Bayou View Elementary Summer Reading Suggestions
Students entering 3rd grade
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Title Author Level
Dinosaur Dinners Lee Davis 2.4 NF
Abuela Arthur Dorros 2.5
Arthur, The King Karen Wallace 2.5
**Days with Frog and Toad Arnold Lobel 2.5
** The Magic Treehouse: Dinosaurs Before Dark Mary Pope Osborne 2.6
The Giving Tree Shel Silverstein 2.6
Henry and Mudge: The First Book of Their Adventures Cynthia Rylant 2.7
The Tiny Seed Eric Carle 2.7
Shoeshine Girl Clyde R. Bulla 2.7
**The Magic School Bus Hops Home: A Book About Animal Habitats Joanna Cole 2.7 NF
Just a Few Words, Mr. Lincoln Jean Fritz 2.9 NF
Henry's Freedom Box Ellen Levine 3.0
The Lorax Dr. Seuss 3.1
The Treasure Uri Shulevitz 3.1
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World Marjorie Priceman 3.1 NF
**The Magic School Bus Wet All Over: A Book About the Water
Cycle Joanna Cole 3.1 NF
**The Magic Treehouse: Twister on Tuesday Mary Pope Osborne 3.2
**I Was a Third Grade Spy Mary Jane Auch 3.3
Balto, the Dog Who Saved Nome Margaret Davidson 3.3 NF
I Am Rosa Parks Rosa Parks with Jim Haskins 3.3 NF
**The Magic Treehouse: Earthquake in Early Morning Mary Pope Osborne 3.3
**The Magic Treehouse: Hour of the Olympics Mary Pope Osborne 3.3
**The Magic Treehouse: Polar Bears Past Bedtime Mary Pope Osborne 3.3
**Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday Judith Viorst 3.4
Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak 3.4
The Stories Julian Tells Ann Cameron 3.4
**Cam Jansen and the School Play Mystery David Adler 3.4
Marvin and the Meanest Girl Suzy Kline 3.4
How to Be Cool in the Third Grade Betsy Duffey 3.5
Is There Life in Outer Space? Franklyn M. Branley 3.5 NF
The Snow Walker Margaret K. Wetterer 3.5 NF
How to Eat Fried Worms Thomas Rockwell 3.5
Grandfather's Journey Allen Say 3.6
The Secret Garden Pauline Francis 3.6
The Emperor of Absurdia Chris Riddell 3.6
**The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth Joanna Cole 3.6 NF
The Stranger Chris Van Allsburg 3.7
Anber Brown is Not a Crayon Paula Danziger 3.7
Bayou View Elementary
Summer Reading Suggestions for Students entering 3rd grade
**I Was A Third Grade Science Project Mary Jane Auch 3.7
Winnie Dancing on Her Own Jennifer Jacobson 3.7
**The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System Joanna Cole 3.7 NF
**The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks Joanna Cole 3.7 NF
Sam Samuri Jon Scieszka 3.8
**The Magic Treehouse: A Perfect Time for Pandas Mary Pope Osborne 3.8
The Courage of Sarah Noble Alice Dalgliesh 3.9
The Kid Who Only Hit Homers Matt Christopher 3.9
My Great-Aunt Arizona Gloria Houston 4.0 NF
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears Verna Aardema 4.0
**Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective Donald J. Sobol 4.1
Throw Your Tooth on the Roof: Tooth Traditions Around the World Selby Beeler 4.2
The Lighthouse Family: The Storm Cynthia Rylant 4.4
Attention!
We ask that students not read the following titles this summer. These books
will be read, during the 3rd grade year, as class novel studies.
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
Tales from the Odyssey: Book 1 by Mary Pope Osborne
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White