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Highland Park Public Library's
Doggone Good Books
for Third Graders |
The following list contains a selection of books to satisfy the wide variety of reading
levels and interests of third grade readers. Many of these authors have other titles which
are appropriate for this reading level. Click on the title to see if it is available.
Adventure & Survival |
Animal Stories |
Biographies | Fantasy | Funny
Books | Ghost
& Scary Stories
Historical Fiction |
Mystery | School,
Friends & Family | Science
Fiction |
Sports
| American Girls Collection |
Kit Saves the Day! A Summer Story, 1934. |
| Baillie, Allan |
Adrift. |
| Ball, Duncan |
Emily
Eyefinger and the Lost Treasure. |
| Bledsoe, Lucy |
Tracks in the Snow. |
| Blumberg, Rhoda |
Shipwrecked! The True Adventures of a Japanese Boy |
| Casanova, Mary |
Moose
Tracks. |
| Clifford, Eth |
Just
Tell Me When We're Dead! |
| Fleischman, Sid |
The
Whipping Boy. |
| Hill, S. Kirkpatrick |
Toughboy
and Sister. |
| Mayhar, Ardath |
Medicine
Walk. |
| Norby, Lisa |
Treasure
Island. |
| Osborne, Mary Pope |
Tigers at Twilight. |
| Banks, Kate |
The
Bunnysitters. |
| Broome, Errol |
Tangles. |
| Byers, Betsy |
My Dog. My Hero. |
| Charbonnet, Gabrielle |
Snakes
are Nothing to Sneeze At. |
| Clifford, Eth |
Harvey's
Horrible Snake Disaster. |
| Cooper, Ilene |
Absolutely Lucy. |
| Davis, Deborah |
The
Secret of the Seal. |
| DiCamillo, Kate |
Because of Winn-Dixie. |
| Duffey, Betsy |
Lucky on the Loose. |
| George, Jean Craighead |
There's an Owl in the Shower. |
| Goodall, Jane |
My Life with the Chimpanzees. |
| Granger, Michele |
The
Summer House Cat. |
| Grover, Wayne |
Dolphin Freedom. |
| Haas, Jesse |
Runaway Radish. |
| Hesse, Karen |
Sable. |
| Hiser, Constance |
Dog
on Third Base. |
| Hurwitz, Johanna |
A
Llama in the Family. |
| Hutchins, Pat |
Rats! |
| Kenah, Katherine |
Eggs Over Easy |
| King-Smith, Dick |
Animal Stories. |
| Knight, Dawn |
Mischief, Mad Mary and Me |
| Miles, Miska |
Pony in the Schoolhouse. |
| Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds |
Shiloh. |
| Orgel, Doris |
Whiskers,
Once and Always. |
| Porte, Barbara Ann |
Ruthann
and Her Pig. |
| Rodowsky, Colby F. |
Not My Dog. |
| Schlein, Miriam |
The
Year of the Panda. |
| Smith, Susan |
The
Booford Summer. |
| Stowe, Cynthia |
Not-So-Normal
Norman. |
| Thiele, Colin |
Rotten
Egg Paterson to the Rescue. |
| Waggoner, Karen |
Partners. |
| Wallace, Bill |
Watchdog
and the Coyotes. |
| Ada, Alma Flor |
Under the Royal Palms: A Childhood in Cuba. |
| Brill, Marlene Targ |
Margaret Knight: Girl Inventor |
| Cheng, Chen-Sun |
A
Young Painter: The Life and Paintings of Wang Yani-China's Extraordinary Young Artist. |
| Fritz, Jean |
What's
the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? |
| Gish, Lillian |
An
Actor's Life for Me. |
| Golenbock, Peter |
Teammates. |
| Henry, Joanne |
Log
Cabin in the Woods. |
| Krull, Kathleen |
Wilma
Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman. |
| Kulling, Monica |
Vanished!
