Mrs. Coursey’s
Summer Reading List
For Students Entering 4th Grade
Author: Ruth Stiles Gannett
Titles/Series: My
Father’s Dragon, Elmer
and the Dragon, The
Dragons of Blueland
Teacher Comments: Appealing characters,
just enough adventure.
Author: Deborah & James Howe
Titles/Series: Bunnicula
Teacher Comments: A suspicious looking
bunny with unusual habits. There are 5 more books
around the same theme.
Author: Beverly Cleary
Titles/Series: Ramona
Quimby, Age 8
Teacher Comments: Trials and tribulations
of a 3rd grader and her family.
Author: David Adler
Titles: Cam
Jensen Mysteries
Teacher Comments: A good introduction to
solving simple kid mysteries.
Author: Mary Pope Osborne
Titles/Series: Magic
Tree House Series
Teacher Comments: Fun adventures while
learning about new places, too.
Author: Matthew Christopher
Titles/Series: Matthew
Christopher Sports Classics
Teacher Comments: Interesting sports situations.
Author: Marguerite Henry
Titles/Series: Treasury
of Horses
Teacher Comments: Well written, sensitive
books about horses.
Author: Johanna Hurwitz
Titles/Series: Rip-Roaring
Russell, Busybody
Nora, Superduper
Teddy
Teacher Comments: Good beginning of the
year books.
Thank you to the
Mendocino Book Company and Ann Kilkenny!
If you purchase any of the books on these lists from Mendocino
Book Company, Ann will donate 10%
of the purchase price to St. Mary's School.
