4th grade Children's books
184 books in the children's genre commonly assigned to 4th gradestudents — every title’s grade range covers 4th grade, so each is grade-appropriate by curriculum placement. Each links to its reading level, themes, and the curricula that cite it.
184 4th grade children's books
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- "Let's Get a Pup!", Said KateBob Graham
- A Chair for My MotherVera B. Williams
- A Life in the WildPamela S. Turner
- A Racecourse for AndyPatricia Wrightson
- A Ray of LightWalter Wick
- A Scar like a RiverLisa Graff
- A Sitting in St. JamesRita Williams-Garcia
- A Visit to William Blake's InnNancy Willard
- A Wizard of EarthseaUrsula K. Le Guin
- A World Without SummerNicholas Day
- Abigail AdamsNatalie S. Bober
- Absolutely Positively NotDavid LaRochelle
- Ajeemah and His SonJames Berry
- AlphabaticsSuse MacDonald
- An American PlagueJim Murphy
- And If the Moon Could TalkKate Banks
- Anno's Counting BookMitsumasa Anno
- Anno's Medieval WorldMitsumasa Anno
- Anthony BurnsVirginia Hamilton
- Apples to OregonDeborah Hopkinson
- Arthur, For the Very First TimePatricia MacLachlan
- Ashley BryanAshley Bryan
- At NightJonathan Bean
- Behind Barbed WireDaniel S. Davis
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- Between Shades Of Gray · Ruta Sepetys
- Big Mama Makes the World · Phyllis Root
- Big Red Lollipop · Rukhsana Khan
- Black Enough · Ibi Zoboi
- Black Potatoes · Susan Campbell Bartoletti
- Blink and Caution · Tim Wynne-Jones
- Boats for Papa · Jessixa Bagley
- Bubble Trouble · Margaret Mahy
- Bucking the Sarge · Christopher Paul Curtis
- Building Our House · Jonathan Bean
- By the Light of the Halloween Moon · Caroline Stutson
- Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms · Katherine Rundell
- Carver · Marilyn Nelson
- Child of the Owl · Laurence Yep
- Children of the Great Depression · Russell Freedman
- Chimney Sweeps · James Cross Giblin
- Cold Feet · Cynthia C. DeFelice
- Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun · Rhoda Blumberg
- Conrad's War · Andrew Davies
- Death in the Jungle · Candace Fleming
- Dog and Bear: Two Friends, Three Stories · Laura Vaccaro Seeger
- Dooby Dooby Moo · Doreen Cronin
- Dust to Eat · Michael L. Cooper
- Eleanor & Park · Rainbow Rowell
- Electric Ben · Robert Byrd
- Extra Yarn · Mac Barnett
- FIREBOAT · Maira Kalman
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt · Russell Freedman
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt · Russell Freedman
- Freedom Over Me · Ashley Bryan
- From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry · Paula Yoo
- Goldengrove ; Unleaving · Jill Paton Walsh
- Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs · Mo Willems
- Grandfather's Journey (Read-aloud) · Allen Say
- Grasshopper Jungle · Andrew Smith
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows · J. K. Rowling
- Henry Hikes to Fitchburg · D.B. Johnson
- Home Place · Crescent Dragonwagon
- Humbug Mountain · Sid Fleischman
- I Dream of Trains · Angela Johnson
- I Know Here · Laurel Croza
- I Know How to Draw an Owl · Hilary Horder Hippely
- I Talk Like a River · Jordan Scott
- Infinite Hope · Ashley Bryan
- Jambo Means Hello · Muriel Feelings
- Jazz Day · Roxane Orgill
- Jenny of the Tetons · Kristiana Gregory
- John Henry · Julius Lester
- Kin · Carole Boston Weatherford
- King of Ragtime · Stephen Costanza
- Laura Ingalls Wilder · Tanya Lee Stone
- Leaf Man Board Book · Lois Ehlert
- Leon's Story · Leon Walter Tillage
- Lifeboat 12 · Susan Hood
- Little Little · M. E. Kerr
- Little Red Riding Hood (40th Anniversary Edition) · Trina Schart Hyman
- Lon Po Po · Ed Young
- Lord of the Deep · Graham Salisbury
- M.C. Higgins, the Great · Virginia Hamilton
- Make Lemonade · Virginia Euwer Wolff
- Mama Don't Allow 25th Anniversary Edition · Thacher Hurd
- Marching For Freedom · Elizabeth Partridge
- Martha Graham · Russell Freedman
- Me, My Goat, and My Sister's Wedding · Stella Pevsner
- Milo · Alan Silberberg
- Missing May · Cynthia Rylant
- Most Dangerous · Steve Sheinkin
- Mr Gumpy's Outing · John Burningham
- Mr Tiger Goes Wild · Peter Brown
- Nation · Terry Pratchett
- Navigating Night · Julie Leung
- No Crystal Stair · Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
- Not Afraid of Dogs · Susanna Pitzer
- Off to School, Baby Duck! · Amy Hest
- On the Ball · Brian Pinkney
- One Candle · Eve Bunting
- Open This Little Book · Jesse Klausmeier
- Orphan Train Rider · Andrea Warren
- Outside Over There · Maurice Sendak
