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Bartow County Schools ~ Third Grade

Summer Reading List

 

Author

Title

Lexile Level

Guided Reading Level

Sharmat, Marjorie

Nate the Great

130L

K

Parish, Peggy

Amelia Bedelia

140L

L

Giff, Patricia

Case of Cool-Itch Kid

240L

L

Peterson, John

The Littles and the Secret Letter

270L

M

Bulla, Robert Clyde

The Chalk Box Kid

270L

N

Bulla, Robert Clyde

Shoeshine Girl

330L

N

Lewis, Thomas

Hill of Fire

350L

L

Blume, Judy

Freckle Juice

370L

M

Adler, David

Cam Jansen and the Birthday Mystery

390L

L

Bunting, Eve

Some Frog!

390L

N

Park, Barbara

Junie B. Jones Is Not a Crook

400L

M

Howard, Elizabeth

Aunt Flossie's Hats (and Crab Cakes Later)

400L

M

Bunting, Eve

A Turkey for Thanksgiving

410L

O

Say, Allen

The Lost Lake

420L

N

Sachar, Louis

Marvin Redpost: Class President

430L

M

Kline, Suzy

Horrible Harry and the Ant Invasion

440L

L

Conford, Ellen

What's Cooking, Jenny Archer?

440L

M

Sachar, Louis

Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger

440L

O

Wood, Audrey

Heckedy Peg

450L

M

McKissack, Patricia

The Honest-to-Goodness Truth

450L

O

Cameron, Ann

Julian, Secret Agent

460L

N

Sachar, Louis

Sideways Stories from Wayside School

460L

O

Say, Allen

Tree of Cranes

470L

N

Warner, Gertrude

The Boxcar Children

490L

O

Sharmat, Mitchell

Gregory the Terrible Eater

490L

L

Lionni, Leo

Alexander and the Wind-up Mouse

490L

L

Say, Allen

A River Dream

490L

N

Marshall, James

George and Martha

500L

L

Davidson, Margaret

Five True Dog Stories

500L

M

Jukes, Mavis

Blackberries in the Dark

500L

N

Cole, Joanna

The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth

500L

O

Ness, Evaline

Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine

510L

O

Roy, Ron

The Missing Mummy

510L

 

Yolen, Jane

Commander Toad in Space

530L

L

McDonald, Megan

Judy Moody

530L

L

Bunting, Eve

The Wednesday Surprise

540L

M

Polacco, Patricia

When Lightning Comes in a Jar

540L

M

Rylant, Cynthia

In Aunt Lucy's Kitchen

550L

M

Mendez, Phil

The Black Snowman

550L

O

Aardema, Verna

Borreguita and the Coyote

560L

O

Betancourt, Jeanne

Runaway Pony

580L

O

Osborne, Mary Pope

Night of the New Magicians

590L

M

Yolen, Jane

Sleeping Ugly

590L

M

Gibbons, Gail

Fire! Fire!

590L

O

Lowry, Lois

Gooney Bird Greene

590L

 

Davidson, Margaret

Five True Horse Stories

600L

M

McKissack, Patricia

Flossie and the Fox

610L

O

Polacco, Patricia

Thunder Cake

630L

M

Yolen, Jane

Owl Moon

630L

O

Danziger, Paula

Amber Brown Goes Fourth

630L

N

Brown, Jeff

Flat Stanley

640L

M

Polacco, Patricia

Chicken Sunday

650L

M

Goble, Paul

The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses

670L

O

Lowry, Lois

All About Sam

670L

O

Hurwitz, Johanna

Class Clown

670L

O

Hoffman, Mary

Amazing Grace

680L

O

Smith, Robert K.

Chocolate Fever

680L

O

Carlson, Natalie

The Family Under the Bridge

680L

R

Robinson, Fay

A Dinosaur Named Sue

690L

 

