Books for 3rd - 4th Grade

If You Liked Captain Underpants, Try These On!

Further reading for Captain Underpants fans!

J/F/COVILLE
Coville, Bruce - My Teacher Is an Alien
When Susan catches her substitute teacher Mr. Smith peeling off his face, she discovers that he is actually an alien. Can she foil his plot to take over the school? 123p.

J/F/DAHL
Dahl, Roald - Matilda
Matilda is an amazing child whose parents don't appreciate her. She uses her special powers to help her favorite teacher, Miss Honey, and to pay back the evil school principal, Miss Trunchbull, who hates children. 240p.

J/F/DAVID
David, Lawrence - Horace Splattly: The Cupcaked Crusader
Book One
After eating an experimental cupcake, Horace turns into a superhero and goes after a giant man-eating guinea pig that has been hanging around the school playground. 137p.

J/F/DOYLE
Doyle, Roddy - The Giggler Treatment
Who gets the Giggler Treatment? Adults who are mean to children! Mr. Mack is on his way to his job as a cookie taster and about to put his foot right into a smelly surprise left by the Gigglers… 112p.

J/F/ETRA
Etra, Jonathan - Aliens for Breakfast
When an alien climbs out of Richard's cereal box, Richard agrees to help it save the world from an evil alien attack. 62 p

J/F/EVANS
Evans, Douglas - Apple Island, or, the Truth About Teachers
While on a field trip to Apple Island (the place where crabby teachers come from) Bradley discovers that his teacher is plotting with other crabby teachers to take over the world's schools. 143p.

J/F/GAUTHIER
Gauthier, Gail - Club Earth
After their house is listed as an intergalactic resort, Robby and Will must deal with the strange alien guests who show up to spend their vacations in the spare bedroom. 152p.

J/F/KLISE
Klise, Kate - Regarding the Fountain: A Tale, in Letters, of Liars and Leaks
When Principal Walter Russ sends off a letter requesting a new drinking fountain to replace the school's leaky one, it starts a series of madcap mishaps and sneaky scandals. 138p.

J/F/KORMAN
Korman, Gordon - Why Did the Underwear Cross the Road?
Justin, Margaret and Jessica are sick of having to work together on class projects, just because their last names all start with Z. So, when their 4th grade class starts a Good Deed Contest, the Z-Team gets off to a very rocky start! 110p.

J/F/LAWRENCE
Lawrence, Michael - The Killer Underpants: A Jiggy McCue Story
After Jiggy's mother buys him a pair of underwear at a flea market, Jiggy discovers that when he has the underwear on, anyone within earshot must obey his commands. 132p.

J/F/PINKWATER
Pinkwater, Daniel Manus - The Magic Pretzel
Normal Gnormal, who behaves a lot like a dog, finds his first real friends at Watson School when his principal signs him up for the Werewolf Club. 78p. (Be sure to try other titles in the Werewolf Club series!)

J/F/PULLMAN
Pullman, Philip - I Was a Rat!
A childless couple is happy to take in the strange boy who shows up on the doorstep, even though he claims he's been magically changed from a rat to a boy. 164p.

J/F/ROBINSON
Robinson, Barbara - The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
When the Herdman children, the worst and toughest family around, take over the church Christmas pageant (despite the fact that none of them has ever attended church), the Christmas story will never be the same. 80p.

J/F/SACHER
Sachar, Louis - Sideways Stories from Wayside School
Weird and hilarious things happen daily at this infamous school that is one classroom wide and thirty classrooms high. 141p.

J/F/SCIESZKA
Scieszka, Jon - Your Mother Was a Neanderthal
Sam, Joe and Fred, the Time Warp Trio, travel back to the Stone Age and discover that one of their mothers really is a cave woman! 78p. (Check out the many other Time Warp Trio stories!)

J/F/WHYBROW
Whybrow, Ian - Little Wolf's Book of Badness
Dismayed by his good behavior, Little Wolf's parents send him off to Cunning College where they hope he will earn his "Bad Badge" under the direction of his famous uncle, B. (Big) B. (Bad) Wolf. 130p.

J/817/WIS
Wisniewski, David - The Secret Knowledge of Grown-ups
The information in this book has been kept secret for years! Now you can learn the real reasons why grown-ups say the things they do. n.p.

From the Picture Book Collection:

JE/DEMIM
Denim, Sue - The Dumb Bunnies
Follow the adventures of the Dumb Bunny family in this story that is rated "Too dumb to win an award." 30p.

JE/KITAMURA
Kitamura, Satoshi - Comic Adventures of Boots
Boots the cat outsmarts the other cats in the neighborhood in three comic adventures. n.p.

JE/MARSHALL
Marshall, James - The Cut-Ups
Spud and Joe are quite a pair of cut-ups, but find themselves outwitted by the new girl on the block. 32p.

JE/OMALLEY
O'Malley, Kevin - Velcome
The book's unusual host warns the reader not to read this collection of his favorite (somewhat) scary stories including The Rapping and The Viper. n.p.

JE/PILKEY
Pilkey, Dav - Dog Breath!: The Horrible Trouble with Hally Tosis
The Tosis family dog, Hally, has a big problem—the most horrible dog breath ever! Luckily, Hally's problem helps prevent a burglary. 30p.

JE/PINKWATER
Pinkwater, Daniel Manus - Ned Feldman, Space Pirate
While investigating a noise under his sink, Ned discovers Captain Bugbeard—a space pirate. Ned decides to join him on an action-packed adventure into outer space where they encounter dangerous space chickens and a combative yeti. 47p.

JE/SCIESZKA
Scieszka, Jon - The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
This collection of outlandish fractured fairy tales includes such stories as Little Red Running Shorts and The Really Ugly Duckling. 52p.
JE/WHATLEY
Whatley, Bruce - Captain Pajamas
When Brian is awakened in the middle of the night by attacking aliens, he transforms himself into Captain Pajamas, Defender of the Universe, to save his sister from the invasion. 32p.

Prepared by Sara Pemberton, January 2003