Fourth Grade and Fifth Grade Common Core Suggested Reading List
Literature
- Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll
- The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett
- The Black Stallion Walter Farley
- The Little Prince Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Tuck Everlasting Natalie Babbitt
- Zlateh the Goat Isaac Bashevis Singer
- M.C. Higgins, the Great Virginia Hamilton
- The Birchbark House Louise Erdrich
- Bud, Not Buddy Christopher Paul Curtis
- Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Grace Lin
Informational Texts
- Discovering Mars: The Amazing Story of the Red Planet Melvin Berger
- Let’s Investigate Marvelously Meaningful Maps Madelyn Wood Carlisle
- Hurricanes: Earth’s Mightiest Storms Patricia Lauber
- The Kid’s Guide to Money: Earning It, Saving It, Spending It, Growing It, Sharing It Steve Otfinoski
- Toys!: Amazing Stories Behind Some Great Inventions Don Wulffson
- Good Pet, Bad Pet Elizabeth Schleichert
- Ancient Mound Builders E. Barrie Kavash
- About Time: A First Look at Time and Clocks Bruce Koscielniak
- England the Land Erinn Banting
- A History of US Joy Hakim
- My Librarian Is a Camel: How Books Are Brought to Children Around the World Margriet Ruurs
- Horses Seymour Simon
- Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea Sy Montgomery
- Volcanoes Simon Seymour
- We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball Kadir Nelson
- Kenya’s Long Dry Season Nellie Gonzalez Cutler
- Seeing Eye to Eye Leslie Hall
- Telescopes Colin A. Ronan
- Underground Railroad Henrietta Buckmaster
Poetry
- “The Echoing Green,” William Blake
- “The New Colossus,” Emma Lazarus
- “Casey at the Bat,” Ernest Lawrence Thayer
- “A Bird Came Down the Walk,” Emily Dickinson
- “Fog,” Carl Sandburg
- “Dust of Snow” Robert Frost
- “Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf” Roald Dahl
- “They Were My People” Grace Nichols
- “Words Free As Confetti,” Pat Mora