Third Grade Reading List    
Title Author Type/Genre  
       
Mr. Popper's Penguins Richard Atwater Realistic Fiction
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Judy Blume Realistic Fiction
The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Lynne Cherry Informational Fiction
Amazon Rain Forest      
Beezus and Ramona (Series) Beverly Cleary Realistic/Humorous Fiction
The BFG Roald Dahl Fantasy  
Amber Brown is Not a Crayon(Series) Paula Danziger Realistic Fiction
Go Free or Die: A Story About Harriet Jeri Ferris Biography  
Tubman      
Insectlopedia: Poems and Paintings Douglas Florian Poetry  
Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors Dennis Fradin Non-Fiction  
Sarah, Plain and Tall Patricia MacLachlan Historical Fiction
Martha Speaks Susan Meddaugh Everybody/Fantasy
The Paper Bag Princess Robert Munsch Everybody/Fantasy
The Keeping Quilt Patricia Polacco Everybody/Multicultural
How to Eat Fried Worms Thomas Rockwell Humorous  
Sideways Stories from Wayside Louis Sachar Humorous  
School (Series)      
Knights of the Kitchen Table (Series) Jon Scieszka Adventure  
Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective Donald Sobol Mystery  
(Series)      
Jumanji Chris Van Allsburg Picture Book/Fantasy
Charlotte's Web E.B. White Fantasy  
       
Series Titles      
Any American Girl Series by various authors    
Any Boxcar Children Series by Gertrude Warner    
Any Horrible Harry Series by Suzy Kline      
Any Judy Moody Series by Megan McDonald    
Any Magic School Bus Series by Joanna Cole    
Any Magic Tree House Series by Mary Pope Osborne    
Any Pinky and Rex Series by James Howe      
Any Time Warp Series by Jon Scieszka