Chapter Books (3rd Grade)

Chapter Books (3rd Grade)

Adler chapter books
Adler, David - Cam Jansen series
Aliki Mummies Made in Egypt
American Girl books by Porter, Shaw, Tripp
Armstrong Patrick Doyle is Full of Blarney
Atwater Mr. Popper's Penguins
Avi, "S.O.R. Losers" by Avi (some of Avi's other titles might be good too!)
Babbit, Natalie Tuck Everlasting
Ballard, Robert Exploring The Titanic
Baylor, Byrd I'm In Charge of Celebrations
Beatty, Be Ever Hopeful,Hannalee
Beatty, Turn Homeward Hannalee
Berenstain, The Berenstain Bear Scouts and the Missing Merit Badges (Berenstain Bear Scouts Merit Badge Mystery)
Betancourt, Pony Pals
Blume, Judy Superfudge
Blume, Judy Tales Of A Fourth Grade Nothing
Blume, Judy. Freckle Juice
Bonsell, Crobsy. The Private Eyes Club
Brink, Carol Caddie Woodlawn
Brown, Flat Stanley
Brown, Marc. Arthur Accused! (Arthur Adventures Series , No 5)
Bryant, Pony Tails
Buck, Pearl S The Wave
Bulla
Bunting.,. Eve. The In-Between Days
Burnett, Francis The Secret Garden
Butterworth The Enormous Egg
Byars, Betsy books esp. Trouble River and the Blossom Family Series (starting with The Not Just Anybody Family
Cameron, Ann. Julian, Dream Doctor (and a couple of other Julian stories) Berenstain Bears chapter books
Cameron. Flight to the Mushroom Planet
Catling, Patrick The Chocolate Touch
Charbonnet, Gabrielle. Snakes Are Nothing to Sneeze At
Chew, Ruth
Choe, Sook Nyul. The Best Older Sister
Christopher, Matt
Christopher, Matt. The Captain Contest (Soccer Cats, #1.)
Christopher, Matt. The Catcher's Mask (Peach Street Mudders Story)
Cisneros, Sandra Woman Hollering Creek
Cleary Ramona the Pest (funny)
Cleary, Beverly Dear Mr.. Henshaw
Cleary, Beverly Henry Huggins
Cleary, Beverly (Ramona, etc.)
Clifford, Eth Help! I'm A Prisoner In The Library
Coerr, Eleanor Sadako And The Thousand Paper Cranes
Conford, Ellen - Nibble, Nibble, Jenny Archer (and other Jenny Archer books)
Conford, Jenny Archer
Cosgrove, Serendipity Series
Coville - Space Brats
Cuyler Weird Wolf
Cuyler, Margery has several such as Weird Wolf
Cylmer, Eleanor. The Spider the Cave and the Pottery Bowl
Dadey, Debbie. Bailey School Kids series is popular with second and third graders.
Dadey, Debbie. Triplet Trouble
Dahl, Roald (Georges Marvelous Medicine, Esio Trot, The Magic Finger, are younger books)
Dahl, Ronald Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
Dahl, Ronald James And The Giant Peach
Dahl, Ronald Matilda
Dalgliesh, Alice. The Courage of Sarh Noble and also The Bears on Hemlock Mountain
Danziger, Paula. Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon
Danziger, Paula. Amber Brown books
Deary, Terry. Calamity Kate and another one The Lambton Worm
DeClements, Barthe
DeFelice, Devil's Bridge
Delton, Judy, Pee Wee Scouts series
Dixon, Frank. Hardy Boy series
Duffey, Betsy - Math Wiz, Gadget War, and most of her other books
Duffey, Betsy. The Camp Knock Knock Mystery
Erickson, Hank the Cowdog series
Estes, Eleanor The Hundred Dresses
Fleischman, Sid The thirteenth floor.
Fleisshman, Paul Joyful Noise
Fritz, Jean. The Cabin Faced West
Fritz, Jean George Washington's Breakfast
Gannett - My Father's Dragon
Gardiner Top Secret (same author as Stone Fox)
Gardiner, John Stone Fox
George, Jean My Side Of THe Mountain
Giff, Partricia Reilly
Giff, Patricia Reilly, Kids of Polk Street School (December secrets etc.)
Giff, Patricia Reilly. Lazy Lions, Lucky Lambs
Giff, Patricia Reilly. Polk Street School books
Greenburg, Dan. The Zach Files series
Greenfield, Eloise African Dream
Greenfield, Eloise Childtimes
Gutman Honus and Me and The Dollar Shot
Gutman, Dan "Tales From the Sandlot" series
Herman, Charlotte - the "Max Malone" titles
Hesse, Sable
Hilert, Margaret
Hiller, Rent a Third Grader
Hinton, S. E. The Puppy Sister. It's not standard fare, but it is great for laughs.