Danziger, Paula

Amber Brown is Not a Crayon

720L

N

Gag, Wanda

Millions of Cats

730L

N

Zelinsky, Paul

Rumpelstiltskin

740L

N

Cleary, Beverly

Henry and Ribsy

740L

O

Aardema, Verna

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

770L

N

Brett, Jan

The Mitten

800L

M

Rylant, Cynthia

The Blue Hill Meadows

840L

M

Cleary, Beverly

Ramona Quimby, Age 8

860L

O

Cleary Beverly

The Mouse and the Motorcycle

860L

O

Cleary Beverly

Ralph S. Mouse

860L

O

Shreve, Susan

The Flunking of Joshua T. Bates

890L

N

Cleary Beverly

Runaway Ralph

890L

O

Polacco, Patricia

The Keeping Quilt

920L

M

Kellogg, Steven

Appleseed, Johnny

920L

O

Mosel, Arlene

Tikki Tikki Tembo

1090L

O


Bartow County Schools ~ Fourth Grade

Summer Reading List

 

Author

Title

Lexile Level

Guided Reading Level

* Indicates Battle of the Books for 3rd/4th Grade

Bulla, Clyde Robert

Squanto: Friend of the Pilgrims

360L

O

Lund, Bill

The Cherokee Indians

390L

P

Sachar, Louis

Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger

440L

P

Lund, Bill

The Apache Indians

450L

P

Blume, Judy

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

470L

Q

Martin, Jr., Bill

Knots on a Counting Rope

480L

P

Hintz, Martin and Kate

Thanksgiving: Why We Celebrate It the Way We Do

490L

P

Blume, Judy

Fudge-a-Mania

490L

Q

Sachar, Louis

*There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom

490L

Q

Avi

No More Magic

500L

R

McLoone, Margo

Booker T. Washington

520L

P

Hopping, Lorraine J.

Hurricanes

530L

P

Hinter, Parker

The Case of the Chocolate Fingerprints

540L

O

Warner, Gertrude

Deserted Library Mystery

540L

O

Gardiner, John

Stone Fox

550L

P

Blume, Judy

*Superfudge

560L

Q

MacLachlan, Patricia

Sarah, Plain, and Tall

560L

R

Aliki

Corn Is Maize: The Gift of the Indians

570L

O

Bunting, Eve

Someday A Tree

570L

P

Hudson, Wade

Great Black Heroes: Five Brave Explorers

570L

P

Fleischman, Sid

*The Whipping Boy

570L

R

Mohr, Nicholasa

Felita

580L

P

Choldenko, Gennifer

Al Capone Does My Shirts

600L

 

Graeber, Charlotte

Fudge

600L

O

Greenfield, Eloise

Rosa Parks

600L

P

Dalgliesh, Alice

The Courage of Sarah Noble

610L

O

McKissack, Patricia

Flossie and the Fox

610L

O

Graff, Stewart and Polly Anne

Helen Keller: Crusader for the Blind and Deaf

620L

P

Walter, Mildred

Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World

620L

P

DeClements, Barthe

The Fourth Grade Wizard

620L

Q

Giff, Patricia

Fourth-Grade Celebrity

620L

Q

Coerr, Eleanor

*Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

630L

R

Smith, Doris

*A Taste of Blackberries

640L

P

Hurwitz, Johanna

Class President

650L

O

Rockwell, Thomas

*How To eat Fried Worms

650L

R

Hurwitz, Johanna

*Class Clown

670L

O

Lowry, Lois

All About Sam

670L

P

Cherry, Lynne

The Great Kapok Tree

670L

R

Smith, Robert K.

*Chocolate Fever

680L

O

Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie

The Canada Geese Quilt

680L

P

Nayer, Judy

Digging Dinosaurs

680L

P

Pfeffer, Susan

Kid Power

680L

P

Davidson, Margaret

I Have A Dream: The Story of Martin Luther King

680L

Q

White, E.B.

Charlotte's Web

680L

R

Hesse, Karen

Just Juice

690L

Q

McGovern, Ann

If You Lived with the Sioux Indians

690L

Q

Clymer, Susan

There's a Frog in My Sleeping Bag

690L

R

Mathis, Sharon

The Hundred Penny Box

700L

P

Sobol, Donald

The Best of Encyclopedia Brown

700L

P

Howe, Deborah and James

*Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery

700L

Q

Porter, Connie

*Meet Addy, an American Girl

700L

Q

Dahl, Roald

The BFG

720L

U

McKenna, Colleen

Fourth Grade Is a Jinx

720L

P

Perkins, Lynn Rae

All Alone in the Universe

720L

S

Cohen, Barbara

Thank You, Jackie Robinson

730L

P

Coville, Bruce

Aliens Ate My Homework

730L

Q

White, E.B.

