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 100 Great Books to be Read by 3rd Grade

A. Lincoln & Me Loiuse W. Borden

Adrift Allan Baillie

Amber Brown Goes Fourth Paula Danzinger

Basket Moon Mary Lyn Ray

The Battlefield Ghost Margery Cuyler

Because of Winn Dixie Kate Dicamillo

The Big, Orange Splot D. Mamus Pinkwater

The Blue & the Gray Eve Bunting

The Boxcar Children (series) Gertrude Chandler Warner

Butterfly Buddies Judy Cox

Captain Underpants (series) Dav Pilkey

Catwings Ursula K. Le Guin

The Chalk Box Kid Clyde Robert Bulla

Chicken Little Steven Kellogg

Come On, Rain! Karen Hesse

The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins Barbara Kerley

The Doll People Ann M. Martin& Laura Godwin

Duke, the Dairy Delight Dog Lisa Campbell Ernst

Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective Donald J. Sobol

Fourth Grade Rats Jerry Spinelli

Freckle Juice Judy Blume

Godzilla Ate My Homework Marcia Thornton James

Graduation of Jake Moon Barbara Park

Henry Huggins Beverly Cleary

Hill of Fire Thomas P. Lewis

Horrible harry Moves Up to 3rd Grade Suzy Kline

I Was a 3rd Grade Science Project Mary Jane Auch

Invisible in the 3rd Grade Margery Cuyler

Junie B. Jones Is a Graduation Girl Barbara zPark

The Just Desserts Club Johanna Hurwitz

Kidnap at the Catfish Cafe Patricia Reilly Giff

Lily & Miss Loberty Carla Stevens

The Littles John Peterson

A Llama in the Family Johanna Hurwitz

The Magic of Spider Woman Louis Duncan

The Magic School Bus (series) Johanna Cole

The Magic Tree house (series) Mary Pope Osborne

Marvin Redpost Louis Sachar

Molly’s Pilgrim Barbara Cohen

Monsters Russell Hoban

The Mouse of Amherst Elizabeth Spires

Muggie Maggie Beverly Cleary

My Dog, My Hero Betsy Byars

My Father’s Dragon Rugh Stiles Gannett

My Friend the Monster Clyde Robert Bulla

Not My Dog Colby F. Rodowski

Ramona’s World Beverly Cleary

Rats Pat Hutchins

Ricky Ricotta’s Mighty Robot (series) Dav Pilkey

Sable Karen Hesse

Sam & the Tigers Julius Lester

The Seventh Princess Nick Sullivan

Show & Tell Stephanie Greene

The Skirt Gary Soto

The Stray Dog Marc Simont

The Stories Julian Tells Ann Cameron

Stuart’s Cape Sara Pennypacker

Summer Wheels Eve Bunting

A Symphony of Whales Steve Shuch

The Teacher From the Black Lagoon Mike Thaler

There’s an Owl in the Shower Jean Craighead George

Though Cookie David Wisniewski

Treasure Island Lisa Norby

26 Fairmont Avenue Tomie DePaola

Vampires Don’t Wear Polka Dots Devvie Dadey & Marcia Jones

We the Kids: The Preamble to the Constitution of the United States David Catrow

The Zack Files (series) Dan Greenburg

 

Poetry

Mrs. Cole on an Onion Roll Kalli Dakos

The New Kid on the Block Jack Prelutsky

Where the Sidewalk Ends Shel Silverstein

 

Non-Fiction

Armies of Ants Walter Retan

Betsy Ross Alexandra Wallner

Betty Doll Patricia Polacco

The Courage of Sarah Noble Alice Dalgliesh

A Dinosuar Named Sue: The Find of the Century Fay Robinson

Do Bears Sleep All Winter? Melvin & Gilda Berger

The Emperor’s Egg Martin Jenkins

Everest: Reaching for the Sky Joy Masoff

Extreme Machines Christopher Maynard

Helping Paws: Dogs That Serve Melinda Luke

I Am Rosa Parks Rosa Parks

If You Lived in the Days of the Knights Ann McGovern

The Keeping Quilt Patricia Polacco

Pocahontas: An American Princess Joyce Milton

Pompeii: Buried Alive Edith Kunhardt

Secrets of the Mummies Harriett Griffey

Shipwrecked! The True Adventure of a Japanese Boy Rhonda Blumberg

The Story of Anne Frank Brenda Lewis Ralph

Teammates Peter Golenbock

Titianic Victoria Sherrow Under the Royal Palms: A Childhood in Cuba Alma Flor Ada

What’s the Big Idea, Ben Franklin Jean Fritz

 

Folktales, Legends & Myths

The Adventures of Spider Joyce Cooper Arkhurst

Borreguita & the Coyote: A Tale from Ayutla, Mexico Verna Aardema

The Bunyans Audrey Wood

Flossie & the Fox Patricia McKissack

Rapunzel Paul O. Zelinsky & Jacob W. Grimm

A Sip of Aesop Jane Yolen

Sleepless Beauty Frances Minters

The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South Robert D. San Souci

