1015
The Maria: A Christmas Story Taylor
HBCSD
1016The Maze of Bones39 Clues
Highland Park Public Library
1017The Midnight HorseHBCSD
1018The Mighty Mars Rovers: The Incredible Adventurof Spirit and Opportunity.Elizabeth Rusch.BCLS
1019The Mighty Miss MaloneChristopher Paul CurtisCare
1020THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANEDicamillo, Kate
Daddy Read
1021The Misadventures of the Family FletcherDana Levy
Highland Park Public Library
1022THE MONSTER’S RING: A MAGIC SHOP BOOK (SERIES)Coville, Bruce
Daddy Read
1023The Moon (A True Book)HBCSD
1024The Moon (Starting with Space)HBCSD
1025The Moon BookHBCSD
1026The Mouse and the MotorcycleBeverly Cleary, Louis Darling (illus.)
Education World
1027The Mystery HorseHBCSD
1028The Mystery of Pony HollowHBCSD
1029The Mystery of the Hidden BeachHBCSD
1030The Naked Mole-Rat LettersMary Amato
Highland Park Public Library
1031The Night Before ChristmasHBCSD
1032The Night Has EarsHBCSD
1033The Not-So-Jolly RogerJon Scieszka
Barrington Library
1034The Old Willis Place: A Ghost StoryMary Downing Hahn
Highland Park Public Library
1035The Original Adventures of Hank the CowdogJohn R. Erickson, Gerald L. Holmes (illus.)
Education World
1036The Overland EscapeHBCSD
1037The Peculiar Haunting of Thelma BeeErin Petti
Highland Park Public Library
1038The Peculiar Night of the Blue HeartLauren DeStefano
Highland Park Public Library
1039The PenderwicksJeanne Birdsall
Benicia Public Library
1040The Penguin: A Funny BirdHBCSD
1041
The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales
HBCSD
1042The Polar Bear: Master of the IceHBCSD
1043The Queen of the GargoylesHBCSD
1044The QuigleysSimon Mason
Benicia Public Library
1045The Quilt WalkSandra Dallas
Imagination Soup
1046The Race to Build – and Steal – The World’s Most Dangerous WeaponSteve SheinkinNPR
1047The Rainbow and YouHBCSD
1048The Reasons for SeasonsHBCSD
1049The Redwall seriesBrian JacquesNPR
1050The Road to MemphisHBCSD
1051The Road to ParisNikki GrimesBCLS
1052The Robber and MeHBCSD
1053The Safest LieAngela Cerrito
Highland Park Public Library
1054The Sasquatch Escape (Imaginary Veterinarian series)Suzanne Selfors
Imagination Soup
1055The Saturday KidHBCSD
1056The Science of AnimalsHBCSD
1057The Science of EnergyHBCSD
1058The Science of InsectsHBCSD
1059The Science of Light and ColorHBCSD
1060The Science of Liquids & SolidsHBCSD
1061The Science of MagnetsHBCSD
1062The Science of PlantsHBCSD
1063The Science of ReptilesHBCSD
1064The Science of SoilHBCSD
1065The Science of SoundHBCSD
1066The Science of WaterHBCSD
1067The Sea of MonstersRick RiordanGoodreads
1068The Seal: Furry SwimmerHBCSD
1069
The Secret Funeral of Slim Jim the Snake
HBCSD
1070The Secret GardenFrances Hodgson BurnettNPR
1071The Secret Life of Dilly McBeanHBCSD
1072The Secret of Platform 13Eva Ibbotson
Benicia Public Library
1073
The Secret of the Plant That Ate Dirty Socks
HBCSD
1074The Secret of the StallionHBCSD
1075The Seeing StoneHBCSD
1076The Seven Chinese BrothersHBCSD
1077The Seven Tales of TrinketShelley Moore Thomas
Imagination Soup
1078
The Shaman’s Nephew: A Life in the Far North
HBCSD
1079The Show-and-Tell WarHBCSD
1080The Sign of the CatLynne Jonell
Highland Park Public Library
1081The Sisters ClubMegan McDonald
Highland Park Public Library
1082The Sisters Grimm (series)Michael BuckleyBCLS
1083THE SOS FILEByars, Betsy; Myers, Laurie; Duffey, Betsy
Daddy Read
1084The Spiderwick ChroniclesTony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black
What Do We Do All Day?
