CHARLOTTE MASON · GRADE 4

Ambleside Online — Year 4: Assigned Reading

Ambleside Online is a free, Charlotte Mason–style homeschool curriculum built around "living books." Below is the assigned literature for Year 4 (Grade 4 (ages 9–10)) — the novels, tales, and poetry children read this year. (History spines, science, nature study, and artist/composer study are part of the full curriculum but listed separately on Ambleside Online.)

6 books · Grade 4 (ages 9–10).

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  1. 1Robinson Crusoe

    by Daniel Defoe

  2. 2Kidnapped

    by Robert Louis Stevenson

  3. The Incredible Journey cover
  4. 4The Heroes of Asgard

    by Annie Keary

  5. 5The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

    by Washington Irving

  6. 6Rip Van Winkle

    by Washington Irving

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Assigned literature from the Ambleside Online Year 4 booklist (amblesideonline.org). View the official Ambleside Online booklist. Last verified 2026-06-29.

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