DCA 4th Grade Summer Reading List This list is to help you pick books that will keep your reading skills up over the summer and to help you pick books that you will enjoy reading! The list is only a guide… of course you can read other books too! Your goal is to read at least 2 books off of this list before school starts. When you finish a book put a check mark in the “Read It!” box. DON’T FORGET TO COMPLETE THE READING RESPONSE ASSIGNMENT LOCATED ON THE LAST TWO PAGES OF THIS PACKET! Dan Gutman: http://www.dangutman.com/ • • • • • • Read It! My Weird School Series My Weirder School My Weird School Daze Baseball Card Adventures Babe Ruth and the Ice Cream Mess Jackie Robinson and the Big Game Read It! Gertrude Chandler Warner • The § § § Boxcar Children Books Surprise Island Blue Bay Mystery Snowbound Mystery Judy Blume: www.judyblume.com Read It! • The Fudge Books Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great Superfudge • The Pain and The Great One series • Iggie’s House • Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret Read It! Georgia Byng:http://www.meetmollymoon.com/creator.html • Molly Moon Books § Incredible Book of Hypnotism § Stops the World § Hypnotic Time Travel Adventure Read It! Meg Cabot: • Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls Books Moving Day The New Girl Stage Fright Read It! Megan McDonald: http://www.meganmcdonald.net/ • • • • Dear America (series) Judy Moody (series) Stink Moody (series) American Girl (series) Read It! Matt Christopher: http://www.mattchristopher.com/ • Sports Books Stealing Home Skateboard Tough Lacrosse Firestorm Read It! Beverly Cleary: http://www.beverlycleary.com/ • Henry Huggins Books • Ramona Quimby Books • Ralph S. Mouse Books Read It! Eion Colfer: http://www.eoincolfer.com/ • Artemis Fowl Books The Artic Incident The Eternity Code The Opal Deception Read It! Suzanne Collins: • Underland Chronicles Books Curse of the Bane Curse of the Warm Bloods Marks of Secret Read It! Jack Gantos: • Joey Pigza Books Joey Pigza Loses Control What Would Joey do? I Am Not Joey Pigza Read It! Peggy Elizabeth Gifford: • Moxy Maxwell Books Does Not Love Practicing the Piano Does Not Love Stuart Little Read It! James Howe: • Bunnicula Books Bunnicula Meets Edgar Allan Crow Bunnicula Strikes Again! Howliday Inn Read It! Jeff Kinney: http://www.wimpykid.com/ • Diary of a Wimpy Kid Books Rodrick Rules The Last Straw Dog Days Cabin Fever Read It! C. S. Lewis: • The Chronicles of Narnia Books The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Prince Caspian The Last Battle Read It! Lois Lowry: http://www.loislowry.com/ • Anastasia Krupnik Books • Sam Krupnik Books • Gooney Bird Greene Books Read It! Megan McDonald: http://www.meganmcdonald.net/ • American Girls Books • Dear America Books • Judy Moody Books Read It! Jenny Nimmo: http://www.jennynimmo.me.uk/ • Children of the Red King Books • The Snow Spider Books • Griffin's Castle Rick Riordan: http://www.rickriordan.com/index.php/booksfor-children/ • Percy Jackson and the Olympians Books ◦ The Sea of Monsters ◦ The Titan's Curse Read It! J. K. Rowling: http://www.jkrowling.com/en/ • Harry Potter Books ◦ The Chamber of Secrets ◦ The Prisoner of Azkaban ◦ The Goblet of Fire Read It! Read It! Louis Sachar: http://www.louissachar.com/ • Marvin Redpost Series • Stories from Wayside School Series Avi: http://www.avi-writer.com/ • • • • • • Read It! The Good Dog Crispin: The Cross Of Lead Midnight Magic Abigail Takes the Wheel Prairie School Poppy Beverly Cleary: http://www.beverlycleary.com/ • • • • Strider Dear Mr. Henshaw Muggie Maggie Ramona & Bezus Read It! AndrewClements: http://www.andrewclements.com/ • • • • • • Lunch Money No Talking! The School Story Frindle Room One Jake Drake Read It! Bruce Coville: http://www.brucecoville.com/ • Space Brats (series) • Magic Shop (series) • Sixth Grade Aliens (series) Roald Dahl: http://www.roalddahl.com/ • • • • • • Read It! The BFG Charlie and the Chocolate Factory The Twits Danny the Champion of the World Fantastic Mr Fox James and the Giant Peach Read It! Kate DiCamillo: http://www.katedicamillo.com/ • Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane • The Magician's Elephant • Because of Winn-Dixie Read It! Candace Fleming: http://www.candacefleming.com/ • Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School Read It! Cornelia Funke: http://www.corneliafunke.de/en/index.html • Inkspell • The Thief Lord • The Dragon Rider Read It! Dan Gutman: http://www.dangutman.com/ • The Homework Machine • Back in Time with Benjamin Franklin • The Million Dollar Putt Read It! Lois Lowry: http://www.loislowry.com/ • Gossamer • The Willoughbys Read It! Louis Sachar: http://www.louissachar.com/ • Small Steps • There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom • Dogs Don't Tell Jokes Read It! Jerry Spinelli: http://www.jerryspinelli.com/newbery_002.htm • Crash • Loser • Eggs Read It! Marissa Moss: http://www.marissamoss.com/ • Amelia Series Amelia's Notebook Amelia Tells All Amelia's Family Tree Read It! Mary Pope Osborne: http://www.marypopeosborne.net/ • Magic Tree House: http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/magictreehouse/ • My America • Dear America Read It! Sara Pennypacker: http://www.sarapennypacker.com/ • Clementine Clementine's Letter The Talented Clementine Clementine, Friend of the Work Dav Pilkey: http://www.pilkey.com/ • Captain Underpants • Ricky Ricotta Read It! David Adler: http://www.davidaadler.com/ • Cam Jansen • Young Cam Jansen • Andy Russel Read It! Read It! Paula Danziger: • Amber Brown (Chapter Book) Read It! Dan Greenburg: • The Zack Files (Chapter Book) Read It! Barbara Park: http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/junieb/ • Junie B. Jones (Chapter Book) • The Graduation of Jake Mood • Skinny Bones Read It! Ron Roy: www.ronroy.com • A to Z Mysteries (Chapter Book) • Capital Mysteries (Chapter Book) YOUR CHOICE! Read It! What did you read? __________________________________________ Who was the author? __________________________________________ Read It! What did you read? __________________________________________ Who was the author? __________________________________________ Read It! What did you read? __________________________________________ Who was the author? __________________________________________ Read It! What did you read? __________________________________________ Who was the author? __________________________________________ Read It! What did you read? __________________________________________ Who was the author? __________________________________________ Reading Response § Title of one book you read from the DCA Summer Reading List: ____________________________________________________ § Author of the book: ______________________________________ § What was this book about? ________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ § Name three characters from the book: • _______________________________ • _______________________________ • _______________________________ § What was your favorite part of the book? Why did you like this part? ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ § Would you tell a friend to read this book? Explain why or why not. ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ Draw a picture that shows a scene from the book. Have fun with it! Use color! J Write a sentence explaining what the picture above shows. ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________