2020s books assigned in 4th grade

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• Amir and the Jinn Princess · M. T. Khan
• An American Story · Kwame Alexander
• Ancestory: The Mystery and Majesty of Ancient Cave Art · Hannah Salyer
• Astronaut Academy: Zero Gravity · Dave Roman
• Bea and the New Deal Horse · L. M. Elliott
• Beanie the Bansheenie · Eoin Colfer
• Beautiful Blackbird · Ashley Bryan
• Because of You, John Lewis · Andrea Davis Pinkney
• Becoming Muhammad Ali · James Patterson
• Before the Ever After · Jacqueline Woodson
• Better with Butter · Victoria Piontek
• Between Two Brothers · Crystal Allen
• Big · Vashti Harrison
• Black Girl You Are Atlas · Renée Watson
• Blue · Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond
• Boogie Boogie, Y’all · C.G. Esperanza
• Boy 2.0 · Tracey Baptiste
• Bright Star · Yuyi Morales
• Bubble Trouble · Margaret Mahy
• Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery and Howliday Inn EBOOK · Deborah Howe
• Call Me Roberto!: Roberto Clemente Goes to Bat for Latinos · Nathalie Alonso
• Chance · Uri Shulevitz
• Chinese Menu · Grace Lin
• Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody · Patrick Ness
• City of Thieves · Alex London
• City Spies · James Ponti
• Clap When You Land · Elizabeth Acevedo
• Class Act · Jerry Craft
• Code Name Kingfisher · Liz Kessler
• Cotorras Sobre Puerto Rico · Susan L. Roth
• Countdown to Yesterday · Shirley Marr
• Cress Watercress · Gregory Maguire
• Curlfriends: New in Town (a Graphic Novel) · Sharee Miller
• Curveball · Pablo Cartaya
• Danny Blackgoat, Navajo Prisoner [Dyslexic Edition] · Tim Tingle
• De aquí como el coquí · Nomar Perez
• Dear Primo · Duncan Tonatiuh
• Death in the Jungle · Candace Fleming
• Demon in the Wood Graphic Novel · Leigh Bardugo
• Destiny Finds Her Way: How a Rescued Baby Sloth Learned to Be Wild · Margarita Engle
• Dog Trouble: A Graphic Novel · Kristin Varner
• Dogtown · Katherine Applegate & Gennifer Choldenko
• Doña Quixote: Rise of the Knight · Rey Terciero
• Donut Feed the Squirrels · Mika Song
• Dress Coded · Carrie Firestone
• Du Iz Tak? · Carson Ellis
• Duel · Jessixa Bagley
• Eerie Tales from the School of Screams · Graham Annable
• Efren Divided · Ernesto Cisneros
• Ernö Rubik and His Magic Cube · Kerry Aradhya
• Evidence! How Dr. John Snow Solved the Mystery of Cholera · Deborah Hopkinson
• Eyes That Kiss in the Corners · Joanna Ho
• Falling Up · Shel Silverstein
• Farmhouse · Sophie Blackall
• Farther Than the Moon · Lindsay Lackey
• Ferris · Kate DiCamillo
• Fighting Words · Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
• Final Word (The Winterton Deception #1) · Janet Sumner Johnson
• Finding Langston · Lesa Cline-Ransome
• Finding Normal · Stephanie Faris
• Flora and Ulysses · Kate DiCamillo
• Fly · Brittany J. Thurman
• Four Eyes · Rex Ogle
• Four Eyes: A Graphic Novel · Rex Ogle
• Fowl Play · Kristin O'Donnell Tubb
• Fox Has a Problem · Corey R. Tabor
• Freddie vs. the Family Curse · Tracy Badua
• Freewater · Amina Luqman-Dawson
• Frizzy · Claribel Ortega
• From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry · Paula Yoo
• Genius Ears · Lena Anlauf
• Girls Like Her · Melanie Sumrow
• Good Different · Meg Eden Kuyatt
• Gracie Under the Waves · Linda Sue Park
• Grounded · Aisha Saeed, S.K. Ali, Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow & Huda Al-Marashi
• Growing Home · Beth Ferry
• Guts for Glory · Jonna Lapati
• Haiku, Ew! Celebrating the Disgusting Side of Nature · Lynn Brunelle
• Hannah Sharpe, Cartoon Detective · Janet Tashjian
• Haven: A Small Cat's Big Adventure · Megan Wagner Lloyd
• Healer of the Water Monster · Brian Young
• Hidden Hope: How a Toy and a Hero Saved Lives During the Holocaust · Elisa Boxer
• High Score · Destiny Howell
• Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy · Faith Erin Hicks
• Hoops · Matt Tavares
• Hope in the Valley · Mitali Perkins
• How I Became A Ghost · Tim Tingle
• How the Boogeyman Became a Poet · Tony Keith Jr.
