Third Grade Reading Lists
compiled by K. White, JCDS Librarian

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From Fairfax County Library, Virginia

• Bruce Coville The Mischief Monster

• Roald Dahl James and the Giant Peach

• Kate DiCamillo Mercy Watson: Princess in Disguise

• Frances O’Roark Dowell Phineas MacGuire Erupts! The First Experiment

• John R. Erickson The Case of the Booby-Trapped Pickup

• Sally Grindley Dear Max

• Bruce Hale Hiss me Deadly

• Isabella Hatkoff Owen & Mzee

• Alan Katz Are you Quite Polite? Silly Dilly Manners Song

• Astrid Lindgren Pippi Longstocking

• Amanda Lumry Polar Bear Puzzle

• Patricia MacLachlan Edward’s Eyes

• Sheila P. Moses Sallie Gal and the Wall-A-kee Man

• Martine Murray Henrietta’s There’s No One Better

• Kevin O’Malley Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude

• John T. Petty Clemency Pogue: Fairy Killler

• Gertrude Chandler Walker The Mystery of the Runaway Ghost

COMPILED BY YOUTH SERVICES DEPARTMENT, SPRINGFIELD CITY LIBRARY

AMBER BROWN IS NOT A CRAYON BY PAULA DANZIGER
The year she is in the third grade is a sad time for Amber because her best friend Justin is getting ready to move to a distant state.

BE A PERFECT PERSON IN JUST THREE DAYS BY STEPHEN MANES
Milo, tired of problems with his sister, parents and classmates, finds a book in the library which promises to make him perfect in just three days.

BUNNICULA: A RABBIT TALE OF MYSTERY BY DEBORAH AND JAMES HOWE
Though scoffed at by Harold the dog, Chester the cat tries to warn his human family that their foundling baby bunny must be a vampire.

CLASS CLOWN BY JOHANNA HURWITZ
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.

FANTASTIC MR. FOX BY ROALD DAHL
Three farmers, each one meaner than the other, try all-out-warfare to get rid of a fox and his family.

FLAT STANLEY BY JEFF BROWN
After a bulletin board falls on Stanley while he's sleeping, he finds that being flat has its advantages.

FRINDLE BY ANDREW CLEMENTS
When he decides to turn his fifth grade teacher's love of the dictionary around on her, clever Nick Allen invents a new word and begins a chain of events that quickly moves beyond his control.

HELP! I'M A PRISONER IN THE LIBRARY! BY ETH CLIFFORD
Two girls spend an adventurous night trapped inside the public library during a terrible blizzard.

THE HUNDRED DRESSES BY ELEANOR ESTES
In winning a medal she is no longer there to receive, a tight-lipped little Polish girl teaches her classmates a lesson.

MY FATHER'S DRAGON BY RUTH CHRISMAN GANNETT
A young boy determined to rescue a poor baby dragon who is being used by a group of lazy wild animals to ferry them across the river on Wild Island.

RAMONA THE PEST BY BEVERLY CLEARY
Ramona meets lots of interesting people in kindergarten class, like Davy whom she keeps trying to kiss and Susan whose springy curls seem to ask to be pulled.

SLEEPING UGLY BY JANE YOLEN
When beautiful Princess Miserella, Plain Jane and a fairy fall under a sleeping spell, a prince undoes the spell in a surprising way.

STONE FOX BY JOHN REYNOLDS GARDINER
Little Willie hopes to pay the back taxes on his grandfather's farm with the purse from a dog sled race he enters.

THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX BY KATE DICAMILLO
Award winning story about a mouse, Despereaux Tilling, whose talents and perseverance take him through life's adventures.

TALES OF A FOURTH GRADE NOTHING BY JUDY BLUME
Peter finds his demanding two-year-old brother an ever-increasing problem.

TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES RETOLD BY RUTH SANDERSON
A tale of twelve princesses who dance secretly all night long and how their secret is eventually discovered.

Series Books

A TO Z MYSTERIES SERIES BY RON ROY
Join Dink and his friends Josh and Ruth Rose on their adventures, as they try to solve their neighborhood mysteries. The series begins with The Absent Author.

SECRETS OF DROON SERIES BY TONY ABBOTT
A trio of friends, Eric, Julie and Neal stumble upon the magical world of Droon. The series begins with The Hidden Stairs and the Magic Carpet.

A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS SERIES BY LEMONY SNICKET
After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get their fortune. The series begins with A Bad Beginning.

MAGIC TREE HOUSE SERIES BY MARY POPE OSBORNE
Travel through time and around the world with Jack and Annie. The series begins with Dinosaurs Before Dark.

SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES SERIES BY TONY DITERLIZZI AND HOLLY BLACK.
The three Grace children find adventure in a world inhabited by fairies and other creatures, making for some unique experiences. The series begins with Book One, The Field Guide.

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