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Following is the list of adopted titles used for the third grade reading program. Although certain titles are assigned to specific grades, when necessary, teachers may use a list of titles above or below their grade. It is desired that at least 10 adopted books are read each year. Some books will be assigned and read in class, and others will be assigned for outside reading.
Atwater, Richard Mr. Popper's Penguins – H, YC
Bailey, Carolyn Miss Hickory – H, YC
Cleary, Beverly Henry & Beezus – H, YC
Cleary, Beverly Henry Huggins – H, YC
Cleary, Beverly Ribsy – H, YC
Cleary, Beverly Ramona The Pest – H, YC
Collodi, C. Pinocchio
D'Aulaire, I.E. Benjamin Franklin + – H
Dalgliesh, Alice The Courage of Sarah Noble – H, YC
Dalgliesh, Alice America Begins – H, YC
Erickson, Russell Wharton & The Castaways – H
Farley, Walter The Black Stallion + – H, YC
Grimm Grimm’s Fairy Tales
Grosset & Dunlap Signature Books +
Henry, Marguerite Misty of Chincoteague + – YC
Herriot, James James Herriot’s Treasury for Children – H, YC
Holling, H.C. Paddle to the Sea + – H, YC
Hope, Laura The Bobbsey Twins + – YC
Hurwitz, Johanna Aldo Applesauce – H, YC
Jackson, Dave and Neta Trailblazer Series +
Kellogg, Steven Paul Bunyan
Kipling, Rudyard Just So Stories – H
Lawson, Robert Rabbit Hill – H, YC
Lewis, C.S. The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia series) +
MacLachlan, Patricia Sarah, Plain and Tall – H, YC
McCloskey, Robert Homer Price
Milne, A.A. Winnie the Pooh – H, YC
Nesbit, E. The Railway Children
Nesbit, E. The Story of the Treasure Seekers
Reece, Colleen The Mayflower Adventure (American Adventure Series +)
Richardson, Arleta In Grandma’s Attic +
Roddy, Lee Ladd Family Adventures
Rupp, Rebecca The Dragon of Lonely Island
Sewell, Anna Black Beauty – H, YC
Sobol, Donald Encyclopedia Brown Series + – H, YC
Warner, Gertrude The Boxcar Children + – H, YC
Webb, Terry Louie Lighthouse Serices +
White, E.B. Charlotte's Web – H, YC
White, E.B. Stuart Little – H, YC
White, E.B. The Trumpet of the Swan – H, YC
Wilder, Laura The Little House on the Prairie + – H, YC
Editor's note: "+" = any title in that series would be acceptable.
H = Hampton Public Library
YC = York County Public Library
THIRD GRADE
HISTORY LIST
This year in history the students will be studying Ancient Greece and Rome. Students will be reading numerous books from this time period in class. Outside reading is also encouraged, especially historical fiction which engages the imagination and makes the time period come alive. We encourage you to read aloud with your children from books that may be above their reading level. Suggestions for reading are offered below. We are endeavoring to purchase as many of these titles as possible for the classroom.
Bailey, Linda Adventures in Ancient Greece – YC
Bendick, Jeanne Archimedes and the Door to Science -- CCS
Colum, Padraic The Children’s Homer – CCS, NN
Connolly, Peter The Ancient Greece of Odysseus
Coray, Henry Against the World: The Odyssey of Athanasius
d’Aulaire, Ingri and Edgar d’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths – H, NN, YC
DK Eyewitness, Pearson, Anne Ancient Greece – H, NN
Green, Robert Alexander the Great – H, YC
Green, Roger Lancelyn Heroes of Greece and Troy – H
Kunhardt, Edith Pompeii . . . Buried Alive – CCS, NN
Lasky, Cathryn The Librarian Who Measured the Earth – H, YC
Little, Emily The Trojan Horse: How the Greeks Won the War – CCS, YC
Lively, Penelope In Search of a Homeland: The Story of the Aeneid – YC
Macdonald, Fiona How Would You Survive as an Ancient Greek? – H
Plato The Trial & Death of Socrates – H, NN
Powell, Anton The Greek News – H, NN, YC
Ray, Mary The Ides of April
Snedeker, Caroline Dale Lysis Goes to the Play
Snedeker, Caroline Dale The Spartan
Snedeker, Caroline Dale Theras and His Town
Snedeker, Caroline Dale The White Isle – CCS, H
Sutcliff, Rosemary Black Ships Before Troy – H, NN, YC
Sutcliff, Rosemary The Wanderings of Odysseus – H, YC
White, John The Boys’ and Girls’ Herodotus -- CCS
Williamson, Joanne Hittite Warrior – CCS
Author Anonymous The Martyr of the Catacombs: A Tale of Ancient Rome
Bond, Douglas Hostage Lands
Church, Alfred (editor) Story of the Last Days of Jerusalem
DK Eyewitness, James, Simon Ancient Rome – H, NN, YC
Firth, Rachel Julius Caesar -- CCS
Foster, Genevieve Augustus Caesar’s World – CCS, H, NN
Langley, Andrew The Roman News – H, YC
Lawrence, Caroline The Roman Mysteries Series – H, NN, YC
Macaulay, David City– CCS, H, NN, YC
Mann, Elizabeth The Roman Colosseum – H, NN, YC
March, Carole The Mystery of the Roman Colosseum
Martin, Edith Little Miriam of Galilee
Martin, Rebecca Fountain of Life
Newsom, William Chad Polycarp -- CCS
Snedeker, Caroline Dale A Triumph for Flavius
Speare, Elizabeth George The Bronze Bow – CCS, H, YC
Stanley, Diane Cleopatra – H, NN, YC
St. John, Patricia Twice Freed
Sutcliff, Rosemary The Eagle of the Ninth – CCS, H, NN
Sutcliff, Rosemary Outcast – NN
Sutcliff, Rosemary The Silver Branch – CCS, H, YC
Usborne The Romans – CCS, H
Weerstand, R. Quintus
Winterfeld, Henry Detectives in Togas – CCS, H, YC
Winterfeld, Henry Mystery of the Roman Ransom – H, NN
Withrow, Mindy Peril and Peace: Vol. 1 Chronicles of the Ancient Church -- CCS
If our own CCS library does not carry the above books, they can be found in these library systems:
CRPC – Calvary Reformed Presbyterian Church Library H – Hampton Public Library
NN – Newport News Library YC – York County Public Library
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