• How to Eat a Book · MacLeod
• How to Stay Invisible · Maggie C. Rudd
• Hummingbird · Natalie Lloyd
• I Am a Tornado · Drew Beckmeyer
• I Know How to Draw an Owl · Hilary Horder Hippely
• I Talk Like a River · Jordan Scott
• Iceberg · Jennifer A. Nielsen
• Impossible Creatures · Katherine Rundell
• In the Beautiful Country · Jane Kuo
• Indian No More · Charlene Willing
• Inheritance · Elizabeth Acevedo
• Introducing Sandwina: The Strongest Woman in the World! · Vicki Conrad
• Invisible · Christina Diaz Gonzalez
• Invisible Isabel · Sally J. Pla
• It Came from the Trees · Ally Russell
• It Found Us · Lindsay Currie
• J vs. K · Kwame Alexander & Jerry Craft
• Jackie and Me · Dan Gutman
• Jawbreaker · Christina Wyman
• John's Turn · Mac Barnett
• Just a Pinch of Magic · Alechia Dow
• Just Gus · McCall Hoyle
• Just Keep Walking · Erin Soderberg Downing
• Kareem Between · Shifa Saltagi Safadi
• Keeper of the Lost Cities · Shannon Messenger
• Kent State · Deborah Wiles
• Kin · Carole Boston Weatherford
• King of Ragtime · Stephen Costanza
• Kumo · Kyo Maclear
• Leaf Man Board Book · Lois Ehlert
• Legendarios: Wrath of the Rain God · Karla Arenas Valenti
• Legendary Frybread Drive-In · Cynthia Leitich Smith
• Lei and the Fire Goddess · Malia Maunakea
• Lightningborn (Storm Dragons #1) · Julie Kagawa
• Like · Annie Barrows
• Lion Dancers · Cai Tse
• Little Monarchs · Jonathan Case
• Little Red Riding Hood (40th Anniversary Edition) · Trina Schart Hyman
• Lola · Karla Arenas Valenti
• Lost & Found: Based on a True Story · Mei Yu
• Lumberjackula · Mat Heagerty
• Lupe Wong Won't Dance · Donna Barba Higuera
• Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All · Chanel Miller
• Me & Mama · Cozbi A. Cabrera
• Me Gusta · Angela Dominguez
• Memoirs of a Tortoise · Devin Scillian
• Mexikid · Pedro Martín
• Mid-Air · Alicia D. Williams
• Midnight and Moon · Kelly Cooper
• Midnight at the Barclay Hotel · Fleur Bradley
• Millionaires for the Month · Stacy McAnulty
• Milloo's Mind · Reem Faruqi
• Misfit Mansion · Kay Davault
• Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars · Ellen MacGregor
• Mockingjay (Deluxe Edition) (Hunger Games, Book Three) · Suzanne Collins
• Mountain of Fire: The Eruption and Survivors of Mount St. Helens · Rebecca E. Barone
• Mr. S · Monica Arnaldo
• My Daddy Is a Cowboy · Stephanie Seales
• Narwhal: Unicorn of the Arctic · Candace Fleming
• Navigating Night · Julie Leung
• Never Take Your Rhino on a Plane · K. E. LEWIS
• New From Here · Kelly Yang
• Nic Blake and the Remarkables · Angie Thomas
• Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy · Angie Thomas
• Nigeria Jones · Ibi Zoboi
• Nimbus · Jan Eldredge
• No Crystal Stair · Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
• No Matter the Distance · Cindy Baldwin
• Not All Sheep Are Boring! · Bobby Moynihan
• Not Nothing · Gayle Forman
• Nothing Else But Miracles · Kate Albus
• Nubby’s Story · Aubre Andrus
• Odder · Katherine Applegate
• Oh No, the Aunts Are Here · Adam Rex
• Oliver's Great Big Universe · Jorge Cham
• Once for Yes · Allie Millington
• Once There Was · Kiyash Monsef
• Once They See You: 13 Stories to Shiver and Shock · Josh Allen
• Onyx & Beyond · Amber McBride
• Operation Final Notice · Matthew Landis
• Ophie's Ghosts · Justina Ireland
• Our Planet! There's No Place Like Earth · Stacy McAnulty
• Over and Under the Rainforest · Kate Messner
• Parachute Kids · Betty C. Tang
• Pedro's Yo-Yos: How a Filipino Immigrant Came to America and Changed the World of Toys · Rob Peñas
