Reading List for 4th-8th grade
When I copied these titles from my kids’ records, such warm and happy memories washed over me. I remember reading several of these books with them and they are some of my best parenting moments.
I will say it over and over again and tell anyone who asks. The best thing you can do for your child’s education is to get them to read.
The following is a reading list I created from going through my children’s homeschool reading logs that I had them keep. They are not in any particular order or format. They are fabulous books!
The List
My side of the mountain- George
On the far side of the mountain- George
Frightful’s Mountain- George
Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes- Dahl
I, Freddy- Reiche
Freddy In Peril- Reiche
The Wonderful story of Henry Sugar and Six More- Dahl
The Vicar of Nibbleswicke- Dahl
Maniac Magee- Spinelli
Elijah of Buxton- Curtis
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane- Dicamillo
D is for Dahl- Dahl
Matilda- Dahl
Boy Tales of Childhood- Dahl
A Place in The Sun- Rubalcaba
Summer of the Monkeys- Rawls
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn- Twain
The Milly-Molly-Mandy Storybook- Brisley
Fever 1793- Anderson
Phoebe the Spy- Griffin
The Courage of Sarah Noble- Dalgliesh
Bridge to Terabithia- Paterson
The Whipping Boy- Fleischman
The Great Gilly Hopkins- Paterson
Capyboppy- Peet
By The Great Horn Spoon- Fleischman
Old Yeller- Gipson
The School Story- Clements
The Journeyman- Yates
Freedom Train: The Story of Harriet Tubman- Sterling
Turn Homeward Hannalee- Beatty
Shades of Gray- Reeder
The Story of Thomas A. Edison- Davidson
Helen Keller- Davidson
Hero Over Here- Kudlinski
The Terrible Wave- Dahlstedt
George Washington Carver- Collins
The Wright Brothers- Reynolds
Gone Away Lake- Enright
In The Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson- Lord
The Outsiders- Hinton
All-Of-A-Kind Family- Taylor
The Seventeenth Swap- McGraw
Plain Girl- Sorensen
Henry Reed Inc.- Robertson
Improve Your Survival Skills- Usborne
Little House In the Big Woods- Ingalls Wilder
Little House on the Prairie- Ingalls Wilder
Farmer Boy- Ingalls Wilder
On The Banks of Plum Creek- Ingalls Wilder
By The Shores of Silver Lake- Ingalls Wilder
The Long Winter- Ingalls Wilder
Little Town on the Prairie- Ingalls Wilder
These Happy Golden Years- Ingalls Wilder
The First Four Years- Ingalls Wilder
Chocolate Fever- Smith
Follow My Leader- Garfield
McBroom’s Wonderful One Acre Farm- Fleischman
Stone Fox- Gardiner
Ships, Sailors, and the Sea- Usborne
Louis Braille- Davidson
School Trouble for Andy Russell- Adler
Parachuting Hamsters and Andy Russell- Adler
Sadako and the 1000 Paper Cranes- Coerr
The Many Troubles of Andy Russell- Adler
Caddie Woodlawn- Brink
Blood and Guts: A Working Guide to Your Own Insides- Allison
The Usborne Complete Book of the Human Body
Mysteries and Marvels of Nature- Dalby
Frindle- Clements
The Magic Finger- Dahl
Fantastic Mr. Fox- Dahl
Esio Trot- Dahl
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator- Dahl
The BFG- Dahl
Danny, the Champion of the World- Dahl
Otis Spofford- Clearly
Ellen Tebbits- Clearly
Beezus and Ramona- Clearly
Ramona Quimby, Age 8- Clearly
Henry Huggins- Clearly
Henry and Ribsy- Clearly
Where the Red Fern Grows- Rawls
The Magician’s Nephew- C.S.Lewis
The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe- C.S.Lewis
The Horse and His Boy- C.S.Lewis
Prince Caspian- C.S.Lewis
Voyage of the Dawn Treader- C.S.Lewis
The Silver Chair- C.S.Lewis
The Last Battle- C.S.Lewis
Island of the Blue Dolphins- O’Dell
Secrets of the Jedi- Watson
Miss Piggle-Wiggle- MacDonald
Encyclopedia Brown- Sobol
Ralph A. Mouse- Cleary
The Landry News- Clements
Incident at Hawk’s Hill- Eckert
Detectives in Togas- Winterfield
The Incredible Journey- Burnford
Mr. Popper’s Penguins- Atwater
Twenty and Ten- Bishop
The Cricket in Times Square- Selden
Tuck Everlasting- Babbitt
Doctor Dolittle- Lofting
