Suggested Summer 2006 Reading Lists
3rd to 4th Grade
These lists are just a small selection of what's available. If you like a book, try a different one by the same author. Books with a star (*) are books published within the last few years. Books with two stars (**) are nominees for the year 2007 Colorado Children's Book Award (CCBA). Students will vote for their favorite next school year to determine the winners. In order to vote, a student must have read or had read to them at least three of the nominated books.
| AUTHOR | TITLE |
| Adler | Cam Jansen mysteries |
| Auch | The Princess and the Pizza* |
| Avi | Keep Your Eye on Amanda (takes place in Boulder) |
| Aylesworth | The Full Belly Bowl* |
| Bennett | Max Goes to the Moon* ** |
| Black | The Ironwood Tree* ** (Spiderwick Series) |
| Blume | Double Fudge* (2004 CCBA Winner) |
| Bond | A Bear Called Paddington |
| Breathed | Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big* |
| Calmenson | The Frog Principal* |
| Catling | The Chocolate Touch |
| Chew | Second Hand Magic |
| Cleary | Dear Mr. Henshaw |
| Cleary | Ramona's World |
| Clements | Frindle |
| Clifford | Help! I'm a Prisoner in the Library |
| Colfer | The Legend of Spud Murphy* |
| Coville | Space Brat |
| Cox | Weird Stories from the Lonesome Café |
| Creech | Love That Dog* |
| Cronin | Diary of a Worm* |
| Cronin | Diary of a Spider* ** |
| Dahl | Matilda |
| Dahl | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
| Dalgleish | Courage of Sarah Noble |
| Danneberg | First Day Jitters*, and its sequel, First Year Letters* |
| Danziger | Amber Brown Is Green With Envy* |
| DePaola | 26 Fairmount Avenue (2000 Newbery Honor Book) and others in the series |
| DiCamillo | Because of Winn-Dixie (2003 CCBA runner up) |
| DiCamillo | The Tale of Despereaux* (2004 Newbery Honor Book) |
| Duffey | Cody Unplugged |
| Edwards | Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles |
| English | Nadia's Hands* |
| Erickson | Hank the Cowdog books |
| Ernst | Goldilocks Returns* |
| Fine | Bad Dreams* |
| Fleischman | Bandit's Moon |
| Fletcher | Tommy Trouble and the Magic Marble* |
| Friedman | Back to School, Mallory* |
| Gerstein | The Man Who Walked Between the Towers* (2004 Caldecott Award) |
| Giff | Fish Face |
| Grey | The Very Smart Pea and the Princess to Be* |
| Harris | Jack and the Giant |
| Hill | The Year of Miss Agnes |
| Hopkinson | Apples to Oregon* |
| Howard | Virgie Goes to School With Us Boys* |
| Howe | Bunnicula Strikes Again! (2001 CCBA winner) |
| Hurwitz | Fourth Grade-Fuss* |
| Karas | Bebe's Bad Dream* |
| Katz | Take Me Out of the Bathtub* (2004 CCBA Winner) |
| Keller | The Scrambled States of America |
| Kennah | The Dream Shop* |
| Kerley | The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins* (2002 Caldecott Honor Book) |
| Kimmel | Easy Work! An Old Tale |
| Kimmel | Grizz* |
| King-Smith | Babe, the Gallant Pig |
| King-Smith | Funny Frank* |
| Kline | Horrible Harry books |
| Knutson | Love and Roast Chicken: A Trickster Tale from the Andes Mountains* |
| Lasky | The Capture* and other books in the series |
| Lowry | Zooman Sam |
| MacLachlan | Sarah, Plain and Tall |
| Matott | When I Was a Boy, I Dreamed* ** |
| McCloskey | Homer Price |
| McDonald | Judy Moody* and Judy Moody Predicts the Future* |
| McKissack | Goin' Someplace Special* |
| Milne | Winnie-the-Pooh |
| Muth | Zen Shorts* ** (2006 Caldecott Honor Book) |
| Nagda | Dear Whiskers* |
