Top 40 Picks for Third Graders
Fiction
Cam Jansen and the Birthday Mystery — Adler
Going, Going Gone! With the Pain and the Great One — Blume
Bad Kitty Gets a Bath — Bruel
Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel — Grimes
Emma Dilemma and the New Nanny — Hermes
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School and Other Scary Things — Look
Gooney Bird is So Absurd! — Lowry
Judy Moody — McDonald
Stink and the Great Guinea Pig Express — McDonald
Dark Day in the Deep Sea — Osborne
The Talented Clementine — Pennypacker
The Absent Author — Roy
Knights of the Kitchen Table — Scieszka
The Boxcar Children — Warner
Graphic Novels
Amelia Rules! What Makes You Happy — Gownley
Geronimo Stilton: the Discovery of America
Picture Books
The Empty Pot — Demi
A Bad Case of Stripes — Shannon
Amazing Grace — Hoffman
Bats at the Ballgame — Lies
Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin — Moss
Zen Shorts — Muth
Officer Buckle and Gloria — Rathmann
Grandfather’s Journey — Say
Skippyjon Jones — Schachner
The Stinky Cheese Man — Scieszka
Just a Dream — Van Allsburg
June 29, 1999 — Wiesner
People, Poetry, Facts, and Folklore
Manners Mash-up: a Goofy Guide to Good Behavior
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears — Aardema
Cactus Soup — Kimmel
Rumpelstiltskin — Zelinsky
John Henry — Lester
The Rabbit and the Turtle; Aesop’s Fables — Carle
Becoming Butterflies — Rockwell
The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses — Cole
Autumn: an Alphabet Acrostic — Schnur
Almost Late to School — Shields
Abe Lincoln: The Boy Who Loved Books
Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman — Schroeder
Note to Parents: These titles were chosen by the Youth Services Librarians of the Dauphin County Library System for their appeal to the interest level of this age group. They are not meant to represent or measure your child’s reading level. A title too difficult to read independently will still be enjoyed as you read it to him/her.