Grade 3 – Reading List
- Horrible Harry moves up to third grade
Suzy Kline
Horrible Harry and friends start off third grade with a new room and a field trip to an old copper mine to study rocks.
- Sarah, plain and tall
Patricia MacLachlan
When their father invites a mail-order bride to come live with them in their prairie home, Caleb and Anna are captivated by their new mother and hope that she will stay.
- Beans on the roof
Betsy Byars J FIC BYA
As each of the five members of the Bean family tries to write a “roof” poem, they come to realize just how nice it is to be a Bean.
- Fat men from space Daniel Manus Pink water
Through his radio tooth, William learns of an invasion by spacemen who are taking all of earth’s supply of junk food.
- The chocolate touch / Patrick Skene Catling
A boy acquires a magical gift that turns everything his lips touch into chocolate
- Three tales of my father’s dragon/Ruth Stiles Gannett
A compilation of three tales which relate the fantastic adventures of Elmer Elevator and a baby flying dragon named Boris.
- The reluctant dragon Kenneth Grahame
In this illustrated, abridged version of the original, the boy who finds the dragon in the cave knows it is a kindly, harmless one, but how can he convince the frightened villagers and, especially, St. George the dragon killer that there is no cause for concern?
- Bunnicula : a rabbit-tale of mystery / Howe Deborah
Though scoffed at by Harold the dog, Chester the cat tries to warn his human family that their foundling baby bunny must be a vampire.