Here is a list of books that you might want to suggest to your 4th grader for reading:
Realistic Fiction Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume Because of Winn Dixieby Kate DiCamillo 4th Grade Rats by Jerry Spinnelli Harriet the Spyby Louise Fitzhugh Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson Are Your There God? It's Me Margaret by Judy Blume Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli Holes by Louis Sachar
Fantasy/Science Fiction Bone #1: Out From Bonevilleby Jeff Smith The Boy Who Painted Dragons by Demi The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulaneby Kate DiCamillo Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe(Series) by C.S. Lewis Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Historical Fiction The Battlefield Ghost by Margery Cuyler A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt by Coco De Young Gabriel's Horses by Alison Hart Hope in My Heart by Kathryn Lasky Fire at the Triangle Factory by Holly Littlefield Tonight on the Titanic by Mary Pope Osborne Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Hard Times on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder Signals in the Sky by Candice F. Ransom Abner and Me: A Baseball Card Adventure by Dan Gutman Jackie and Me by Dan Gutman Little House on the Prairie (Series) by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Biography/Autobiography Leonardo da Vinci by Dane Stanley Helen Keller: A Life Determined by Elizabeth McLeod The Brothers Kennedy: John, Robert, Edward by Kathleen Krule Night Flight: Amelia Earhart Crosses the Atlantic by Robert Burleigh In Kindling Flame: The Story of Hannah Senesh by Linda Atkinson Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Serajevo by Zlata Filipovic Non-Fiction A Night to Remember by Walter Ford The Great Fire by Jim Murphy Come On, Sea Biscuit by Ralph Moody Thanks to My Mother by Schoschoana Robinovich Survive the Savage Sea by Dougal Roberston A Pioneer Farm Girl by Sarah Gillespie I Have Lived A Thousand Years by Livia Bitton-Jackson
Mystery or Adventure Framed by Frank Boyce Jim Ugly by Sid Fleischman Series of Unfortunate Events (Series) by Lemony Snicket The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Newbery Medal The Wish Giver by Bill Brittain Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary Bud, Not Buddy Christopher Paul Curtis My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine Number the Stars by Lois Lowry Hatchet by Gary Paulson Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert O'Brien On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.I. Konigsburg
Any of the following authors are excellent: Lois Lowry, Jerry Spinelli, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Judy Blume, Kate DiCamillo, J.K. Rowling, Dan Gutman, Roald Dahl, Shel Silverstein, Gary Paulsen, Beverly Cleary, Phyllis Naylor, Rick Riordan, Gordon Korman, and Judy Blume