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Suggested Reading Lists

Many parents and students ask for suggested reading material. Below, you will find a suggested Third Grade reading list provided by the Muscogee County School District. If your student wishes to use a book on this list for Accelerated Reading, he or she will need to check the Blanchard Media Center website to verfiy that this book is on our Accelerated Reader test list. You will also find a website link below. This link will provide students and parents with wonderful suggestions of reading material and authors suitable for third grade readers. Happy reading!!

Muscogee County School District Suggested Third Grade Reading List

 

 TITLE

AUTHOR

The Night Crossing

Ackerman, Karen

Aesop's Fables

Aesop

The Invasion:  Animorphs # 1

Applegate, K. A.

All About Alligators

Arnosky, Jim

Poppy

Avi

The Indian in the Cupboard

Banks, Lynne Reid

I, Houdini

Banks, Lynne Reid

Peter Pan

Barrie, James M.

Pop Pop's First Fourth

Barry, Lauren

This is Our Earth

Benson, Laura Lee

Linnea in Monet's Garden

Bjork, Christina

Ben Franklin Aliv!  Meet Bill Meikle

Bloomfield, Samantha

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

Blume, Judy

Life on the Great Barrier Reef

Brooks, Caitlin

Little Fox and Big Coytoe

Brooks, Caitlin

The King's Orange

Brooks, Caitlin

Arthur's Mystery Envelope

Brown, Marc

The Big Wave

Buck, Pearl S.

Wednesday Surprise

Bunting, Eve

Buried Treasure

Burgan, Michael

Recording the Past

Burgan, Michael

An Ancient Art

Burgan, Michael

Jason and the Argonauts

Cardgian, H. H.

He always Did His Best:  Roberto Clemente

Celsi, Teresa Noel

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson:  Two Friends

Celsi, Teresa Noel

Baseball Stories

Christopher, Matt

Ramona the Pest

Cleary, Beverly

Henry Huggins

Cleary, Beverly

Frindle

Clements, Andrew

Mieko and the Fifth Treasure

Coerr, Eleanor

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

Coerr, Eleanor

Magic School Bus

Cole, Joanna

Ready...Set...Read-and Laugh

Compiled by Joanna Cole

The Boy and His Violin

Curtis, Gavin

D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths

D'Aulaire, Ingri and Edgar Parin

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Dahl, Roald

James and the Giant Peach

Dahl, Roald

Amber Brown is Not a Crayon

Danziger, Paula

Animal Fact/Animal Fable

de Groat, Diane

Because of Winn-Dixie

DiCamillo, Kate

The Boy and the Water Buffalo

Doak, Robin

Beethoven:  The Man and His Music

Doak, Robin

Winter in the Arctic

Dow, Dale

Lost at Sea

Dow, Dale

Can Animals Talk

Dubowski, Mark

The Man Who Discovered Pluto

Dubowski, Mark

Don't Believe It

Dudowski, Mark

The Secret Lives of Cats and Dogs

Dzefko, Jenna

Half Magic

Eager, Edward

Big and Small

Erickson, Christopher

Pets to the Rescue

Erickson, Christopher

The Moffats

Estes, Eleanor

Understood Betsy

Fisher, Dorothy Canfield

Joyful Noise:  Poems for Two Voices

Fleischman, Paul

The Missing Violin

Goldhaber, Sue Lantz

The Wind the the Willows

Grahame, Kenneth

The Reluctant Dragon

Grahame, Kenneth

My Mama Had a Dancing Heart

Gray, Libby Moore

I'm Out of My Body...Please Leave Me a Message (The Zack Files Series)

Greenburg, Dan

Owen Foote, Soccer Star

Greene, Stephanie

Iris and Walter

Guest, Elissa Haden

The Chameleon Wore Chartreuse

Hale, Bruce

The People Could Fly:  American Black Folktales

Hamilton, Virginia

The Shrinking of Treehorn

Heide, Florence Parry

King of the Wind

Henry, Marguerite

Amazing Grace

Hoffman, Mary

Meet Trouble (First Friends, First Readers)

Hood, Susan

Ben Franklin and His Notebook

Horowitz, Ben

My Great Aunt Arizona

Houston , Gloria

Aunt Flossie's Hats (and Crab Cakes Later)