The Mysterious Disappearance of Amelia Earhart. |
| Moss, Marissa |
Brave Harriet: The First Woman to Fly the English Channel. |
| Polacco, Patricia |
Betty Doll. |
| Quackenbush, Robert |
Don't
You Dare Shoot That Bear! A Story of Theodore Roosevelt. |
| Rumford, James |
Seeker of Knowledge: The Man who Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs. |
| Stanley, Fay |
Last
Princess: The Story of Princess Kaiulani. |
| Auch, Mary Jane |
I was a Third Grade Science Project. |
| Bauer, Marion Dane |
Touch the Moon. |
| Bond, Michael |
Paddington at Large. |
| Bulla, Clyde |
My
Friend the Monster. |
| Catling, Patrick |
The
Chocolate Touch. |
| Chetwin, Grace |
Friends
in Time. |
| Coombs, Patricia |
The
Magician and McTree. |
| Coville, Bruce |
The
Monster's Ring. |
| Cuyler, Margery |
Weird
Wolf. |
| Dadey, Debbie |
Vampires
Don't Wear Polka Dots. |
| Dicks, Terrance |
Enter
T.R. |
| Dillon, Barbara |
The
Teddy Bear Tree. |
| Erickson, Russell |
A
Toad for Tuesday. |
| Evans, Douglas |
Apple Island or, The Truth About Teachers. |
| Gannett, Ruth |
My
Father's Dragon. |
| Griffith, Helen V. |
Caitlin's Holiday |
| Gutman, Dave |
Virtually Perfect |
| Hinton, S. E. |
The
Puppy Sister. |
| Hiser, Constance |
Night
of the Werepoodle. |
| Hoban, Russell |
Monsters. |
| Jocelyn, Marthe |
The Invisible Harry. |
| Lawson, Robert |
Ben and Me. |
| Le Guin, Ursula |
Catwings. |
| Levine, Gail Carson |
The Princess Test. |
| Maguire, Gregory |
Seven
Spiders Spinning. |
| Martin, Ann M. |
The Doll People. |
| Mayne, William |
Hob and the Goblins. |
| Murphy, Jill |
The
Worst Witch. |
| Nabb, Magdalen |
The Enchanted Horse. |
| Paterson, Kathrine |
The King's Equal. |
| Quindlen, Anna |
Happily Ever After. |
| Rossbach, Jean |
Bernie, the Beagle who Liked German Cooking. |
| Scieszka, Jon |
Summer Reading is Killing Me! |
| Seidler, Tor |
Mean Margaret. |
| Snicket, Lemony |
The Bad Beginning. |
| Venokur, Ross |
The Amazing Frecktacle. |
| Whybrow, Ian |
Little Wolf's Book of Badness |
| Yolen, Jane |
Wizard's
Hall. |
| Adler, David |
Parachuting Hamsters and Andy Russell. |
| Carris, Joan |
Just a Little Ham. |
| Dickinson, Peter |
Chuck and Danielle |
| Doyle, Roddy |
The Giggler Treatment. |
| Duffey, Betsy |
The Gadget War. |
| Ferguson, Alane |
The Practical Joke War. |
| Griffith, Helen |
Emily and the Enchanted Frog. |
| Heide, Florence Parry |
Tales for the Perfect Child. |
| Hornick, Laurie Miller |
The Secrets of Ms. Snickle's Class. |
| Horvath, Polly |
The Trolls. |
| Howe, Deborah |
Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery |
| Korman, Gordan |
Why Did the Underwear Cross the Road? |
| Napoli, Donna Jo |
The Prince of the Pond: Otherwise Known as De Fawg Pin. |
| Peet, Bill |
Capyboppy. |
| Pilkey, Dav |
Captain Underapants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman. |
| Pinkwater, Daniel |
Fat Camp Commandos. |
| Proimos, James |
The Many Adventures of Johnny Mutton: Stories and Pictures. |
| Quigley, James |
Johnny Germ Head. |
| Roberts, Ken |
The Thumb in the Box. |
| Spinelli, Eileen |
Lizzie Logan Gets Married. |
| Carlson, Natalie |
The
Ghost in the Lagoon. |
| Carusone, Al |
Don't
Open the Door After the Sun Goes Down. |
| Creech, Sharon |
Pleasing the Ghost. |
| Del Negro, Janice |
Lucy Dove. |
| Goode, Diane |
Diane Goode's Book of Scary Stories and Songs. |
| Gorog, Judith |
In
a Messy, Messy Room. |
| Hague, Michael |
Kate Culhane: A Ghost Story. |
| Hahn, Mary Downing |
The Doll in the Garden: A Ghost Story |
| Hoffman, Mary |
The
Four-Legged Ghosts. |
| Johnston, Tony |
The Ghost of Nicholas Greebe. |
| Lindgren, Astrid |
The
