Books for Fourth & Fifth Graders
Recent picks for upper elementary readers! (Updated November 2019)
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Celia Planted A Garden
Celia Thaxter grew up on a desolate island off the coast of Maine, where her father worked as lighthouse keeper and where she planted her first garden. But that was just the beginning…
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Inside in
Interested in animals and what they look like? Check out this photo book that examines creatures from the inside out!
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Queer Heroes
A fun, fast and fantastic introduction to LGBTQ notables.
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The Wonder of Wildflowers
In Amberland, where natives rely on a dwindling supply of magical fluid and foreigners are unwelcome, ten-year-old Mira juggles her loyalty to her immigrant roots and her desire for acceptance.
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Rewilding
The Arabian oryx! Peregrine falcon! Kihansi spray toad! All of these different animals were brought back from the very brink of extinction! Meet them and others in this fascinating read that explores what you can do to help endangered wildlife “rewild”!
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The Language of Seabirds
Jeremy is 12 and he finds Evan on the beach during his family’s vacation to the Oregon coast—as you do—right when he needs him.
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Other Words for Home
When Jude and her family arrive in the Midwest from Syria after the political upheaval of the Arab Spring, she must learn the workings of a new culture, including what it means to be Muslim in America. Told in verse.
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The Unsung Hero of Birdsong, USA
When 12-year-old, Gabriel runs a red light on his bicycle and is almost hit by a car, Meriwether Hunter saves him. A simple story, except that this is 1946 and it is Birdsong, South Carolina, and Gabriel is white and Meriwether is black.
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