• Perfectly Parvin · Olivia Abtahi
• Photographic · Isabel Quintero
• Picture Purrfect (Bodega Cats #1) · Hilda Eunice Burgos
• Popcorn · Rob Harrell
• Popcorn: A hilarious and moving story about coping with anxiety · Rob Harrell
• Primer · Jennifer Muro
• Promise Boys · Nick Brooks
• Punycorn · Andi Watson
• Puzzleheart · Jenn Reese
• Race for the Ruby Turtle · Stephen Bramucci
• Red, White, and Whole · Rajani LaRocca
• Remember Us · Jacqueline Woodson
• Rewind · Lisa Graff
• Roll for Initiative · Jaime Formato
• Samira Surfs · Rukhsanna Guidroz
• Saving Sunshine · Saadia Faruqi
• Scare School Diaries: Welcome to Scare School · Jarrett Lerner
• Scritch Scratch · Lindsay Currie
• Search for a Giant Squid · Amy Seto Forrester
• Shark Summer · Ira Marcks
• Show Me a Sign (Show Me a Sign, Book 1) · Ann Clare LeZotte
• Sisters of the Lost Marsh · Lucy Strange
• Six Feet Below Zero · Ena Jones
• Some of Us · Rajani Larocca
• Something, Someday · Amanda Gorman
• Sonadores (Dreamers) · Yuyi Morales
• Song of a Blackbird · Maria van Lieshout
• Soundtrack: A Novel · Jason Reynolds
• Spooky Lakes: 25 Strange and Mysterious Lakes that Dot Our Planet · Geo Rutherford
• Squished · Megan Wagner Lloyd
• Stand Up, Yumi Chung · Jessica Kim
• Standing in the Need of Prayer · Carole Boston Weatherford
• Stateless · Elizabeth Wein
• Stella · McCall Hoyle
• Stepping Stones · Lucy Knisley
• Stuntboy, In-Between Time · Jason Reynolds
• Stuntboy, In-Between Time · Jason Reynolds
• Summer Vamp · Violet Chan Karim
• Sunshine: A Graphic Novel · Jarrett J. Krosoczka
• Swim Team · Johnnie Christmas
• Swing · Audrey Meeker
• Tales from Cabin 23: The Boo Hag Flex · Justina Ireland
• That's Not My Name! · Anoosha Syed
• The Adventures of Invisible Boy · Doogie Horner
• The Adventures of Team Pom: Squid Happens · Isabel Roxas
• The Aquanaut · Dan Santat
• The Area 51 Files · Julie Buxbaum
• The Bear and the Moon · Matthew Burgess
• The Bees of Notre-Dame · Meghan Browne
• The Civil War of Amos Abernathy · Michael Leali
• The Coquíes Still Sing · Karina Nicole González
• The Cursed Moon · Angela Cervantes
• The Dark!: Wild Life in the Mysterious World of Caves · Lindsey Leigh
• The Dead of Summer (Book 1) · Ryan La Sala
• The Dream Catcher · Marcelo Verdad
• The Elephants Come Home · Kim Tomsic
• The Eyes and the Impossible · Dave Eggers
• The Fire of Stars · Kirsten W. Larson
• The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn · Sally J. Pla
• The Firefly Summer · Morgan Matson
• The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza · Mac Barnett
• The First Helping (Lunch Lady Books 1 & 2) · Jarrett J. Krosoczka
• The First State of Being · Erin Entrada Kelly
• The Girl in the Lake · India Hill Brown
• The Girl Who Figured It Out · Minda Dentler
• The Golden Hour · Niki Smith
• The Great Stink · Colleen Paeff
• The Guardian Test (Legends of Lotus Island #1) · Christina Soontornvat
• The Honeys · Ryan La Sala
• The House at the Edge of Magic · Amy Sparkes
• The Inheritance Games · Jennifer Lynn Barnes
• The Labors of Hercules Beal · Gary D. Schmidt
• The Last Bloodcarver · Vanessa Le
• The Last Cuentista · Donna Barba Higuera
• The Last Dragon on Mars · Scott Reintgen
• The Legend of Gravity: A Tall Basketball Tale · Charly Palmer
• The Liars Society · Alyson Gerber
• The Longest Shot: How Larry Kwong Changed the Face of Hockey · Chad Soon & Amy Maranville
• The Lost Library · Rebecca Stead & Wendy Mass
• The Lost Year · Katherine Marsh
