2000s books assigned in 3rd grade
US schools assign 213 books written in the 2000s to 3rd grade students, across 42 states, spanning 610L–950L. Every title below is cited from a state ELA standard, district reading list, or AP/IB syllabus.
Most widely assigned from the 2000s
Because of Winn-Dixie
Kate DiCamillo · on 31 reading lists
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- Titles
- 213
- Written
- 2000–2009
- Lexile range
- 610L–950L
- States assigning
- 42
The list — 2000s, 3rd grade
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"Let's Get a Pup!", Said KateBob Graham
11 BirthdaysWendy Mass
12 AgainSue Corbett
7 X 9 = TroubleClaudia Mills
A Coyote Solstice TaleThomas King
A Fine, Fine SchoolSharon Creech
A Season of GiftsRichard Peck
A Single ShardLinda Sue Park · 920L
A Week in the WoodsAndrew Clements
A Year Down YonderRichard Peck
AbductionPeg Kehret
Absolutely Positively NotDavid LaRochelle
Adopted by an OwlRobbyn Smith van Frankenhuyzen
Al Capone Does My ShirtsGennifer Choldenko
Alabama MoonWatt Key
AlbertDonna Jo Napoli
All the Lovely Bad OnesMary Downing Hahn
Alligator SueSharon Arms Doucet
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary ThingsLenore Look
And If the Moon Could TalkKate Banks
And the Dish Ran Away with the SpoonJanet Stevens
Apples to OregonDeborah Hopkinson
Arnie, the DoughnutLaurie Keller
ArrowhawkLola M. Schaefer
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- As If Being 12 3/4 Isn't Bad Enough, My Mother Is Running for President!
- Avalon High
- Bad Kitty
- Bad News for Outlaws
- Because of Winn-Dixie
- Bedhead
- Big Mama Makes the World
- Boxes for Katje
- By the Light of the Halloween Moon
- Call Me Hope
- Champ
- Christopher Mouse: The Tale of a Small Traveler
- Clementine
- Closed for the Season
- Cold Feet
- Coraline
- Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa
- Cracker The Best Dog in Vietnam
- Crispin: The Cross of Lead
- Criss Cross
- Crossing Bok Chitto
- Dear Mrs. LaRue
- Deep and Dark and Dangerous
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid
- Diary of a Wombat
- Dooby Dooby Moo
- Double Fudge
- Down the Rabbit Hole
- Dragon Rider
- Each Little Bird That Sings
- Eleven
- Epossumondas
- Every Soul a Star
- Fairy Wings
- Falling for Rapunzel
- Fever 1793
- Flipped
- Flotsam
- Flush
- Food, Girls, and Other Things I Can't Have
- Frankenstein Takes the Cake
- Girl in a Cage
- Goin' Someplace Special
- Good Masters Sweet Ladies
- Guji Guji
- Hachiko
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Hattie Big Sky
- He Came With the Couch
- Henry Hikes to Fitchburg
- Henry's Freedom Box
- Hooway for Wodney Wat
- Hostage
- How to Steal a Dog
- Humpty-Dumpty Egg-Splodes
- I Dream of Trains
- I Need My Monster
- I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato
- Ida B. and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World
- If I Built a Car
- In the Belly of the Bloodhound
- Jazz on a Saturday Night
- John, Paul, George and Ben
- Kira-Kira
- Kitten's First Full Moon
- Knocked Out by Nunga-Nungas
- Last Holiday Concert
- Last Night
- Let's Do Nothing
- Lewis and Clark and Me
- Loser
- Magyk
- Millie Waits for the Mail
- Minnie's Diner: A Multiplying Menu
- Mis colores, mi mundo
- Miss Smith's Incredible Storybook
- Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism
- Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom
- Mr. Lincoln's Way
- Mr. Maxwell's Mouse
- Mrs. Crump's Cat
- Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!
- My Dog, My Hero
- My Friend Rabbit
- My Lucky Day
- My People
- Mystery at the Club Sandwich
- Nightmare at the Book Fair
- No More Dead Dogs
- No Talking
- Not Afraid of Dogs
- Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude
- One Potato, Two Potato
- Owney: The Mail-Pouch Pooch
- Peace, Locomotion
- Peter and the Starcatchers
- Please Write in this Book
- Poppleton in Winter
- Project Mulberry
- Ralph S. Mouse
- Ramona Forever
- Rap a Tap Tap
- Red Midnight
- River Friendly, River Wild
- Rosa
- Ruby Holler
- Salt in His Shoes: Michael Jordan in Pursuit of a Dream
- Satch and Me
- Say What?
- Scaredy Squirrel
- Scat
- Schooled
- Scranimals
- Seadogs: An Epic Ocean Operetta
- Secrets of My Hollywood Life
- Sheep
- Skeleton Creek
- Skeleton Man
- Skippyjon Jones
- Snow
- So You Want to be President
- Stanley's Wild Ride
- Star in the Storm
- Stepping Up
- Stolen Children
- Substitute Teacher Plans
- Summer of Riley
- Swindle
- Talkin' About Bessie
- Ted
- The 13th Floor: A Ghost Story
- The Babe and I
- The Blacker the Berry
- The Cats in Krasinski Square
- The Dirty Cowboy
- The Dunderheads
- The Ghost of Lizard Light
- The Ghost's Grave
- The Giant Slayer
- The Golden Mare, the Firebird, and the Magic Ring
- The Gollywhopper Games
- The Good Dog
- The Graveyard Book
- The Great Fuzz Frenzy
- The Hello, Goodbye Window
- The Higher Power of Lucky
- The House in the Night
- The Knife of Never Letting Go
- The Lemonade War
- The Lion & the Mouse
- The Lion & the Mouse
- The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza)
- The Longest Night
- The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
- The Maze of Bones
- The Million Dollar Shot
- The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
- The Monster Who Ate My Peas
- The Mysterious Collection of Dr. David Harleyson
- The Mysterious Matter of I. M. Fine
- The Old Willis Place
- The Raft
- The Recess Queen
- The School Story
- The Schwa was Here
- The Secret Science Project That Almost Ate the School
- The Shoe Tree of Chagrin
- The Sign Painter
- The Soccer Mom From Outer Space
- The Stranger Next Door
- The Tale of Despereaux
- The Three Pigs
- The Trouble with Tuck
- The Uglified Ducky
- The World According to Humphrey
- There's a Bat in Bunk Five
- Titanicat
- Togo
- Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship and Survival
- Uptown
- Violet Raines Almost Got Struck by Lightning
- We Are the Ship
- We Are the Ship
- When the Wolves Returned
- When You Reach Me
- Widget
- Word Eater
- Zen and the Art of Faking It
- Zorgamazoo
Most-assigned 2000s authors in 3rd grade
Andrew Clements (4) · Peg Kehret (4) · Mary Downing Hahn (4) · Kate DiCamillo (3) · Dan Gutman (3) · Gordon Korman (3)
Common questions
- How many 2000s books are assigned in 3rd grade?
- 213 books written between 2000 and 2009 appear on 3rd grade reading lists tracked by ReadingList. Each one is cited from a state department of education, district list, or AP/IB syllabus.
- What Lexile range do these 2000s books cover?
- Lexile measures for the 2000s titles assigned in 3rd grade run from 610L to 950L. Poetry, drama, and graphic novels without a published Lexile measure are not counted in that range.
- Are these assigned nationally or in a few states?
- 42 states assign at least one 2000s title at 3rd grade in the lists tracked here, so this is a broad pattern rather than a single state's canon. Per-state lists are on each state page.