Warrior Run Elementary School Media
Center
Recommended Reading Books for
third grade.
Abbott, Tony“The Secrets of Droon” series- The Secrets of Droon
is an
ongoing epic saga for readers who enjoy exciting fantasy.
Eric, Julie, and Neal, a trio of best friends from our
world
stumble upon the magical world of
Droon, a realm
populated by
wizards and sorcerers and full of strange landscapes.
Adler, David“Cam Jansen” Mysteries
“A Picture Book About….”
Biography Series ( and others) Third graders
enjoy Adler’s many picture book biographies
and mysteries.
Auch, Mary JaneI Was a Third Grade Science Project, I Was a Third Grade
Spy, and I Was a Third Grade Bodyguard, Join Josh, Brian and
Arful(Brian’s dog) for some funny adventures.
AviPoppy, Poppy and Rye, Ragweed, Ereth’s Birthday,
and Poppy’s
Return,
Read about the exciting adventures of Poppy
and Rye
(deer mice) and their friends in Dimwood Forest.
Blume, Judy—
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Superfudge, Fudge-a-mania,
and
Double Fudge,
Fourth grader Peter hatcher has a terrible problem—his little brother,
Fudge!
Read these hilarious stories about the Hatcher family.
Bulla, Clyde – Chalk Bod Kid, Pocahontas And The Strangers,
Shoeshine Girl, Ghost Town Treasure, Squanto, Friend Of The
Pilgrims (and others).
Byars, Betsy – Beans On The Roof, Tornado, My Dog, My Hero
Cameron, Ann, “Julian Books
Caseley, Judith – Starring Dorothy Kane and others
Cleary, Beverly – “Ramona” Books (and others)
Christopher, Matt – Man Out At First, The Dog
That Stole Football
Plays, Centerfield Ball Hawk, Zero’s Slider (and
many others)
Cohen, Barbara – Molly’s Pilgrim, Make A Wish, Molly
Cole, Joanna – “Magic School Bus” Books
Conford, Ellen – “Jenny Archer” Books
Cox, Judy – Third Grade Pet – Fearing for the safety of the third
grade’s class pet, Cheese the rat, Rosemary takes him home in her
backpack and creates chaos in the household.
Dadey, Debbie – Leprechauns Don’t Play Basketball, Werewolves
Don’t Go To Summer Camp, “Bailey School Kids” Books
Dahl, Roald –James And The Giant Peach,
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,
The BFG, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Matilda (and others)
Delton, Judy – “Pee Wee Scouts” Books
Dillon, Barbara – The Teddy Bear Tree, The Good – Guy Cake
Duey, Kathleen –
“Unicorn’s Secret” Books – Legends say unicorns once
lived in Lord
Dunraven’s forests… Everyone knows the old stories. No
one believes
them, of course—who would? Heart knows the truth… and
the truth
is dangerous. Heart vows to protect the unicorns. She
knows she needs
help. She is searching desperately for her family, her
home. Her
journey is long and hard. She finds friends.. and
enemies along the
way. Will she ever find her own family? Will there ever
be a safe
place for her and the unicorns?
Duffey, BetsyA Boy In The Doghouse, How To Be Cool In The Third Grade,
The Gadget War, Lucky On The Loose, The Math Wiz,
Wild Things, Alien for Rent (and others)
Erickson, Russell – Toad For Tuesday, Warton And Morton
Gannett, Ruth – “The Dragons Of Blueland” series
George, Jean Craighead – There’s and Owl in the Shower
Giff, Patricia Reilly – Matthew Jackson Meets The Wall, “The
Kids of Polk Street School” Books (and others)
Haas, Jessie – Runaway Radish, Beware The Mare, A
Blue for Beware, and
Others
Honeycott, Natalie – The All New Jonah Twist, The Best Laid
Plans Of Honah Twist,
Juliet Fisher And The Foolproof Plan
Hurwitz, Johanna – Class Clown, Class President,
Adventures of Ali Baba Bernstein, “Aldo” Books, “
Russell” Books, “Nora” Books, and others
Impey, Rose – Desperate For A Dog, The No-Name Dog
Kay, Helen – The First Teddy Bear
King – Smith, Dick – Martin’s Mice,
The Invisible Dog,
Babe, the Gallant Pig, Lady Lollipop, Hogsel and
Gruntel
And Other Animal Stories, (an many others)
Kline, Suzy – “Herbie Jones” Books, “Horrible Harry” Books, “
Mary Maroney” Books
Landon, Lucinda – “Meg mackintosh” Mysteries
Lerengis, Peter –
“Abracadabra” series – Max and his friends in the
Abracadabra Club love magic.
Levy, Elizabeth – “Something Queer” Mystery Books, Rude Rowdy
Rumors: A Brian and Pea Brian Mystery
Lindgreen, Astrid – “ Pippi Lonstocking” Books
Lowry, Lois –
All About Sam, Attaboy Sam!, See You
Around, Sam!, and Zooman Sam
and others. Sam will make you laugh with his
funny adventures.
