For my students leaving for fourth grade, here are some suggested titles to read during the long hot days of summer...
"Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis
"Matilda" and James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl
"Sarah, Plain and Tall" by Patricia Maclachlan
"The Black Stallion" by Walter Farley
"The Chronicles of Narnia" by C.S. Lewis
"Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White
"Dear Mr. Henshaw" and "Strider" by Beverly Cleary
"Frindle" by Andrew Clements
"Holes" by Louis Sachar
"Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Richard Atwater
"The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
"Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Patterson
"Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbitt
"Because of Winn Dixie" by Kate DeCamillo
"Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen
There are many more, check out your local library or bookstore!
