Books we recommend for 3rd graders

J Fiction – alphabetical by author

• Snarf Attack, Underfoodle, and the Secret of Life (Riot Brothers series) by Mary Amato
• I Was a Third Grade Spy by Mary Jane Auch
• Ruby and the Booker Boys (series) by Derrick Barnes
• Spiderwick Chronicles (series) by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi
• Soupy Saturdays with the Pain and the Great One by Judy Blume
• Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls (series) by Meg Cabot
• Ramona the Pest (series) by Beverly Cleary
• Phineas L. MacGuire (series) by Frances O'Roark Dowell
• My Weird School (series) by Dan Gutman
• Dexter the Tough by Margaret Peterson Haddix
• Just Grace (series) by Charise Harper
• Remembering Mrs. Rossi by Amy Hest
• Piper Reed (series) by Kimberly Willis Holt

• Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, and other Scary Things by Lenore Look
• Gooney Bird Greene (series) by Lois Lowry
• Judy Moody (series) by Megan McDonald
• Dragon Slayers' Academy by Kate McMullan
• Magic Tree House (series) by Mary Pope Osborne
• Junie B. Jones (series) by Barbara Park
• Clementine (series) by Sara Pennypacker
• A to Z Mysteries (series) by Ron Roy
• Time Warp Trio (series) by Jon Scieszka
• Oggie Cooder by Sarah Weeks
• Princess for a Week by Betty Ren Wright

J Easy – alphabetical by author

• John, Paul, George, and Ben by Lane Smith

J Graphic Fiction – alphabetical by author

• Adventures in Cartooning by James Sturm

Non-fiction, call numbers noted

• Wolves are Back by Jean Craighead George, J 599.773 G34w
• Seabiscuit the Wonder Horse by Meghan McCarthy, J 798.4 M12s
• Beautiful Stories of Life: Six Greek Myths, retold by Cynthia Rylant, J 398.2093 R99B