Summer 2010
Acton Public Schools Suggested Reading List      Entering Grade 4

Please do not place reserves on items that show as AVAILABLE at Acton.
To reserve these items please call the library (978-929-6655, option 4), and we will be happy to hold them at the Circulation Desk.

Any Picture Book Biography by David Adler  A Picture Book Of Louis Braille  Campy : the story of Roy Campanella  A Picture Book Of Christopher Columbus  A Picture Book Of Amelia Earhart  A Picture Book Of Thomas Alva Edison  A Picture Book Of Anne Frank  A Picture Book Of Benjamin Franklin  A Picture Book Of John Hancock  A Picture Book Of Patrick Henry  A Picture Book Of Thomas Jefferson  A Picture Book Of Helen Keller  A Picture Book Of John F. Kennedy  A Picture Book Of Martin Luther King  A Picture Book Of Robert E. Lee  A Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln  A Picture Book of Florence Nightingale  A Picture Book Of Rosa Parks  A Picture Book Of Paul Revere  A Picture Book Of Jackie Robinson  A Picture Book Of Eleanor Roosevelt  A Picture Book Of Sacagawea  A Picture Book Of Harriet Beecher Stowe  A Picture Book Of Harriet Tubman  A Picture Book Of George Washington

Any Book From "Poppy" Series by Avi  Poppy  Poppy  Poppy And Rye  Ragweed  Ereth’s Birthday  Poppy's Return

Any "Linnea" Book by Christina Bjork  Linnea's Almanac  Linnea's Windowsill Garden  Linnea In Monet's Garden

Any Native American Tale by Joseph Bruchac  Between Earth And Sky  The Boy Who Lived With The Bears  The Earth Under Sky Bear's Feet  Flying With The Eagle, Racing The Great Bear  The Girl Who Married The Moon  The Girl Who Helped Thunder  The Great Ball Game  The First Strawberries  Native American Animal Stories  Keepers Of The Earth

Summer Of Riley by Eve Bunting

Chocolate Touch by Patrick Catling

Any Book by Matt Christopher  Baseball Pals  The Basket Counts  Catch That Pass!  Catcher With A Glass Arm  Challenge At Second Base  The Counterfeit Tackle  The Diamond Champs  Dirt Bike Racer  Dirt Bike Runaway  Face-Off  Football Fugitive  The Fox Steals Home  The Great Quarterback Switch  The Hockey Machine  Ice Magic  Johnny Long Legs  The Kid Who Only Hit Homers  Long Shot For Paul  Look Who's Playing First Base  Miracle At The Plate  No Arm In Left Field  Pressure Play  Red-Hot Hightops  Return Of The Home Run Kid  Run, Billy, Run  Shoot For The Hoop  Shortstop From Tokyo  Skateboard Tough  Snowboard Maverick  Soccer Halfback  The Submarine Pitch  Tight End  Undercover Tailback  Wingman On Ice  

Frindle by Andrew Clements

Sadako And The Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr

Any Book by Roald Dahl  The BFG  Charlie And The Chocolate Factory  Charlie And The Great Glass Elevator  Danny, The Champion Of The World  The Enormous Crocodile  Esio Trot  Fantastic Mr. Fox  George's Marvelous Medicine  The Giraffe And The Pelly And Me  James And The Giant Peach  The Magic Finger  Matilda  Matilda  The Minpins  The Twits  The Vicar Of Nibbleswicke  The Witches  The Witches  The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar, And Six More  Boy: Tales Of Childhood  Going Solo  Roald Dahl's Revolting Recipes  Roald Dahl's Even More Revolting Recipes  Dirty Beasts  Rhyme Stew   Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes

Amber Brown Books by Paula Danziger  Amber Brown Goes Fourth  Amber Brown Is Feeling Blue  Amber Brown Is Not A Crayon  Amber Brown Sees Red  Amber Brown Wants Extra Credit  Forever Amber Brown  I, Amber Brown  You Can't Eat Your Chicken Pox, Amber Brown  Amber Brown Is Green With Envy

The Half Magic Series by Edward Eager  Knight’s Castle  Time Garden  Half-Magic  Magic By The Lake

Harriet The Spy by Louise Fitzhugh

Miss Alaineus by Debra Frasier

Any “Question” Biography by Jean Fritz  Where Do You Think You're Going, Christopher Columbus?  What's The Big Idea, Ben Franklin?  Can't You Make Them Behave, King George?  Will You Sign Here, John Hancock?  Where Was Patrick Henry On The 29th Of May?  Why Not, Lafayette?  And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?  Bully For You, Teddy Roosevelt!   Who's Saying What in Jamestown, Thomas Savage?  You Want Women To Vote, Lizzie Stanton?

