Fourth Grade Core Literature List

Historical focus: Europe & the Middle Ages; The Spread of Islam and the Holy Wars; Early and Medieval African Kingdoms; China: Dynasties & Conquerors; American Revolution; Making a Constitutional Government; Early Presidents and Politics; Reformers; Symbols & Figures (CK & Program Guide)

  • Pollyanna (Eleanor Porter) – summer reading
  • Gulliver’s Travels (Jonathan Swift, CK ed.)
  • The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle (Washington Irving, CK ed.) 
  • Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe, CK, ed.) 
  • Robin Hood (J. Walker McSpadden, CK, ed.)
  • Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson, CK ed.)
  • King Arthur and the Roundtable, CK ed,
  • The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe (Lewis)
  • St. George and the Dragon
  • The Magic Brocade (a Chinese folktale)
  • The Fire on the Mountain (an Ethiopian folktale)
  • Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (CK ed. includes following:)
    • How Arthur Became King
    • The Sword in the Stone  
    • The Sword Excalibur
    • Guinevere
    • Merlin and the Lady of the Lake 
    • Sir Lancelot
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