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Mrs. Mary Nell Johnston
Evans Elementary School
3rd grade
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Recommended Reading List
Entering Grade 3
Please record all books read and return list when school begins.
Each list must have the title of book read, a parent signature of completion, and the student's first/last name.
Aardema, Verna. Anansi Finds a Fool. (series) Lazy Anansi seeks to trick someone into doing the heavy work of laying his fish trap, but instead he is fooled into doing the job himself.
Atwater, Richard. Mr. Popper's Penguins. Newbery Honor. Mr. Popper trains his band of penguins to star in a vaudeville tour.
Bunting, Eve. Someday a Tree. Alice tries to save a tree poisoned by toxic chemicals in this look at the devastating effect carelessness can have on the environment.
Christopher, Matt Centerfield Ballhawk Baseball player Josâe Mendez worries about his poor performance with the bat and fears
disappointing his father, a former ballplayer with an outstanding batting average.
Cleary, Beverly. Ramona Forever. (series) Ramona's year in third grade is highlighted by the arrival of Howie's rich uncle, a change in her after-school situation, a surprise wedding, a death and a new arrival in the family, and her father's getting a job.
Clifford, Eth. Help! I'm a Prisoner in the Library! Two girls spend an adventurous night trapped inside the public library during a terrible blizzard.
Danziger, Paula Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon Amber Brown and Justin Daniels are best friends. They've known each other for
practically forever, sit next to each other in class, help each other with homework, and
always stick up for each other. Justin never says things like, "Amber Brown is not a
crayon." Amber never says, "Justin Time." They're a great team--until disaster strikes.
Justin has to move away,
DiCamillo, Kate. Because of Winn Dixie. Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog Winn- Dixie.
DiTerlizzi, Tony. Spiderwick Chronicles: The Field Guide. (series) When the Grace children go to stay at their Great Aunt Lucinda's worn Victorian house, they discover a field guide to faeries and other creatures and begin to have some unusual experiences. The coauthor is Holly Black. Book #1.
Duffey, Betsy. How to Be Cool in Third Grade. When Robbie York is marked as a target by a bully at school, he decides that the only way to survive the third grade is by being cool.
Haseley, Dennis. A Story for Bear. A young bear who is fascinated by the mysterious marks he sees on paper finds a friend when a kind woman reads to him.
Hurwitz, Johanna. Class Clown. Lucas Cott, the most obstreperous boy in the third grade, finds it very hard to turn over a new leaf when he decides to become the perfect student.
Kline, Suzy. Herbie Jones. (series) Herbie is elated at being promoted from the lowest reading group in his third- grade class, but it means leaving his best friend behind.
MacLachlan, Patricia. Sarah, Plain, & Tall. (series) In this loving story of a motherless family, a tall, plain woman comes to stay with them.
McKenna, Colleen O'Shaughnessy. Good Grief, Third Grade. Marsha Cessano, Collette Murphy's neighbor, is determined to be good in third grade--no messy desk, no temper, no tricks--but Roger Friday is making it difficult.
Osborne, Mary Pope. Magic Tree House. (series) Join Jack and Annie as they travel through time in their magic tree house.
Park, Barbara. Junie B. Jones. (series) Read along and enjoy the many misadventures of Junie B. at school and home.
Rodowsky, Colby. Not my Dog. Eight-year-old Ellie has to give up her life-long dream of getting a puppy after her parents agree to take in the dog that Great-aunt Margaret can no longer keep.
Roy, Ron. The Absent Author. (series) Dink Duncan and his two friends investigate the apparent kidnapping of famous mystery author Wallis Wallace.
Rylant, Cynthia. Gooseberry Park. When a storm separates Stumpy the squirrel from her newborn babies, her animal friends come to the rescue.
Scieszka, Jon. The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales. Madcap revisions of familiar fairy tales, including 'Jack and the Bean Soup,' 'Goldilocks and the Three Elephants,' and 'Cinderumplestilskin.'
Smith, Lane. John, Paul, George, & Ben. A humorous look at some of our founding fathers.
Stilton, Geronimo. The Curse of the Cheese Pyramid. (series) Geronimo travels to Egypt to interview Professor Alraf Spitfur and learns the secret of the seven wonders of the of the anciet mouse world.
White, E.B. Stuart Little. The adventures of the debonair mouse Stuart Little as he sets out in the world to seek out his dearest friend, a little bird who stayed a few days in his family's garden.
Winthrop, Elizabeth. Castle in the Attic. William has a fantastic present in the attic that is able to transport him to another land and another time for a challenging and exciting adventure.
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