Lynbrook School District
Fiction Titles Third Graders CAN’T WAIT to Read!
A-Z Mysteries and the Capital Mysteries – Ron Roy
These series feature smart kids who solve crimes and mysteries.
Emma Series - Sally Warner
The sometimes quiet, future nature scientist goes too far in trying to impress her
divorced parents and best-friends. However, Emma always comes out as the heroine.
Field Trip Mystery Series – Steve Brezenoff
Four fun kids find themselves in the middle of a mystery on every school field trip they
take! Clues are sprinkled throughout the story to help the reader solve the mystery!
Geronimo Stilton Series – Elisabetta Dami
Geronimo Stilton is a famous journalist who lives in New Mouse City , surrounded by his
family and many friends. The ace reporter and his friends find themselves getting
caught up in expeditions that take them all around the world.
Heidi Heckelbeck Series – Wanda Coven
Heidi Heckelbeck seems like any other eight-year-old, but she has a secret: She’s a
witch in disguise. Careful to keep her powers hidden (but excited to use them all the
same), Heidi’s learning to live like any other kid—who just happens to be witch.
Horrible Harry Series - Suzy Kline
Meet Doug, Horrible Harry’s best-friend. Doug tells readers all the stories of Harry’s
misadventures.
Judy Moody Series - Megan McDonald
The Judy Moody series follows the humorous adventures of a third-grader, Judy Moody.
A spin-off series follows her younger brother, nicknamed Stink.
Kickers – Rich Wallace
Nine-year-old Ben is brand-new to soccer, but he's a good athlete and knows he'll do
well on the Bobcats, his team in the local Kickers soccer league
The Milo and Jazz Mysteries – Lewis B. Montgomery
Got a mystery? Milo and Jazz are on the case! With the help of master detective Dash
Marlowe, the two friends are ready to solve any mystery that comes their way!
The Time warp Trio Series – Jon Scieszka
Whether the gang's traveling in time to fight off the Black Knight in the middle of
Camelot, practice magic tricks on Blackbeard and his pirates, stampede cattle in the Old
West, or run from a woolly mammoth, one thing is for sure: no one's ever bored when
the Time Warp Trio's around!
Weird School Daze and My Weirder School Series - Dan Gutman
Laugh at these silly series where the grown-ups are all weird at Ella Mentary School.
Meet A.J. and his arch-enemy Andrea.
Lynbrook School District
Informational Titles Third Graders CAN’T WAIT To Read!
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO READ BOOKS NOT RECOMMENDED ON THE LIST!
Your librarian will be happy to help you pick out other titles.
All Stations Distress!: April 15, 1912: The Day the Titanic Sank – Don
Brown
It took 4,000 men to build it, 23 tons of animal grease to slide it into the ocean,
100,000 people to wave bon voyage, but only one wrong move to tear the Titanic.
Around the House History Series – Patricia Lauber
Newbery Honor-wining author Patricia Lauber and artist John Manders team up to tackle
how everyday items came to be, in a hilarious, how-to way.
Bon Appetit!: The Delicious Life of Julia Child – Jessie Hartland
Follow Julia Child—chef, author, and television personality—from her childhood in
Pasadena, California, to her life as a spy in WWII, to the funny moments of being a chef
on T.V. This is an enchanting picture book biography jam-packed with lively, humorous,
and child-friendly details.
Face to Face With Animals Series – National Geographic
Let the experts at National Geographic take you out of the library, out of the zoo, and
into the wild! Go behind the scenes with the people who research and photograph wild
animals.
Modern Olympics Series – Haydn Middleton
Get in training for the Olympics with this series that tells the story of the Olympics from
the earliest times to the present day. Each title looks at a different aspect of the
Olympics and their great feats and scandals.
On This Spot: An Expedition Back Through Time - Susan E. Goodman
See buildings soar and traffic zoom, now turn the page and time-travel back 175 years,
where on the same spot carriages bumped and pigs raced across cobblestones. Turn
again and go back 400 years to when a Lenape Indian trail crossed the spot!
The Unforgettable Season: The Story of Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, and
the Record-Setting Summer of ’41 – Phil Bildner
In a conversational narrative, Bildner dives into the baseball season of 1941, alternating
between Yankee slugger Joe DiMaggio, who had a 56-game hitting streak, and Red Sox
star Ted Williams, who ended the season with a batting average of .406.
When Bugs Were Big, Plants Were Strange, and Tetrapods Stalked the
Earth – Hannah Bonner
A prehistoric cartoon of life before dinosaurs, this book uses humor, fun illustrations, and
interesting details. Among other great illustrations, it includes a colorful and winding
timeline of life on earth.