Ghost of Skinny Jack. |
| Mahy, Margaret |
The Horribly Haunted School. |
| McKissack, Patricia |
The
Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural. |
| Morgan, Helen |
The
Witch Doll. |
| Patschke, Steve |
The Spooky Book. |
| Pinkwater, Daniel |
The
Phantom of the Lunch Wagon. |
| Schwartz, Alvin |
Scary
Stories to Tell in the Dark. |
| Selznick, Brian |
The Boy of a Thousand Faces. |
| Sommer-Bodenburg, Angela |
If
You Want to Scare Yourself. |
| Spinner, Stephanie |
Dracula. |
| |
Spooky
Stories for a Dark and Stormy Night. |
| Whitcher, Susan |
Real
Mummies Don't Bleed: Friendly Tales for October Nights. |
| Wright, Betty Ren |
Christina's Ghost |
| Bishop, Claire |
Twenty
and Ten. |
| Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker |
One-of-a-Kind Mallie. |
| Brady, Esther |
Toliver's
Secret. |
| Buchanan, Jane |
Gratefully Yours |
| Cohen, Barbara |
Molly's
Pilgrim. |
| Dalgliesh, Alice |
The
Courage of Sarah Noble. |
| Dorris, Michael |
Morning Girl. |
| Fleishman, Paul |
Lost! A Story in String. |
| Hazen, Barbara |
Amelia's
Flying Machine. |
| Howard, Ellen |
The Chickenhouse House. |
| Isaacs, Anne |
Treehouse Tales. |
| Lasker, Joe |
A
Tournament of Knights. |
| Lawlor, Laurie |
Addie
Across the Prairie. |
| Levinson, Riki |
Dinnie
Abbie Sister-r-r! |
| Love, D. Anne |
Dakota Spring. |
| MacBride, Roger |
New Dawn on Rocky Ridge. |
| MacLachlan, Patricia |
Sarah,
Plain and Tall. |
| Mayerson, Evelyn |
The
Cat Who Escaped from Steerage. |
| Mochizuki, Ken |
Baseball
Saved Us. |
| Park, Linda Sue |
Seesaw Girl. |
| Pevsner, Stella |
Sing for Your Father, Su Phan. |
| Ransom, Candice F. |
Ladies and Jellybeans. |
| Rubalcaba, Jill |
A Place in the Sun. |
| Ryan, Pam Muñoz |
Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride. |
| Schaeffer, Edith |
Mei Fuh: Memories from China. |
| Stanley, Diane |
Elena. |
| Stover, Marjorie |
Patrick
and the Great Molasses Explosion. |
| Turner, Ann |
Nettie's
Trip South. |
| Vos, Ida |
Hide
and Seek. |
| Waddell, Martin |
Little
Obie and the Flood. |
| Whelan, Gloria |
Night
of the Full Moon. |
| Adler, David |
Cam Jansen and the School Play Mystery. |
| Bailey, Linda |
How
Come the Best Clues Are Always in the Garbage? |
| Bunting, Eve |
The
Skate Patrol. |
| Clifford, Eth |
Flatfoot
Fox and the Case of the Bashful Beaver. |
| Giff, Patricia Reilly |
Kidnap at the Catfish Café |
| Hale, Bruce |
The Mystery of Mr. Nice |
| Hiser, Constance |
Scoop
Snoops. |
| Landon, Lucinda |
Meg
Mackintosh and the Mystery in the Locked Library. |
| Levine, Caroline Anne |
The
Detective Stars and the Case of the Super Soccer Team. |
| Levy, Elizabeth |
A
Mammoth Mix-Up: A Brian and Pea Brain Mystery. |
| Levy, Elizabeth |
Something
Queer in the Cafeteria. |
| Monsell, Mary Elise |
The
Mysterious Cases of Mr. Pin. |
| Osborne, Mary Pope |
Spider Kane and the Mystery Under the May-Apple |
| Parish, Peggy |
Key
to the Treasure. |
| Quackenbush, Robert |
Evil
Under the Sea: A Miss Mallard Mystery. |
| Roy, Ron |
The Lucky Lottery. |
| Simon, Seymour |
The On-Line Spaceman and Other Cases. |
| Smith, Dona |
Footprints in the Fog. |
| Sobol, Donald |
Encyclopedia
Brown: Boy Detective. |
| Stanley, George E. |
The Clue of the Left-Handed Envelope. |
| Warner, Gertrude |
Mystery
Ranch. |
| Yolen, Jane |
Piggins. |
| Baker, Barbara |
Third
Grade is Terrible. |
| Bunting, Eve |
Summer
Wheels. |
| Cameron, Ann |
The
Stories Julian Tells. |
| Carlson, Natalie Savage |
The Family Under the Bridge. |
| Caudill, Rebecca |
Did You Carry the Flag Today, Charley? |
| Chaikin, Miriam |
Aviva's
Piano. |
| Cleary, Beverly |
Ramona's World. |
