3rd Grade Summer Reading Possibilities - PSD

Ways to Enjoy Reading
Listen to a book being read
aloud.
Take turns reading to a friend or
parent.
Read the book by yourself and
tell someone about your favorite
parts.
Record yourself reading the
book or parts of the book a
second time.
Listen to the tape or audio file.
Make a list of the books you
have read. Use a code to
indicate how you felt about each
book.
Visit the library and explore the
section with information books.
Select those that interest you.
Check out a poetry book and
make copies of your favorite
poems.
Summer Doings
Some at beaches
Are sand-casting;
Some are silly ---
Fighting, rasseling!
Some are swimming,
Camping, hiking;
Some say stick-ball
Is their liking.
Some on bikes are
Gaily speeding;
Some are smarter ---
SUMMER READING!
William Cole
3rd Grade
Summer Reading
Possibilities
This listing of books offers
book titles that are popular
with boys and girls who are
entering third grade.
The list is a good place to
start your summer reading,
but it is only a beginning.
Other titles by these authors
or other authors offer
enjoyable reading.
Knowing how to choose a
good book is part of being a
good reader. Have fun
choosing and reading books
this summer.
Titles compiled by CFISD librarians.

3rd GRADE SUMMER READING LIST (DICAMILLO) "Mercy Watson" books (MILLS) Being Teddy Roosevelt
(D'LACEY) ^Gruffen
(MCDONALD) "Judy Moody" & "Stink" series
This list is designed to give the "to be" 3rd grader (DONOVAN) ^In Memory of Gorfman T. Frog (MILLS) ^How Oliver Olson Changed the World
lots of good reading for summer enjoyment. (DUFFEY) How to be Cool in the 3rd Grade (NAYLOR) Cuckoo Feathers
Several of these titles are on the 2010-2011 (FLAHERTY) The Luck of the Loch Ness Monster (NESBITT) ^My Hippo Has the Hiccups: and other poem
Bluebonnet List (marked with an *), and on the (FLEISCHMAN) The Whipping Boy (NOBLEMAN) ^Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman
2010-11 Horned Toad Tales List (marked with a ^ ) (GARDNER) Stone Fox (NOLAN) Bad to the Bone
honoring them as outstanding books for (GAUTHIER) A Girl, a Boy and a Monster Cat (O'CONNER) ^Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis
students in grades 3rd-5th.
(GIFFORD) Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little (O'MALLEY) Captain Raptor and the Moon Mystery
(ABBOTT) "The Secrets of Droon"series (GOTO) The Perfect Sword (OSBORNE) Eye of the Emperor
(APPLEGATE) *Home of the Brave (GRAFF) ^Umbrella Summer (PARATORE) ^Sunny Holiday
(ADLER) "Bones Mystery" Series (GREENBURG) "The Zack Files" series (PATENT) When the Wolves Returned
(AUCH) I Was a Third Grade Bodyguard (GUTMAN) "My Weird School" series (PAULSEN) Lawn Boy
(AVI) ^Poppy and Ereth (HADDIX) Say What (PENNYPACKER) "Clementine" series
(BAGLIO) "Animal Ark" series (HATKOFF) Owen and Mzee, Books 1 & 2 (POLACCO) When Lightning Comes in a Jar
(BROWN) *All Stations! Distress! (HOLM) "Babymouse" series (REGAN) " Kaley " books
(BEARD) ^Annie Glover is Not a Tree Lover (HOWE) Waggit's Tale (RUTKOSKI) * The Cabinet of Wonders
(BIRNEY) Surprises According to Humphrey (HURWITZ) Baseball Fever
(SACHAR) Sideways stories from Wayside School
(BISHOP) Nic Bishop Frogs (JENKINS) ^Never Smile at a Monkey (SANTOPOLO) ^Nina, the Pinta, and the Vanishing Treasure
(BLUME) Freckle Juice (JENKINS) Dogs and Cats (SCIESZKA) Summer Reading is Killing Me
(BLUME) Soupy Saturdays with the Pain… (KATZ) Are You Quite Polite (SELZNICK) The Invention of Hugo Cabret
(BRUEL) Bad Kitty Gets a Bath (KERLEY) What to Do About Alice (ST. GEORGE) The Ghost, the White House and Me
(BYARS) My Dog, My Hero (KERRIN) "Martin Bridge" series (STEVENS) Help Me, Mr. Mutt!
(CHILD) "Clarice Bean" Series (KLIMO) Dragon in the Sock Drawer (THOMSON) Dragon's Egg
(CLEARY) "Ramona" Series (KLINE) "Herbie Jones" series (TRIPP) Pete and Fremont
(CLAFLIN) *The Uglified Ducky
(KLISE) ^Dying to Meet You: 43 Cemetery Road (URBAN) A Crooked Kind of Perfect
(CLEMENTS) "Jake Drake" Series (LAFEVERS) ^Flight of the Phoenix (VAN DRAANEN) "Shredderman" series
(CROWE) *Surfer of the Century (LARSON) ^Two Bobbies: A True Story… (WALLACE) The Legend of Thunderfoot
(DADEY) "Ghostville Elementary" series (LICHTENHELD)Everything I know About Monsters : (WALLACE) Snot Stew
(DANZIGER) "Amber Brown" Series (LIN) Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (WARNER) "Boxcar Children" Mystery Series
(DART/BROTMAN) Larry the King of Rock and Roll... (LOOK) " Alvin Ho" series (WARNER) "Emma" books
(DAVIES) The Lemonade War (LOWRY) " Gooney Bird Greene" series (WEEKS) "Oogie Cooder" series
(DELTON) "Pee Wee Scout" Series (MARTIN) A Dog's Life: an Autobiography of a Stray (YEE) ^Bobby Versus Girls (Accidentally)
(DENNIS) ^Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine, and a Miracle (MASS) 11 Birthdays (YOLEN) Sleeping Ugly

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