3rd Grade Literature List
Title
Sounder
Mr. Popper’s Penguins
The Indian in the Cupboard
Chalk Box Kid
The Incredible Journey
Ribsy
Ralph S. Mouse
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
Ramona Quimby, Age 8
Ramona and Her Father
Ramona Forever
Ramona the Pest
Runaway Ralph
Socks
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Stone Fox
Old Yeller
Paul Bunyan
Pecos Bill: A Tall Tale
Horrible Harry in Room 2B
Horrible Harry’s Secret
Horrible Harry and the Green Slime
Horrible Harry and the Ant Invasion
Sarah, Plain and Tall
Skylark
Caleb’s Story
More Perfect Than the Moon
Babushka’s Doll
When Lightning Comes in a Jar
The Keeping Quilt
Emma Kate
Pink and Say
For the Love of Autumn
Mr. Lincoln’s Way
John Philip Duck
Thunder Cake
Thank You, Mr. Falker
Grade Level Equivalence
4.9
4.9
5.9
3.2
8.1
4.1
4.1
4.1
3.5
5.4
4.1
4.1
4.1
5.4
5.9
3.2
5.4
3.8
5.7
3.1
3.3
3.3
3.8
4.2
3.3
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
5.3
2.1
4.9
4.8
3.2
2.8
3.5
4.8
Author
William Armstrong
Richard Atwater
Lynne Reid Banks
Clyde Robert Bulla
Shelia Burnford
Beverly Cleary
Beverly Cleary
Beverly Cleary
Beverly Cleary
Beverly Cleary
Beverly Cleary
Beverly Cleary
Beverly Cleary
Beverly Cleary
Roald Dahl
John R. Gardiner
Fred Gipson
Steven Kellogg
Steven Kellogg
Suzy Kline
Suzy Kline
Suzy Kline
Suzy Kline
Patricia MacLachlan
Patricia MacLachlan
Patricia MacLachlan
Patricia MacLachlan
Patricia Polacco
Patricia Polacco
Patricia Polacco
Patricia Polacco
Patricia Polacco
Patricia Polacco
Patricia Polacco
Patricia Polacco
Patricia Polacco
Patricia Polacco
Title
Encyclopedia Brown series
American Tall Tales
Boxcar Children series
Charlotte’s Web
Stuart Little
The Trumpet of the Swan
Little House in the Big Woods
Farmer Boy
Little House on the Prairie
On the Banks of Plum Creek
By the Shores of Silver Lake
Little Town on the Prairie
The Long Winter
Grade Level Equivalence
range of levels
5.4
range of levels
4.9
3.9
5.1
4.2
4.3
4.3
5.2
5.5
4.9
4.4
South Carolina
Title
Charley’s Columbia Backyard
Brave Black Patriots
The Courageous Patriot
The Fighting Gamecock
Heroines of the American Revolution
Light Horse Harry
The Man Who Loved the Flag
The Old Wagoner
The Revolutionary Swamp Fox
The Secret Message
The Wizard Owl
Make it Three (H.L. Hunley)
Palmetto Symbol of Courage
Circle Unbroken (Gullah Culture)
The Midlands Child
Secrets of a Civil War Submarine
The Best Friend
Author
Caroline Bennett
Idella Bodie
Idella Bodie
Idella Bodie
Idella Bodie
Idella Bodie
Idella Bodie
Idella Bodie
Idella Bodie
Idella Bodie
Idella Bodie
Margie Clary
Kate Salley Palmer
Margot Theis Raven
Monica Simmons
Sally Walker
George Walton Williams
Author
Donald J. Sobol
Adrien Stoutenberg
Gertrude C. Warner
E.B. White
E.B. White
E.B. White
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Great Classics for Third Graders:
Peter Pan
The Black Stallion
The Whipping Boy
My Father’s Dragon
The Jungle Book (Scholastic Jr. Classic)
Charlotte’s Web
Stuart Little
Barrie, James.
Farley, Walter
Fleischman, Sid
Gannett, Ruth
Kipling, Rudyard
White, E. B.
White, E. B.
Level 1
A Lion to Guard Us
Shoeshine Girl
Henry Huggins
Stone Fox
Ox-Cart Man
Paul Bunyan
Miss Pickerell
Sarah, Plain and Tall
The Time Warp Trio: Sam Samurai
Encyclopedia Brown Series
The True Adventure of Daniel Hall
The Box-Car Children (excluding vol. 1)
Bulla, Clyde
Bulla, Clyde.
Cleary, Beverly
Gardiner, John
Hall, Donald
Kellogg, Steven
MacGregor, Ellen
MacLachlan, Patricia
Scieszka, Jon
Sobol, Donald
Stanley, Diane
Warner, Gertrude
Level 2
Pinocchio
The Matchlock Gun
Misty of Chincoteague
James Herriot’s Treasury
The Bobbsey Twins
Aldo Applesauce
Pippi Longstocking
Winnie the Pooh
In Grandma’s Attic
Family Adventures
Dragon of Lonely Island
Little House on the Prairie
Collodi C.
Edmonds, Walter
Henry, Marguerite
Herriot, James
Hope, Laura Lee
Hurwitz, Johanna
Lindgren, Astrid
Milne, A. A.
Richardson, Arleta
Roddy, Lee
Rupp, Rebecca
Wilder, Laura
Level 3
Miss Hickory
Paddington
The Enormous Egg
Ramona the Pest
Benjamin Franklin
The Moffats
The Cabin Faced West
Paddle-to-the-Sea
Bailey, Carolyn
Bond, Michael
Butterworth, Oliver
Cleary, Beverly
D’Aulaire, I. E.
Estes, Eleanor
Fritz, Jean
Holling, H. C.
Trailblazer Series
Just So Stories
Rabbit Hill
Homer Price
The Story of the Treasure Seekers
The Door in the Dragon’s Throat
American Adventure Series
Ballet Shoes
Jackson, Dave & Neta
Kipling, Rudyard
Lawson, Robert
McCloskey, Robert
Nesbit, E.
Peretti, Frank
Reece, Colleen
Streatfeild, Noel