THIRD GRADE SUMMER READING LIST
THIRD GRADE SUMMER READING LIST
| TITLE | AUTHOR |
|---|---|
| FRESHLY MINTED | |
| Ghoa the Wise Fool | Denys Johnson-Davies Illustrations embroidered by Cairo tentmakers enliven amusing stories of this Middle Easter folk hero. |
| How the Amazon Queen Fought the Prince of Egypt | Tamara Bower A rousing feminist tale from ancient Egypt retold with hieroglyphics and embellished with artwork in the ancient style. |
| Celia Cruz, Queen of Salsa | Veronica Chambers Vibrant art animates this lively account of the beloved Cuban American singer. |
| A Play's the Thing | Aliki Miss Brilliant's class stages "Mary Had a Little Lamb" in this lighthearted behind-the-scenes look at children working together. |
| Prehistoric Actual Size | Steve Jenkins From the 4-inch-long cockroach to the 9-inch-long-teeth of a Giganotosaurus—an eye-popping gallery of extinct creatures. |
| The Good Lion | Beryl Markham A child encounters a not-so-tame lion in this memoir from 1906 East Africa. Golden-toned watercolors evoke the majesty of the half-wild beast. |
| He�s Got the Whole World in his Hands | Kadir Nelson Sublime pictures of a boy with his family celebrating the world around them are paired to the lyrics of a favorite spiritual. |
| Song of the Water Boatman & Other Pond Poems | Joyce Sidman Dragonflies, painted turtles and spring peepers sing of seasonal experience in this strikingly illustrated collection. |
| Rosa | Nikki Giovanni Presents a stunningly illustrated account of Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955, and the subsequent bus boycott by the black community. |
| Whittington | Alan W. Armstrong Whittington, a feline descendant of Dick Whittington's famous cat of English folklore, appears at a rundown barnyard plagued by rats and restores harmony while telling his ancestor�s story. |
| TRIED AND TRUE | |
| AUTHOR | TITLE |
| Verna Aardema | Why Mosquitos Buzz in People's Ears |
| David A. Adler | Cam Jansen and the Scary Smake Mystery A Picture Book of Amelia Earhart |
| Harry Allard | Miss Nelson has a Field Day |
| Jim Arnosky | Crinkleroot�s 25 Birds Every Child Should Know |
| Avi | Poppy |
| David Owen Bell | Awesome Chesapeake: A Kid's Guide to the Bay |
| Jeanne Betancourt | Ten True Animal Rescues |
| Christina Bjork | Linnea in Monet's Garden |
| Michael Bond | Paddington Takes the Test |
| Victoria Boutis | Katy Did It! |
| Larry Dane | Brimmer E-Mail |
| Walter Brooks | Freddy Goes Camping |
| Ashley Bryan | The Cat's Purr |
| Eve Bunting | Fly Away Home Nasty, Stinky Sneakers |
| Clyde Bulla | A Lion to Guard Us |
| Ann Cameron | The Stories Huey Tells |
| Natalie Savage Carlson | The Family Under the Bridge |
| David Catrow | We the Kids |
| Miriam Chaikin | Don't Step on the Sky: A Handful of Haiku |
| Mary Blount Christian | Swamp Monsters Go West |
| Beverly Cleary | Ramona and her Father Ribsy |
| Andrew Clements | Frindle |
| Eleanor Coerr | Jane Goodall |
| Ellen Conford | Case for Jenny Archer |
| Barbara Cooney | You choose the title |
| Bruce Coville | Sarah and the Unicorn |
| Marguerite De Angeli | Thee, Hannah |
| Tomie dePaola | You choose the title |
| Allan Drummond | Liberty |
| Beverly Duncan | Explore the Wild: A Nature Search-and-Find Book |
| Edward Eager | Seven-Day Magic |
| Amy Ehrlich | The Random House Book of Fairy Tales |
| Ed Emberley | Ed Emberley's Make a World Drawing Book |
| Barbara Esbensen | The Night Rainbow |
| Eleanor Estes | The Moffats The Hundred Dresses |
| Walter Farley | Black Stallion (series) |
| Leonard Everett Fisher | David and Goliath |
| Debra Fraiser | Miss Alaineus |
| Ruth Stile Gannett | My Father's Dragon The Dragons of Blueland |
| Faye Gibbons | Mountain Wedding |
| Gail Gibbons | Click! About Cameras and Taking Pictures |
| Patricia Reilly | Giff Mary Moon is Missing |
| Mirra Ginsburg | The Chines Mirror |
