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Super Books for Students Entering
3rd grade
Many reading levels can be found among students in the same grade. This list includes suggested authors and titles to assist
parents in choosing books that reflect their child’s reading level, interests, and family values.
Book lists with current popular titles are also widely available on the Internet. Check these sites for ideas that may
interest your student:
http://www.reading.org/resources/booklists/childrenschoices.aspx Children’s Choice Awards
http://www.haisln.org/recommendedreadinglists.html Houston Area Independent Schools Library Network
http://txla.org/TBA Texas Library Association Bluebonnet Reading Lists for grades 3-6
http://www.dallasisd.org/Page/19288
Dallas ISD - Readers are Leaders Luminarias list PK-3rd grade, Bilingual and
Spanish. The books of many authors listed below are also found in Spanish.
Picture Books and Early Readers
Allard, Harry
Anno, Mitsumasa
Arnold, Tedd
Blake, Robert J.
Blume, Judy
Buller, Jon
Bunting, Eve
Cherry, Lynne
dePaola, Tomie
DiCamillo, Kate
Fleming, Candace
Miss Nelson is Missing (and other “Miss Nelson” titles)
Anno’s Mysterious Multiplying Jar
Parts; Fly Guy (and other titles )
Togo
The One in the Middle is a Green Kangaroo and The Pain and the Great One
20,000 Baseball Cards Under the Sea
Fly Away Home (and other titles )
The Great Kapok Tree
Strega Nona (and other titles)
Mercy Watson (and other titles)
Imogene’s Last Stand
Kellogg, Steven
Noble, Trinka Hakes
Palatino, Margie
Pilkey, Dav
Polacco, Patricia
Pulver, Robin
Ryan, Pam Munoz
Say, Allen
Scieszka, Jon
Smith, Lane
Thaler, Mike
Van Allsburg, Chris
Wiesner, David
Willems, Mo
Any titles by this author
The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash
Bad Boys and Moosestache
Dog Breath and The Hallo-Wiener
Chicken Sunday (and other titles by this author)
Punctuation Takes a Vacation
When Marian Sang
Grandfather’s Journey (and other titles )
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs (and other titles )
John, Paul, George, and Ben
The Gym Teacher from the Black Lagoon (and other “Black Lagoon” titles)
Jumanji (and other titles )
Tuesday (and other titles)
Pigeon books
Series
Adler, David
Birney, Betty
Brown, Marc or Stephen
Krensky
Danziger, Paula
Cam Jansen Mysteries
Humphrey
Arthur chapter books
Amber Brown
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Greenburg, Dan
Gutman, Dan
Holm, Jennifer
Klein, Abby
Kline, Suzy
Krosoczka, Jarrett
Maddox, Jake
McDonald, Megan
McMullan, Kate
Meadows, Daisy
Mills, Claudia
Osborne, Mary Pope
Peters, Stephanie
Rodda, Emily
Roy, Rob
Sachar, Louis
Scieszka, Jon
Sobol, Donald
Stilton, Geronimo
Various Authors
Warner, Sally
The Zack Files
My Weirder School
Babymouse (and other titles)
Ready Freddy
Horrible Harry
Platypus Police Squad
Sports series
Judy Moody and Stink
Dragon Slayers’ Academy
Rainbow Magic Fairies
Franklin School Friends
The Magic Treehouse
Soccer Cats
Fairy Realm
A to Z Mysteries
Marvin Redpost
Time Warp Trio
Encyclopedia Brown
Geronimo Stilton
American Girls
Ellray Jakes
Novels
Atwater, Rick
Birdsall, Jeanne
Blume, Judy
Byars, Betsy
Cleary, Beverly
Clements, Andrew
Dahl, Roald
DiCamillo, Kate
Howe, James
Lowry,Lois
MacDonald, Betty
Nolan, Lucy
Pennypacker, Sara
Mr. Popper’s Penguins
The Penderwicks (and other titles by this author)
Freckle Juice
Tornado
Ramona the Pest (and other titles by this author)
Frindle (and other titles by this author)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (and other titles by this author)
Because of Winn-Dixie, Flora & Ulysses, The Tale of Despereaux
Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery (and other titles by this author)
Gooney Bird Greene (and other books in the collection)
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle (and other “Mrs. Piggle Wiggle” titles)
Down Girl and Sit: Smarter Than Squirrels
Clementine
Nonfiction
Barretta, Gene
Cole, Joanna
Cole, Joanna
George, Jean Craighead
Leedy, Loreen
Raven, Margo Theis
Schwartz, David
Simon, Seymour
St. George, Judith
Now and Ben
Ms. Frizzle’s Adventures (series)
The Magic School Bus adventures
How to Talk to Your Dog
There’s a Frog in my Throat!
Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot
How Much is a Million? (and other books by this author)
Earthquakes (and other titles by this author)
So You Want to Be President?
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Various Authors
“You Wouldn’t Want to Be…” series
Poetry
Clements, Andrew
Dakos, Kalli
Florian, Douglas
George, Kristine O’Connell
Gottfried, Maya
Hoberman, Mary Ann
Janeczko, Paul
Katz, Alan
Kirk, Daniel
Prelustky, Jack
Rex, Adam
Shields, Carol Diggory
Sierra, Judy
Silverstein, Shel
Stevenson, James
Whitehead, Jenny
Dogku
If You’re Not here Please Raise Your Hand (and other titles)
How to Draw a Dragon (and others by this poet)
Toasting Marshmallows: Camping Poems
Good Dog
You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You (and other books by this author)
A Kick in the Head
Take Me Out of the Bathtub
Dogs Rule!
Any by this author (the U.S.A.’s 1st Children’s Poet Laureate)
Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich
Almost Late to School
Antarctic Antics
A Light in the Attic and Where the Sidewalk Ends
Candy Corn and Corn Chowder
Lunch Box Mail
Below are topics to be explored in 3rd Grade science or social studies. Your child might enjoy building
background knowledge during the summer to enhance fall learning.
Entering third grade:
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Matter, Energy, Force
Plano History, community heroes
The water cycle and the Sun
Sun, Earth, Moon, Solar System
Weather, Hurricanes
Volcanoes & Earthquakes
Weathering and decomposition
Life cycles
Health, environment
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