Summer Reading
The most important thing a child can do to get ready for third
grade is read. Try to have your child read for 20 minutes a day. High
interest books are best. They will keep your child willing and motivated to
keep reading. If there are any questions, feel free to email me. I will
check email occasionally over the summer. I will also update this list with
books that are age appropriate. Have a good vacation!
SUMMER READING LIST
for 3rd grade students.
A variety of subjects and reading levels are offered.
Select whats right for you.
PICTURE BOOK AUTHORS - any book by
these authors on the same level.
Aardema - Who's in Rabbit's House
Brett - First Dog
Bunting - Train to Somewhere
Cannon - Crickwing
Cherry - Great Kapok Tree
Cooney - Miss Rumphius
Gag - Millions of Cats
Johnson- Henry Hikes to Fitchburg
Lester - Revenge of the Magic Chicken
McKissack, Goin Someplace Special
McCloskey -Lentil
Meddaugh - Martha Speaks
Peet - Big Bad Bruce
Polacco - Mr. Lincolns Way
Seuss - large books only, like: The Lorax OR
Myrtle the Turtle
Van Allsburg - Two Bad Ants
Viorst - Earrings!
Waber - Lovable Lyle
Williams- Three Days on a River in a Red
Canoe
Yolen - Raising Yoder's Barn
CALDECOTT AWARD BOOKS
(picture books)
Aardema - Why Mosquitoes Buzz in Peoples
Ears
McClosksey - Time of Wonder
Pinkney - The Ugly Duckling
San Souci - The Talking Eggs
Seuss- McElligott's Pool, Bartholemew and
the Oobleck
St. George - So you Want to Be President
Steptoe - Jumping Mouse
NEWBERY AWARD BOOKS
(chapter books)
DePaola - 26 Fairmount Avenue
Stong - Honk, the Moose
CHAPTER BOOKS ABOUT 3rd GRADE
These books only.
Auch - I Was a Third Grade Bodyguard OR I
Was a Third Grade Spy OR I Was a Third
Grade Science Project
Duffey - How to Be Cool in Third Grade
McKenna - Good Grief- Third Grade
SERIES - SMALL CHAPTER BOOKS
A toZ Mysteries
Animal Ark
Ballet Slippers
Cam Jansen mysteries
Geronimo Stilton
Horrible Harry
Junie B. Jones
Little House Small
The Littles
NON FICTION
PICTURE BOOK BIOGRAPHIES
by David Adler ( any in the set) ex.
A Picture book of.
Amelia Earhart
Anne Frank
Davy Crockett
Eleanor Roosevelt
Paul Revere
Rosa Parks
IF YOU LIVED.. series these and others
in the set.
at the Time of the American Revolution
at the Time of the Civil War
in Colonial Times
in the Days of Knights
http://www.teachingheart.net/summerread.html
This is not a comprehensive list. I have listed these books/series of books
so that you can have an idea of age appropriate books. Any reading that
keeps a child's interest should be encouraged and continued. Feel free to
email any questions and I look forward to meeting my new students in
September.