- Panama Canal · Judith St. George
- Photographic · Isabel Quintero
- Playing Beatie Bow · Ruth Park
- Pocketful of Posies · Salley Mavor
- Poppy · Avi
- Poverty in America · Milton Meltzer
- Red-eyed Tree Frog · Joy Cowley
- Remember Us · Jacqueline Woodson
- Revolution · Deborah Wiles
- Rules of the Road #1 · Joan Bauer
- Seven Blind Mice · Ed Young
- Shy Charles · Rosemary Wells
- Sojourner Truth · Pat McKissack
- Some of the Kinder Planets · Tim Wynne-Jones
- Stones in Water · Donna Jo Napoli
- Summer of My German Soldier · Bette Greene
- Sunshine: A Graphic Novel · Jarrett J. Krosoczka
- Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush · Virginia Hamilton
- Tancy · Belinda Hurmence
- The Adventures of Paddy Pork · John S. Goodall
- The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I · M. T. Anderson
- The Bird House · Cynthia Rylant
- The Black Cauldron · Lloyd Alexander
- The Boxer · Kathleen Karr
- The Boy and the Samurai · Erik Christian Haugaard
- The Christmas Boot · Lisa Wheeler
- The Circuit Graphic Novel · Francisco Jiménez
- The Dark Is Rising · Susan Cooper
- The Devil Walks · Anne Fine
- The Dirty Cowboy · Amy Timberlake
- The Double Life of Pocahontas · Jean Fritz
- The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia · Candace Fleming
- The Farmer and the Clown · Marla Frazee
- The Fire Eaters · David Almond
- The Folk Keeper · Franny Billingsley
- The Friends · Kazumi Yumoto
- The Friendship · Mildred D. Taylor
- The Full Moon at the Napping House · Audrey Wood
- The Garden of Abdul Gasazi · Chris Van Allsburg
- The Girl who Cried Flowers, and Other Tales · Jane Yolen
- The Great Little Madison · Jean Fritz
- The Haunting of Falcon House · Eugene Yelchin
- The Intruder · John Rowe Townsend
- The Lie Tree · Frances Hardinge
- The Lincolns · Candace Fleming
- The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza) · Philemon Sturges
- The Longitude Prize · Joan Dash
- The Man Who Walked Between the Towers · Mordicai Gerstein
- The Mona Lisa Vanishes · Nicholas Day
- The Moorchild · Eloise McGraw
- The Notorious Benedict Arnold · Steve Sheinkin
- The Patchwork Bike · Maxine Beneba Clarke
- The Pilgrims of Plimoth · Marcia Sewall
- The Port Chicago 50 · Steve Sheinkin
- The Race to Save the Lord God Bird · Phillip Hoose
- The Road from Home · David Kherdian
- The Schwa was Here · Neal Shusterman
- The Snowman: The Book of the Classic Film · Raymond Briggs
- The Spring Rider · John Shults Lawson
- The Strongest Man in the World · Nicolas Debon
- The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks · Katherine Paterson
- The Top of the World · Steve Jenkins
- The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle · Avi
- The Village by the Sea · Paula Fox
- The Wall · Peter Sís
- The Way Things Work Now · David Macaulay
- The Weaver's Gift · Kathryn Lasky
- They Say Blue · Jillian Tamaki
- This Promise of Change · Jo Ann Allen Boyce
- Those who Love the Game · Glenn Rivers
- Tikki Tikki Tembo · Arlene Mosel
- Time of the Month! · Valerie Scho Carey
- Traction Man Is Here! · Mini Grey
- Tristan And Iseult · Rosemary Sutcliff
- True Believer · Virginia Euwer Wolff
- Upon the Head of the Goat · Aranka Siegal
- Vincent and Theo · Deborah Heiligman
- Voyaging to Cathay · Alfred H. Tamarin
- When Alexander Graced the Table · Alexander Smalls
- When You Can Swim · Jack Wong
- Young Fredle · Cynthia Voigt
Children's books at other grades
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Other 4th grade genres
Picture Book · Middle Grade Fiction · Realistic Fiction · Middle Grade Fantasy · Middle Grade Graphic Novel · Fantasy · Nonfiction · Middle Grade
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Frequently asked questions
What children's books are good for 4th grade students?
184 children's books have a grade range that covers 4th grade and are assigned across US-school curricula — Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and state ELA standards. Each title on this page links to its full curriculum citations and reading level.
Are these children's books grade-appropriate for 4th grade?
Every title's grade range covers 4th grade, so each is age-appropriate by curriculum placement. Check each book's themes and content notes before assigning.
How many children's books are on the 4th grade list?
This page lists 184 4th grade children's titles, ordered alphabetically. The list expands as more curriculum references are verified.
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