2000s books assigned in 4th grade
US schools assign 243 books written in the 2000s to 4th grade students, across 45 states, spanning 610L–950L. Every title below is cited from a state ELA standard, district reading list, or AP/IB syllabus.
Most widely assigned from the 2000s
Because of Winn-Dixie
Kate DiCamillo · on 31 reading lists
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- Titles
- 243
- Written
- 2000–2009
- Lexile range
- 610L–950L
- States assigning
- 45
The list — 2000s, 4th grade
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"Let's Get a Pup!", Said KateBob Graham
11 BirthdaysWendy Mass
12 AgainSue Corbett
7 X 9 = TroubleClaudia Mills
A Dog's LifeAnn M. Martin
A Life in the WildPamela S. Turner
A Room on Lorelei StreetMary E. Pearson
A Season of GiftsRichard Peck
A Single ShardLinda Sue Park · 920L
A Week in the WoodsAndrew Clements
A Year Down YonderRichard Peck
AbductionPeg Kehret
Absolutely Positively NotDavid LaRochelle
Adopted by an OwlRobbyn Smith van Frankenhuyzen
Al Capone Does My ShirtsGennifer Choldenko
Alabama MoonWatt Key
AlbertDonna Jo Napoli
All the Lovely Bad OnesMary Downing Hahn
Alligator SueSharon Arms Doucet
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary ThingsLenore Look
An American PlagueJim Murphy
And If the Moon Could TalkKate Banks
And the Dish Ran Away with the SpoonJanet Stevens
Apples to OregonDeborah Hopkinson
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- Arnie, the Doughnut
- Artemis Fowl
- As If Being 12 3/4 Isn't Bad Enough, My Mother Is Running for President!
- Ashley Bryan: Words to My Life's Song
- Avalon High
- Bad News for Outlaws
- Because of Winn-Dixie
- Big Mama Makes the World
- Boxes for Katje
- Boy at War
- Bronx Masquerade
- Bucking the Sarge
- By the Light of the Halloween Moon
- Call Me Hope
- Champ
- Children of the Great Depression
- Christopher Mouse: The Tale of a Small Traveler
- Clementine
- Closed for the Season
- Cold Feet
- Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun
- Copper Sun
- Coraline
- Cracker The Best Dog in Vietnam
- Crispin: The Cross of Lead
- Criss Cross
- Darkness Over Denmark
- Day of Tears
- Dear Mrs. LaRue
- Deep and Dark and Dangerous
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid
- Dooby Dooby Moo
- Double Fudge
- Down the Rabbit Hole
- Dragon Rider
- Dust to Eat
- Each Little Bird That Sings
- Eleven
- Encyclopedia Brown Keeps the Peace
- Esperanza Rising
- Every Soul a Star
- Fablehaven
- Fairy Wings
- Fever 1793
- FIREBOAT
- Firegirl
- Flipped
- Flotsam
- Flush
- Food, Girls, and Other Things I Can't Have
- Frankenstein Takes the Cake
- Girl in a Cage
- Goin' Someplace Special
- Good Masters Sweet Ladies
- Gregor the Overlander
- Hachiko
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Hattie Big Sky
- Henry Hikes to Fitchburg
- Henry's Freedom Box
- Home of the Brave
- Hoot
- Hooway for Wodney Wat
- Hostage
- How to Steal a Dog
- I Dream of Trains
- Ida B. and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World
- In the Belly of the Bloodhound
- Jazz on a Saturday Night
- Jenny of the Tetons
- John, Paul, George and Ben
- Kira-Kira
- Knocked Out by Nunga-Nungas
- Last Holiday Concert
- Last Night
- Leon's Story
- Leonardo, the Beautiful Dreamer
- Letters from a Slave Girl
- Lewis and Clark and Me
- Lord of the Deep
- Loser
- Love That Dog
- Magyk
- Marching For Freedom
- Milkweed
- Million-Dollar Throw
- Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman
- Miracle's Boys
- Mis colores, mi mundo
- Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism
- Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom
- Mr. Lincoln's Way
- Mr. Maxwell's Mouse
- Mrs. Crump's Cat
- My Dog, My Hero
- My People
- Mystery at the Club Sandwich
- Nation
- Nightmare at the Book Fair
- No More Dead Dogs
- No Talking
- Not Afraid of Dogs
- Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude
- One Potato, Two Potato
- Owney: The Mail-Pouch Pooch
- Paul Bunyan Swings His Axe
- Peace, Locomotion
- Peter and the Starcatchers
- Please Write in this Book
- Powerless
- Project Mulberry
- Ralph S. Mouse
- Ramona Forever
- Rap a Tap Tap
- Red Midnight
- Remember
- River Friendly, River Wild
- Rosa
- Ruby Holler
- Rules
- Rules
- Satch and Me
- Say What?
