THIRD GRADE

Very Easy

Aruego, Jose and Ariane Dewey Greenwillow Rockabye, Crocodile
Brucha, Joseph The First Strawberries: A Cherokee Story
Henkes, Keven Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse
Isaacs, Anne Swamp Angel
Patrick, Dennis Lewis Car Washing Street
Rathmann, Peggy Officer Buckle and Gloria
Rylant, Cynthia The Old Woman Who Named Things
Say, Allen Grandfather’s Journey
Stewart, Sarah The Gardener
Woodson, Jacqueline We Had a Picnic This Sunday Past

Easy

Brown, Marcia Stone Soup
Bursik, Rose Amelia’s Fantastic Flight
Christelow, Eileen The Great Pig Escape
Cowen-Fletcher, Jane It Takes a Village
DePaola, Tomie The Popcorn Book
Mitchell, Barbara Down Buttermilk Lane
Moss, Marissa Mel’s Diner
Rylant, Cynthia Mr. Putter and Tabby Bake the Cake
Teague, Mark Pigsty
Viorst, Judith Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Viorst, Judith Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday

Average

Alberts, Nancy Second Grade Star
Baylor, Byrd Amigo
Betancourt, Jeanne Pony Pals (series)
Clymer, Susan Llama Pajamas
Creech, Sharon Pleasing the Ghost
Crowder, Jack Tonibah and the Rainbow
Dahl, Roald The Magic Finger
Dahl, Roald The BFG
Dahl, Roald George’s Marvelous Medicine
Dahl, Roald The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me
Dahl, Roald The Twits
Danzinger, Paula Amber Brown is Feeling Fine (series)
Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Howard Aunt Flossie’s Hats (and Crab Cakes Later)
Hearne, Betsy Seven Brave Women
Huck, Charlotte Princess Furball
Hurwitz, Johanna Starting School
Hurwitz, Johanna School’s Out
Kline, Suzy Marvin and the Mean Words
Leedy, Loreen The Edible Pyramid: Good Eating Every Day
Levine, Arthur Earl Moscowitz’s Last Stand
Literacy 2000 Glumly
Literacy 2000 Rupert and the Griffin
Manushkin, Fran Latkes and Applesauce
McGinley, Phyllis Most Wonderful Doll in the World
Park, Barbara Junie B. Jones Loves Handsome Warren
Pinckney, Andrea Davis Solo Girl
Polacco, Patricia Mrs. Katz and Tush
Rattigan, Jama Kim Dumpling Soup
Rielly Giff, Patricia Shark in School
Ringgold, Faith Tar Beach
Schiefman, Vicky Sunday Potatoes, Monday Potatoes
Scieszka, Jon The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Scieszka, Jon The Frog Prince, Continued
Soto, Gary The Skirt
Tompert, Ann Bamboo Hats and a Rice Cake

Challenging

Furford, Betty Chocolate by Hershey
King-Smith, Dick Pigs Might Fly
Regguinti, Gordon The Sacred Harvest: Ojibway Wild Rice Gathering

Humor

Blume, Judy Freckle Juice
Byars, Betty The Eighteenth Emergency
Carrick, Malcolm The Wise Men of Gotham
Fox, Paula Maurice’s Room
Gardiner, John R. Top Secret
Giff, Patricia The Winter Worm Business
Hall, Lynn Zelda Strikes Again
Heide, Florence The Shrinking of Treehorn
Lindgren, Astrid Pippi in the South Seas (series)
MacDonald, Betty Mrs. Piggle-wiggle (series)
Prelutsky, Jack Rolling Harvey Down the Hill
Richler, Mordecai Jacob Two-Two and the Dinosaurs (series)
Sachar, Louis Sideways Stories from Wayside School
Steig, William Dr. Desoto
Van Leeuwen, Jean The Great Cheese Conspiracy
Wallace, Barbara Hawkins

Mystery

Adler, David Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Babe Ruth Baseball (series)
Bellairs, John The House with the Clock in Its Walls (series)
Brooks, Walter Freddy the Detective (series)
Clifford, Eth Flatfoot Fox and the Case of the Missing Schoolhouse
Conford, Ellen The Case of Jenny Archer (series)
DuBois, william The Alligator Case
Levy, Elizabeth Dracula Is a Pain in the Neck
Godden, Rumer The Rocking Horse Secret
Hall, Lynn The Mystery of the Schoolhouse Dog
Konigsburg, EL The Dragon in the Ghetto Caper
London, Lucinda Meg Mackintosh and the Mystery in the Locked Library
Parrish, Peggy Clues in the Woods
Sharmat, Marjorie Nate the Great and Me: The Case of the Fleeing Fang
Stine, RL Let’s Get Invisible (Goose Bump’s series)
Stevenson, Drew The Case of the Visiting Vampire
Warner, Gertrude The Boxcar Children (series)
Woolly Ginny and the Mystery Cat (series)
Yolen, Jane Piggins (series)
York, Carol Mystery of the Spider Doll

Folktales and Fairy Tales

Aardema, Verna Anansi Does the Impossible
Ata, Te Baby Rattlesnake
Bryant, Ashley Turtle Knows Your Name
Demi The Greatest Treasure
Diakite, Baba The Hunterman and the Crocodile
Egielski, Richard The Gingerbread Boy
Kimmel, Eric Anansi and the Talking Melon
Lester, Julius John Henry
McDermott, Gerald Musicians of the Sun
Pyle, Howard Bearskin
Stanley, Diane Rumpelstiltskin’s Daughter
Yep, Laurence The Khan’s Daughter

Informational Books

Brenner, Barbara Thinking about Ants
Cooney, Barbara Eleanor
Craighead George, Jean One Day in the Tropical Rain Forest
Craighead George, Jean One Day in the woods
Facklam, Margery Creepy, Crawly Caterpillars
Geisert, Arthur Roman Numerals from 1 to MM
George, Jean Everglades
Gibbons, Gail Soaring with the Wind: The Bald Eagle
Gutelle, Andrew Baseball’s Best, Five True Stories
Hudson, Wade Five Brave Explorers
Kramer, S.A. Baseball’s Greatest Pitchers
Martin, J Snowflake Bentley
Micucci, Charles The Life and Times of the Peanut
Parlin, John Amelia Earhart
Pinkney, Andrea Duke Ellington
Sabin, Francene Jesse Owens: Olympic Hero
Schroeder, Alan Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman
Simon, Seymour Wolves
Winter, Jonah Diego
Wonder World Mountain Gorilla
Wonder World Octopuses and Squids
Wonder World A Potter in Fiji