Suggested Reading List for Third Grade
    THE CHALK BOX KID
    by Clyde Robert Bulla

    THE CHOCOLATE TOUCH
    by Patrick Skene Catling

    DR. AMELIA'S BOREDOM SURVIVAL GUIDE:
    FIRST AID FOR RAINY DAYS, BORING ERRANDS,
    WAITING ROOMS, WHATEVER!
    by Marissa Moss

    FANTASTIC MR. FOX
    by Roald Dahl

    FRECKLE JUICE
    by Judy Blume

    THE GATOR GIRLS
    by Stephanie Calmenson and Joanna Cole

    THE GREAT KAPOK TREE:
    A TALE OF THE AMAZON RAIN FOREST
    by Lynne Cherry

    I WAS A THIRD GRADE SCIENCE PROJECT
    by Mary Jane Auch

    IN AUNT LUCY'S KITCHEN
    by Cynthia Rylant

    THE INVISIBLE DOG
    by Dick King-Smith

    THE LUCKY BASEBALL BAT
    by Matt Christopher

    THE LUCKY LIZARD
    by Ellen A. Kelley
    Series for Third Graders:

  • THE BOXCAR CHILDREN (Warner)
  • HORRIBLE HARRY books (Kline)
  • THE MAGIC TREE HOUSE (Osborne)
  • OWEN FOOTE books (Greene)
  • RAMONA books (Cleary)
  • THE TIME WARP TRIO (Scieszka)
  • List compiled by the Massillon Public Library
    www.massillonlibrary.org
    330-832-9831

    MORGY MAKES HIS MOVE
    by Maggie Lewis

    MUGGIE MAGGIE
    by Beverly Cleary

    PEOPLE
    by Peter Spier

    THE RELUCTANT DRAGON
    by Kenneth Grahame

    SING A SONG OF POPCORN:
    EVERY CHILD'S BOOK OF POEMS
    illustrated by nine Caldecott Medal artists

    THE SKIRT
    by Gary Soto

    SOUP
    by Robert Newton Peck

    THE STINKY CHEESE MAN AND
    OTHER FAIRLY STUPID TALES
    by Jon Scieszka

    THE STORIES HUEY TELLS
    by Ann Cameron

    STUART LITTLE
    by E. B. White

    TOMAS AND THE LIBRARY LADY
    by Pat Mora

    THE TROUBLE WITH WISHES
    by Susan Beth Pfeffer

    THE VELVETEEN RABBIT
    by Margery Williams Bianco

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