The Trumpet and the Swan

750L

R

Winthrop, Elizabeth

*The Castle in the Attic

750L

R

Kamma, Anne

If You Lived with the Hopi

760L

Q

White, Ruth

Belle Prater's Boy

760L

V

Wilder, Laura Ingalls

Little House on the Prairie

760L

Q

Kidd, Diana

*Onion Tears

780L

Q

Reid-Banks, Lynne

*The Indian in the Cupboard

780L

R

Wilder, Laura Ingalls

*The Long Winter

790L

Q

Roop, Peter and Connie

If You Lived with the Cherokee

800L

Q

Erickson, John

The Case of the Missing Cat

810L

P

Levine, Ellen

If You Lived with the Iroquois

810L

Q

Levine, Ellen

If You Lived in the Time of Martin Luther King

810L

Q

Levy, Elizabeth

If You Were There When They Signed The Constitution

810L

Q

Dahl, Roald

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

810L

R

Clements, Andrew

*Frindle

830L

R

Fritz, Jean

And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?

830L

R

George, Jean C.

One Day in the Alpine Tundra

850L

P

Cleary, Beverly

*The Mouse and the Motorcycle

860L

O

Cleary, Beverly

Ralph S. Mouse

860L

O

Moore, Kay

If You Lived at the Time of the American Revolution

860L

Q

Fritz, Jean

The Cabin Faced West

860L

R

Estes, Eleanor

The Hundred Dresses

870L

O

Lindgren, Astird

Pippi Longstocking

870L

O

Dahl, Donald

*James and the Giant Peach

870L

Q

Brink, Carol Ryrie

Caddie Woodlawn

890L

R

Naylor, Phyllis R.

Shiloh

890L

R

Atwater, Richard and Florence

Mr. Popper's Penguins

910L

Q

Cleary, Beverly

*Dear Mr. Henshaw

910L

Q

White, E.B.

*Stuart Little

920L

R

Fritz, Jean

Shh! We're Writing the Constitution

950L

T

King-Smith, Dick

The Cuckoo Child

960L

Q

Byars, Betsy

The Midnight Fox

970L

R

McCloskey, Robert

Homer Price

1000L

Q

Paulsen, Gary

Hatchet

1020L

R

King-Smith, Dick

*Babe: The Gallant Pig

1040L

R


Bartow County Schools ~ Fifth Grade

Summer Reading List 

 

Author

Title

Lexile Level

Guided Reading Level

* Indicates Battle of the Books

Sachar, Louis

*There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom

490L

R

Slote, Alfred

Finding Buck McHenry

500L

S

Blume, Judy

*Superfudge

560L

Q

MacLachlan, Patricia

*Sarah, Plain, and Tall

560L

R

Spinelli, Jerry

Crash

560L

U

Fleischman, Sid

*The Whipping Boy

570L

R

Avi

Something Upstairs

580L

T

Avi

The Fighting Ground

580L

V

Choldenko, Gennifer

Notes from a Liar and her Dog

580L

 

Boyd, Candy

Chevrolet Saturdays

590L

S

Polacco, Patricia

Pink and Say

590L

S

Byars, Betsy

The Pinballs

600L

S

Peck, Richard

A Year Down Yonder

610L

W

Coerr, Eleanor

*Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

630L

R

MacLachlan, Patricia

Journey

630L

S

Smith, Doris

*A Taste of Blackberries

640L

P

Wallace, Bill

Never Say Quit

640L

T

Rockwell, Thomas

How to Eat Fried Worms

650L

R

Coville, Bruce

My Teacher is an Alien

650L

S

Taylor, Mildred

*The Gold Cadillac

650L

S

Blume, Judy

Here's to You, Rachel Robinson

650L

T

Berleth, Richard

Samuel's Choice

660L

S

Clifford, Eth

*The Remembering Box

660L

T

Sachar, Louis

Holes

660L

V

Hurwitz, Johanna

*Class Clown

670L

O

Avi

*Poppy

670L

S

Wright, Betty Ren

The Dollhouse Murders

670L

S

MacLachlan, Patricia

Baby

670L

T

Levine, Gail

*Ella Enchanted

670L

U

Lowry, Lois

Number the Stars

670L

U

Smith, Robert K.