Howard, Elizabeth Fitzgerald

The Leftovers

Howard, Tristan

Bunnicula

Howe, James

Barbara Becomes a Big Sister

Hudson, Ellie Mae

Class Clown

Hurwitz, Johanna

The Secret of Platform

Ibbotson, Eva

Living in Japan

Johnson, Carol

Ruthie Rides the Trolley

Keyes, Madeleine

Babe the Gallant Pig

King-Smith, Dick

Big Red

Kjelgaard, Jim

Horrible Harry in Room 2B

Kline, Suzy

Lassie, Come Home

Knight, Eric

The Magic Locket

Koda-Callan, Elizabeth

Lives of the Musicians:  Good Times, Bad Times (and What the Neighbors Thought)

Krull, Kathleen

The Clever Jackal

Lasky, Christine

Catwings

Le Guin, Ursula K.

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

Lewis, C. S.

Pippi Longstocking

Lindgren, Astrid

Sarah, Plain and Tall

MacLachlan, Patricia

George and Martha:  The Complete Stories of Two Best Friends

Marshall, James

Rats on the Roof: And Other Stories

Marshall, James

The Doll People

Martin, Ann M. and Laura Godwin

Monkey Trouble

Martin, David

Knots on a Counting Rope

Martin, Jr., Bill

You Can Go Home Again

Marton, Jirina

Blueberries for Sal

McCloskey, Robert

The Moorchild

McGraw, Eloise

Annie and the Old One

Miles, Miska

Winnie-the -Pooh

Milne, A. A.

Jill and the Corn Stalk

Mindich, Jim

The Night Jazz Came Alive

Morgan, Daphane

All That Jazz

Morgan, Daphane

Saving Shiloh

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds

Using Science to Play Baseball

North, Emily

The Borrowers

Norton, Mary

Tree House

Osborne, Mary

The Many Lives of Benjamin Franklin

Osborne, Mary Pope

Dinosaurs Before Dark (The Magic Treehouse Series, Book 1)

Osborne, Mary Pope

Amelia Bedelia Series

Parish, Peggy

Kid in the Red Jacket

Park, Barbara

 

Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business (First Stepping Stone Book)

Park, Barbara

Sweet Valley Kids

Pascal, Francine

The Littles Series

Peterson, John

The Adventures of Captain Underpants

Pilkey, Dav

Listen for the Rattle

Piparo, Dan and Patsey Jensen

Thundercake

Polacco, Patricia

Thunder Cake

Polacco, Patricia

My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother

Polacco, Patricia

The Chalk Doll

Pomerantz, Charlotte

Pompeii:  A Doomed City

Putterman, Rona

Dinosaurs Lived Here

Putterman, Rona

Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Robinson, Barbara

How to Eat Fried Worms

Rockwell, Thomas

The Missing Mummy (A to Z Mysteries #13)

Roy, Rony

When I Was Young in the Mountains

Rylant, Cynthia

The Relatives Came

Rylant, Cynthia

 

The Case of the Missing Monkey (The High-Rise Private Eyes Book 1)

Rylant, Cynthia

Mr. Putter and Tabby Fly the Plane (Mr. Putter and Tabby Easy Reader series)

Rylant, Cynthia

Poppleton Everyday

Rylant, Cynthia

Waiting to Waltz:  A Childhood

Rylant. Cynthia

Sideways Stories

Sachar, Louis

Sideways Stories from Wayside School

Sachar, Louis

Sideways Stories From Wayside School

Sachar, Louis

Tree of Cranes

Say, Allen

The Not-So-Jolly Roger (The Time Warp Trio)

Scieszka, Jon

The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales

Scieszka, Jon

Perry Mantis, Private Eye

Segovia, Alejandro

Mean Margaret

Seidler, Tor

The Cricket in Times Square

Selden, George

Laficadio:  The Lion Who Shot Back

Silverstein, Shel

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Silverstein, Shel

The Giving Tree

Silverstein, Shel

Falling Up

Silverstein, Shel

Elephant Story

Sinetos, Lorraine

Worlds Within Our World

Sitetos, Lorraine

Hannah

Skolsky, Mindy Warshaw

Stormy Weather

Smith, Dona

Heidi

Spyri, Johanna

Abel's Island

Steig, William

Dominic

Steig, William

George and Diggety

Stern, Maggie

Storm in the Night

Stolz, Mary