Catch the Reading Bug! Summer Reading @ the Library
GREAT BOOKS
THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE
PICTURE BOOKS FOR FAMILY READING:
JP Bruchac, Joeseph
Crazy Horse’s vision
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A story based on the life of the dedicated young Lakota boy who grew up to be one of the
bravest defenders of his people.
JP Burns, Khephra
Mansa Musa : the lion of Mali
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A fictional account of the nomadic wanderings of the boy who grew up to become Mali's
great fourteenth-century leader, Mansa Musa.
JP Cohn, Janice
The Christmas Menorahs
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Describes how people in Billings, Montana joined together to fight a series of hate crimes
against a Jewish family.
JP Clement, Rod
Grandpa's Teeth
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Soon after Grandpa's teeth disappear from a glass of water near his bed, Inspector Rate
has the whole town under investigation.
JP LaMarche, Jim
The Raft
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Reluctant Nicky spends a wonderful summer with Grandma who introduces him to the
joy of rafting down the river near her home and watching the animals along the banks.
JP San Souci, Robert
Pedro and the Monkey
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A sly monkey secures the fortune of his young owner in this variation of a traditional
Filipino tale.
JP Santiago, Chiori
Home to medicine mountain
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Two young Maidu Indian brothers sent to live at a government-run Indian residential
school in California in the 1930s find a way to escape and return home for the summer.
JP Soto, Gary
Chato and the party animals
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Chato decides to throw a "pachanga" for his friend Novio Boy, who has never had a
birthday party. Sequel to Chato’s Kitchen. . Also available in Audio and En Espanol
JP Williams, Suzanne
Library Lil
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A formidable librarian makes readers not only out of the once resistant residents of her
small town, but out of a tough-talking, television-watching motorcycle