Any Chet Gecko Mystery by Bruce Hale  The Chameleon Wore Chartreuse  The Mystery Of Mr. Nice  Farewell, My Lunchbag  The Big Nap  Hamster Of The Baskervilles  This Gum For Hire  The Malted Falcon   Murder My Tweet  Give My Regrets To Broadway  The Key Lardo  The Possum Always Rings Twice  Trouble Is My Beeswax  Hiss Me Deadly  From Russia With Lunch

Star In The Storm and Joshua’s Song by Joan Hiatt Harlow

Any Mystery Book by E. W. Hildick  The Case Of The Condemned Cat  The Case Of The Fantastic Footprints  The Case Of The Invisible Dog  The Case Of The Muttering Mummy  The Case Of The Nervous Newsboy  The Case Of The Phantom Frog  The Case Of The Purloined Parrot  The Case Of The Treetop Treasure  The Case Of The Vanishing Ventriloquist   The Case Of The Dragon In Distress   The Case Of The Weeping Witch  A Cat Called Amnesia  Deadline For McGurk  The Ghost Squad And The Halloween Conspiracy  The Ghost Squad And The Prowling Hermits  The Ghost Squad Flies Concorde  Hester Bidgood Investigatrix Of Evill Deedes  Ghost Squad Breaks Through  The Great Rabbit Rip-Off  Case Of The Felon's Fiddle  The Top-Flight Fully-Automated Junior High School Girl Detective

Oh No. Noah! by Johanna Hurwitz

Any Book by Dick King-Smith  Ace, The Very Important Pig  Babe: The Gallant Pig  Charlie Muffin's Miracle Mouse  Clever Lollipop  The Cuckoo Child  Funny Frank  George Speaks  Harry's Mad  The Golden Goose  Harriet's Hare  The Invisible Dog  Jenius: The Amazing Guinea Pig   Lady Lollipop   Magnus Powermouse  Martin's Mice  Merman  Mixed-Up Max  The Mouse Butcher  A Mouse Called Wolf  Pigs Might Fly  Pretty Polly  The Queen's Nose  The Roundhill  The School Mouse  Spider Sparrow  Three Terrible Trins  Titus Rules  The Toby Man  The Water Horse  Mysterious Miss Slade  Twin Giants  Hairy Hezekiah  The Catlady

Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling

Any Book by Kathryn Lasky  Christmas After All  Elizabeth I, Red Rose Of The House Of Tudor  Cloud Eyes  Double Trouble Squared  Dreams In The Golden Country  Grace The Pirate  Jahanara, Princess Of Princesses  Jem's Island  The Journal Of Augustus Pelletier  A Journey To The New World  Marie Antoinette, Princess Of Versailles  Mary, Queen Of Scots  The Night Journey  Broken Song  Shadows In The Water  A Time For Courage  True North  Voice In The Wind  The Capture  The Journey  The Rescue  The Siege  The Shattering  The Burning  One Beetle Too Many: Extraordinary Adventures of Charles Darwin  The Librarian Who Measured The Earth  The Man Who Made Time Travel  A Brilliant Streak : The Making Of Mark Twain  Vision Of Beauty : The Story Of Sarah Breedlove Walker  Searching For Laura Ingalls  Hercules : The Man, The Myth, The Hero  Surtsey : The Newest Place On Earth  Dinosaur Dig  The Most Beautiful Roof In The World : Exploring The Rainforest Canopy  Monarchs  Sugaring Time

The Princess Fairy Tale Books by Gail Carson Levine  Cinderellis And The Glass Hill  The Fairy's Mistake  The Fairy's Return  For Biddle's Sake  Princess Sonora And The Long Sleep  The Princess Test  The Two Princesses Of Bamarre

Night of the Living Gerbil by Elizabeth Levy

Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren

The 5,000-Year-Old Puzzle: Solving A Mystery Of Ancient Egypt by Claudia Logan

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle Series by Betty MacDonald  Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle  Hello, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle  Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Farm  Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Magic

Judy Moody Series by Megan McDonald  Judy Moody  Judy Moody Saves The World  Judy Moody Gets Famous!  Judy Moody Predicts The Future  Judy Moody Declares Independence  Judy Moody and Stink  Judy Moody Goes To College

Magic Tree House--Merlin Mission Series by Mary Pope Osborne  Christmas In Camelot  Haunted Castle On Hallows Eve  Summer Of The Sea Serpent  Winter Of The Ice Wizard  Carnival At Candlelight  Season Of The Sandstorms  Night of the New Magicians (35)  Blizzard of the Blue Moon (36)  Dragon of the Red Dawn (37)  Monday with a mad Genius (38) Dark Day in the Deep Sea (39) Eve of the Emperor Penguin (40) Moonlight on the Magic Flute (41) A Good Night For Ghosts(42) (7/2009)

