Books for K-4th Graders

Here’s a list of great storytime books for older kids.  Our library also keeps a list of fractured fairy tales, which also work well for this age group.

• 11 Experiments that Failed by Jenny Offill
• And Two Boys Booed by Judith Viorst
• Chloe and the Lion by Mac Barnett
• The Day My Mom Came to Kindergarten by Maureen Fergus
• Dolphin SOS by Roy & Slavia Miki
• Forgive Me, I Meant to Do It: False Apology Poems by Gail Carson Levine
• A Gift for Mama by Linda Ravin Lodding
• Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems
• The High Street by Alice Melvin
• How to Be a Hero by Florence Parry Heide
• I Didn’t Do My Homework Because…  by Davide Cali
• I Yam a Donkey! by Cece Bell
• Jackrabbit McCabe and the Electric Telegraph by Lucy Rozier
• The Last King of Angkor Wat by Graeme Base
• Little Roja Riding Hood by Susan Middleton Elya
• Lost and Found by Bill Harley
• Memoirs of a Hamster by Devin Scillian
• Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse by Marilyn Singer
• The Monsters’ Monster by Patrick McDonnell
• My Pet Rattlesnake by Joe Hayes
• Oh No! Not Again! (Or How I Built a Time Machine to Save History) (Or at Least My History Grade) by Mac Barnett
• Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude and Once Upon a Royal Superbaby by Kevin O’Malley
• Pardon Me! by Daniel Miyares
• Pedro and George by Delphine Perret
• A Pig Parade is a Terrible Idea by Michael Ian Black
• President Taft is Stuck in the Bath by Mac Barnett
• The Princess and the Pig by Jonathan Emmett
• The Princess of 8^th Street by Linas Alsenas
• Ralph Tells a Story by Abby Hanlon
• Rhinos Don’t Eat Pancakes by Anna Kemp
• Senorita Gordita by Helen Ketteman
• The Skunk by Mac Barnett
• The Sky is Falling! by Mark Teague
• The Soda Bottle School by Laura Kutner and Suzanne Slade
• Ten Birds: Read-Aloud Rhymes to Bend and Break by Jurg Amann
• The Three Little Aliens and the Big Bad Robot by Margaret McNamara
• The Three Little Pigs and the Somewhat Bad Wolf by Mark Teague
• The Tooth Fairy Wars by Kate Coombs
• A Very Witchy Spelling Bee, by George Shannon
• Wumbers by Amy Krouse Rosenthal