*Chocolate Fever

680L

O

Farley, Walter

The Black Stallion

680L

T

Clements, Andrew

*The Report Card

700L

 

Howe, Deborah and James

*Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery

700L

Q

Porter, Connie

*Meet Addy, an American Girl

700L

Q

Keene, Carolyn

The Clue in the Jewel Box

700L

T

Willis, Kimberly

When Zachary Beaver Came to Town

700L

 

Yep, Laurence

Thief of Hearts

700L

V

Shreve, Susan

Joshua T. Bates Takes Charge

710L

Q

Taylor, Mildred

Song of the Trees

710L

S

Dahl, Roald

The BFG

720L

U

Lord, Bette

In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson

730L

T

Winthrop, Elizabeth

*The Castle in the Attic

750L

R

Bauer, Marion

*On My Honor

750L

S

Hahn, Mary

Wait Till Helen Comes

750L

U

Fitzhugh, Louise

Harriet the Spy

760L

T

Kidd, Diana

Onion Tears

780L

Q

Reid-Banks, Lynne

The Indian in the Cupboard

780L

R

Norton, Mary

*The Borrowers

780L

S

Conrad, Pam

My Daniel

780L

T

Knight, Eric

Lassie Come-Home

780L

U

Wilder, Laura Ingalls

*The Long Winter

790L

Q

Conklin, Thomas

The Titanic Sinks!

790L

T

Ruckman, Ivy

*Night of the Twisters

790L

U

O'Brien, Robert

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

790L

V

Pateson, Katherine

The Great Gilly Hopkins

800L

S

Langton, Jane

The Fledgling

800L

U

Macy, Sue and Jane Gottesman

Play Like a Girl: A Celebration of Women in Sports

800L

V

Paterson, Katherine

*Bridge to Terabithia

810L

S

Naylor, Phyllis

The Fear Place

810L

U

Clements, Andrew

Frindle

830L

R

Cleary, Beverly

The Mouse and the Motorcycle

860L

O

Duey, Kathleen

Willow Chase

860L

S

Greer, Gery and Bob Ruddick

Max and Me and the Time Machine

860L

T

Lindgren, Astird

*Pippi Longstocking

870L

O

Dahl, Donald

*James and the Giant Peach

870L

Q

Konigsburg, E.L.

*The View from Saturday

870L

U

Boston, L.M.

The Children of Green Knowe

880L

T

Naylor, Phyllis

The Healing of Texas Jake

880L

U

January, Brendan

The Dred Scott Decision

890L

T

Armstrong, William

Sounder

900L

T

Seidler, Tor

A Rat's Tale

900L

T

Greene, Bette

Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe

900L

V

Cleary, Beverly

*Dear Mr. Henshaw

910L

Q

Kjelgaard, Jim

Big Red

910L

S

Naylor, Phyllis Reynlds

The Agony of Alice

910L

T

Babbitt, Natalie

The Search for Delicious

910L

U

Sterling, Dorothy

Freedom Train: the Story of Harriet Tubman

910L

U

Gipson, Fred

*Old Yeller

910L

V

White, E.B.

*Stuart Little

920L

R

Steig, William

*Abel's Island

920L

T

Barrie, J.M.

Peter Pan

920L

V

Robinson, Barbara

*The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

930L

S

Lewis, C.S.

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

940L

T

Curtis, Christopher Paul

*Bud, Not Buddy

950L

T

January, Brendan

The Emancipation Proclamation

950L

T

Paulsen, Gary

The River

960L

R

Baum, Frank

The Wizard of Oz

970L

U

Burnett, Frances

The Secret Garden

970L

U

Spinelli, Jerry

Knots in My Yo-yo String: The Autobiography of a Kid

980L

U

Roop, Peter and Connie

Off the Map: The Journals of Lewis and Clark

1000L

U

O'Dell, Scott

*Island of the Blue Dolphins

1000L

V

Paulsen, Gary

Soldier's Heart

1000L

V

Paulsen, Gary

Hatchet

1020L

R

King-Smith, Dick

*Babe: The Gallant Pig

1040L

R

Lawson, Robert

Mr. Revere and I

1050L

U

Epstein, Rachel

Anne Frank

1050L

V

Kipling, Rudyard

The Jungle Book

1080L

U

Paulsen, Gary

Brian's Winter

1150L

R

Paulsen, Gary

My Life in Dog Years

1150L

S

Lincoln, Abraham

The Gettysburg Address

1340L

T

Paulsen, Gary

The Rifle

1480L

T