Welcome to 4th Grade 2025-2026

The Best Books for 4th Graders   

I've included a variety of 4th grade level books. I know your fourth graders will love these great stories and they will be ready to rock the year with a great 4th grade book list! Choose books that spark interest.

•  Read two books and write short summaries on what was read. 

• Make lists of new words learned. Use the context of the sentence and paragraph to figure out what an unfamiliar word means.

•  Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

•  James & the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

• Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar

•  Frindle by Andrew Clements

•  Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan

• Save Me a Seat by Gina Weeks & Gita Varadarajan

•  Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard & Florance Atwater

•  Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren

•  The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo

•  The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

•  Charlie & the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

•  Sarah, Plain & Tall by Patricia MacLachlan

• The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davie

• Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

• Operation Sisterhood by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich

• Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion by K. Tempest Bradford

• Aniana del Mar Jumps In by Jasmine Mendez

• From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E Frankweiler by E.L Koningsburg

• The Light Jar by Lisa Thompson