Any Book for Younger Readers by Katherine Paterson  Come Sing, Jimmy Jo  The Field Of The Dogs  Flip-Flop Girl  The Great Gilly Hopkins  Jip: His Story  Preacher's Boy  The Sign Of The Chrysanthemum  The Tale Of The Mandarin Ducks  The King's Equal

Any Poetry Book by Jack Prelutsky  The Frogs Wore Red Suspenders  Scranimals  Awful Ogre's Awful Day  Awful Ogre Running Wild  The Baby Uggs Are Hatching  Behold the bold Umbrellaphant  The Dragons Are Singing Tonight  For Laughing Out Loud  The Gargoyle On The Roof  A Gopher In The Garden  The Headless Horseman Rides Tonight  In Aunt Giraffe's Green Garden  It's Raining Pigs & Noodles  It's Snowing! It's Snowing  Monday's Troll  My Dog May Be a Genius  My Parents Think I'm Sleeping  The New Kid On The Block  Nightmares: Poems To Trouble Your Sleep  A Pizza The Size Of The Sun  The Queen Of Eene  The Sheriff Of Rottenshot  The Snopp On The Sidewalk  Something Big Has Been Here  Toucans Two, And Other Poems

Gooseberry Park by Cynthia Rylant

Any Book by Louis Sachar  The Boy Who Lost His Face  Dogs Don't Tell Jokes  Johnny's In The Basement  Sixth Grade Secrets  Someday Angeline  There's A Boy In The Girls' Bathroom  Sideways Stories From Wayside School  Sideways Arithmetic From Wayside School  More Sideways Arithmetic From Wayside School  Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger  Wayside School Is Falling Down

Lucy’s Family Tree by Karen Halvorson Schrecky

Time Warp Trio Books by Jon Scieszka  Knights Of The Kitchen Table  The Good, The Bad, And The Goofy  The Not-So-Jolly Roger  Your Mother Was A Neanderthal  2095  Tut, Tut  Summer Reading Is Killing Me!  It's All Greek To Me  See You Later, Gladiator  Sam Samurai  Hey Kid, Want To Buy A Bridge  Viking It And Liking It   Me Oh Maya!   Da Wild, Da Crazy, Da Vinci   Oh Say I Can't See   Marco? Polo

Any Fiction or Non-Fiction Book by Seymour Simon  Einstein Anderson Makes Up For Lost Time  Einstein Anderson Tells A Comet's Tale  The Halloween Horror And Other Cases  Einstein Anderson Goes To Bat  The Howling Dog And Other Cases  Chip Rogers, Computer Whiz  Earth Words : A Dictionary Of The Environment  Destination Space  Galaxies  Destination, Mars  Comets, Meteors, And Asteroids  Mirror Magic  Earthquakes  Weather  Lightning  Life In The Dark: How Animals Survive At Night  Crocodiles And Alligators  The Heart: Our Circulatory System  The Brain Our Nervous System  Eyes And Ears  Guts: Our Digestive System  Horses  Dogs  

The Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket  The Bad Beginning  The Reptile Room  The Wide Window  The Miserable Mill  The Austere Academy  The Ersatz Elevator  The Vile Village  The Hostile Hospital  The Carnivorous Carnival  The Penultimate Peril The End

Mississippi Bridge by Mildred Taylor

Zathura: A Space Adventure by Chris Van Allsburg

Any Book from the Dear America series
 A Journey To The New World (1620)
  I Walk In Dread :The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, witness to the Salem witch trials (1691)
 Standing In The Light (1763)
 Look To The Hills (1763)
 Love Thy Neighbor (1774)
 The Winter Of Red Snow (1777)
 A Line In The Sand (1836)
 The Valley Of The Moon (1846)
 Across The Wide And Lonesome Prairie 1847)
 So Far From Home (1847)
 All The Stars In The Sky (1848)
 Seeds Of Hope (1849)
 A Picture Of Freedom (1859)
 A Light In The Storm 1860)
 Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow (1864)
 When Will This Cruel War Be Over (1864)
 The Great Railroad Race (1868)
 I Thought My Soul Would Rise And Fly ( 1868)
 Land Of The Buffalo Bones (1873)
 My Heart Is On The Ground (1880)
 My Face To The Wind (1881)
 West To A Land Of Plenty (1883)
 A Coal Miner's Bride (1896)
 Dreams In The Golden Country (1903)
 Voyage Of The Great Titanic (1912)
 A Time For Courage (1917)
 When Christmas Comes Again (1917)
 Color Me Dark (1919)
 Christmas After All (1932)
 Mirror, Mirror On The Wall (1932)
 Survival In the Storm (1935)
 One Eye Laughing, The Other Weeping (1938)
 Early Sunday Morning (1941)
 My Secret War (1941)
 Where Have All The Flowers Gone (1968)