School Reading List 2009

Grade 3

FICTION

Abbott, Tony

Secrets of Droon series

Arenstam, Peter

Nicholas: A Massachusetts Tale

Birney, Betty G.

Humphrey series

Coville, Bruce

The Dragon of Doom

DaCosta, Jennifer

Snow in Jerusalem

Davies, Jacqueline

The Lemonade War

Friedman, Laurie

Mallory series

Grindley, Sally

Dear Max series

Harper, Charise

Just Grace Series

Hesse, Karen

Just Juice

Hoffman, Mary

Bravo, Grace!

Holm, Jennifer

Babymouse series

Holt, Kimberly Willis

Piper Reed series

Howe, James

Bunnicula series

Kraft, Erik

Lenny and Mel’s Summer Vacation

La Fevers, Robin

Lowthar’s Blade trilogy

Levine, Ellen

Henry’s Freedom Box

Lies, Brian

Bats at the Beach

Look, Lenore

Alvin Ho

Marsden, Carolyn

The Jade Dragon

McKissack, Patricia

Home-Run King

O’Malley, Kevin

Gimme Cracked Corn & I Will Share

Pennypacker, Sara

Clementine’s Letter

Preller, James

Jigsaw Jones series

Rodda, Emily

Fairy Realm series

Salisbury, Graham

Calvin Coconut

Scieszka, Jon

Time Warp Trio series

Seuling, Barbara

Robert series

Warner, Sally

Emma series

Whybrow, Ian

Little Wolf series


FOLKTALES

Bruchac, James & Joseph

The Girl Who Helped Thunder

Deedy, Carmen Agra

Martina The Beautiful Cockroach

Fleischman, Paul

Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal

Kellogg, Steven

Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett

Kimmel, Eric

Gershon’s Monster

Krensky, Stephen

Any Tall Tale

Lester, Julius

John Henry

Lorbiecki, Marybeth

Paul Bunyan’s Sweetheart

Martin, Rafe

The Shark God

Myers, Tim

Basho and the River Stones

Mora, Pat

Dona Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant


CLASSICS

Burnett, Frances H.

The Secret Garden

Dahl, Roald

James and the Giant Peach

Eager, Edward

Half Magic

Grahame, Kenneth

The Wind in the Willows

Hest, Amy

When Jessie Came Across the Sea

King-Smith, Dick

Babe: The Gallant Pig

Lindgren, Astrid

Pippi Longstocking

MacLachlan, Patricia

Sarah, Plain and Tall

Martin, Jacqueline Briggs

Snowflake Bentley

McCloskey, Robert

Homer Price

McCully, Emily Arnold

Mirette on the High Wire

Montgomery, L.M.

Anne of Green Gables

Robertson, Keith

Henry Reed series

Taylor, Sidney

All of a Kind Family series

Wilder, Laura Ingalls

Little House on the Prairie series


NONFICTION

Backer, Miles

Travels with Charlie series

Bishop, Nic

Nic Bishop Spiders

Facklam, Margery

Lizards: Weird and Wonderful

Floca, Brian

Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11

Gibbons, Gail

Ice Cream: The Full Scoop

 

Galaxies, Galaxies!

Goodman, Susan

All in Just One Cookie

Kennedy, Edward

My Senator and Me: A Dog’s Eye View
of Washington DC

Leedy, Loreen

Look at My Book: How Kids Can Write and Illustrate Terrific Books

Markle, Sandra

Animal Heroes: True Rescue Stories

Melcher, Gary

Audubon Society First Field Guide: Night Sky

Nagda, Ann Whitehead

Cheetah Math: Learning About Division from Baby Cheetahs

Raczka, Bob

3-D ABC: A Sculptural Alphabet

Seuling, Barbara

Flick a Switch

Simon, Seymour

Our Solar System

Smith, Lane

John, Paul, George and Ben

Stemple, Heidi

One if by Land: A Massachusetts Number Book

Street, Michael

Lucky 13: Solitaire Games for Kids

Strother, Scott

Adventurous Book of Outdoor Games

Suen, Anastasia

Wired

Taylor, Joanne

Full Moon Rising

Tomecek, Steve

Moon

Wick, Walter

Can You See What I See?: Once Upon a Time

Willette, Andy

Swimming for Fun

Yorinks, Adrienne

Quilt of States


POETRY

Adoff, Arnold

Street Music: City Poems

Ashman, Linda

The Essential Worldwide Monster Guide

Bing, Christopher

Casey at the Bat

Florian, Douglas

Comets, Stars, the Moon & Mars

Franco, Betsy

Mathematickles

George, Kristine O.

Toasting Marshmallows

Gollub, Matthew

Cool Melons Turn to Frogs!

Hopkins, Lee Bennett

Blast Off: Poems About Space

Hopkins, Lee Bennett

Got Geography!

Janeczko, Paul

Wing Nuts: Screwy Haiku

Lewis, J. Patrick

Please Bury Me in the Library

Park, Linda Sue

Tap Dancing on the Roof

Pollock, Penny

When the Moon Is Full

Prelutsky, Jack

Good Sports

Shields, Carol D.

Almost Late to School

Singer, Marilyn

Fireflies at Midnight

Stevenson, James

Just Around the Corner

Weatherford, Carole B.

Sidewalk Chalk: Poems of the City

Yolen, Jane

Shape Me A Rhyme: Nature’s Forms in Poetry


BIOGRAPHY

 

Adler, David

 

Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man

Christensen, Bonnie

The Daring Nellie Bly

Cline-Ransome, Lesa

Young Pele: Soccer’s First Star

Davies, Jacqueline

The Boy Who Drew Birds (Audubon)

Dooling, Michael

Young Thomas Edison

Grimes, Nikki

Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope

Kerley, Barbara

What About Alice? (Alice Roosevelt)

Krull, Kathleen

Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez

Lasky, Kathryn

Vision of Beauty (Sarah Breedlove Walker)

Ransom, Candice

Clara Barton

Schanzer, Roz

How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning

Schroeder, Alan

Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman

Winter, Jonah

You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?!

Yolen, Jane

The Perfect Wizard: Hans Christian Andersen