| Cox, Judy |
Butterfly Buddies. |
| Creech, Sharon |
Love that Dog. |
| Cutler, Jane |
Spaceman. |
| Danziger, Paula |
Amber
Brown is Not a Crayon. |
| Delton, Judy |
Angel's
Mother's Boyfriend. |
| Dragonwagon, Crescent |
Margaret
Ziegler is Horse Crazy. |
| Duffey, Betsy |
Hey,
New Kid! |
| Fowler, Susi |
Albertina the Practically Perfect. |
| Freeman, Martha |
Fourth Grade Weirdo. |
| Gilson, Jamie |
Thirteen
Ways to Sink a Sub. |
| Greenwald, Sheila |
Give
Us a Great Big Smile, Rosy Cole. |
| Hall, Lynn |
In
Trouble Again, Zelda Hammersmith? |
| Havill, Juanita |
It
Always Happens to Leona. |
| Herman, Charlotte |
Millie
Cooper, 3B. |
| Hill, Kirkpatrick |
The Year of Miss Agnes. |
| Honeycutt, Natalie |
Granville Jones: Commando. |
| Hurwitz, Johanna |
The Just Desserts Club. |
| Joosse, Barbara |
Anna,
the One and Only. |
| Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie |
In the Language of Loons. |
| Klein, Robin |
Enemies. |
| McDonald, Megan |
Judy Moody. |
| McKenna, Colleen |
Too
Many Murphys. |
| Mead, Alice |
Junebug. |
| Moss, Marissa |
Amelia's Notebook. |
| Myers, Laurie |
Earthquake
in the Third Grade. |
| Namioka, Lensey |
Yang
the Youngest and His Terrible Ear. |
| Napoli, Donna Jo |
When
the Water Closes Over My Head. |
| Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds |
The Boys Start the War. |
| Petersen, P.J. |
The
Sub. |
| Porte, Barbara Ann |
If You Ever Get Lost: The Adventures of Julia and Evan. |
| Sachar, Louis |
Marvin
Redpost: Kidnapped at Birth? |
| Sachs, Marilyn |
JoJo & Winnie: Sister Stories. |
| Schnur, Steven |
The Koufax Dilemma. |
| Scribner, Virginia |
Gopher
Draws Conclusions. |
| Smith, Janice Lee |
The
Monster in the Third Dresser Drawer and Other Stories About Adam Joshua. |
| Soto, Gary |
The
Skirt. |
| Spinelli, Jerry |
Fourth
Grade Rats. |
| Spurr, Elizabeth |
Mamá's Birthday Surprise |
| Stowe, Cynthia |
Not-So-Normal Norman. |
| Strasser, Todd |
Kidnap Kids. |
| Warner, Sally |
Dog Years. |
| Willner-Pardo, Gina |
Jumping Into Nothing. |
| Wilson, Jacqueline |
The Suitcase Kid. |
| Zach, Cheryl |
Benny and the No-Good Teacher. |
| Asimov, Isaac |
The
Heavenly Host. |
| Brennan, Herbie |
The
Mystery Machine. |
| Bunting, Eve |
Wanna Buy an Alien? |
| Coville, Bruce |
My
Teacher is an Alien. |
| Elliott, David |
The Transmogrification of Roscoe Wizzle. |
| Etra, Jonathan |
Aliens
for Breakfast. |
| Greer, Gery |
Jason
and the Aliens Down the Street. |
| Hooks, William |
The
Girl Who Could Fly. |
| Manes, Stephen |
That
Game from Outer Space. |
| Pinkwater, Daniel |
Ned
Feldman, Space Pirate. |
| Sadler, Marilyn |
Bobo Crazy. |
| Service, Pamela |
Stinker
from Space. |
| Slote, Alfred |
My
Robot Buddy. |
| Spinner, Stephanie |
Be First in the Universe. |
| Star Wars |
The Glove of Darth Vader. |
| Sterman, Betsy |
Too
Much Magic. |
| Wells, H. G. |
The Time Machine. |
| Yaccarino, Dan |
First Day on a Strange New Planet. |
| Duffey, Betsy |
Lucky in Left Field. |
| Gutman, Dan |
The Million Dollar Shot. |
| Hall, Donald |
When
Willard Met Babe Ruth. |
| Herman, Gail |
Just Like Mike. |
| Herzig, Alison |
The
Boonsville Bombers. |
| Hiser, Constance |
Dog
on Third Base. |
| Joosse, Barbara |
The
Losers Fight Back: A Wild Willie Mystery. |
| Kline, Suzy |
Molly Gets Mad. |
| Lord, Beman |
The
Perfect Pitch. |
| Marzollo, Jean |
The
Pizza Pie Slugger. |
| Napoli, Donna |
On Guard. |
| Slote, Alfred |
Make-Believe
Ball Player. |
| Stout, Glenn |
On the Halfpipe with ... Tony Hawk |
| Tamar, Erika |
Soccer
Mania! |
| Van Leeuwen, Jean |
Benjy
the Football Hero. |
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