Sign of the Beaver- Speare
Toliver’s Secret- Brady
Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims- Bulla
The Sword In The Tree- Bulla
The Littles- Peterson
My Father’s Dragon- Gannett
Elmer and the Dragon- Gannett
The Dragons of Blueland- Gannett
The Matchlock Gun- Edmonds
Johnny Tremain- Forbes
The Winged Watchman- Stockum
The Hobbit- Tolkien
Loser- Spinelli
In Search of the Source- Anderson
Robert Fulton- Henry
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch- Latham
Sing Down the Moon- O’Dell
Thimble Summer- Enright
Jake Drake, Bully Buster- Clements
Jake Drake, Know-It- All- Clements
Naya Nuki- Thomasma
Holes- Sacher
Aladdin and Other Favorite Arabian Nights Stories- Smith
In Grandma’s Attic- Richardson
More Stories From Grandma’s Attic- Richardson
Call It Courage- Sperry
The Perilous Road- Steele
Charlotte’s Web- White
James and the Giant Peach- Dahl
Eggs- Spinelli
Lincoln: A PhotoBiography- Freedman
Oliver Twist (abridged)- Dickens
The Janitor’s Boy- Clements
Lunch Money- Clements
Percy Jackson- Riordan
Greek Myths for Children- Usborne
Stories From Around the World- Usbourne
Sea of Monsters- Riordan
The Titan’s Curse- Riordan
Battle of the Labyrinth- Riordan
The Last Olympian- Riordan
Moonshiner’s Son- Reeder
Shadow of a Bull- Wojciechowska
A Wrinkle in Time-L’Engle
Tales of Robin Hood- Allan
Mary Bloody Mary- Meyer
Alice in Wonderland- Carroll
D’aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths- d’Aulaire
Johnny Tremain- Forbes
Just So Stories- Kipling
The Giver- Lowry
Gladys Aylward- Benge
The Great Turkey Walk- Karr
The Time Machine- Wells
Harry Potter series- Rowling
The Spiderwick Chronicles- DiTerlizzi
The Hunger Games- Collins
Blue Willow- Gates
Amos Fortune: Free Man- Yates
Nothing to Fear- Koller
Bonanza Girl- Beatty
Bound For Oregon- Leeuwen
The Eagle of the Ninth- Sutcliff
The Westing Game- Raskin
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer- Twain
Chosen- Dekker
Infidel- Dekker
Mystery of the Roman Ransom- Winterfield
Savage Sam- Gipson
A Murder for her Majesty- Hilgartner
Slopes of War- Perez
Anna and the King- Landon
The Iron Peacock- Clarke
Belle Prater’s Boy- White
Only the Names Remain- Bealer
In Search of Honor- Hess
Nory Ryan’s Song- Giff
Out of Many Waters- Greene
Pictures of Hollis Woods- Giff
The Green Book- Walsh
Sounder- Armstrong
The Minstrel in the Tower- Skurzynski
Egyptian Myths- Morley
The Water Horse- King-Smith
The Little Princess- Burnett
Andy and Tamika- Adler
Stuart Little- White
Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales- Andersen
Bud Not Buddy- Curtis
Swift Rivers- Meigs
Brucho- Olson
Little Britches- Moody
Man of the Family- Moody
The Cat Who Went to Heaven- Coatsworth
George’s Marvelous Medicine- Dahl
A Lion to Guard Us- Bulla
Iggie’s House- Blume
Blubber- Blume
Tales of A Korean Grandmother- Carpenter
Otherwise Known As Sheila The Great- Blume
Superfudge- Blume
Double Fudge- Blume
Can’t You Make Them Behave, King George?- Fritz
Little Pear- Lattimore
The Skippack School- De Angeli
Homer Price- McCloskey
Sarah, Plain and Tall- MacLachlan
The Doll People- Godwin and Martin
The Meanest Doll In The World- Godwin and Martin
The Runaway Dolls- Godwin and Martin
Pippi Longstocking- Lindgren
Cheaper By The Dozen- Gilbreth
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry- Taylor
The Bears of Hemlock Mountain- Dalgliesh
The Wizard Of Oz- Baum
A Stitch In Time- Lively
The Hundred Penny Box- Mathis
Ben and Me- Lawson
Hitty- Field
The First Red Maple Leaf- Zeman
Gilgamesh the King- Zeman
The Last Quest Of Gilgamesh- Zeman
Shiloh Season- Naylor
Saving Shiloh- Naylor
The Golden Goblet- McGraw
Jacob, Have I Loved- Paterson
The Kite Fighters- Park
The Toothpaste Millionaire- Merrill
Anne of Green Gables- Montgomery
Ginger Pye- Estes
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing- Blume
The Swiss Family Robinson- Wyss
Strawberry Girl- Lenski
Raggedy Ann and Andy- Gruelle
