Read-Aloud Books for 4th Grade

By fourth grade, the read-aloud is no longer about learning to read — it's about reading to learn, reading to feel, reading to understand. These books are chosen for the conversations they provoke and the thinking they demand.

5,049 books

Flower Fairies Friends #1

Willow's Underwater World

Kay Woodward, Cicely Mary Barker

Ages 4–11

Find Out About #1

Find Out about Animal Camouflage

Martin Jenkins

Ages 4–11

Say It!

Charlotte Zolotow

Ages 4–11

Little Fox in the Snow

Jonathan London

Ages 4–11

Born in the Wild #1

Born in the Wild Baby Mammals and Their Parents

Lita Judge

Ages 4–11

Babymouse

Babymouse Skater Girl

Jennifer L. Holm

Ages 6–9

Usborne Internet-linked #1

Usborne Internet-linked Music Theory for Beginners

Eileen O'Brien, Emma Danes

Ages 4–11

This is the Matzah

Abby Levine

Ages 4–11

Visitors for Edward

Michaela Morgan, Porter, Sue

Ages 4–11

The Case of the Cursed Crop

Michael Anthony Steele

Ages 4–11

Lullaby #3

Firefly Lullaby

Kenneth Kraegel

Ages 4–11

Amelia Bedelia

Go West, Amelia Bedelia!

Herman Parish

Ages 6–9

The Lucky Bunny

Elizabeth Lindsay

Ages 4–11

Ginny Goblin Is Not Allowed to Open This Box

David Goodner

Ages 4–11

Ninja in Action!

Beth Davies

Ages 4–11

Splash and Bubbles: Rhythm of the Reef

The Jim Henson Company

Ages 4–11

Something from Nothing

Phoebe Gilman

Ages 4–11

Despicable Me 2: Attack of the Evil Minions!

Kirsten Mayer

Ages 4–11

Seahorse SOS

Sue Mongredien

Ages 4–11

Scream Street #1

Hunger of the Yeti

Tommy Donbavand

Ages 4–11

Star Wars What Makes a Monster?

Adam Bray

Ages 4–11

It is Not Time for Sleeping

Lisa Colleen Graff

Ages 4–11

Taro Gomi’s Big Book of Verbs

Taro Gomi

Ages 4–11

Acorns Everywhere!

Kevin Sherry

Ages 4–11