Reading is an important way to cultivate children's language expression ability, broaden their knowledge horizons and cultivate their comprehensive literacy. In the third and fourth grades of primary school, children's reading ability and interest are gradually enhanced, which is more suitable for contacting some rich and varied extracurricular books. This paper will introduce some extracurricular books suitable for primary school students in grade three and four, aiming at cultivating children's reading habits and reading ability.

Children's literature books

Stories, fairy tales and children's novels can stimulate children's imagination and creativity, help them understand the plot and shape the characters. Classic works, such as Andersen's fairy tales, Grimm's fairy tales, the little prince, etc. All of them are suitable for students in the third and fourth grades of primary school.

Popular science books

Popular science books can satisfy pupils' curiosity about knowledge and increase their knowledge in reading. The contents of popular science books are rich and varied, including natural science, animals and plants, cosmic astronomy and other fields. For example, the Little Scientist series, the Exploration and Discovery series and the Observer series are all high-quality popular science books, which are suitable for primary school students in grades three and four.

Traditional culture books

Traditional culture is an important way for children to understand the essence of China culture. Recommend some books that are entertaining and reflect the traditional culture of China for primary school students to read. For example, the ancient poetry conference, myth interpretation, story society children's edition of China history series and other books are rich and interesting, which can help children better understand China culture.