Hoban, Lilliam series about Russell
Hoobler, Dorothy. My Next Stop, Freedom
Howe, James. Bunnicula books
Hughes The Iron Giant (grades 3-4)
Hurwitz - Aldo books
Hurwitz, Johana Class President
Hurwitz, Johanna
King-Smith, Dick. Genius, the Amazing Guinea Pig
King-Smith, Dick. Babe
Kline, Susy
Kline, Suzy - Herbie Jones and Horrible Harry books
Kline, Suzy. _Horrible Harry_ series.
Korman, Gordon
Korman, Gordon. Nose-Pickers from Outer Space
Landon, Lucinda. Meg Mackintosh series;
Leverich, Kathleen. Best Enemies series
Levy, Elizabeth. "Something Queer" series, as well as her other short chapter
Levy, Elizabeth. The moster series (Dracula is a pain in the neck- Gorgonzola Zombies in the Park...etc.)
Lewis, The Cul-de-sac Kids
Lindgren, Astrid Pippi Longstocking
Lobel, Arnold (Frog and Toad)
Lord, Betty In The Year OF The Boar Jackie Robinson
Lowry, Lois Number The Stars
Lowry, Lois. Anastasia Krupnick books, particulary the ones about her brother Sam.
MacDonald, Betty. Mrs Piggle Wiggle's series
MacLachlan, Patricia Sarah Plain And Tall
Manes, Stephen. books such as Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days and others; MacLachlan, Patricia Seven Kisses in a Row
Martin, Ann Babysitters Club
Martin, Ann, Baby-Sitters Younger sister series
Mathis, Sharon Bell Hundred Penny Box
McCloskey, Robert Homer Price
McGovern Shark Lady
Miller, Sara Swan. Better Than TV
Moskin Day of the Blizzard
Myers, Earthquake in the Third Grade
Naidoo, Beverly Journey To Jo'burg
Naylor, Phyllis. the Shiloh books
Osborne, The Magic Treehouse Series
Parish, Peggy (Amelia Bedilia books)
Park Operation Dump the Chump
Park, Barbara. Junie B. Jones & the Yucky Blucky Fruitcake #5
Park, Barbara. The Junie B. Jones series
Paterson Katherine The Great Gilly Hopkins
Paulsen, Gary Nightjohn
Peterson, The Littles series
Pilkey - The Adventures of Captain Underpants
Pinkwater Blue Moose and Return of the Moose
Poploff, Michelle. Bat Bones and Spider Stew
Prelutsky, Jack Pizza The Size Of The Sun
Reid Bands The Indian in the Cupboard
Rockwell How to Eat Fried Worms
Roy, Ron. A to Z Mysteries Series
Ryland, Cynthia (her Henry and Mudge books are a favorite)
Rylant, Cynthia Missing May
Sachar - Wayside School Series
Sachar(sp?) Holes, Theres a boy in the girls bathroom.
Sachar, Louis. Marvin Redpost series (probably 6-10 titles)
Sargent, Dave and Pat. a series of animal stories
Scieszka, Jon. Time Warp Trio
Sewell, Anna Black Beauty
Sharmat, Nate the Great
Shemin The Little Riders
Shreve, Susan The Flunking Of Joshua T. Bates
Silverstein, Shel The Light In The Attic
Skurzynski Lost in the Devil's Desert
Smith Jelly Belly (funny)
Smith, Janice Lee. Adam Joshua series beginning with The Monster in the Third Dresser Drawer
Sobol, Donald Encyclopedia Brown Series
Spedden Polar the Titanic Bear
Spinelli, The Bathwater Gang
Steptoe, John Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
Stine, R.L. Goosebumps
Strange Case of the Elevator Duck
Strasser, Todd. Help I'm trapped in... series
Szeika, Jon. The Knights of the Kitchen Table, and a couple more in that series
Taylor, Mississippi Bridge
The American Girls series
Van Allsburg The Stranger (one sitting, read in October)
Walter, Justin and the best Biscuits
Warner, Gertrude - The Boxcar Children series
Warner, Gertrude Chandler, Boxcar Children series
White, E.B. Charlotte's Web
White, Stuart Little
Wilder, Laura Ingalls The Little House On The Prairie
Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Little House Books
Williams, Velveteen Rabbit
Wilson, Nancy Hope. Old People, Frogs & Albert
Wisler, Mr. Lincoln's Drummer
Wisniwski,David The Golem
Woodruff George Washington's Socks
Wright, Betty Ren. The Ghost Witch
Yolen Letting Swift River Go (one sitting, historical fiction)

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