Entering 4th Grade

2026 Summer Reading List

Realistic Fiction

The Dancing Pancake by Eileen Spinelli (Lexile 440)

The Infinite Questions of Dottie Bing by Molly Burnham (Lexile 600)

Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things by Lenore Look (Lexile 600)

Ways to Make Sunshine by Renee Watson (Lexile 630)

The Magic Misfits Book 1 by Neil Patrick Harris (Lexile 720)

Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere by Julie T. Lamana (Lexile 750)

Mystery

Fenway and Hattie by Victoria J. Coe (Lexile 500)

Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage (Lexile 560)

The Fenway Foul-Up by David A. Kelly (Lexile 590)

The Lemonade Crime by Jacqueline Davies (Lexile 670)

The Great Shelby Holmes Book 1 by Elizabeth Eulberg (Lexile 690)

Capture the Flag by Kate Messner (Lexile 700)

Historical Fiction

Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell (Lexile 490)

Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm (Lexile 490)

Ruby Lee and Me by Shannon Hitchcock (Lexile 590)

Front Desk by Kelly Yang (Lexile 640)

Ranger in Time: Night of Soldiers and Spies by Kate Messner (Lexile 650)

Stella by Starlight by Sharon M. Draper (Lexile 740)

Fantasy

The Tiny Hero of Fern Creek Library by Linda Bailey (Lexile 480)

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate (Lexile 570)

Wishtree by Katherine Applegate (Lexile 590)

Ivy by Katherine Coville (Lexile 620)

The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass (Lexile 640)

Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White (Lexile 750)

Reading Strategies:

If a student is struggling to read a selection from this list, please consider using one or more of the following reading strategies:

1. Purchase an audiobook and have the student follow along with the text.
2. Paired Reading: alternate reading paragraphs or pages of a book aloud with your child.
3. Have your child briefly summarize or write what you read together and check for comprehension. 

Please Note:

I will conduct a reading assessment in September to identify current reading levels for all fourth grade students.

Entering 4th Grade

You are required to read at least two books from the provided list. You will turn your reading log in on the first day of school.

Have your parent(s) initial each book you have read in the column provided.

Your Name _____________________________________________________

Please record all books you have read this summer. I would like to encourage students to read at least 15 minutes each day to maintain their current reading level.