Suggested Summer Reading List
Grades 3-4

High Wire Henry Calhoun, M.
Amber Brown (series) Danziger, P.*
Flat Stanley (series) Brown, J.
The Titanic: Lost…and Found Donnelly, J.
Wrong Way Around Magic Chew, R.
Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes Dahl, R.
Muggie Maggie Cleary, B.*
The Mouse and the Motorcycle Cleary, B.*
The Woman Who Outshone the Sun Martinez, A.
A Toad for Tuesday Erickson, E.
Why I Sneeze, Shiver, Hiccup, and Yawn Berger, M.
The Garden of Abdul Gasazi Van Allsburg, C.*
A Llama in the Family Hurwitz, J.*
Adventures of Ali Baba Bernstein Hurwitz, J.*
Sable Hesse, K.*
Ramona and Her Mother Cleary, B.*
The White Stallion Shub, E.
If You Made a Million Schwartz, D.
Boxcar Children (series) Warner, G.
The Iguana Brothers Johnston, T.
The Magic School Bus (series) Cole, J.*
Encyclopedia Brown (series) Sobol, D.
George’s Marvelous Medicine Dahl, R.
All About Sam Lowry, L.*
The Hundred-Penny Box Mathis, S.
Plants That Never, Ever Bloom Heller, R.
Baseball’s Greatest Pitchers Kramer, S.
If You Lived…(series) Moore, K.
Stone Fox Gardiner, J.R.*
Through Grandpa’s Eyes MacLachlan, P.*
Time Warp Trio (series) Scieszka, J.*
Charlie is a Chicken Smith, J.D.
Fourth Grade Celebrity Giff, P.R.
Bunnicula; Bunnicula Strikes Again Howe, J.
American Girl Collection Pleasant Company (various authors)
Little House (series) Wilder, L.*
Wayside School (series) Sachar, L.*
Superfudge Blume, J.*

*Authors listed in the Massachusetts English Language Arts Curriculum Framework,
 
Massachusetts Department of Education