40+ Books for a 3rd Grader Who Loves to Read

I have received some comments and messages asking me if I plan to continue with the reading lists for voracious readers. I do! I have shared three lists so far: 5th grade, 6th grade, and 7th grade. I am close to finishing 4th grade and 8th grade, so hopefully those will be coming soon along with some other posts about kids who love to read.

Here is the 3rd grade reading list. Happy Reading!

Adventure

Owls in the Family by Farley Mowat

The Dog Who Wouldn't Be by Farley Mowat

Key to the Treasure by Peggy Parish

The Children of Noisy Village by Astrid Lindgren

The Great Brain by John D. Fitzgerald

More Adventures of the Great Brain by John D. Fitzgerald

Me and My Little Brain by John D. Fitzgerald

Fantasy

The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet by Eleanor Cameron

Stuart Little by E. B. White

Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson

Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl

George's Marvelous Medicine by Roald Dahl

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl

The BFG by Roald Dahl

Mouse Called Wolf by Dick-King Smith

The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden

Historical Fiction

The Matchlock Gun by Walter Edmonds

Skippack School by Marguerite de Angeli 

Toliver's Secret by Esther Wood Brady

Twenty and Ten by Claire Huchet Bishop

Sarah Whitcher’s Story by Elizabeth Yates

The Corn Grows Ripe by Dorothy Rhoads

A Lion to Guard Us by Clyde Robert Bulla

The Little Riders by Margaretha Shemin

The Cabin Faced West by Jean Fritz

The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman

By the Great Horn Spoon by Sid Fleischman

Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
you may want to discuss some of the negative language in this book; Simon and I used it as a read aloud instead of an independent reader

Humor

The Peterkin Papers by Lucretia P. Hale 

The Backward Bird Dog by Bill Wallace

The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright

The Four Story Mistake by Elizabeth Enright

Then There Were Five by Elizabeth Enright

Spiderweb for Two: A Melendy Maze by Elizabeth Enright

Realistic Fiction

Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan

Justin Morgan Had a Horse by Marguerite Henry 

Mountain Born by Elizabeth Yates

The Moffats by Eleanor Estes

The Middle Moffat by Eleanor Estes

The Moffat Museum by Eleanor Estes

Rufus M by Eleanor Estes

Biography and Nonfiction

Extreme Animals: The Toughest Creatures on Earth by Nicola Davies

Shark Lady: The True Adventures of Eugenie Clark by Ann McGovern

Childhood of Famous Americans
Used in 2nd-3rd grades; my boys each read 25+ books in this series

Fairy Tales

The Red Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

*Elijah went on to read and re-read every Lang Fairy Book (starting in 2nd grade and stopping around 5th grade)

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Series by L. Frank Baum

I read The Wonderful Wizard of Oz aloud to Elijah in 2nd grade. On a field trip in 3rd grade he learned it was a series. He went on to read and re-read the rest of the books in the original series: The Marvelous Land of Oz, Ozma of Oz, Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz, The Road to Oz, The Emerald City of Oz, ​The Patchwork Girl of Oz, Tik-Tok of Oz, The Scarecrow of Oz, Rinkitink in Oz, The Lost Princess of Oz, The Magic of Oz, and Glinda of Oz. Simon is enjoying this serires now as a 3rd grader. I am glad I added them to his 3rd grade reading list.

Do you have a voracious reader?
What books would you add to this 3rd Grade Reading List?

If you are looking for more lists for kids who love to read, please check out my Reading Lists for Voracious Readers page.