ATA 3rd GRADE READING LIST
The purpose of this Reading List is to support the mission of ATA: to provide students with a strong
foundation of knowledge. When a student graduates from ATA, s/he will have read at least 30 quality
literature books and completed reports on them. Four book reports per year are required in 1st through
8th grade, with the exception of some grades requiring a special report in place of a book report.
ATA recognizes that every book on the Reading List may not be completely suitable or appropriate for
every child. Therefore, it is the parent's responsibility to pre-screen the book for his or her child if s/he is
concerned about a book's content.
A student may pick any book from the Reading List for his or her book report as long as 1) the book is at
or above the student’s current grade level and 2) is not an adapted version of the story (i.e., it should not
say “Adapted by…” on the title page). Book report books do not have to meet a certain genre or page
requirement.
Book titles listed in bold at the end of each grade level list are unavailable for book report selection. These
books have been selected by the teacher to read and study in class together.
For more information on Lexile levels please refer to www.lexile.com.
Series
Lexile
Level
Title
Author
(The) Best Book of
Volcanoes
Adams, Simon
Henry Ford: Young Man with
Ideas
Aird, Hazel & Ruddiman,
Catherine
Balto, Sled Dog of Alaska
Anderson, LaVere
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Atwater, Richard &
Florence
910L
(A) Bear Called Paddington
Bond, Michael
750L
Childhood of Famous
American Series
Childhood of Famous
American Series
650L
Marie Curie: Brave Scientist
Brandt, Keith
(The) Big Wave
Buck, Pearl S.
790L
(The) Apple and the Arrow
Buff, Mary
750L
Lincoln's Birthday
Bulla, Clyde Robert
Pocahontas and the
Strangers
Bulla, Clyde Robert
370L
Squanto, Friend of Pilgrims
Bulla, Clyde Robert
360L
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Type of
Book
630L
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Title
Author
Series
Lexile
Level
Will at the Battle of
Gettysburg
Calkhoven, Laurie
Boys of Wartime
710L
Beezus and Ramona
Cleary, Beverly
780L
Henry Huggins
Cleary, Beverly
670L
(The) Mouse and the
Motorcycle
Cleary, Beverly
860L
Otis Spofford
Cleary, Beverly
720L
Ralph S. Mouse
Cleary, Beverly
860L
Ribsy
Cleary, Beverly
820L
Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory
Dahl, Roald
810L
Leif the Lucky
D'Aulaire, Ingri &
D'Aulaire, Edgar Parin
Columbus
D'Aulaire, Ingri &
D'Aulaire, Edgar Parin
Abraham Lincoln
D'Aulaire, Ingri and
D'Aulaire , Edgar Parin
900L
Benjamin Franklin
D'Aulaire, Ingri and
D'Aulaire , Edgar Parin
890L
George Washington
D'Aulaire, Ingri and
D'Aulaire , Edgar Parin
920L
Alexander Graham Bell:
Inventor of the Telephone
Davidson, Margaret
780L
Davidson, Margaret
Childhood of Famous
American Series
520L
Louis Braille: The Boy Who
Invented Books For The
Blind
Davidson, Margaret
Childhood of Famous
American Series
510L
Thee, Hannah!
DeAngeli, Marguerite
Helen Keller
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Series
Lexile
Level
Title
Author
(The) Bite of the Gold Bug: A
Story of the Alaskan Gold
Rush
DeClements, Barthe
600L
Along Came a Dog
DeJong, Meindert
950L
(The) Wheel on the School
DeJong, Meindert
710L
(The) Tale of Despereaux
DiCamillo, Kate
670L
Hardy Boys Classic Mysteries
(#1-58)
Dixon, Franklin W.
(The) Matchlock Gun
Edmonds, Walter D.
860L
Who Was King Tut?
Edwards, Roberta
690L
(The) Hundred Dresses
Estes, Eleanor
870L
(The) Black Stallion
Farley, Walter
680L
(The) Whipping Boy
Fleishman, Sid
570L
Hardy Boys Classic
Mysteries Series
540L-730L
John Fitzgerald Kennedy:
America's Youngest
President
Frisbee, Lucy Post
(The) Cabin Faced West
Fritz, Jean
860L
(The) Girl Who Loved Wild
Horses
Goble, Paul
670L
Childhood of Famous
American Series
840L
Thomas Edison: Young
Inventor
Guthridge, Sue
Albert Einstein: Young
Thinker
Hammontree, Marie
540L
Misty of Chincoteague
Henry, Marguerite
750L
Steven Foster: Boy Minstrel
Higgins, Helen Boyd
Minn of the Mississippi
Holling, Holling Clancy
910L
Paddle-to-the-Sea
Holling, Holling Clancy
840L
Version 2016-05
Childhood of Famous
American Series
Type of
Book
620L
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Author
Seabird
Holling, Holling Clancy
810L
John Henry: An American
Legend
Keats, Ezra Jack
520L
Ben and Me: An Astonishing
Life of Benjamin Franklin by
His Good Mouse
Lawson, Robert
1010L
Ella Enchanted
Levine, Gail Carson
670L
Pippi Longstocking
Lindgren, Astrid
870L
Homer Price
McCloskey, Robert
1000L
Martin Luther King, Jr.:
Young Man with a Dream
Millender, Dharathula H.