| Rumer Godden | The Doll's House. Many of Godden�s books are out-ofprint, but are available at the public library. Each is a gem. |
| Ron Goor | Insect Metamorphosis |
| Helen Griffith | Grandaddy's Stars |
| Camilla Gryski | Lenyard: Having Fun with Plastic Lace |
| Lucretia P. Hale | The Lady Who Put Salt in her Coffee |
| Virginia Haviland | Favorite Fairy Tales Told Around the World |
| John Hawkinson | Collect, Print and Paint from Nature |
| Margaret Hodges | Saint George and the Dragon |
| James Howe | Hot Fudge Pinky and Rex and the Bully |
| Johanna Hurwitz | Class Clown Spring Break |
| Anne Isaacs | Swamp Angel |
| Steven Kellogg | Jack and the Beanstalk |
| Dick King-Smith | The School Mouse Lady Lollipop |
| Suzy Kline | Herbie Jones |
| Irina Korschunow | The Foundling Fox |
| Robert Kraske | Harry Houdini |
| Jill Krementz | The Fun of Cooking |
| Stephen Krensky | Lionel and his Friends |
| Kathleen Krull | Wilma Unlimited |
| Mary D. Langford | Hopscotch Around the World |
| Nancy Larrick | Mice are Nice |
| Patricia Lauber | Volcano |
| Robert Lawson | Ben and Me |
| Julius Lester | Tales of Uncle Remus John Henry |
| Ted Lewin | Market! |
| Astrid Lindgren | You choose. Many Astrid Lindgren titles are out- of-print, but most are available at the public library. |
| Arnold Lobel | Fables |
| Thomas Locker | The Farm |
| Maude Hart Lovelace | Betsy-Tacy (series) |
| David Macaulay | Black and White |
| Roger Lea MacBride | Little House on Rocky Ridge |
| Patricia MacLachlan | Three Names Skylark |
| James Marshall | Rats on the Roof and Other Stories |
| Gerald McDermott | Arrow to the Sun |
| Christine McDonnell | Don�t Be Mad, Ivy |
| Phyllis McGinley | The Most wonderful Doll in the World |
| Laura Kraus Medmed | Little Oh |
| Jean Merrill | The Toothpaste Millionaire |
| Lauren Mills | The Rag Coat |
| Sheila Moore | Samson Svenson's Baby |
| Roxy Munro | The Inside Outside Book of Libraries |
| Pyllis Reynolds | Naylor Besseldorf Hotel (mystery series) |
| Evaline Ness | Amelia Mixed with Mustard |
| David Norman | Dinosaur (Eyewitness Books) |
| Mary Norton | The Borrowers |
| Wendie Old | To Fly: The Story of the Wright Brothers |
| Gary Paulsen | The Tortilla Factory |
| Sara Pennypacker | Clementine |
| Andrea Davis Pinkney | Duke Ellington Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa |
| Daniel Pinkwater | The Hoboken Chicken Emergency |
| Patricia Polacco | Chicken Sunday |
| Jean Potter | Science in Seconds with Toys |
| Sarah Pooley | Jump the World: Stories, Poems, and Things to Make and Do from Around the World |
| Jack Prelutsky | It's Raining Pigs and Noodles The Frogs Wore Red Suspenders Pizza, Pigs and Poetry: How to Write a Poem |
| Alice Provensen | The Buck Stops Here |
| Barbara Rogansky | Rapunzel |
| Pam Munoz Ryan | When Marian Sang |
| Cynthia Rylant | Gooseberry Park Thimbleberry Stories |
| Judith St. George | So You Want to be President? |
| Jon Scieszka | Knights of the Kitchen Table |
| Mary Scioscia | Bicycle Rider |
| Marjorie Weinman Sharmat | Nate the Great and the Fishy Prize |
| Susan Shreve | The Flunking of Joshua T. Bates |
| Seymour Simon Mars | Sharks |
| Peter Sis | Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei |
| Carol Snyder | Ike and Mama and the Trouble at School |
| Donald J. Sobol | Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective |
| Peter Spier | People |
| William Steig | Shrek! Dominic |
| James Stevenson | Corn-Fed |
| Sarah Stewart | The Gardener |
| James Stevenson | Yard Sale |
| Michael O. Tunnell | Mailing May |
| Mildred Pitts Walter | Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World |
| Rosemary Wells | Mary on Horseback: Three Mountain Stories |
| David Wisniewski | Elfwyn's Saga |
| Vera B. Williams | Stringbean's Trip to the Shining Sea |
| Jane Yolen | King Long Shanks |
| Ewa Zadrzynska | The Girl with a Watering Can |
| Paul O. Zelinsky | Rumpelstrilskin |
| Harve Zemach | Duffy and the Devil |