Earthmerlin Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 My 4th grader wnats to complete a 40 book challenge this year. She's to read from various genres. I need book suggestions for realistic fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, science fiction, and memoirs. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 http://www.akjeducation.com/en/jennifer-serravallo-go-to-books You might get some ideas here. Also look at the VP catalog. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 (edited) Gosh, hard to limit it, but here is a handful of "off the top of the head" titles. Good luck with the reading challenge! Warmest regards, Lori D. Realistic Fiction - The Toothpaste Millionaire (Merrill) - Year of the Dog (Lin) - In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson (Lord) - Frindle; or, The School Story; or, other (Clements) - Because of Winn-Dixie (di Camillo) - Lemonade War (Davies) - Naya Nuki: The Shoshone Girl Who Ran (Thomasma) - My Side of the Mountain (George) Historical Fiction - Kite Fighters (Park) -- 1400s Korea - The Door in the Wall (de Angeli) -- Medieval England - The Birchbark House (Erdrich) -- 18th/19th century US Native American - Sarah Plain and Tall -- 19th century US Fantasy - The Rescuers (Sharp) -- your DD is at the perfect age for this series; they are charming, funny, well-written with wonderful vocabulary (totally different from the later Disney movies) - Dealing with Dragons (Wrede) - The Wizard of Oz (Baum) - The Borrowers (Norton) - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Dahl) - Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (O'Brien) Science Fiction - The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet (Cameron) - Zita the Space Girl (Hatke) - The Green Book (Walsh) - The Iron Giant (Hughes) - City of Ember (du Prau) - Space Case (Gibbs) Memoir - Through My Eyes (Bridges) -- autobiography; Ruby Bridges, 1950s integration - Heart of a Samurai (Preus) -- biography, 1850 teen Japanese fisherboy survived shipwreck - The Land I Lost (Nhuong) -- autobiography; pre-war rural Vietnam - Lincoln: A Photobiography (Freeman) -- biography - choice from the "Who Was..." series of biographies I'm sure DD already has a list of various genres for choosing from, but here are a few more ideas in case it helps: Fiction Adventure Animal Dystopia Fairy Tale Fantasy Historical Fiction Horror Mystery Mythology Science Fiction Spy/Thriller Western NonFiction Autobiography/Biography Poetry Science History Edited September 14, 2018 by Lori D. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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