Recommended Summer Reading Book List

for Entering 3rd Graders

Book Title Author
 
Ali Baba Bernstein Johanna Hurwitz
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Judi Barrett
Dolphins and Sharks:  A Nonfiction Companion to Dolphins at Daybreak Mary Pope Osborne
Flat Stanley Jeff Brown
From That Julia Redfern Eleanor Cameron
Harlequin and the Gift of Many Colors Remy Charlip & Burton Supree
Hero of the Third Grade Alice DeLaCroix
How to Eat Fried Worms Thomas Rockwell
Miss Rumphius Barbara Cooney
Mr. Popper's Penguins Richard Atwater
Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great Judy Blume
Patrick's Dinosaurs Carol Carrick
Robert Henry Hendershot Susan E. Goodman
Soup and Me Judy Blume
The Cat Who Got Carried Away Allen Ahlberg
The Courage of Sarah Noble Alice Dalgliesh
The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash Tinka Hakes Noble
The Giving Tree Shel Silverstein
The Red Balloon Albert Lamorisse
The SOS File Betsy Byars
The Storm Cynthia Rylant
The White Wolf Ron Roy
Tikki Tikki Tembo Arlene Mosel
Treasury of Elves and Fairiers Jane Werner Watson
White Water P. J. Peterson
 
Series Author
Amelia Bedelia Peggy Parish
Berenstein Bears Stan and Jan Berenstein
Boxcar Mysteries Gertrude Chandler Warner
Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective Donald Sobol
Flat Stanley Jeff Brown
Frog and Toad Arnold Lobel
Fudge Books Judy Blume
Junie B. Jones Series Barbara Park
Little House in the Big Woods Laura Ingalls Wilder
Magic Tree House Series Mary Pope Osborne
Ramona Quimby Series Beverly Cleary
 

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