Reading Lists by Grade Level

Third Grade

The reading lists by grade level for 3rd grade is compiled from:

• Caldecott Medal and Honor books since 1923
• The Newberry Award and Honor books since 1923
• Reliable books chosen and used by homeschoolers

Be sure and check the books in lower and higher grade levels also for more selection.

To see only the Caldecott books, click here.

To see only the Newberry books, click here.

The books are listed by name, followed by the author's last name.

Reading Lists for 3rd Grade

Ballet Shoes - Streatfeild

Black Ships Before Troy - Sutcliff

Chronicles of Narnia - Lewis

The Dragon of Lonely Island - Rupp

Manning the Light - Webb

Weathering the Storms - Webb

Mistery and Mishap - Webb

Assateague: Island of Wild Ponies -- Jauck

Paul Bunyan - Kellog

Pompeii...Buried Alive! - Kunhardt

Story of the Treasure Seekers - Nesbit

Stuart Little - White

Trojan Horse - Little

Calico Bush - Field

Carry On, Mr. Bowditch - Latham

Johhny Tremain - Forbes

The Journeyman - Yates

Justin Morgan Had a Horse - Henry

The Witch of Blackbird Pond - Speare

Paddle-to-the-Sea - Holling

Secret of the Andes - Clark

Toliver's Secret - Brady

The Sign of the Beaver - Speare

The Bears on Hemlock Mountain - Dalgliesh

The Cabin Faced West - Fritz

The Courage of Sarah Noble - Dalgliesh

A Lion to Gaurd Us - Bulla

The Matchlock Gun - Edmonds

Meet George Washington - Heilbroner

Meet Thomas Jefferson - Barrett

Om-kas-toe - Tomasma

Phoebe the Spy - Griffin

Pocahontas and the Strangers - Bulla

Robert Fulton, Boy Craftsman - Henry

Sarah, Plain and Tall - MacLachlan

Sarah Whitcher's Story - Yates

The Skippack School - De Angeli

Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims - Bulla

The Thanksgiving Story - Dalgliesh

Naya Nuki - Thomasma

Stone Fox - Gardiner

Tlkta'Ilktak - Houston

Ben Franklin of Old Philadelphia - Cousins

The Corn Grows Ripe - Rhoads

Mr. Revere and I - Lawson

Across Five Aprils - Hunt

Caddie Woodlawn - Brink

Cheaper by the Dozen - Cilbreth and Carey

Helen Keller - Davidson

Little Britches - Moody

Miracles on Maple Hill - Sorensen

Moccasin Trail - McGraw

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry - Taylor

By the Great Horn Spoon - Fleishman

Freedom Train: The Story of Harriet Tubman

George Washington Carver - Collins

Old Yeller - Gipson

Plain Girl - Sorensen

The Great Turkey Walk - Karr

In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson - Lord

The Lewis and Clark Expedition - Neuberger

Sarah, Plain and Tall - MacLachlan

The Seventeenth Swap - McGraw

Shades of Gray - Reeder

Thimble Summer - Enright

Turn Homeward, Hannalee - Beatty

What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin - Fritz

The Wright Brothers - Reynolds

Be sure and check out the other reading lists by grade level.