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2025 Summer Reading Suggestions from the TSC Library: Incoming 4th Grade

Welcome Incoming 4th Grade Readers and Families!

Welcome Incoming 4th Grade Readers and Families!undefined

Check out the lists below for summer reading ideas, including books recommended by TSC teachers and students. 

Explore the TSC Library To Go site to find even more summer resources for reading and learning. Don't forget: the TSC digital library with Sora is always open! Visit the Sora FAQ section of the TSC Library To Go site for more information about reading with Sora.  Happy reading!

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Books to Support Conversations Around Social Justice, Anti-Racism, and Empathy

Graphic Novels on Sora




Books to Read Together

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HOLD FAST By Blue Balliett

THE JUMBIES* By Tracey Baptiste

THE PENDERWICKS* By Jane BirdsallTHE WAR THAT SAVED MY LIFE* By Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

MATILDA By Roald Dahl

OUT OF MY MIND By Sharon Draper

THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX By Kate DiCamillo

MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN* By Jean Craighead George

THE VANDERBEEKERS OF 141ST STREET* By Karina Yan Glaser

THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH By Norman Juster

THE LIONS OF LITTLE ROCK By Kristin Levine

RULES By Cynthia Lord

THE SEVENTH MOST IMPORTANT THING By Shelley Pearsall 

ESPERANZA RISING By Pam Muñoz Ryan

THE WEDNESDAY WAR By Gary M. Schmidt

ORPHAN ISLAND By Laurel Snyder

WHEN YOU REACH ME By Rebecca Stead

        

undefinedISAIAH DUNN IS MY HERO* By Kelly J. Baptist

TUMTUM AND NUTMEG: ADVENTURES BEYOND NUTMOUSE HALL* By Emily Bearns

PEACE MAKER By Joseph  Bruchac

MIDNIGHT FOX By Betsy Byars

DEAR MR. HENSHAW By Beverly Cleary

THE TRUTH AS TOLD BY MASON BUTTLE By Leslie Conner

NOT AN EASY WIN By Chrystal D. Giles

HARRIET THE SPY By Louise Fitzhugh

NOT NOTHING By Gayle Forman

THE BROOKLYN NINE: A NOVEL IN NINE INNINGS By Alan Gratz​

EVENTOWN By Corey Ann Hadu

WHEN YOU TRAP A TIGER By Tae Keller

FROM THE MIXED UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANWEILER By E.L. Konisburg

WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE MOON By Grace Lin

FIVE CHILDREN AND IT By E. Nesbit

THE HOBOKEN CHICKEN EMERGENCY By Daniel Pinkwater​

LUCKY: MARIS, MANTLE, AND MY BEST SUMMER EVER By Wes Tooke  

SAME SUN HERE By Neela Vaswani and Silas House  

OTHER WORDS FOR HOME By Jasmine Warga

KIZZY ANN STAMPS By Jeri Watts

New and Notable

Fiction

undefinedTHE ONE AND ONLY IVAN By Katherine Applegate

THE SISTERS GRIMM: THE FAIRY-TALE DETECTIVES* By Michael Buckley

ARU SHAH AND THE END OF TIME By Roshani Chokshi 

YEAR OF THE BOOK* By Andrea Cheng

BEEZUS AND RAMONA* By Beverly Cleary  

GREGOR THE OVERLANDER* By Suzanne Collins

THE LEMONADE WAR* By Jacqueline Davies

MAYA AND THE ROBOT By Eve L. Ewing

MAKE WAY FOR DYAMONDE DANIELS* By Nikki Grimes

PEEWEE'S TALEBy Johanna Hurwitz

OPHIE’S GHOSTS By Justina Ireland

BOOK UNCLE AND ME By Uma Krishnaswami

BEASTOLOGIST: FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX* By R.L. Lafevers

TEN RULES FOR LIVING WITH MY SISTER* By Ann M. Martin

TIMMY FAILURE: MISTAKES WERE MADE* Stephan Pastis

BOB By Wendy Mass & Rebecca Stead

THE WORST WITCH* By Jill Murphy

THE BRILLIANT WORLD OF TOM GATES* By L. Pinchon​ 

THE DRAGON OF LONELY ISLAND* By Rebecca Rupp

THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET By Brian Selznick

THE BOXCAR CHILDRENBy Gertrude Chandler Warner

ELLRAY JAKES IS NOT A CHICKEN* By Sally Warner

WAYS TO MAKE SUNSHINE By Renée Watson

THE BOOKS OF ELSEWHERE: THE SHADOWS* By Jacqueline West 

CLAYTON BYRD GOES UNDERGROUND By Rita Williams-Garcia

          

IZZY KLINE HAS BUTTERFLIES By Beth Aine

THE FAIRY REBEL By Lynn Reid Banks

BRAND NEW SCHOOL, BRAVE NEW RUBY* By Derrick Barnes

TALES OF A FOURTH GRADE NOTHING* By Judy Blume

THE NOT-JUST-ANYBODY FAMILY* By Betsy Byars

THE CHOCOLATE TOUCH By Patrick Skene Catling

FRINDLE By Andrew Clements

FERRIS By Kate DiCamillo 

THE LAST OF THE REALLY GREAT WHANGDOODLES By Julie Andrews Edward

DRAGONS IN A BAGBy Zetta Elliott

THE FABLED FOURTH GRADERS OF AESOP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL By Candace Fleming

SPY SCHOOL* By Stuart Gibbs

DEAR MAX By Sally Grindley

BUNNICULA By Deborah and James Howe

SHENJI TAKAHASHI AND THE MARK OF THE COATL By Julie Kagawa

THE SECRET LIBRARY By Kekla Magoon 

THE DOLL PEOPLE* By Ann M. Martin

CLEMENTINE* By Sara Pennypacker

VIOLET & JOBIE IN THE WILD By Lynne Rae Perkins

BIG TREE By Brian Selznick 

LADY LOLLIPOP By Dick King Smith 

LUCKY: MARIS, MANTLE, AND MY BEST SUMMER EVER By Wes Tooke

FRONT DESK By Kelly Yang

          

Spotlight on Historical Fiction: Travel Through Time

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