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Grade 4 Supplemental Reading List


Bible Stories and Catholic Stories

New Catholic Picture Bible (available at www.setonhome.org)
Picture Book of Saints (available at www.setonhome.org)
Lives of the Saints You Should Know, Volumes 1 and 2, by Margaret and Matthew Bunson (www.osv.com)
Catholic Stories for Boys and Girls, Volume 4 (available at www.neumannpress.com)
St. Patrick, by Margaret and Matthew Bunson (www.osv.com)
St. Joan of Arc, by Margaret and Matthew Bunson (www.osv.com)
St. Francis of Assisi, by Margaret and Matthew Bunson (www.osv.com)
Kateri Tekakwitha, by Margaret and Matthew Bunson (www.osv.com)

Dictionary & Thesaurus

The American Heritage Children's Dictionary, Houghton Mifflin (available at www.setonhome.org)
The American Heritage Children's Thesaurus, Houghton Mifflin (available at www.setonhome.org)

Recommended Anthologies

American Cardinal Readers, Book Four (available at www.neumannpress.com).  Book Four contains fifty-three stories and poems, including the following titles: Christopher Columbus; Three of Our Lord's Miracles; Autumn Fires, Robert L. Stevenson; The Wonderful Tar Baby, Joel Chandler Harris; A Mad Tea Pary, Lewis Carroll - from Alice in Wonderland; The Sermon of Saint Francis, Henry W. Longfellow; The Pine-tree Shillings, Nathaniel Hawthorne; What I Used to Love, St. Terese of the Child Jesus; The Legend of Saint Christopher; The Mass; The Lamb; Child's Evening Song; Moni and the Goats, Johanna Spry - adapted from Heidi; Hiawatha's Childhood, Henry W. Longfellow; The Race, Mary Mapes Dodge - from Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates; and The Children's Hour, Henry W. Longfellow.
What Your Fourth Grader Needs to Know (available at www.coreknowledge.org)
Listen, My Children: Poems for Fourth Graders (available at www.coreknowledge.org)
The Children's Book of Virtues, edited by William J. Bennett
The Children's Book of America, edited by William J. Bennett
Treasury of Christian Classics for Children, adapted by Rhonda S. Hogan and Mary Hollingsworth
Hailstones and Halibut Bones, poems by Mary O'Neil
Founders of Freedom, Land of Our Lady Series - (available at www.neumannpress.com)
Bearers of Freedom, Land of Our Lady Series - (available at www.neumannpress.com)

Foreign Languages and Cultures

International Children's Digital Library (available at www.icdlbooks.org)

Book Report Books: Saints

Mary Fabian Windeat Books (available at www.setonhome.org):
Patron Saint of First Communicants
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Saint Catherine of Siena
The Miraculous Medal
Vision Books (available at www.setonhome.org):
The Cure of Ars
Saint Terese and the Roses
Father Marquette and the Great River
Saint Dominic and the Rosary

Unabridged Children's Classics

Bambi, Felix Salten
Black Beauty, by Anna Sewell (Note: Due to the excellent historical facts and pictures, the DK Eyewitness Classic edition may be used as a supplement to the unabridged edition).
Centerburg Tales, by Robert McCloskey
Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, and Trumpet of the Swan, by E.B. White
Hans Brinker, by Mary Mapes Dodge
Just So Stories, by Rudyard Kipling
Lassie Come Home, by Eric Knight
Little House in the Big Woods, and other books, by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Misty of Chincoteague and Brighty of the Grand Canyon, by Marguerite Henry
Mr. Popper's Penguins, by Richard Atwater
Peter Pan, unabridged edition by James Barrie
Sounder, by William H. Armstrong
Tales and Stories by Hans Christian Andersen, by Hans Christian Andersen
The Arabian Nights Entertainments , (and other stories) by Andrew Lang (Editor)
The Borrowers, by Mary Norton

Abridged Classics for Fourth Grade Students (available at www.coreknowledge.org)

King Arthur and the Round Table, by Malory, abridged by the Core Knowledge Foundation
Pollyanna, by Eleanor H. Porter, abridged by the Core Knowledge Foundation
Robin Hood and His Merry Outlaws, by J. W. McSpadden, abridged by the Core Knowledge Foundation
Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe, abridged by the Core Knowledge Foundation
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving, abridged by the Core Knowledge Foundation
Treasure Island, by Robert Stevenson, abridged by the Core Knowledge Foundation

Dorling Kindersley Abridged and Supplemented Eyewitness Classics (www.dk.com)

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea; A Christmas Carol; Aladdin and Other Tales from the Arabian Nights; Black Beauty; Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde; Dracula; King Arthur; Little Women; Oliver Twist; Robin Hood; Robinson Crusoe; The Hunchback of Notre-Dame; The Nutcracker

American Tales

American Tall Tales, by Mary Pope Osborne
Cut from the Same Cloth: American Women of Myth, Legend, and Tall Tale, by Robert D. San Souci
Hiawatha, by Henry W. Longfellow
John Henry, retold by Julius Lester, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
Johnny Appleseed, retold and illustrated by Steven Kellog
Paul Bunyan Swings His Axe, Dell J. McCormick
Paul Bunyan, retold and illustrated by Steven Kellog
Paul Revere's Ride, by Henry W. Longfellow
Pecos Bill, retold and illustrated by Steven Kellog

Non-fiction

Look for books about American History and State History. Contact your local Chamber of Commerce and ask about sources of information for Fourth Grade state history. Contact the shrines and historical landmarks in your state and ask about their children's books. Encourage your child to learn about other states, especially the sites of Catholic shrines. The following web site contains links to state history resources:  http://www.glencoe.com/sec/socialstudies/stateresources/index.html

Recommended Publishers

Look for electronic editions of children's classics from the web sites of libraries and bookstores.
DK Publishing (Eyewitness Classics) www.dk.com
Core Knowledge Foundation (adapted classics) www.coreknowledge.org (888) 876-2220
Puffin Classics paperback books, available at bookstores, (for information see www.puffin.co.uk)
Books of Wonder (finest quality classic editions) www.booksofwonder.com (800) 835-4135
Viking, A Division of Penguin Putnam, "The Whole Story" classics, Customer Service 1-800-788-6262

Catholic Publishers

Seton Educational Media
(540) 636-9996
SEM@setonhome.org

Pauline Books and Media
(800) 876-4463
www.pauline.org

Ignatius Press
(800) 651-1531
www.ignatius.com

The Neumann Press
(800) 746-2521
www.neumannpress.com

TAN Books
(800) 437-5876
www.tanbooks.com

Bethlehem Books
(800) 757-6831
www.bethlehembooks.com

Catholic Book Publishing
(888) 662-2356
www.st-jude.com



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