• The Lumbering Giants of Windy Pines · Mo Netz
• The Magic Fish · Trung Le Nguyen
• The Marvellers · Dhonielle Clayton
• The Misfits: A Royal Conundrum · Lisa Yee
• The Mona Lisa Vanishes · Nicholas Day
• The Mona Lisa Vanishes · Nicholas Day
• The Mystery of the Monarchs · Barb Rosenstock
• The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle · Taryn Souders
• The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien · John Hendrix
• The Night Train · Lorelei Savaryn
• The Ogress and the Orphans · Kelly Barnhill
• The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read · Rita Lorraine Hubbard
• The One and Only Family · Katherine Applegate
• The One and Only Ruby · Katherine Applegate
• The Partition Project · Saadia Faruqi
• The Penguin of Ilha Grande: From Animal Rescue to Extraordinary Friendship · Shannon Earle
• The People's Painter · Cynthia Levinson
• The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich · Deya Muniz
• The Real Dada Mother Goose: A Treasury of Complete Nonsense · Jon Scieszka
• The Sherlock Society · James Ponti
• The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale · Jon Klassen
• The Superteacher Project · Gordon Korman
• The Terrible Two · Mac Barnett
• The Three Billy Goats Gruff · Mac Barnett
• The Truth As Told by Mason Buttle · Leslie Connor
• The War with Grandpa · Robert Kimmel Smith
• The Way I Say It · Nancy Tandon
• The Wild Journey of Juniper Berry · Chad Morris
• The Witching Wind · Natalie Lloyd
• The Wrong Way Home · Kate O'Shaughnessy
• There Might Be Lobsters · Carolyn Crimi
• There Was a Party for Langston · Jason Reynolds
• Things in the Basement · Ben Hatke
• To Catch a Thief · Martha Brockenbrough
• Tomfoolery! · Michelle Markel
• Trans History: A Graphic Novel: From Ancient Times to the Present Day · Alex L. Combs
• Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson · Robert Louis Stevenson
• Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . . · Jason Reynolds
• Twins · Varian Johnson
• Two Dogs · Ian Falconer
• Two Tribes · Emily Bowen Cohen
• Unplugged · Gordon Korman
• Unspeakable · Carole Boston Weatherford
• Victory. Stand! · Tommie Smith
• Voices of the People · Joseph Bruchac
• Volcanoes · Nell Cross Beckerman
• Warrior Girl Unearthed · Angeline Boulley
• Wat Takes His Shot · Cheryl Kim
• Watch Out for the Lion! · Brooke Hartman
• Watercress · Andrea Wang
• Ways to Make Sunshine · Renée Watson
• We Are Water Protectors · Carole Lindstrom
• We Go Slow · Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie
• We Own the Sky · Rodman Philbrick
• We Still Belong · Christine Day
• Whale Eyes · James Robinson
• What Happened to Rachel Riley? · Claire Swinarski
• When Alexander Graced the Table · Alexander Smalls
• When Sea Becomes Sky · Gillian McDunn
• When Stars Are Scattered · Victoria Jamieson
• When You Can Swim · Jack Wong
• When You Trap a Tiger · Tae Keller
• White Falcon · Elliott 1912-1980 Arnold
• Wild Brunch: Poems About How Creatures Eat · David L. Harrison
• Wildful · Kengo Kurimoto
• Wildoak · C.C. Harrington
• Will's Race for Home · Jewell Parker Rhodes
• William Still and His Freedom Stories · Don Tate
• Witchlings · Claribel A. Ortega
• Wombat Said Come In · Carmen Agra Deedy
• Yoshi, Sea Turtle Genius · Lynne Cox
• You Are Brave: A Book About Trying New Things · Margaret O'Hair
• You Are Here: Connecting Flights · Ellen Oh
• Your Place in the Universe · Jason Chin
• Zeus, Dog of Chaos · Kristin O'Donnell Tubb
• Zia Erases the World · Bree Barton