Fractions=Trouble!
Mills, Claudia
(The) World of Christopher
Robin
Milne, A. A.
Series
Lexile
Level
Title
Childhood of Famous
American Series
860L
760L
Robert E. Lee: Young
Confederate
Monsell, Helen Albee
Kensuke's Kingdom
Morpurgo, Michael
730L
Shiloh
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
890L
Lucy's Wish
Nixon, Joan Lowery
(The) Borrowers
Norton, Mary
780L
I am Sacagawea
Norwich, Grace
NC1010L
Sing Down the Moon
O'Dell, Scott
820L
Ancient Greece and the
Olympics
Osborn, Mary Pope &
Boyce, Natalie Pope
Magic Tree House
Research Guide
590L
Abraham Lincoln
Osborn, Mary Pope &
Boyce, Natalie Pope
Magic Tree House Fact
Tracker
750L
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Type of
Book
Childhood of Famous
American Series
Orphan Train Children
480L
600L
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Lexile
Level
Title
Author
Series
Titanic
Osborn, Mary Pope &
Osborne, Will
Magic Tree House Fact
Tracker
680L
Knights and Castles
Osborn, Will & Osborn,
Mary Pope
Magic Tree House
Series
690L
Ancient Rome and Pompeii
Osborne, Mary Pope &
Boyce, Natalie Pope
Magic Tree House
Research Guide
750L
Dolphins and Sharks
Osborne, Mary Pope &
Boyce, Natalie Pope
Magic Tree House
Research Guide
730L
Horse Heroes
Osborne, Mary Pope &
Boyce, Natalie Pope
Magic Tree House Fact
Tracker
810L
Penguins and Antarctica
Osborne, Mary Pope &
Boyce, Natalie Pope
Magic Tree House
Research Guide
700L
Pirates
Osborne, Will &
Osborne, Mary Pope
Magic Tree House
Research Guide
680L
Parks, Aileen Wells
Childhood of Famous
American Series
Teddy Roosevelt Young
Rough Rider
Parks, Edd Winfield
Childhood of Famous
American Series
Soup
Peck, Robert Newton
740L
(The) Story of Sacajawea Guide to Lewis and Clark
Rowland, Della
860L
Destination: Jupiter
Simon, Seymour
960L
(The) Moon
Simon, Seymour
730L
Saturn
Simon, Seymour
810L
(The) Sun
Simon, Seymour
870L
Freedom Train (The Story of
Harriet Tubman)
Sterling, Dorothy
910L
Abraham Lincoln: The Great
Emancipator
Stevenson, Augusta
500L
Davy Crocket, Young
Rifleman
Version 2016-05
Type of
Book
460L
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Title
Lexile
Level
Author
Series
Stevenson, Augusta
Childhood of Famous
American Series
560L
Stevenson, Augusta
Childhood of Famous
American Series
590L
Stevenson, Augusta
Childhood of Famous
American Series
500L
Stevenson, Augusta
Childhood of Famous
American Series
510L
Wilbur and Orville Wright:
Young Fliers
Stevenson, Augusta
Childhood of Famous
American Series
470L
Lewis and Clark
Sullivan, George
710L
All-of-a-Kind Family
Taylor, Sydney
750L
Li Lun, Lad of Courage
Treffinger, Carolyn
720L
Babe Ruth: One of Baseball's
Greatest
Van Riper, Guernsey
480L
Benjamin Franklin: Young
Printer
Clara Barton: Founder of the
Red Cross, Girl Nurse
Daniel Boone: Young Hunter
and Tracker
George Washington: Young
Leader
Jim Thorpe: Olympic
Champion
Van Riper, Guernsey
Childhood of Famous
American Series
550L
Van Riper, Guernsey Jr.
Childhood of Famous
American Series
540L
Warner, Gertrude
Chandler
Boxcar Children Series
Books #1-16
440L-630L
Betsy Ross: Designer of Our
Flag
Weil, Ann
Childhood of Famous
American Series
550L
Little House in the Big
Woods
Wilder, Laura Ingalls
930L
Little House on the Prarie
Wilder, Laura Ingalls
760L
(The) Emperor and the Kite
Yolen, Jane
AD660L
Lou Gehrig: One of
Baseball's Greatest
(The) Boxcar Children
1-16
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Book
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