| Naylor | Saving Shiloh (2000 CCBA runner up) |
| Orloff | I Wanna Iguana* ** |
| Osborne | Kate and the Beanstalk* |
| Osborne | The Brave Little Seamstress* |
| Osborne | Magic Tree House stories |
| Osborne | Adaline Falling Star |
| Palatini | The Web Files* |
| Park | Psst! It's Me - the Bogeyman* (2000 CCBA winner) |
| Peck | Soup |
| Polacco | Mr. Lincoln's Way* |
| Purdy | Iva Dunnit and the Big Wind |
| Robinson | Best School Year Ever |
| Rodowsky | Not My Dog* |
| Rohmann | My Friend Rabbit (2003 Caldecott Award) |
| Ryan | Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride* |
| Sabuda | Uh-Oh, Leonardo!* |
| Sachar | Marvin Redpost stories |
| Sachar | Wayside School books |
| San Souci | Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella |
| San Souci | Fa Mulan |
| Schachner | Yo, Vikings!* |
| Schuch | A Symphony of Whales* |
| Scieszka | Summer Reading is Killing Me (and other Time Warp Trio books) |
| Scieszka | Baloney (Henry P.)* (2003 CCBA winner) |
| Shannon | A Bad Case of Stripes (2000 CCBA runner up) |
| Sharp | The Rescuers |
| Smith | Jelly Belly |
| Snicket | Series of Unfortunate Events books |
| Sobol | Encyclopedia Brown Mystery series |
| Soto | Big Bushy Mustache |
| Stevens | Jackalope* |
| Tanaka | On Board the Titanic |
| Teague | Dear Mrs. Larue: Letters From Obedience School* |
| Teague | Detective LaRue: Letters From the Investigation* |
| Weisner | The Three Pigs* (2002 Caldecott Award) |
| Willis | Marco's Monster |
| Woodson | Show Way* (2006 Newbery Honor Book) |
| Wright | A Ghost in the Family |
| MORE ADVANCED FICTION | |
| Alexander | The Book of Three |
| Avi | Perloo the Bold |
| Avi | The Good Dog* |
| Kirkpatrick | Trouble's Daughter: The Story of Susanna Hutchinson, Indian Captive |
| L'Engle | A Wrinkle in Time |
| Levine | Ella Enchanted (1998 Newbery Honor Book) |
| Martin | The Doll People* |
| Paulsen | Soldier's Heart |
| Rawls | Where the Red Fern Grows |
| Rowling | Harry Potter series |
| CLASSIC FICTION TO READ ALOUD TO THE WHOLE FAMILY | |
| Burnett | The Secret Garden |
| Carroll | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland |
| Lewis | The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe |
| Henry | Misty of Chincoteague |
| Stevenson | Treasure Island |
| Tolkien | The Hobbit |
| Wilder | Little House Books |
| INTERESTING NON-FICTION | |
| Aliki | William Shakespeare and the Globe* |
| Branley | The International Space Station* |
| Busby | First to Fly: How Wilbur & Orville Wright Invented the Airplane* |
| Carlson | Boss of the Plains: The Hat That Won the West (Biography) |
| Chandra | George Washington's Teeth* |
| Cole | Apollo 13: Space Emergency |
| Dakos | If You're Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand (funny poetry) |
| Jackson | Turn of the Century |
| Kirkpatrick | Redcoats and Petticoats* |
| Lasky | The Librarian Who Measured the Earth (Biography) |
| Martin | Snowflake Bentley (1999 Caldecott Award) |
| Pfleger | A Day With Picasso* |
| Simon | Out of Sight: Pictures of Hidden Worlds* |
| St. George | So You Want to Be President? (2001 Caldecott Award) |
| Stanley | Joan of Arc |
| Swain | How Sweet It Is (and Was): the History of Candy* |
| Thayer | Casey at the Bat (2001 Caldecott Honor Book) |
| Van Cleave | Janice Van Cleave's Rocks and Minerals |
| Viorst | Sad Underwear and Other Complications (poetry) |
| Wick | Walter Wick's Optical Tricks |
| Wick | I Spy books |
| Young | On the Trail of Colorado Critters* |