Recommended Reading for
Third Grade
Aardema Why Mosquitoes
Buzz in People’s Ears
Aesop All Titles
Alta,
Harry Miss Nelson is Missing
Anderson,
Hans Christian Thumbelina (Jeffers, Susan), Ugly Duckling
Anno,
Mitsumasa The King’s
Flower
Balian,
Lorna Humbug
Rabbit
Bang,
Molly Tye May
and the Magic Brush
Bess,
Clayton The Truth
about the Moon
Blume
Judy Superfudge
Bond,
Michael A Bear Called
Paddington
Briggs,
Raymond Jim and the
Beanstalk
Brown,
Marc Arthur Goes
to Camp
Brown,
Marcia Stone Soup
Brunhoff,
Jean de Story of Babar
Bunting,
Eve Magic and the
Night River
Caines,
Jeannette Just Us Women
Calhoun,
Mary The Night the
Monster Came
Cameron,
Ann Stories Julian
Tells
Cendrars,
Blaise Shadow
Cleary,
Beverly Ramona the
Pest
Clifton,
Lucille My Friend
Jacob
Cohen,
Barbara The Carp in
the Bathtub
Cole,
Brock The
Winter Wren
Cone,
Molly Mishmash
Conford,
Ellen Impossible
Possum
Coombs,
Patricia Dorrie and the
Blue Witch (others)
Cooney,
Barbara Miss Rumphius
Crompton,
Anne Winter Wife
Dalgleish Courage of Sarah
Nobel
De
Paola, Tomie Strega
Nona
Dionetti,
Michelle Thalia Brown and
the Blue Bug
Erickson,
Russell A Toad for
Tuesday (others)
Fleischman,
Sid Me and the Man on
the Moon-eyed Horse
Flora,
James The Great
Green Turkey Creek Monster
Galdone,
Paul Tailypo
Garfield,
Leon Fair’s Fair
Goble,
Paul The Girl
Who Loved Wild Horses
Grimm,
Jacob All Titles
Haseley,
Dennis The Old Banjo
Hodges,
Margaret St. George and
the Dragon
Hurwitz,
Johanna Busybody Nora
Hutchins,
Pat One-eyed Jake
Isadora,
Rachel Ben’s Trumpet
Jukes,
Mavis Like Jake
and Me
Kuskin,
Karla The
Philharmonic Gets Dressed
Lester,
Julius Knee-high
Man
Lindgren,
Astrid Christmas in
the Stable
Lobel,
Arnold Fables
McDermott,
Gerald Arrow to the Sun
McKissack Flossie and the
Fox
Miles,
Mishka Annie and
the Old One
Mosel,
Arlene The Funny
Little Woman
Ormondroyd,
Edward Broderick
Perrault Sleeping
Beauty
Provensen,
Alice The Glorious Flight
Say,
Allen Bicycle
Man
Silverstein,
Shel Giraffe and a
Half
Slote,
Alfred My Robot
Buddy
Small,
Dave Eulalie
and the Hopping Head
Steig,
William Dr. DeSoto
Steptoe,
John The Story of
the Jumping Mouse
Turkle,
Brinton Do Not Open
Uchida,
Yoshiko The Rooster Who Understood Japanese
Van
Allsburg, Chris Wreck of the
Zephyr
Wilder,
Laura Ingalls Little House in
the Big Woods
Williams,
Jay A Chair for
Mother
Wolkstein,
Diana The Banza
Zemach,
Harve Duffy and the
Devil
Zhitkov,
Boris How I Hunted
the Little Fellows