Suggested Books for Year 4
Reading, reading and more reading! Below are some books that are sure to catch yours and your child's attention. Use the libraries so you can borrow them for free (no fines for late returns either). Children still rely on you reading with them e.g. taking it in turns to read a page or paragraph. This way they can tackle harder books with your help and support to pronounce unknown words.
You will need to check their understanding of words as you go along and will need to ask questions to check their understanding e.g. Why did the boy do that? What does fragile mean? Can you think of another word for angry?
If you need any help or support then please ask their teacher.
If you are not good at reading and would like some help then please see our Family Support Officer, Lisa Almen. To speak to her contact the school office (0116 2832328).
A Caribbean Dozen |
John Agard & Grace Nicholls |
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland |
Lewis Carroll |
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters |
John Steptoe |
Beowolf |
Kevin Crossley-Holland |
The Firework-Maker's Daughter |
Philip Pullman |
The Dragon's Child |
Jenny Nimmo |
The Ghost Blades |
Anthony Masters |
Sara, Plain and Tall |
Patricia MacLachlan |
Smart Girls |
Robert Leeson |
Brother Eagle, Sister Sky |
Susan Jeffers & Chief Seattle |
Robi Dobi |
Madhur Jaffrey |
The Reluctant Dragon |
Kenneth Grahame |
Flow |
Pippa Goodhart |
Dragon Poems |
John Foster & Korky Paul |
The Crazy Shoe Shuffle |
Gillian Cross |
The Sea Piper |
Helen Cresswell |
The Chocolate Touch |
Patrick Skene Catling |
Spacebaby |
Henrietta Branford |
Gregory Cool |
Caroline Binch |
A Pot of Gold |
Jill Bennett |
Fog Hounds Wind Cat Sea Mice |
Joan Aiken |
The Clothes Horse |
Allan Ahlberg |
It Was A Dark and Stormy Night |
Allan Ahlberg |
The Dancing Bear |
Michael Morpurgo |
The Demon Headmaster |
Gillian Cross |
Dog So Small |
Phillipa Pearce |
Emil and the Detectives |
Erich Kastner |
The Iron Man |
Ted Hughes |
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe |
C S Lewis |
Little House on the Prairie |
Laura Ingalls Wilder |
Mrs Frisby and the Rats of Nimh |
Robert C O’Brien |
Stig of the Dump |
Clive King |
Swallows and Amazons |
Arthur Ransome |
A Child's Garden of Verse |
Robert Louis Stevenson |
Greek Myths for Young Children |
Marcia Williams |
The Orchard Book of Creation Stories |
Margaret Mayo & Louise Brierley |
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