Third Grade Literature List
Revised July 29, 2011

Read in class or assigned for outside reading:
Atwater, Richard                        Mr. Popper’s Penguins
Barrie, James                        Peter Pan
Farley, Walter                        Black Stallion
Fleischman, Sid                        The Whipping Boy
Gannett, Ruth                        My Father’s Dragon
Grahame, Kenneth            The Wind in the Willows (Scholastic Jr. Classic)
Kipling, Rudyard                        The Jungle Book (Scholastic Jr. Classic)
Lewis, C.S.                        The Horse and His Boy
Swift, Jonathan                        Gulliver’s Stories (Scholastic Jr. Classic)
White, E.B.                        Charlotte’s Web
White, E.B.                        Stuart Little
Winterfeld, Henry            Detectives in Togas

Outside Reading: Adopted titles are divided into three levels in an attempt to provide options for all readers. Teachers and parents may use a list of titles above or below grade level when appropriate for a student. Books with a “+” denote that any title in that series would be acceptable.  In addition to the books assigned by the teacher, students are to read one book per quarter independently from the books listed below outside of class.  Instructions for a related project will be provided by the teacher.

Level 1
Bulla, Clyde                        A Lion to Guard Us
Bulla, Clyde                        Shoeshine Girl
Cleary, Beverly                        Henry Huggins +
Dalgliesh, Alice                        The Courage of Sarah Noble
Gardiner, John                        Stone Fox
Hall, Donald                        Ox-Cart Man
Kellogg, Steven                        Paul Bunyan
MacGregor, Ellen            Miss Pickerell +
MacLachlan, Patricia            Sarah, Plain and Tall +
McSwigan, Marie            Snow Treasure
Scieszka, Jon                        The Time Warp Trio: Sam Samurai            
Sobol, Donald                        Encyclopedia Brown Series +
Stanley, Diane                        The True Adventure of Daniel Hall
Warner, Gertrude                        The Box-Car Children  (excluding vol. 1) +

Level 2
Collodi C.                        Pinocchio
Edmonds, Walter                        The Matchlock Gun
Henry, Marguerite            Misty of Chincoteague
Herriot, James                        James Herriot’s Treasury
Hope, Laura                        The Bobbsey Twins +
Hurwitz, Johanna                        Aldo Applesauce
Lindgren, Astrid                        Pippi Longstocking +
Milne, A.A.                        Winnie the Pooh
Nesbit, E.                        The Railway Children
Richardson, Arleta            In Grandma’s Attic +
Roddy, Lee                        Ladd Family Adventures +
Rupp, Rebecca                        Dragon of Lonely Island
Wilder, Laura                        Little House on the Prairie +

Level 3
Bailey, Carolyn                        Miss Hickory
Bond, Michael                        Paddington +
Butterworth, Oliver            The Enormous Egg
Cleary, Beverly                        Ramona +
D’Aulaire, I.E.                        Benjamin Franklin +
Estes, Eleanor                        The Moffats
Fritz, Jean                        The Cabin Faced West
Holling, H.C.                        Paddle to the Sea +
Jackson, Dave & Neta            Trailblazer Series +
Kipling, Rudyard                        Just So Stories
Lawson, Robert                        Rabbit Hill
McCloskey, Robert            Homer Price
Nesbit, E.                        Story of Treasure Seekers
Peretti, Frank                                    Door in the Dragon’s Throat
Reece, Colleen                        Amer. Adventure Series +
Streatfeild, Noel                        Ballet Shoes