New Third Graders: These are suggested books but evaluate your child’s reading ability and interest and read those types of books.

Fiction:

Christopher Davis’s Best Year Yet  by  Lauren Wohl

Computer Clues   by Judy Delton

Don’t You Know There’s a War On?  By  Avi 

Drinking Gourd  by  F N Monjo

Hundred Penny Box  by Shawn B Mathis

Missouri Bound  by  MacBride/Henson 

No Copy Cats Allowed  by  Bonnie Graves

Skunk Scout  by  Laurence Yep

Shark in School  by  Patricia Giff

Non-fiction:

Hurricanes!  By  Lorraine Hopping

Mosquitoes  by  Cheryl Couglan

Autumn Leaves  by Ken Robbins (J581.48)

When Winter Comes  by Pearl Neuman (J591.43)

Have You Seen Bugs?  By Joanne Oppenheim (J595.7)

Sea Shells (True Book)  by Ann Squire (594.1477)

What’s it Like to Be a Fish  by Wendy Pfeffer (597)

Penguins by Gail Gibbons (598.47))

Biographies:

Laura Ingalls Wilder by  Ginger Wadsworth

President George Washington  by David Alder 

Arnold Schwarzeneger   by  Colleen Sexton

Dreams, Story of Martin Luther King Jr  by Peter Murray 

Series: Only read one or two from a series

Nancy Drew  Series by Keene

Incredible Worlds of Wally McDoogle Series by Bill Myers

Magic Tree House Series by Mary Osborne

My America Series

Dear America Series

Geronimo Stilton Series by Geronimo Stilton

Little House Series by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Box Car Children Series

Secret Agent Dingledorf  by Bill Myers

christianbooks.com / Lifeway Book Store:

Mountain Cabin Mystery  by Max Elliot Anderson

 ISBN0-9729256-3-5

Sisters In Time Series  by Barbour Publishing

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