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Third Grade Reading Suggestions
The following are suggestions for third grade reading level. Clicking on a book title will take you to the library catalog, where you can request the book or learn more information about it. Want even more reading suggestions? Ask a librarian.
| Location | Title / Author | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|
| J / Bar | Ivy and Bean Barrows, Annie | When seven-year-old Bean plays a mean trick on her sister, she finds unexpected support for her antics from Ivy, the new neighbor, who is less boring than Bean first suspected. (series) |
| J / Cle | Muggie Maggie Cleary, Beverly | Third-grader Maggie decides that learning to write is not necessary for a girl who can use the computer. |
| J / Dan | I, Amber Brown Danziger, Paula | Because her divorced parents share joint custody of her, nine-year-old Amber suffers from lack of self-esteem and feels that she is a piece of jointly-owned property. (series) |
| J & Pbk / Dow | Phineas L. MacGuire Erupts! Dowell, Frances O'Roark | Phineas MacGuire is forced to team up with the new boy in class on a science fair project, but the boy's quirky personality causes Phineas to wonder if they have any chance of winning. (series) |
| J & Pbk / Eva | The Elevator Family Evans, Douglas | The four members of the Wilson family decide to spend their holiday in one of the elevators at the San Francisco Hotel. |
| J / Gar | Stone Fox Gardiner, John Reynolds | Little Willie hopes to pay the back taxes on his grandfather's farm with the purse from a dog sled race he enters. |
| J / Had | The Girl with 500 Middle Names Haddix, Margaret Peterson | Janie's parents move to the suburbs so she can go to a better school, but when she discovers that all the other students are richer than she is, she feels out of place--until she realizes that there are more important things than money. |
| J & Pbk / How | Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery Howe, James | Though scoffed at by Harold the dog, Chester the cat tries to warn his human family that their foundling baby bunny must be a vampire. (series) |
| J / Kol | The Dragonling Koller, Jackie French | Finding a baby dragon accidentally left alive after his older brother's dragonquest, Darek risks death and the anger of his people in trying to return it to the Valley of the Dragons. (series) |
| J / Kor | Nose Pickers from Outer Space Korman, Gordon | Fourth-grader Devin is disappointed in the nerdy exchange student who comes to live with his family, until he realizes that Stan is not from Chicago but from outer space. |
| J / Loo | Ruby Lu, Brave and True Look, Lenore | "Almost-eight-year-old" Ruby Lu spends time with her baby brother, goes to Chinese school, performs magic tricks and learns to drive, and has adventures with both old and new friends. |
| J & Pbk / Lov | Betsy-Tacy Lovelace, Maud Hart | A new girl named Tacy moves into the house across the street from Betsy and they become such good friends that everybody thinks of them as one person-- Betsy-Tacy. (series) |
| J / Mcd | Judy Moody McDonald, Megan | Third grader Judy Moody is in a first day of school bad mood until she gets an assignment to create a collage all about herself and begins creating her masterpiece, the Me collage. |
| J & Pbk / McL | Sarah Plain and Tall MacLachalan, Patricia | Two children wait on the prairie for the arrival of their new stepmother, who has answered their father's ad for a wife. |
| J / Nap | Sly the Sleuth and the Pet Mysteries Napoli, Donna Jo | Sly the Sleuth, also known as Sylvia, solves three mysteries for her friends and neighbors, all involving pets, through her detective agency, Sleuth for Hire. (series) |
| J / Nay | Roxie and the Hooligans Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds | Roxie Warbler, the niece of a famous explorer, follows Uncle Dangerfoot's advice on how to survive any crisis when she becomes stranded on an island with a gang of school bullies and a pair of murderous bank robbers. |
| J / Pen | Clementine Pennypacker, Sara | While sorting through difficulties in her friendship with her neighbor Margaret, eight-year-old Clementine gains several unique hairstyles while also helping her father in his efforts to banish pigeons from the front of their apartment building. (series) |
| J / Pro | When Guinea Pigs Fly Proimos, James | Three guinea pigs lost in a big city try to make their way back home to the pet store, with help from some very unlikely characters. |
| J / Sci | Knights of the Kitchen Table Scieszka, Jon | Joe receives a magic book for his birthday present from his uncle. Joe, Fred and Sam are transported to a time when evil knights, fire-breathing dragons and vile-smelling giants roamed the land. |
| J Pbk / Sob | Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective Sobol, Donald J. | Fifth-grader "Encyclopedia" Leroy Brown solves ten mysteries and, by putting the solutions at the back of the book, challenges the reader to do the same. (series) |
| J / Van | Secret Identity Van Draanen, Wendelin | Fifth-grader Nolan Byrd, tired of being called names by the class bully, has a secret identity--Shredderman! (series) |