1085
The Star-Bearer: A Creation Myth from Ancient Egypt
HBCSD
1086The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid TalesJon Scieszka
Benicia Public Library
1087The StonewalkersHBCSD
1088The Story of the White HouseHBCSD
1089The Story of Two Dogs and a BoyWilson RawlsNPR
1090The Summer of RileyEve Bunting
Highland Park Public Library
1091The Summer of the SwansHBCSD
1092The Sun Was the First ClockHBCSD
1093The Sword in the StoneT.H. WhiteNPR
1094The Tail of Emily WindsnapLiz Kessler
Highland Park Public Library
1095The Thing About Georgie: A NovelLisa Graff
Highland Park Public Library
1096The Thirteen Story TreehouseAndy Griffiths
Highland Park Public Library
1097The Titan’s CurseRick RiordanGoodreads
1098The Toilet Paper TigersGordon Korman
Highland Park Public Library
1099The Toothpaste MillionaireJean Merrill
New York Public Library
1100The Trail of TearsHBCSD
1101The Trap DoorLisa McMann (Infinity Ring #3)BCLS
1102The Treasure of El PatronHBCSD
1103The Tree of Life: A Book Depicting the Life of Charles Darwin, Naturalist, Geologist & ThinkerPeter Sis
Highland Park Public Library
1104The Trumpet of the SwanHBCSD
1105The Truth about Horses, Friends, & My Life as a CowardSarah P. Gibson
Highland Park Public Library
1106
The Truth About Rats, Rules, & Seventh Grade
HBCSD
1107The Turtle of Oman: A NovelNaomi Nye
Highland Park Public Library
1108The Twenty-one BalloonsWilliam Pene Du BoisNPR
1109The TwitsHBCSD
1110The Water’s JourneyHBCSD
1111The Wee Free MenTerry PratchettNPR
1112The Westing GameEllen RaskinBrightly 2
1113The White GiraffeLauren St. John
Highland Park Public Library
1114The Whites of Their EyesAndrew ClementsBCLS
1115The Widow’s BroomHBCSD
1116The Wild KidHarry Mazer
Highland Park Public Library
1117The Winged Colt of Casa MiaHBCSD
1118The Winged WatchmanHilda van Stockum
11 Magnolia Lane
1119The Winner’s WalkNancy Ruth PattersonBCLS
1120The Wish GiverHBCSD
1121The Wishing SpellChris ColferGoodreads
1122The Witch Of Blackbird PondElizabeth George SpeareNPR
1123The Wizard’s DogEric Kahn Gale
Highland Park Public Library
1124The Wolf KeepersElise Broach
Highland Park Public Library
1125The Wolves of WilloughJoan AikenNPR
1126The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom PlanetEleanor Cameron
Highland Park Public Library
1127THE WORLD ACCORDING TO HUMPHREYBirney, Betty G.
Daddy Read
1128The World’s FairHBCSD
1129The Worst Class Trip Ever (series)Dave Barry
Imagination Soup
1130The Wyrm KingTony DiTerlizziBCLS
1131
The Year My Parents Ruined My Life
HBCSD
1132The Zombie Chasers (series)John Kloepfer
Imagination Soup
1133There’s a Mouse in My House!HBCSD
1134There’s an Owl in the ShowerHBCSD
1135This Is Our EarthHBCSD
1136
Thomas Edison (What Would You Ask?)
HBCSD
1137Three Times LuckySheila TurnageBCLS
1138Through the LockHBCSD
1139Thunder CaveHBCSD
1140Time (It’s Science!)HBCSD
1141Time for Andrew, A Ghost StoryMary Downing Hahn
Education World
1142Timmy Failure (series)Stephan Pastis
Imagination Soup
1143Titanic: Voices from the DisasterDeborah HopkinsonBCLS
1144To Catch a MermaidSuzanne Selfors
Mom Behind The Curtain
1145To Kill a MockingbirdHarper LeeNPR
1146Toliver’s SecretEsther Wood Brady
Highland Park Public Library
1147Toning the SweepHBCSD
1148Top of the OrderJohn Coy
Highland Park Public Library
1149Top SecretJohn Reynolds Gardiner
Highland Park Public Library
1150Tortilla SunJennifer Cervantes
New York Public Library
1151Touch the PoemHBCSD
1152Trapped Beyond the Magic AtticHBCSD
1153Trapper (Original Text)HBCSD
1154
Traveling Man: The Journey of Ibn Battuta, 1325-1354
HBCSD
1155Travels of TheloniousSusan Schade
Highland Park Public Library
1156Treasure HuntersJames Patterson
Highland Park Public Library
1157
Trouble’s Daughter: Story of Susanna Hutchinson, Indian Captive
HBCSD
1158Trout SummerHBCSD
1159TUK AND THE WHALERivera, Raquel
Daddy Read
1160Turkey TroubleHBCSD
1161TurnaboutMargaret Haddix
Benicia Public Library
1162Tut, TutJon Scieszka
Barrington Library
1163Two Bad Ants VanHBCSD
1164Two Under ParHBCSD
1165Unbound: A Novel in VerseAnn E. Burg
Highland Park Public Library
1166Upside Down MagicSarah Mlynowski
Highland Park Public Library
1167Uranus (A True Book)HBCSD
1168Utterly Yours, Booker JonesHBCSD
1169
Valentine’s Day (Best Holiday Book)
HBCSD
1170Venus Among the FishesHBCSD
1171Veronica GanzHBCSD
1172Villain School: Good Curses EvilStephanie Sanders
Highland Park Public Library
1173Wacky Plant CyclesHBCSD
1174Walk Across the SeaHBCSD
1175Walk in the Boreal Forest,HBCSD
1176Walk in the Rain Forest, AHBCSD
1177
Washington’s Birthday (Best Holiday Book)
HBCSD
1178Water (It’s Science!)HBCSD
1179Water Has a SkinHBCSD
1180Watership DownRichard AdamsNPR
1181Ways to Live ForeverSally Nicholls
Highland Park Public Library
1182WAYSIDE SCHOOL STORIESSachar, Louis
Daddy Read
1183We Can’t All Be RattlesnakesPatrick Jennings
Highland Park Public Library
1184Weather (It’s Science!)HBCSD
1185Weather ForecastingHBCSD
1186Webster: Tale of an OutlawEllen Emerson White
Highland Park Public Library
1187Welcome to Dog BeachLisa Greenwald
Highland Park Public Library
1188West Along the Wagon Road, 1852HBCSD
1189What Is a Fish?HBCSD
1190
What Is a Wise Bird Like You Doing in a Silly Tale Like This?
