Fourth-Grade Books, Easy Reading (continued)
Source: Pearson Allyn Bacon Prentice Hall
Topics: First Grade, Second Grade, Third Grade, Fourth Grade, Nurturing a Growing Reader, Top Late Elementary Books
Sachar, Louis. Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger. Avon, 1995, 168 pp. After being closed for 243 days, Wayside School reopens and is stranger than ever. Students are forbidden to use the word doors. They must call a door a goozak and the meal of the day is liver in purple sauce. The students are also given weird voices by Mr. Gorf, the husband of a former teacher. Part of Wayside School series.
Sobol, Donald J. Encyclopedia Brown Saves the Day. Bantam, 1970, 114 pp. Fifth-grader Encyclopedia Brown uses his powers of observation and deduction to find a stolen telescope, catch pignappers, and solve an assortment of other crimes. His father, the chief of police, believes that his son might be the II greatest detective who ever climbed a tree." Fosters comprehension: students are invited to come up with their own solutions to crimes. Encyclopedia Brown's solutions are provided at the end of the book.
Steptoe, John. Creativity. Houghton Mifflin, 1997, 28 pp. Charles is surprised to learn that he and Hector, the new boy from Puerto Rico, share a similar heritage. Both have a mixed ancestry that includes African Americans. Charles helps Hector adjust to his new surroundings. Multicultural.
Willis, Meredith Sue. Marco's Monster. HarperCollins, 1996, 118 pp. When Marco's best friend Tyrone is chosen to star in the class play, Marcos is jealous. But the two make up and help each other. Tyrone helps Marcos fend off a gang of bullies and find his little sister, who has run away from home, and Marcos helps Tyrone stay out of trouble so he won't lose the lead part in the class play. Provides possible writing topic: how friends help each other.
Wilson, Nancy Hope. Old People, Frogs, and Albert. Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1997, 58 pp. Fourth-grader Albert, who struggles with his reading, is helped by Mr. Spear. But when Mr. Spear has a stroke and is sent to Pine Manor, a nursing home that Albert passes every day, Albert is afraid to visit him. Fortunately, Albert overcomes his fear and his reading problem.
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