GRADE 4
READING FOCUS: This month’s selections offer fourth graders the opportunity to explore exciting stories centered around memorable characters. As they read, students can think about what they learn about these characters from what they do and what they say.
Creativity & Curiosity
Feúcho y Pablo (Ugly Cat & Pablo) Written by Isabel Quintero & illustrated by Tom Knight Feúcho the cat and his impeccably dressed mouse friend, Pablo, are the best of friends. Feúcho is dying for a paleta , or ice pop, and his friend Pablo is determined to help him get one by scaring a little girl who is enjoying a coconut paleta in the park. Things go horribly wrong when, instead of being scared, the little girl picks Pablo up and declares that he would make a great snack for her pet snake! But the unlikely silly and dynamic duo always finds a way to escape any problems.
ANIMALS
HUMOR
Imagination & Exploration
Desastre inminente: Volcán (Disaster Strikes: Volcano Blast) Written by Marlane Kennedy & illustrated by Erwin Madrid When Noah and Emma Burton trade the sand and surf of their Hawaiian home for a chilly stay in Alaska, Noah thinks he’s in for the most boring vacation of his life. His father may be a volcano expert, but they didn’t have to travel to the coldest, grayest place on Earth when there are millions of volcanoes near Honolulu! To everyone’s surprise, a once-dormant volcano sputters to life in an eruption of epic proportions on a day trip to a remote island. Now Noah, Emma, and their new neighbor, Alex, must fight to survive rivers of molten lava and clouds of toxic ash if they want to make it off the island!
4.99 US / $5.99 CAN
BN 978-0-545-84842-8
Marlane Kennedy
50499
780545 848428
ADVENTURE
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING & MATH
12
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