Books for 3rd - 4th Grade

Summer Bibliographies 2008

J/F/BATESON
Bateson, Catherine - Being Bee
Beatrice (please call her Bee!) lives a fine life with her dad and her two awesome guinea pigs ever since her mom passed away, but this all changes when her dad starts dating Jazzi. Jazzi takes up all of her dad's time; will Bee ever be able to find room in her heart for Jazzi too? 126p.

J/F/BLUME
Blume, Judy - Soupy Saturdays with the Pain and the Great One
Abigail (the "Great One") and her brother Jake (the "Pain") spend their days playing soccer, learning how to ride a bike, and taking care of their aunt's dog. 108p.

J/F/CABOT
Cabot, Meg - Moving Day
Allie can't believe her parents expect her to move into such an old, dilapidated house. Don't they know about the zombie hand that she's sure is in the attic? 228p.

J/F/CLEMENTS
Clements, Andrew - No Talking
It's an all-out war between the boys and girls at school when they decide to have a contest to see which group can say the least number of words. 146p.

J/F/COLLINS
Collins, Ross - Medusa Jones
Life isn't fair for Medusa Jones. She is always being teased about her head full of snakes, but her parents won't allow her to turn her tormenters into stone. 134p.

J/F/DAVIES
Davies, Jacqueline - The Lemonade War
Evan and Jessie get along pretty well until they get into an argument and declare a Lemonade War! The stakes are high—the winner will get all the money from both stands—and they're prepared to fight dirty to win! 173p.

J/F/DOWELL
Dowell, Frances O'Roark - Phineas L. MacGuire Erupts!: The First Experiment
Phineas (call him Mac) can't believe he is stuck with the super-mean, dinosaur-loving Mac R. as his science fair partner. But Mac discovers that Mac R. might actually become a new friend. 167p.

J/F/DYER
Dyer, Heather - Ibby's Magic Weekend
Ibby's weekend at her cousins' house takes an unexpected turn when the boys find a box of magic tricks and they accidentally shrink her cousin Frances to the size of a mouse. 140p.

J/F/FRENCH
French, Jackie - My Dad the Dragon
The teacher at King Arthur's School for Trainee Knights has given Horace and his friends an impossible homework assignment: write a 100-page report, save a damsel from distress, and slay a dragon. And it's due first thing Monday morning, or they'll be expelled! 107p.

J/F/GIFFORD
Gifford, Peggy Elizabeth - Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little
Moxie hasn't had time to start her summer reading assignment that's due on the first day of fourth grade. She meant to read Stuart Little, but just hasn't gotten around to it. And now there's only one day left before school starts! 91p.

J/F/HALE
Hale, Bruce - Prince of Underwhere
Zeke and his friend fall down a hole and end up in the underground world of Underwhere. The Undies proclaim him to be their long lost Prince who will free them from their evil Underlord. 165p.

J/F/HARPER
Harper, Charise Mericle - Just Grace
Grace just wants to help her neighbor Mrs. Luther find her cat, but who knew that doing a good deed would cause so much trouble? 138p.

J/F/KING
King, Daren - Mouse Noses on Toast
Paul Mouse and his friends begin a protest against the heartless humans who enjoy the "delicacy" of Mouse Noses on Toast in fancy restaurants. 104p.

J/F/KING-SMITH
King-Smith, Dick - Dinosaur Trouble
Despite their parents' objections, Banty (an apatosaurus) and Nosy (a pterodactyl) become friends and hatch a plan to defeat an evil T-Rex. 118p.

J/F/MCCALL SMITH
McCall Smith, Alexander - Max and Maddy and the Chocolate Money Mystery
It's off to Switzerland for kid detectives Max and Maddy who need to crack a case in which the prime suspects are St. Bernard dogs! 72p.

J/F/MACDONALD
MacDonald, Alan - Trolls, Go Home!
When the Troll family moves into a quiet English suburb, Egbert, Nora, and Ulrik Troll have trouble fitting in with the strange peeples who live in their new neighborhood. 128p.

J/F/MACDONALD
MacDonald, Betty Bard - Happy Birthday, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
When parents are at their wit's end, they call Mrs. Piggle –Wiggle who sends home magical cures for their kids—including The-Won't-Brush-Teeth-Cure and The-Picky-Eater-Cure. 193p.

J/F/MOSES
Moses, Shelia P. - Sallie Gal and the Wall-a-kee Man
Sallie Gal works really hard to buy fancy hair ribbons, but there just isn't enough money. Can the "Wall-a-kee" traveling salesman help her with her problem? 152p.

J/F/NIX
Nix, Garth - One Beastly Beast: (Two Aliens, Three Inventors, Four Fantastic Tales)
This collection of four short stories features DVD-stealing rat pirates, a strange beast, a boy inventor, and a mysterious sea serpent. 158p.

J/F/RIDDLEBURGER
Riddleburger, Sam - The Qwikpick Adventure Society
Lyle and his friends find a smelly adventure when they decide to explore the town's sewage treatment plant. 127p.

PB/J/SNI
Sniegoski, Tom - Billy Hooten, Owlboy
Everyone thinks Billy is weird because he loves comic books and monster movies. Little do they know Billy has become the next crime-fighting superhero of Monstros City! 242p.

J/F/STRAIGHT
Straight, Susan - The Friskative Dog
Sharron doesn't have a real dog; instead, she has her stuffed Friskative Dog which is perfect in every way. However, when she decides to sneak him to school, a couple of mean girls don't think that the Friskative Dog is such a perfect dog after all. 149p.

J/F/TRIPP
Tripp, Jenny - Pete & Fremont
Pete is a fluffy pink poodle and Fremont is a huge wild bear. Together they must perform a fantastic new routine in the circus to get what each desperately desires. 180p.

J/F/WILKOWSKI
Wilkowski, Susan - The Bad Luck Chair
When Addison Darby walked into her fourth grade classroom, she knew something big was going on: everyone was staring at her. Then she saw it—The Brookside Elementary School Bad Luck Chair—at her seat! Addy knew she was doomed. 124p.

Prepared by S.E. Goers, R. Andrews, and S. Pemberton, May 2008