- Scat
- Schooled
- Scranimals
- Sea of the Dead
- Seadogs: An Epic Ocean Operetta
- Secrets of My Hollywood Life
- Sheep
- Skeleton Creek
- Skeleton Man
- Snow
- So You Want to be President
- Some of the Kinder Planets
- Space Station Science
- Star in the Storm
- Stepping Up
- Stolen Children
- Summer of Riley
- Swindle
- Talkin' About Bessie
- The 13th Floor: A Ghost Story
- The Babe and I
- The Blacker the Berry
- The Boxer
- The Cats in Krasinski Square
- The City of Ember
- The Dirty Cowboy
- The Double Life of Pocahontas
- The Dunderheads
- The End of the Beginning
- The Fire Eaters
- The First Part Last
- The Folk Keeper
- The Game of Silence
- The Ghost of Lizard Light
- The Ghost's Grave
- The Giant Slayer
- The Girl Who Could Fly
- The Golden Mare, the Firebird, and the Magic Ring
- The Gollywhopper Games
- The Good Dog
- The Graveyard Book
- The Higher Power of Lucky
- The Intruder
- The Jamie and Angus Stories
- The Knife of Never Letting Go
- The Land
- The Lemonade War
- The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1)
- The Lincolns
- The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza)
- The Longest Night
- The Longitude Prize
- The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
- The Maze of Bones
- The Million Dollar Kick
- The Million Dollar Shot
- The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
- The Mysterious Benedict Society
- The Mysterious Collection of Dr. David Harleyson
- The Mysterious Matter of I. M. Fine
- The Old Willis Place
- The Penderwicks
- The School Story
- The Schwa was Here
- The Sea of Monsters
- The Shoe Tree of Chagrin
- The Stranger Next Door
- The Strongest Man in the World
- The Swamp Fox of the Revolution
- The Tale of Despereaux
- The Thief Lord
- The Trouble with Tuck
- The Uglified Ducky
- The Wall
- The World According to Humphrey
- There's a Bat in Bunk Five
- Togo
- Trading Places with Tank Talbott
- True Believer
- Twilight
- Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship and Survival
- Upon the Head of the Goat
- Uptown
- Violet Raines Almost Got Struck by Lightning
- We Are the Ship
- We Are the Ship
- We Are the Ship
- Wenny Has Wings
- When the Wolves Returned
- When You Reach Me
- Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
- Word Eater
- Worth
- Zen and the Art of Faking It
- Zoobreak
- Zorgamazoo
Most-assigned 2000s authors in 4th grade
Andrew Clements (4) · Peg Kehret (4) · Mary Downing Hahn (4) · Dan Gutman (4) · Gordon Korman (4) · Kate DiCamillo (3)
Common questions
- How many 2000s books are assigned in 4th grade?
- 243 books written between 2000 and 2009 appear on 4th grade reading lists tracked by ReadingList. Each one is cited from a state department of education, district list, or AP/IB syllabus.
- What Lexile range do these 2000s books cover?
- Lexile measures for the 2000s titles assigned in 4th grade run from 610L to 950L. Poetry, drama, and graphic novels without a published Lexile measure are not counted in that range.
- Are these assigned nationally or in a few states?
- 45 states assign at least one 2000s title at 4th grade in the lists tracked here, so this is a broad pattern rather than a single state's canon. Per-state lists are on each state page.