Lux Et Veritas Academy Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 What are your favorite books for a 10 year old/ 4th grader Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArwenA Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 I've got a 9yo (4th grade) girl who loves, love, LOVES to read. She has loads of favourite books and it would take a very long time to list them all. Is there anything specific you're looking for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elinor Everywhere Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Boy or girl? My 10yodd loves to read Inkheart series, Warrior series, Horrible Science, the Hobbit (she's tried but not yet ready to read LOTR), and many more. She always has 2-3 books going at once. What level is your dc reading? What interests? Does s/he prefer fiction or nonfiction? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom2jnb Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Hi, My son loves Where the Red Fern Grows, The Shakespears Stealer, Adam of the Road, and our favorite of this year was The Shadow Spinner. He too enjoys the Inkheart series. Alison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lorna Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Our son (10) likes: anything by Elizabeth Enright; the 'Doctor Doolittle' books by Hugh Lofting; 'Oliver Twist' by Charles Dickens; Roald Dahl books; all the Moomin books by Tove Janson, 'The Little Prince' and a series of Robin Hood adventures (all old Ladybird books). He also enjoys the Dorling Kindersley science encyclopedia and electronics books (although I have found it difficult to find good ones). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melora in NC Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Anything by Roald Dahl, The Great Brain series (Fitzgerald), Wayside School series (Sachar), Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing series, Harry Potter. (These are favorites of 9 yr old ds.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claire up north Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 I have to recommend Year of the Dog by Grace Lin. My son loved it, even though the main character is a girl! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongo Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Phantom Toolbooth, Everything on a Waffle, Poppy, Poppy and Rye, The Barn, Whittington, A Bear Named Trouble, Miracles on Maple Hill, Forty Acres and Mabya a Mule, Family Under the Bridge are a few I can think of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 REAL LIFE - The Toothpaste Millionaire (Merrill) - Henry Huggins (series) (McCleary) FANTASY - Pippi Longstockings; Pippi in the South Seas (Astrid) - Land of Oz; Ozma of Oz (Baum) -- lively sequels; skip Wizard of Oz (dull/long) - Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle series (Betty MacDonald) - Chronicles of Narnia (Lewis) - Warriors series (Hunter) - Half Magic; Magic by the Lake, Knight's Castle; Time Garden; Seven Day Magic (Eager) - The Father Christmas Letters (Tolkien) - The Borrowers (series) (Norton) - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Fleming) - Charlie & the Chocolate Factory; Great Glass Elevator (Dahl) ANIMALS (talking) - Charlotte's Web; Trumpet of the Swan (White) - The Mouse and the Motorcycle (McCleary) - Ben and I (Lawson) - The Rescuers, Miss Bianca, Miss Bianca in the Orient (Sharpe) - Basil of Baker Street (Titus) FUN TALL TALE - The Bears on Hemlock Mountain (Dalgliesh) - The Whipping Boy (Fleischman) - McBroom's Wonderful One-Acre Farm (Fleischman) - Adventures of TinTin (Herge) - By the Great Horn Spoon (Fleischman) - Holes (Sachar) HISTORY / HISTORICAL FICTION - U.S. - Can't You Make Them Behave, King George? (Fritz) - What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? (Fritz) - And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? (Fritz) - Pedro's Journal (Conrad) -- Columbus' voyage - Skippack School (de Angeli) -- Colonial U.S. - The Matchlock Gun (Edmonds) -- Colonial US - The Courage of Sarah Noble (Dalgliesh) -- Colonial US - Phoebe the Spy (Griffin) --American Revolution - true story - Sarah Plain and Tall; Skylark; Caleb's Story (MacLachlan) -- US - pioneer times - Caddie Woodlawn (Brink) -- pioneer times US - The Sign of the Beaver (Speare) -- Colonial US/Native American HISTORY / HISTORICAL FICTION - WORLD - Detectives in Togas; Mystery of the Roman Ransom (Winterfeld) -- Ancient Rome - Roman Mysteries series - Brendan the Navigator (Fritz) - A Single Shard (Park) -- 1100s Korea - The Kite Fighters (Park) -- 1400s Korea - The Sword in the Tree (Bulla) -- Medieval England - The Door in the Wall (de Angeli) -- Medieval England - Twenty and Ten (Bishop) -- WWII French children hide Jewish children - The Little Riders (Shemin) -- WWII occupied Europe - Number the Stars (Lenski)-- WWII Dutch girl helps her Jewish friend BIOGRAPHY - The Story of Thomas Alva Edison (Davidson) - Helen Keller (Davidson) - Louis Braille (Davidson) - Robert Fulton, Boy Craftsman (Henry) -- inventor of steam engine as a boy - Om-Kas-Toe (Thomasa) - Naya Nuki: The Shoshone Girl Who Ran (Thomasa) - Behind Rebel Lines (Reit) -- teen girl disguised as a boy / Union spy in Civil War Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoggirl Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 The Redwall Series (Brian Jacques). He also enjoyed the Mysterious Benedict Society. Cynthia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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