30 Third Grade Great Reads

 30 Third Grade Must Read Books

I am VERY pleased to post, not only the list below of great 3rd grade interest books, but also the poster above. After a steep learning curve and lots of googling and pulling of my hair, you can click on the poster, and it will take you to a word document.  As you scroll across the book covers, you can click and go to Goodreads for a summary and other book information.  You can also click on the following link Printable Thirty 3rd Grade Must Reads List to get a list of the books.  I hope you find some good read alouds, a few classics, a tear-jerker or two, a mind-expander, a mix of boy and girl protagonists, and some definite keepers.

1. Gooney Bird Greene (Series) by Lois Lowry Lewis


2. Love That Dog (Series) by Sharon Creech


3. Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater


4. The SOS File by Betsy Byars


5. Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things by Lenore Look


6. Flight of the Phoenix (Beastologist series) by R.L. LaFevers


7. Frindle by Andrew Clements


8. Captain Nobody by Dean Pitchford


9. The Familiars (Series) by Adam Jay Epstein and Andrew Jacobson


10. The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester by Barbara O'Conner


11. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place (Series) by Maryrose Wood


12. The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate


13. Mr. and Mrs. Bunny--Detectives Extraordinaire!  by Polly Horvath and Sophie Blackall


14. Pie by Sarah Weeks


15. Rickshaw Girl by Mitali Perkins


16. The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo


17. The Lemonade War (Series) by Jacqueline Davies


18. Beezus and Ramona Series by Beverly Cleary


19. Phantom Tollbooth y by Norman Jester


20. Tumtum and Nutmeg by Emily Bearn


21. The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary


22. Freckle Juice by Judy Blume


23. Whales on Stilts! by M.T. Anderson


24. Sheep by Valerie Hobbs


25. Judy Moody by Megan McDonald


26. How Oliver Olson Changed the World by Heather Harms Maione


27. Hachiko Waits by Leslea  Newman


28. Little House on the Prairie  by Laura Ingalls Wilder


29. The Magic Half by Annie Barrows


30. Igraine the Brave by Cornelia Funke

Happy Reading,