Golden Door Charter School

Suggested Summer Reading List- Grade 3                        

 

Theme- Friendship                                                                                                                

Amigo by, Byrd Baylor (easy)

Alex is My Friend by, Marisabina Russo (easy)

And to Think That We Thought We’d Never Be Friends by, Mary Ann Hoberman (average)

Charlotte’s Web by, E.B. White (average)

Best Friends by, Loretta Krupinski  (advanced)

The Mountain That Loved a Bird by, Alice McLerran (advanced)

 

Theme- City Wildlife                                                                                                             

Farewell to Shady Glade by, Bill Peet (easy)

Wild in the City by, Jan Thornhill (easy)

Birds, Nests and Eggs by, Mel Boring (average)

City Park by, Wendy Davis (average)

Come Back, Salmon!  by, Molly Cone (advanced)

Coyotes in the Crosswalk by, Diane Swanson (advanced)

 

Theme- Imagination                                                                                                              

How I Spent My Summer Vacation by, Mark Teague (easy)

Crocodile’s Masterpiece by, Velthuijs (easy)

Frederick by, Leo Lionni (average)

Behind the Couch by, Mordicai Gerstein (average)

Maria’s Comet by, Deborah Hopkinson (advanced)

My Life With the Wave by, Octavio Paz (advanced)

 

Theme- Money                                                                                                                                  

Lemonade for Sale by, Stuart J. Murphy (easy)

The Treasure by, Uri Shulevitz (easy)

Round and Round the Money Goes by, Melvin and Gilda Berger (average)

Saturday Sancocho by, Leyla Torres (average)

Our Money by, Karen Bornemann Spies (advanced)

Screen of Frogs by, Sheila Hamanaka (advanced)

 

Theme- Storytelling                                                                                                               

Tell Me a Story, Mama by, Angela Johnson (easy)

The Worry Stone by, Marianna Dengler (easy)

A Storyteller’s Story by, Rafe Martin (average)

May’naise Sandwiches and Sunshine Tea by, Sandra Belton (average)

Firetalking by, Patricia Polacco (advanced)

One Grain of Rice by, Demi (advanced)

 

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 Theme- Country Life                                                                                                            

The Raft by, Jim LaMarche (easy)

Mowing by, Jessie Haas (easy)

Night in the Country by, Cynthia Rylant (average)

A River Ran Wild by, Lynne Cherry (average)

Winter Wheat by, Brenda Z. Guiberson (advanced)

Unseen Rainbows, Silent Songs by, Susan L. Goodman (advanced)