Book Recommendations for Fourth Grade 

We have collected our Waldorf inspired reading list that is age appropriate for each child.


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● Ann Tompert: Little Fox Goes to the End of the World 

● Arthur Ransome: Swallows and Amazons 

● Astrid Lindgren: Karlson on the Roof 

● Astrid Lindgren: Pippi Goes on Board 

● Astrid Lindgren: Pippi Longstocking 

● Astrid Lindgren: Pippi on the Run 

● Astrid Lindgren: The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking 

● Bill Peet: Big Bad Bruce 

● Bill Peet: Eli 

● C.S. Lewis: Prince Caspian 

● C.S. Lewis: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe 

● C.S. Lewis: The Silver Chair 

● Carlo Collodi: The Adventures of Pinocchio 

● Charles Kovacs: Ancient Mythologies: India, Persia, Babylon, Egypt

● Chief Seattle: Brother Eagle, Sister Sky: A Message from Chief Seattle

● Christine Nöstlinger: Conrad, The Factory – Made Boy 

● Dan Millman: Quest for Crystal Castle 

● Dan Millman: Secret of the Peaceful Warrior 

● E.B. White: Charlotte’s Web 

● E.B. White: Stuart Little 

● E.B: White: The Trumpet of the Swan 

● Ella Young: Celtic wonder Tales 

● Ella Young: The Tangle-Coated Horse 

● Ellis Credle: Down Down the Mountain 

● Eric Kastner: Little Man 

● Eric Kastner: Parent Trap 

● Eric Knight: Courage of Lassie 

● Eric Knight: Lassie Come Home 

● Ezra Jack Keats: An American Legend 

● Felix Salter: Bambi 

● Frances Carpenter: Tales of a Korean Grandmother 

● Frances Hodgson Burnett: A Little Princess 

● Frances Hodgson Burnett: The Secret Garden 

● Frank L. Baum: Wizard of Oz 

● Frank Waters: Book of the Hopi 

● Han Micko: Turtle Power 

● Holling C. Holling: The Book of Indians 

● Ingri and Edgar D’Aulaire: Norse Gods and Giants 

● Ingwe: Ingwe 

● Isabel Wyatt: King Beetle-Tamer and Other 

● Isabel Wyatt: Lighthearted Wonder Tales 

● Isabel Wyatt: The Book of Fairy Princes 

● J.R.R. Tolkien: Farmer Giles of Ham 

● Jacob Streit: Three Knight Tales 

● James Matthew Barrie: The Adventures of Peter Pan 

● James Thurber: The Thirteen Clocks 

● Jill Barklem: Autumn Story 

● Jill Barklem: Spring Story 

● Jill Barklem: Summer Story 

● Jill Barklem: The World of Brambly Hedge 

● Jill Barklem: Winter Story 

● Johanna Spyri: Heidi 

● John Bauer: An Illustrated Treasury of Swedish Folk and Fairy Tales

● John Bierhorst: The Woman Who Fell from the Sky 

● José Patterson: Angels, People, Rabbis and Kings from the Stories of the Jewish People 

● Karin Michaelis: Bibi 

● Karin Michaelis: Bibi Goes Traveling 

● Kirsti Makinen: An Illustrated Kalevala – Myths and Legends from Finland

● L. Frank Baum: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 

● Laura Ingalls Wilder: Farmer Boy (read first) 

● Leo Politi: The Nicest Gift 

● Leo and Diane Dillon: Ashanti to Zulu 

● Leo and Diane Dillon: Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ear

● Lewis Carroll: Alice in Wonderland 

● Lewis Carroll: Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass

● Lin Grace: Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 

● Lin Grace: When the Sea Turned to Silver 

● Ludwig Bemelman: Madeline series 

● Manitonquat: The Children of the Morning Light Wampanoag Tales as told by Medicine Story 

● Marilee Heyer: The Weaving of a Dream 

● Mark Twain: Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer Among the 

● Mark Twain: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 

● Mark Twain: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 

● Mark Twain: Tom Sawyer 

● Mark Twain: Tom Sawyer Abroad, By Huck Finn 

● Mark Twain: Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn 

● Mark Twain: Tom Sawyer, Detective 

● Mary Pope Osborne: American Tall Tales 

● Michael Ende: Momo 

● Michael Ende: The Never Ending Story 

● Michael Ende: The Night of Wishes 

● Nancy Luenor: The Dragon Kite 

● Norman Juster: The Phantom Tollbooth 

● P.L. Travers: Mary Poppins 

● P.L. Travers: Mary Poppins Comes Back 

● P.L. Travers: Mary Poppins Opens the Door 

● P.L. Travers: Mary Poppins in Cherry Lane 

● P.L. Travers: Mary Poppins in the Kitchen 

● P.L. Travers: Mary Poppins in the Park 

● Peter Spier: London Bridge is Falling Down 

● Phoebe Gilman: Something from Nothing 

● R. and F. Atwater: Mr. Popper’s Penguins 

● Rachel Carson: The Sense of Wonder 

● Roald Dahl: James and the Giant Peach 

● Roald Dahl: Matilda 

● Roald Dahl: The B F G 

● Roald Dahl: The Witches 

● Robert Kimmel Smith: Chocolate Fever 

● Robert Kimmel Smith: Jelly Belly 

● Robert Kimmel Smith: Mostly Michael 

● Robert Kimmel Smith: The War with Grandpa 

● Robin Moore: When the Moon is Full: Supernatural Stories from the Old Pennsylvania Mountains 

● Rudyard Kipling: Just So Stories 

● Rudyard Kipling: The Jungle Book 

● Russel Hiban: Bread and Jam for Frances 

● Russel Hoban: Bedtime for Frances 

● Ruth Manning-Sanders: Red Indian Folk and Fairy Tales 

● Schocken Books: World Mythology Series 

● Selma Lagerlöf: The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Holgersson

● Storm: Seven Arrows 

● Theresa Breslin: An Illustrated Treasury of Scottish Castle Legends

● Theresa Breslin: An Illustrated Treasury of Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales

● Theresa Breslin: An Illustrated Treasury of Scottish Mythical Creatures

● Tony Johnston: The Adventures of Mole and Troll 

● Ursula Le Guin: Catwings 

● Ursula Le Guin: Catwings Returns 

● Ursula Le Guin: Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings 

● William Steig: Doctor DeSoto 

● William Steig: Sylvester and the Magic Pebble 

● Williams: The Velveteen Rabbit 

● Yen Shen: A Cinderella Story from China 

● Yoshiko Uchida: The Magic Listening Cap 

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