Summer reading recommendations for 4th grade, developed by Mary Ann Scheuer, elementary school librarian in Berkeley Unified School District.

1. Reading is Fun!!
4t h grade Summer Reading Suggestions
Berkeley School Libraries, 2016
Favorite Chapter Book Series (*levels O – P – Q)
Anna Hibuscus, by Atinuke ✪
Anna Wang series, by Andrea Chang ✪
Bad Kitty, by Nick Bruel ✪
Beast Quest, by Adam Blade ✪
Bowling Alley Bandit, by Laurie Keller ✪
Captain Awesome, by Stan Kirby ✪
Clementine, by Sara Pennypacker ✪
Dragonbreath, by Ursula Vernon ✪
Dyamonde Daniel, by Nikki Grimes ✪
Geronimo Stilton ✪
Jake Maddox Sports series ✪
Judy Moody, by Megan McDonald ✪
Mallory on the Move, by Laurie Friedman ✪
Ramona the Pest, by Beverly Cleary ✪
Zapato Power, by Jacqueline Jules ✪
✪ popular series
Adventure and Historical Fiction (levels Q – R – S)
Al Capone Does My Shirts, by Gennifer Choldenko ✪
Dash, by Kirby Larson
I Survived series, by Lauren Tarshis ✪
A Night Divided, by Jennifer Nielsen
Paper Wishes, by Lois Sepahban
Some Kind of Courage, by Dan Gemeinhart
Storm Runners, by Roland Smith ✪
Turtle in Paradise, by Jennifer Holm
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Exciting Fantasy (levels Q – R – S)
Dragonet Prophecy (Wings of Fire), by Tui Sutherland ✪
Forest of Wonders, by Linda Sue Park ✪
Harriet the Invincible, by Ursula Vernon ✪
The Mark of the Dragonfly, by Jaleigh Johnson ✪
Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin, by Liesl
Shurtliff ✪
The Search for WondLa, by Tony Di Terlizzi ✪
Shadows of Sherwood, by Kekla Magoon
A Tale Dark and Grimm, by Adam Gidwitz ✪
* reading levels based on Fountas & Pinnell system

2. Funny Stories (levels R – S – T)
The 13-Story Treehouse, by Andy Griffiths ✪
Big Nate in a Class by Himself, by Lincoln Peirce ✪
The BFG, by Roald Dahl
The Brilliant World of Tom Gates, by Liz Pichon ✪
Castle Hangnail, by Ursula Vernon
Life of Zarf, by Rob Harrell
The Terrible Two, by Mac Barnett and Jory John ✪
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made, by Stephan Pastis ✪
✪ popular series
Stories that Touch Your Heart (levels R – S – T)
All the Answers, by Kate Messner
Bayou Magic, by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Booked, by Kwame Alexander
Counting By 7s, by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Dancing Home, by Alma Flor Ada
Drita, My Homegirl, by Jenny Lombard
Fish in a Tree, by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary, by Laura
Shovan
The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher, by Dana Alison
Levy
P.S. Be Eleven, by Rita Williams-Garcia ✪
Raymie Nightingale, by Kate DiCamillo
Tiger Boy, by Mitali Perkins
Words with Wings, by Nikki Grimes
New Graphic Novels!
Babymouse Goes for the Gold! by Jennifer Holm ✪
Coral Reefs: Science Comics, by Maris Wicks ✪
Fable Comics, ed. by Chris Duffy
Firelight: Amulet #7, by Kazu Kibuishi ✪
The Great Pet Escape, by Victoria Jamieson
Hilo: The Boy Who Crashed to Earth, by Judd Winick
Roller Girl, by Victoria Jamieson
Secret Coders, by Gene Luen Yang ✪
The Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents Romeo &
Juliet, by Ian Lendler
The Underground Abductor, by Nathan Hale ✪
✪ popular series
Find more recommendations at
Mary Ann Scheuer’s website
greatkidbooks.blogspot.com
BUSD Library Services
library.berkeleyschools.net
Fascinating Nonfiction
Baseball: Then to WOW, by Sports Illustrated Kids
Baseball Legends in the Making, by Marty Gitlin
Can We Save the Tiger?, by Martin Jenkins
Dog Finds Lost Dolphins! (National Geographic Kids
Chapters), by Elizabeth Carney
Funny Bones: Posada and his Day of the Dead
Calaveras, by Duncan Tonatiuh
Neighborhood Sharks, by Katherine Roy
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her
Family’s Fight for Desegregation, by Duncan Tonatiuh
Trombone Shorty, by Troy Andrews