Top 40 Picks for Third Graders

 

Third GradersFiction

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.