Recommended Titles for Students Entering Third Grade:

Remember students can choose a book from the list or any other book they would like to read. Don’t forget some
non-fiction, too! Happy reading!

Individual Book Titles
Max’s Words by Kate Banks
Ruby’s Wish by Shirin Bridges
One Green Apple by Eve Bunting
Where’s the Big Bad Wolf? By Eileen Christelow
Mercy Watson to the Rescue by Kate DiCamillo
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble
Babymouse by Jennifer Holm
The Ugly Duckling by Gloria Jean Pinkney
Clever Beatrice by Margaret Willey
Something Beautiful Sharon Dennis Wyeth
What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? By Steve Jenkins
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
Caleb’s Story by Patricia MacLachlan
Let’s Talk About Race by Julius Lester
Freckle Face
The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleishman
A Bad Case of Stripes
Kat Kong by Dav Pilkey
Dogzilla by Dav Pilkey
Noah’s Ark by Jerry Pinkney
Tico and the Golden Wings by Leo Lionni
I’m Allergic to School! by Robert Pottle
Fairytale News by Colin Hawkins
Henry’s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine
The Eyes of the Gray Wolf by Jonathan London

Series
Cam Jansen Series by David Adler
Ivy and Bean by Annie Barrows
Jigsaw Jones by James Preller
Geronimo Stilton by Geronimo
Stilton
Magic Treehouse by Mary Pope Osborne
A to Z Mysteries by Ron Roy
Chet Gecko by Bruce Hale
Pee Wee Scouts by Judy Delton
Disney Fairies by various authors
Flat Stanley’s Worldwide Adventures by Sara Pennypacker
My Weird School by Dan GUtman
Katie Kazoo by Nancy Krulik

Authors
Judy Blume
David Adler
Beverly Cleary
Ellen Conford
Debbie Dadey
Gail Gibbons
Patricia Reilly Giff
May Hoffman
Dan Gutman
Allen Say
Jon Scieszka
E. B. White
Mike Thaler
Laura Ingalls Wilder