 

 100 Great Books to be Read by 4th Grade 

The Adventures of Taxi Dog Debra & Sal Barracca

Alexander & the Wind-Up Mouse Leo Lionni

Alligator Shoes Arthur Dorros

Amer Was Brave, Essie Was Smart Vera B Willilams

Amelia Bedelia Peggy Parish

Amos & Boris William Steig

Aunt Flossie’s Hats James Ransome

Barn Dance Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault

The Bat Boy & His Violin Gavin Curtis

Bear Shadow Frank Asch

Bear’s Dream Janet Slingsby

The Beast in Mrs. Rooney’s Room Patricia Reilly Giff

Beezy Megan McDonald

Big, Bad Wolf Claire Masurel

The Biggest Fish Sheila Keenan

Black Cat Christopher Myers

Blind Men & the Elephant Karen Backstein

Blueberries for Sal Robert McCloskey

Bunny Cakes Rosemary Wells

A Busy Year Leo Lionni

A Chair for My Mother Vera B. Williams

Chicken Soup with Rice: A Book of Months Maurice Sendak

Click, Clack, Moo: Cow That Type Doreen Cronin

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Judi Barrett

Color of His Own Leo Lionni

David Gets in Trouble David Shannon

The Dog That Stole Football Plays Matt Christopher

Drinking Gourd F.N. Monujo

Eat Your Peas, Louse! Pegeen Snow

Emma Wendy Kesselman

Flat Stanley Jeff Brown

The Flying Dragon Room Audrey Wood

Frog & Toad Together Arnold Lobel

Froggy Goes to School Jonathan London

The Giving Tree Shel Silverstein

Grandma’s Records Eric Velasquez

The Great Kapac Tree Lynne Cherry

Henny Penny H. Werner Zimmermann

I Was a Second Grade Werewolf Daniel Manus Pinkwater

Is Your Mama a Llama Deborah Guarino

Junie B. Jones Smells Something Fishy Barbara Park

Leo the Late Bloomer Robert Kraus

Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse Kevin Henkes

Lisa’s Airplane Trip Anne Gutman

Little Bear Elsa Holmelund Minarik

Martha Blah Blah Susan Meddaugh

Monkey Monkey’s Trick Patricia McKissack

Mr. Katz & Tush Patricia Polacco

Never Let Your Cat Make Lunch For You Lee Harris

Noisy Nora Rosemary Wells

Officer Buckle & Gloria Peggy Rathmann

Olivia Ian Falconer

The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo Judy Blume

100th Day Worries Margery Cuyler

The Pet Shop Allan Ahlberg

The Pet That I Want Mary Packard

Purple is Part of a Rainbow Carolyn Kowalczyk

Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf Lois Ehlert

Rotten Ralph Jack Gantos

Ruby the Copycat Peggy Rathmann

The Schoolyard Mystery Elizabeth Levy

Socks Beverly Cleary

Stellaluna Janell Cannon

Stripe Joanne Partis

The Teacher From the Black Lagoon Mike Thaler

The Three Pigs David Wiesner

Today Was a Terrible Day Patricia Reilly Giff

The Very Kind Rich Lady & Her 100 Dogs Chinlun Lee

Waiting for Wings Lois Elhert

You Can’t Eat Your Chicken Pox, Amber Brown Paula Danziger

Zelda & Ivy Laura McGee Kvasnosky

 

Non-Fiction

Animal Tracks Arthur Dorros

The Bravest Dog Ever: The True Story of Balto Natalie Standford

Brr! A Book About Polar Animals Melvin Berger

Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! Jennifer Dussling

Butterflies Emily Neye

Crinkleroot’s Book of Animal Tracking Jim Arnosky

Dinosaur Dinners Lee Davis

Eruption: The Story of Volcanoes Anita Ganeri

Growl! A Book About Bears Melvin Berger

Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King Jean Marzollo

Holiday! Celebration Days Around the World Deborah Chancellor

I Am Water Jean Marzollo

Jane Goodall & the Wild Chimpanzees Bette Birnbaum

Johnny Appleseed Eva Moore

Martin’s Big Words:  The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Doreen Rappaport

Sadako Eleanor Coerr

A Snake Mistake Mavis Smith

A Teddy Bear for President Roosevelt Connie & Peter Roop

 

Folktales & Fairy Tales

Anasi the Spider:  A Tale from the Ashanti Gerald McDermott

Bony-Legs Joanna Cole

The Bossy Gallito Lucia M. Gonzalez

B’rer Rabbit & the Peanut Patch Susan Dickinson

Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain: A Nandi Tale Verna Aardema

Fa Mulan: The Story of a Woman Warrior Robert D. San Souci

The Gingerbread Man Jim Aylesworth

Hush, Little Baby: A Folk Song With Pictures Marla Frazee

Lon Po Po Ed Young

Paul Bunyun, a Tall Tale Steven Kellogg

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears Verna Aardema

 

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