I am getting ready for Third Grade. I want to be prepared with a list of the best-recommended books for third-graders. It will be my fifth year at Monticello Academy, and I love the reading programs there. We have read-a-thon each year and Reading logs with awards monthly or quarterly. Did I share that I love reading? I do! I am exposed to many different levels and genres, fiction and non-fiction, so I will write a standard list of books for the third-graders below.
Let’s start with the Mystery/Adventure Stories.
Author
Title
Birney, Betty
“Humphrey” series
Blyton, Enid
“Famous Five” series
Buckley, Michael
“Sisters Grimm” series
Dixon, Franklin
“Hardy Boys” series
Enderle, Dotti
“Ghost Detectors” series
Funke, Cornelia
“Igraine the Brave” series
Hale, Bruce
“Chet Gecko” series
Johnson, Terry Lynn
“Survivor Diaries” series
Keene, Carolyn
“Nancy Drew” series
Simon, Seymour
“Einstein Anderson” series
Snicket, Lemony
“Series of Unfortunate Events”
Sobol, Donald
“Encyclopedia Brown” series
Stilton, Geronimo
“Geronimo Stilton” series
Titus, Eve
“The Great Mouse Detective” series
VanDraanen, Wendelin
“Shredderman” series
Warner, Gertrude Chandler
“Boxcar Children” series
Warner, Penny
“Code Busters Club” series
White, E.B.
Next, I will continue with Historical Fiction, as I would love to read American Girl.
Author
Title
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“American Girls” series
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“Dear America” series
Burnett, Frances Hodgson
Erdrich, Louise
“Birchbark House” series
Fleischman, Sid
Fritz, Jean
Kelly, Jacqueline
“Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet” series
MacLachlan, Patricia
Messner, Kate
“Ranger in Time” series
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“My Name is America” series
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“Royal Diaries” series
Ryan, Pam Munoz
Tarshis, Lauren
“I Survived” series
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“You Choose” series
* Authors vary
You love reading books like me because you got to this line.
What would you say about some Graphic Novels…
Author
Title
Blabey, Aaron
“Bad Guys” series
Espinosa, Rod
“Courageous Princess” series
Hale, Shannon
Holm, Jennifer & Matthew
“Babymouse”
“Squish” series
O’Connor, George
“The Olympians” (mythology series)
Pilkey, Dav
“Dog Man” series
Simpson, Dana
“Phoebe and her unicorn” series
Telgemeier, Raina
Winick, Judd
“HiLo” series
Hold on. Next is the best Contemporary/Realistic Fiction book list.