3rd and 4th Grade
Try some of these good books!
Bliss
by Kathryn Littlewood
Ages 9 - 12
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Twelve-year-old Rose Bliss wants to work magic in her family's bakery as her parents do, but when they are called away and Rose and her siblings are left in charge, the magic goes awry and a beautiful stranger tries to talk Rose into giving her the Bliss Cookery Booke.
Calvin Coconut : hero of Hawaii
by Graham Salisbury
Ages 8 - 10
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When a hurricane causes the river near his Hawaiian home to flood, a boy named Calvin Coconut makes a daring rescue.
Dessert first
by Hallie Durand
Ages 7 - 10
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Third-grader Dessert's love of treats leads to a change in her large family's dinner routine, then an awful mistake, and later a true sacrifice after her teacher, Mrs. Howdy Doody, urges students to march to the beat of their own drums.
Dumpling days
by Grace Lin
Ages 9 - 12
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When Pacy, her two sisters, and their parents go to Taiwan to celebrate Grandma's sixtieth birthday, the girls learn a great deal about their heritage.
Just Grace and the double surprise
by Charise Mericle Harper
Ages 7 - 10
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While Grace and her best friend Mimi are waiting for the arrival of the baby sister Mimi's family plans to adopt, Grace gets a big surprise.
Justin Case
by Rachel Vail
Ages 7 - 10
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Justin is going to start fourth grade--but first, he has to survive the summer. He "gets" to go to camp every day on a bus. He "gets" to experience all sorts of new things: Bugs. Mess hall food. Flip-flops (they hurt the space between his toes and they're hard to walk in). And (gulp!) swimming.
Lunch Lady and the field trip fiasco
by Jarrett J Krosoczka
Ages 9 - 12
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Lunch Lady, a secret crime fighter, accompanies the Breakfast Bunch on a class trip to an art museum, but when Dee, Hector, and Terrence begin to think there is something strange afoot, she suspects nothing.
Meanwhile: Pick Any Path
by Jason Shiga
Ages 9 and up
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Jimmy, whose every move is under your control, finds himself in a mad scientist’s lab, where he’s given a choice between three amazing objects: a mind-reading device, a time-travel machine, or the Killitron 3000 (which is as ominous as it sounds). Down each of these paths there are puzzles, mysterious clues, and shocking revelations. It’s up to the reader to lead Jimmy to success or disaster.
Mr. and Mrs. Bunny-- detectives extraordinaire!
by Polly Horvath
Ages 8 - 11
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In this hilarious chapter book mystery, meet a girl whose parents have been kidnapped by disreputable foxes, and a pair of detectives that also happen to be bunnies!
Nursery rhyme comics
edited by Chris Duffy
Ages 4 and up
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Fifty traditional nursery rhymes in comic book format, with illustrations by well-known cartoonists.
Queen of the Falls
by Chris Van Allsburg
Ages 4 - 8
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At the turn of the nineteenth century, a retired sixty-two-year-old charm school instructor named Annie Edson Taylor, seeking fame and fortune, decided to do something that no one in the world had ever done before—she would go over Niagara Falls in a wooden barrel.
Revenge of the horned bunnies
by Ursula Vernon
Ages 9 - 12
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Danny Dragonbreath is every camp counselor's worst nightmare.He whistles better than he breathes fire.But if you ever find yourself locked up by a diabolical jackalope-napper, Danny Dragonbreath will ride to the rescue.
The Cheshire Cheese cat
by Carmen Agra Deedy
Ages 9 - 12
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A community of mice and a cheese-loving cat form an unlikely alliance at London's Cheshire Cheese, an inn where Charles Dickens finds inspiration and Queen Victoria makes an unexpected appearance.
The Great Cake Mystery
by Alexander McCall Smith
Ages 7 - 10
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Precious Ramotswe's Very First Case - A Number 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Book for Young Readers
The beetle book
by Steve Jenkins
Ages 4 - 8
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Introduces beetles, including their different parts, their life cycles, what they eat, and what makes them special in the insect world.
