SUMMER READING
All students entering grade 3 in September 2012, are required to read or be
read aloud at least 4 of the following books. (At least 1 chapter book)
Complete an activity for each book.
Book Title
Chapter Books:
Author
Any title from:
Nate the Great
(transitional)
Magic School Bus (chapter books advanced)
Amelia Bedelia (transitional)
Mr. Putter and Tabby (transitional)
Henry and Mudge
(transitional)
Amber Brown books (transitional)
The Littles (chapter books advanced)
Jigsaw Jones books (beginning chapter)
Junie B. Jones books (beginning chapter)
Magic Treehouse books (beginning chapter)
A to Z Mysteries (beginning chapter)
Bunnicula (Level 3 ready to read)
Young Cam Jansen (transitional)
Horrible Harry (beginning chapter)
Flat Stanley Books (beginning chapter)
Freckle Juice (beginning chapter)
Ready Freddy
Picture Books:
Arthur Books
There’s No Such Thing as a Dragon
Third Grade Is Terrible
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
The Quilt Story
Stellaluna
Magic Fish
The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash
A Chair for My Mother
Doctor De Soto
Farmer Duck
George and Martha
Rumplestiltskin
Stone Soup
The Story of Ferdinand
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
There’s a Nightmare in My Closet
M. Sharmat
Joanna Cole
Peggy Parish
Cynthia Rylant
Cynthia Rylant
Paula Danzinger
John Peterson
James Preller
Barbara Parks
Mary Pope Osborne
Ron Roy
James Howe
David Adler
Suzy Kline
Jeff Brown
Judy Blume
Abby Klein
Marc Brown
Jack Kent
Judy Blume
Jon Scieszka
Tony Johnston
Janell Cannon
Freya Littledale
Trinka H. Noble
Vera B. Williams
William Steig
Martin Waddell
James Marshall
Paul O. Zelinsky
Marcia Brown
Munro Leaf
William Steig
Mercer Mayer
2nd to 3rd February 13, 2016
Officer Buckle and Gloria
Peggy Rathman
Grade 3 in September 2012 (con’t)
The Salamander Room
Whistle for Willie
Smoky Night
Wolf Pup
The Stars in My Geddoh’s Sky
Diary of a Worm
Hannah Mae. O’ Hannigan’s Wild West Show
Rotten Teeth
Nora the Nonapus
A Fly Went By
Black Lagoon Series
Berenstein Bears Series
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Robert Munch Books
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters
Amazing Grace
Nonfiction:
Ann Mazer
Ezra Jack Keats
Eve Bunting
Jean Craighead George
Claire Sidhom Matze
Doreen Cronin
Lisa Campbell Ernst
Laura Simms
Mike McClintock
Mike Thaler
Judi Barrett
John Steptoe
Mary Hoffman
So You Want To Be President
David Small
What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?
Steve Jenkens & Robin Page
Did Dinosaurs Have Feathers
Kathleen WeidnerZoehfeld
Egg to Chick
Selsam
How Kittens Grow
Selsam
Wolves
Andrews
Insectlopedia
Douglas Florian
From Rocks to Sand
Wright Group
From the Earth
Discovery Links
Owl Babies
Martin Waddell
Let’s Read and Find Out Science Series - Stage 2
Bats
Gail Gibbons
Chickens Aren’t The Only Ones
Ruth Heller
First Discovery Books
(from Scholastic)
Martins’s Big Words
Doreen Rappaport
An Interview with Harry the Tarantula
Leigh Tyson
Young American Biographies
Poetry
It’s Raining Pigs and Noodles
Jack Prelutsky & James Stevenson
Honey, I Love
Eloise Greenfield
Scranimals *
Jack Prelutsky
2nd to 3rd February 13, 2016
The books on the list above are recommended by your teachers, but other
2nd to 3rd February 13, 2016
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