Read Alouds for Fourth Grade

In keeping with our most recent blogposts, we are adding the list of 100 Books to Read Aloud to Fourth Grade.  

Classics

•  Fudge a Mania by Judy Blume
• Stuart Little by E.B. White
• Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr
• Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
• The BFG  by Roald Dahl
• Just a Dream by Chris Van Allsburgh
• Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
• Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville
• The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
• The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
• Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
• Old Yeller by Fred Gipson

Anchor Texts for Reading and Writing Lessons

•  Crickwing by Janell Cannon
•  The Patchword Quilt by Valerie Flournoy
•  The Houdini Box by Brian Selznick
• Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens
• Tuesday by David Weisner
• Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne
• If You Were a Writer by Joan Lowry Nixon
• Show: Don’t Tell !: The Secrets of Writing by Josephine Nobisso
• Nothing Ever Happens on 90^th Street by Roni Schotter
• Saturdays and Teacakes by Lester Laminack
• The Sunsets of Miss Olivia Wiggins by Lester Laminack
• Grandpa’s Teeth by Rod Clement

Folk and Fairy Tales

•  Porch Lies: Tales of Slicksters, Tricksters, and other Wily Characters by Patricia McKissack
• Fables by Arnold Lobel
• The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieska and Lane Smith
• The Rough-Faced Girl by Rafe Martin
• The Lizard and The Sun by Alma Flor Ada
• The Shark God by Rafe Martin
• Paul Bunyan by Steven Kellogg
• John Henry by Julius Lester
• Pecos Bill by Steven Kellogg
• Mike Fink by Steven Kellogg

Words, Math Concepts, Language and Poetry Books

•  Math Curse by Jon Scieska
• The Best of Times: Math Strategies that Multiply by Gregory Tang
• Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
• Author: A True Story by Helen Lester
• The Boy Who Loved Words by Roni Schotter
• Crazy Like a Fox: A Simile Story by Loreen Leedy
• Falling Down the Page: A Book of List Poems by Georgia Heard
• Donovan’s Word Jar by Monalisa DeGross
• Tomas and the Library Lady by Pat Mora
• The Grapes of Math by Gregory Tang

Award Winners and Honor Books

• The Cricket in Times Square  by George Selden
• Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert O’Brien
• My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
• Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
• The Bremen Town Musicians by Ilse Plume
• Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
• Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski
• Shadow by Blaise Cendrars
• The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble
• Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

Historical Fiction/Mystery

•  The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog  by John Erickson
•  Jim Ugly by Sid Fleishman
• Sarah Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
• By the Great Horn Spoon! By Sid Fleischman
• Oh Say I Can’t See by Jon Scieska
• The Barn by Avi
• Ruthie’s Gift by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
• Dear Great American Writer’s School by Sherry Bunin
• The Absent Author by Ron Roy

Fantasy/Daydreams/Fiction books with Lessons

•  The Boy Who Painted Dragons  by Demi  
•  Testing Miss Malarkey by Judy Finchler
•  Syrus the Unsinkable Sea Serpent by Bill Peet
• The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde
• Shrek by William Steig
• Mr. Lincoln’s Way by Patricia Polacco
• Plot Chickens by Mary Jane Auch
• Catwings by Ursula Le Guin
• James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
• Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson
• Something about Hensley’s by Patricia Polacco

Informational Text

•  Oh Rats! The Story of Rats and People  by Albert Marrin
• Owen and Mzee: A Story of Friendship by Isabella and Craig Hatkoff
• Flying by Gail Gibbons
• Grandfather’s Journey by Allen Say
• You Have to Write by Janet Wong
• The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles
• A Drop of Water:  A Book of Science and Wonder by Walter Wick
• Animal Fact/Animal Fable by Seymour Simon
• 101 Freaky Animals by Melvin and Gilda Berger

Series Books and Silly Books

• Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls (The Babysitter’s Club) by Ann Martin  
•  Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang by Mordecai Richler
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
• Love that Dog by Sharon Creech
• The Best Story  by Eileen Spinelli
• Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger by Louis Sachar
• The Graves Family by Patricia Polacco
• There’s a Boy in the Girl’s Bathroom by Louis Sachar

Realistic Fiction

• Earthquake Terror  by Peg Kehret
• Lunch Money by Andrew Clements
• Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
• What Do Authors Do? by Eileen Christelow
• Thundercakes by Patricia Polacco
• Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco
• In Our Mother’s House by Patricia Polacco
• All the Places to Love by Patricia MacLachlan
• Amber on the Mountain by Tony Johnston
• The Best School Year Ever by Barbara Robinson