HBCSD
1191What Is the Animal Kingdom?HBCSD
1192What Makes a Magnet?HBCSD
1193
What’s Faster Than a Speeding Cheetah?
HBCSD
1194
What’s Smaller Than a Pygmy Shrew?
HBCSD
1195
Wheedle on the Needle (Original Text)
HBCSD
1196When Morning ComesHBCSD
1197When Night ComesHBCSD
1198Where the Sidewalk Ends: The Poems & Drawings of Shel SilversteinShel Silverstein
Highland Park Public Library
1199White CraneSandy Fussell
Highland Park Public Library
1200White Star: A Dog on the TitanicMarty Crisp
Highland Park Public Library
1201White WaterP.J. Petersen
Highland Park Public Library
1202Who Let the Ghosts Out?R.L. Stine
Highland Park Public Library
1203Who Stole the Wizard of Oz?Avi
Highland Park Public Library
1204Why I Quit the Baby-Sitter’s ClubHBCSD
1205Wild About DolphinsHBCSD
1206Wild and WoollyHBCSD
1207Wild RobotPeter Brown
Highland Park Public Library
1208
Window Washer: At Work Above the Clouds
HBCSD
1209Wingman on IceHBCSD
1210Winners Take AllHBCSD
1211
Witch Hunt: It Happened in Salem Village
HBCSD
1212Wood-Hoopoe WillieHBCSD
1213Woof: A Bowser and Birdie MysterySpencer Quinn
Highland Park Public Library
1214World Water WatchHBCSD
1215WorthA. LaFaye
Highland Park Public Library
1216Wrath of Squat (Space Brat 3)HBCSD
1217WringerHBCSD
1218Your Mother was a NeanderthalJon Scieszka
Barrington Library
1219Yukon Ho! A Calvin and Hobbes TreauryBill Watterson
Highland Park Public Library
1220Zippity Zoom (Original Text)HBCSD
1221Zombie Elementary, the Real StoryHoward Whitehouse
Highland Park Public Library
1222Zoom! Zoom! Zoom! I’m Off to the MoonDan Yaccarino
Barrington Library
1223ZorgamazooRobert Paul Weston
What Do We Do All Day?


18 Best 4th Grade Book Sources/Lists



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11 Magnolia Lane My Daughter’s Summer Reading Picks–the Best Books for Fourth and Fifth Grade Girls
Barrington Library Science-Fiction Books for Third and Fourth Graders
BCLS Best Books for Fourth Grade
Benicia Public Library Great Books for Fourth and Fifth Grade
Brightly 12 Kid-Approved Books for Advanced Fourth and Fifth Grade Readers
Brightly 2 9 Mysteries Fourth and Fifth Graders Recommend to Their Friends
Care The Best 4th-Grade Books for Your Child’s Library
Daddy Read 4TH GRADE CHAPTER BOOKS
Education World FOURTH GRADE SUMMER READING LIST
Goodreads Popular 4th Grade Books
HBCSD Accelerated Reader Quiz List – Reading Practice
Highland Park Public Library Books Cut Out for Fourth Graders
Imagination Soup 4th Grade Summer Reading List (Ages 9 – 10)
Mom Behind The Curtain BEST BOOKS FOR GIRLS IN 4TH GRADE – MY DAUGHTERS’ FAVORITES
New York Public Library Fourth Grade Book List
NPR The Ultimate Backseat Bookshelf: 100 Must-Reads For Kids 9-14
Pragmatic Mom 10 Perfect Read Alouds for 4th Grade
What Do We Do All Day? 4TH GRADE SUMMER READING LIST