MacDonald, Betty – “Mrs. Piggle Wiggle” Books
McDonald, Megan – “Judy Moody” Books
MacLachlan, Patricia – Seven Kisses In a Row
Marshall, James – Rats On The Rood And Other Stories, Rats On
The Range And Other Stories
Marin, Ann M. – The Doll People, The Meanest Doll in the
World,
“Baby – Sitters Littlw Sister” Books and other.
Annabelle Doll has lived with her family in the same doll house for
over a hundred years. Though her little human girls grow up and have
their own children, one day is much like the other until the day she
discovers her missing Auntie Doll’s mysterious journal about the same
time a new doll family moves in. Will Annabelle Doll leave the safety
of her dollhouse to solve the forty-year-old mystery?
Marzollo, Jean – Pizza Pie Slugger, Red Ribbon Rosie, “I Spy”
Books (and others)
McClung, Robert – Major, The Story Of A Black Bear
McKenna, Colleen –
Good Grief, Third Grade, Third Grade Stinks, Third
Grade Ghouls,
Doggone – Third Grade, and others
Miller, Sarah – Three Stories You Can Read to Your Dog, Three
Stories You Can Read to Your Cat, and others.
Moore, Lilian – I’ll Meet You At The Cucembers
Moss, Marissa – Amelia’s Notebook, Amelia Writes Again, and
others.
Myers, Laurie – Earthquake in the Third Grade
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds –
One of the Third Grade Thonkers, Carlotta’s Kittens, The
healing of Texas Jake, The Grand Escape, Polo’s Mother, and
others’
Ashamed of his wimpy younger cousin, 8 year old Jimmy is determined
to keep him out of his special club for rough, tough, and terrible
boys.
Osborne, Mary Pope – “Spider Kane” Books,
“Magic Tree House” Books, “Magic Tree House
Companion” Books and others.
Park, Barbara – “Junie B. Jones” Books
Paulsen, Gary – “World of Adventure” Series
Pearson, Susan – “Eagle – Eye Ernie” Series
Pikey, Dav – “Captain Under pants” Books,
“Ricky Ricotta Giant Robot” Books
Porter, Connie – “ Addy” Books (The American Girl Collection)
Rodda, Emily –
Rowan of Rin Series, Dragons of Deltora
Series, Fairy Realm Series
Rodowsky, Colby F. –
Not My Dog:
Eight – year – old Ellie wants a puppy. So, she is
not happy when her parents tell her they are adopting a full – grown
dog belonging to a distant relative. But, gradualy the brown,
skinny – tailed dog with sticking – up ears wins her over.
Rogers, Jean – Raymond’s Best Summer
Roy, Ron –
“A to Z Mysteries” – Not only does Dink Duncan
like to read mystery books,
he also likes to solve crimes and capers in real life.
Along with his two best
friends, Josh and Ruth Rose, Dink unravels mysteries
in his hometown of
Green Lawn, Connecticut – and sometimes far away from
home, too, at
places like a dude ranch in Montana and a castle in
Maine. Follow the clues
along with Dink and his friends on each of their
adventures.
Russell, Ching Yeung – First Apple, Water Ghost
Sachar, Louis – “Marvin Redpost” Books, “Wayside School”
Books
Schwartz, Alvin – Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark, More
Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark, Scary Stories 3.
Scieszka, Jon –
The True Story Of The Three Little Pigs By A. Wolf, Math
Curse,
The Stinky Cheeseman and Other Fairly Stupid Tales.
“Time Warp Trio” Books, Squids Will Be Squids:
Fresh Morals for Beastly Fables, and Baloney, Henry P.
Each book in the Time Warp series places the characters in a
different time period, solving mysteries, battling bad guys and
just generally having hilarious, kooky adventures.
Seldon, George – “Chester Crickets” Books
Shaw, Janet – “Kristen” Books (The American Girls Collection)
Silverstein, Shel – A Light in the Attic, Where the Sidewalk
Ends
Slote, Alfred – My Robot Buddy, My Trip To Alpha I
Sobol, Donald J. – “Encylopedia Brown” Books
Stine, R. L. – “Goosebumps” Series
Tripp, Valerie – “ Molly” Books (American Girl Collection),
“Samantha” Books (American Girl Collection), “Felicity”
Books (American Girl Collection),
“Kit” Books (American Girl Collection)
VanAllsburg, Chris – Jumanji, Zathura,
The Garden of Abodul Gasazi,
The Widow’s Broom, Bad Day at Riverbend,
Two Bad Ants,(and others)
Warner, Gertrude – “The Boxcar Children” Mystery Series
West, Colin – Monty, The Dog Who Wears Glasses
Whelan, Gloria – Nest Spring An Oriole, Hannah, and others
White, E. B. – Charlotte’s Web, Stuart Little, Thr Trumpet Of
The Swan
Wilder, Laura – “Little House” Books
Winthrop, Elizabeth – Luke’s Bully
Wittman, Sally – Stepbrother Sabotage, Jessie’s Wish