READING SUGGESTIONS FOR GRADES 3RD THROUGH 5TH
FROM THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Alligator Sue by Sharon Arms Doucet
Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon by Paula Danziger
Amelia Bedelia series by Peggy Parish
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Boxcar Children mystery series by Gertrude Warner
Boy and the Ghost by Robert San Souci
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Bunnicula series by James Howe
Casey Back at Bat by Dan Gutman
Challenge at Second Base by Matt Christopher
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White
Clovis Crawfish stories by Mary Alice Fontenot
Comets, Stars, the Moon and Mars: Space
Poems and Paintings by Douglas Florian
Dear Mrs. LaRue by Mark Teague
Dolley Madison Saves George Washington by Don Brown
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat by Lynne Jonell
Encyclopedia Brown mystery series by Donald Sobol
Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School by Candace Fleming
Feliciana Meets d’Loup Garou: A Cajun Tall Tale by Tynia Thomassie
Freckle Juice by Judy Blume
Frindle by Andrew Clements
Gator Gumbo: A Spicy Hot Tale by Candace Fleming
Hairy Hezekiah by Dick King-Smith
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling
Henry’s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O’Connor
Indian In the Cupboard and other titles by Lynne Reid Banks
Jenny Giraffe and the Streetcar Party by Cecilia Casrill Dartez
Jim Limber Davis: A Black Orphan in the Confederate White House by Rickey
Pittman
Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World by Mildred Pitts Walter
Landry News by Andrew Clements
Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen
Lemonade Club by Patricia Polacco
Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Lou Gehrig: The Luckiet Man by David Adler
Magic School Bus series by Joanna Cole
Magic Tree House Mysteries by Mary Pope Osborne
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
Marley: A Dog Like No Other by John Grogan
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale by Carmen Agra Deedy
Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
Moby Pincher books by Dee Scallan
Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary
Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little by Peggy Gifford
My Dog, My Hero by Betsy Byars,Betsy Duffey and Laurie Myers
My Louisiana Sky by Kimberly Willis Holt
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
New Kid on the Block by Jack Prelutsky
Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann
Olivia by Ian Falconer
Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude by Kevin O’Malley
Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson
Paul Bunyan and other titles by Steven Kellogg
Petite Rouge: A Cajun Red Riding Hood by Mike Artell
Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco
Precious and the Boo Hag by Patricia McKissack
Ramona and other titles by Beverly Cleary
Rotten Richie and the Ultimate Dare by Patricia Polacco
Satchel Paige: Don’t Look Back by David Adler
Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
Spider and the Fly by Mary Howitt
Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
Talking Eggs by Robert San Souci
Time Warp Trio series by Jon Scieszka
True Story of the 3 Little Pigs
by Jon Scieszka
Up the Learning Tree by Marcia Vaughn
Verdi by Janell Cannon
Watsons Go To Birmingham-1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
Weslandia by Paul Fleischman
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
Wilma Unlimited by Kathleen Krull
Witch’s Buttons by Ruth Chew