Extracurricular Reading. 4th Grade

Extracurricular Reading. The collection "Complete Library of Extracurricular Reading 4th Grade" includes stories, poems, bylinas, and fairy tales by well-known Russian writers that are part of the extracurricular reading program for the fourth grade. Among the authors are the brilliant masters of the word – Alexander Pushkin, Vasily Zhukovsky, Mikhail Lermontov, Nikolai Nekrasov, Afanasy Fet, Fyodor Tyutchev, Yevgeny Baratynsky, Kondratiy Ryleyev, Ivan Turgenev, Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak, Ivan Bunin, Sergey Yesenin, Ivan Nikitin, Vitaly Bianki, Konstantin Paustovsky, Mikhail Prishvin, Andrei Platonov, Arkady Gaidar, Vsevolod Garshin, Viktor Dragunsky, Sasha Chyorny, Boris Zhitkov, Valentina Oseeva, Yevgeny Schwartz, Nikolai Yazykov. 

Works included in the collection tell about the most important things in the world of people – about kindness and friendship, courage and mutual assistance, honesty and justice, care and attention, decency and responsibility. On the pages of the book, the child will learn what Mikhail Selyaninovich is famous for and how Sadko earned his fame, will understand the wisdom contained in the Tale of Tsar Berendey, will witness the heroic resistance near the village of Borodino, will find out what feat Ivan Susanin accomplished, will hear how the word Motherland resonates in the hearts of writers, and much, much more. 

Stories, poems, bylinas, and fairy tales will help the young reader to see the beauty of nature, to love the wealth bestowed by nature, and to understand how important it is to respect and appreciate it. 

For convenience and a more structured reading experience, the book has clear sections – Bylinas, Fairy Tales of Russian Writers, Our Lesser Brothers, Poems about Nature, Our Motherland, The Beginning of a Great Journey. By reading classical works, which are the best embodiment of the native language, children expand their vocabulary, enrich their speech, learn to express their thoughts, reflect on the actions and behavior of heroes, analyze what is happening, and thereby get accustomed to reading!