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Recommended
Books
Fourth and Fifth Grades
Fiction
Poppy
by Avi; illustrated by
Brian Floca
A young deer mouse named
Poppy finds the courage to confront Mr. Ocax,
an owl who has been bullying her family.
The
Seeing Stone
by Holly Black and Tony
DeTerlizzi
Mallory and Jared attempt
to rescue Simon from goblins by using a magical
stone.
Nasty,
Stinky Sneakers
by Eve Bunting
Will Colin find his missing
sneakers in time to enter the Stinkiest Sneakers
contest?
Granny
Torrelli Makes Soup
by Sharon Creech; drawings
by Chris Raschka
With the help of her grandmother,
Rosie works out some problems with her best
friend.
Bud,
Not Buddy
by Christopher Paul Curtis
During the Great Depression,
Bud escapes from a bad foster home and searches
for his father.
Elisabeth:
The Princess Bride
by Barry Denenberg
In her diary, the Austrian
Princess Elisabeth writes about her engagement
and marriage to her cousin.
Because
of Winn-Dixie
by Kate DiCamillo
India Opal Buloni describes
all the good things that happen to her because
of her dog named Winn-Dixie.
Jackie
and Me: A Baseball Card Adventure
by Dan Gutman
Joe uses his ability to travel
through time using baseball cards to meet Jackie
Robinson and learn about the racial prejudice
he faced as the first black player in the major
leagues.
Bluish:
A Novel
by Virginia Hamilton
Dreenie befriends a classmate
who is frail and bluish due to leukemia.
When
Mules Flew on Magnolia Street
by Angela Johnson; illustrated
by John Ward
Summertime finds Charlie
in the center of her neighborhood’s adventures.
Babe:
The Gallant Pig
written by Dick King-Smith;
illustrated by Mary Rayner
A farmyard piglet is adopted
by an old sheep dog and discovers a secret to
success.
Anastasia
Krupnik
by Lois Lowry
Anastasia’s tenth year
is full of some good and some not-so-good events.
Junebug
by Alice Mead
Junebug lives in a rough
housing project and worries about his future.
Bernie
Magruder and the Bats in the Belfry
by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Town residents are going
crazy from the ever-ringing church bells, and
now they are worried about the bats swooping
around the church steeple.
Wayside
School is Falling Down
by Louis Sachar; illustrated
by Joel Schick
In humorous episodes from
the Wayside School, students learn to tango,
face the cafeteria's dreaded Mushroom Surprise,
and study a hobo during Show and Tell.
The
Green Dog: A Mostly True Story
by Suzanne Fisher Staples
Suzanne acquires a canine
companion in the summer before fifth grade.
The
Mennyms
by Sylvia Waugh
The Mennyms, a family of
life-size rag dolls living in a house in England
and pretending to be human, are threatened when
the house's owner announces he is coming for
a visit.
Nonfiction
The
Daring Nellie Bly: America’s Star Reporter
by Bonnie Christensen
Nellie Bly, who was a stunt
reporter in the 1800’s, traveled around
the world faster than anyone ever had.
Don’t
Try This at Home! Science Fun for Kids on the
Go
by Vicki Cobb and Kathy
Darling; illustrated by True Kelley
Make a stink bomb or a vegetable
mummy or try some of the other activities in
this playful science book.
The
Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon: The
Story of Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins
by Bea Uusma Schyffert
This eye-catching book tells
about the historic flight of Apollo 11 from
the point of view of the astronaut who manned
the space capsule while Neil Armstrong and Buzz
Aldrin walked on the moon.
Where
the Sidewalk Ends
the poems and drawings
of Shel Silverstein
A boy who turns into a TV
set is one character in this collection of humorous
poetry.
Spiders
by Seymour Simon
Stunning photographs and
brief text introduce the physical characteristics,
behaviors, and life cycle of different kinds
of spiders.
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