3rd grade Children's books
201 books in the children's genre commonly assigned to 3rd gradestudents — every title’s grade range covers 3rd grade, so each is grade-appropriate by curriculum placement. Each links to its reading level, themes, and the curricula that cite it.
201 3rd grade children's books
Reading the whole 3rd grade Children's books? Kids who struggle with the print versions often finish the assigned books by listening.
Listen free on Audiblestarts instantlyNew members only · many assigned titles are included with the membership. As an Amazon Associate, ReadingList earns from qualifying purchases and membership trials at no extra cost to you.
- "Let's Get a Pup!", Said KateBob Graham
- A Band of AngelsDeborah Hopkinson
- A Boy Called ChristmasMatt Haig
- A Chair for My MotherVera B. Williams
- A Dance Like StarlightKristy Dempsey
- A Green Place to beAshley Benham Yazdani
- A Plate of HopeErin Frankel
- A Snicker of Magic (Scholastic Gold)Natalie Lloyd
- A Visit to William Blake's InnNancy Willard
- A Visitor for BearBonny Becker
- Absolutely Positively NotDavid LaRochelle
- Al Capone Does My ShirtsGennifer Choldenko
- Alchemy and Meggy SwannKaren Cushman
- All Because You Matter (An All Because You Matter Book)Tami Charles
- AlphabaticsSuse MacDonald
- And If the Moon Could TalkKate Banks
- Anna and the Swallow ManGavriel Savit
- Anno's Counting BookMitsumasa Anno
- Anno's Medieval WorldMitsumasa Anno
- Apples to OregonDeborah Hopkinson
- Artemis Fowl and the Last GuardianEoin Colfer
- As If Being 12 3/4 Isn't Bad Enough, My Mother Is Running for President!Donna Gephart
- At NightJonathan Bean
- Big Mama Makes the WorldPhyllis Root
Show all 201 titles
- Big Red Lollipop · Rukhsana Khan
- Black Girl You Are Atlas · Renée Watson
- Bloody Jack Series · L. A. Meyer
- Boats for Papa · Jessixa Bagley
- Bubble Trouble · Margaret Mahy
- Building Our House · Jonathan Bean
- By the Light of the Halloween Moon · Caroline Stutson
- Chance · Uri Shulevitz
- Chicken Sunday · Patricia Polacco
- Chinese Menu · Grace Lin
- Clap When You Land · Elizabeth Acevedo
- Clementine · Sara Pennypacker
- Clever Little Witch · Muon Thi Van
- Cold Feet · Cynthia C. DeFelice
- Creepy Carrots! · Aaron Reynolds
- Curlfriends: New in Town (a Graphic Novel) · Sharee Miller
- Demon in the Wood Graphic Novel · Leigh Bardugo
- Dog and Bear: Two Friends, Three Stories · Laura Vaccaro Seeger
- Dooby Dooby Moo · Doreen Cronin
- Doña Flor · Pat Mora
- Dream on Amber · Emma Shevah
- Du Iz Tak? · Carson Ellis
- Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah · Laurie Ann Thompson
- Esquivel! Space-Age Sound Artist · Susan Wood
- Evil Librarian · Michelle Knudsen
- Extra Yarn · Mac Barnett
- Eyes That Kiss in the Corners · Joanna Ho
- Fairy Wings · Lauren Mills
- Fighting Words · Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
- Five, Six, Seven, Nate! · Tim Federle
- Fly · Brittany J. Thurman
- Food, Girls, and Other Things I Can't Have · Allen Zadoff
- Freddie vs. the Family Curse · Tracy Badua
- Freedom Over Me · Ashley Bryan
- Ghetto Cowboy · G. Neri
- Ghost Knight · Cornelia Funke
- Girls Like Her · Melanie Sumrow
- Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs · Mo Willems
- Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter · Kenard Pak
- Grandfather's Journey · Allen Say
- H.O.R.S.E. · Christopher Myers
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows · J. K. Rowling
- Henry Hikes to Fitchburg · D.B. Johnson
- Hey, Kiddo: A Graphic Novel · Jarrett J. Krosoczka
- Home Place · Crescent Dragonwagon
- How the Boogeyman Became a Poet · Tony Keith Jr.
- I Dream of Trains · Angela Johnson
- I Know Here · Laurel Croza
- I Know How to Draw an Owl · Hilary Horder Hippely
- I Talk Like a River · Jordan Scott
- I'm Dirty! · Kate McMullan
- In the Belly of the Bloodhound · L. A. Meyer
- Inheritance · Elizabeth Acevedo
- Jambo Means Hello · Muriel Feelings
- Jazz Day · Roxane Orgill
- John Henry · Julius Lester
- Kent State · Deborah Wiles
- King of Ragtime · Stephen Costanza
- Kumo · Kyo Maclear
- La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One · Philip Pullman
- Last Night · Hyewon Yum
- Leaf Man Board Book · Lois Ehlert
- Legendary Frybread Drive-In · Cynthia Leitich Smith
- Lester’s Dreadful Sweaters · K. G. Campbell
- Lifeboat 12 · Susan Hood
- Little Red Riding Hood (40th Anniversary Edition) · Trina Schart Hyman
- Lon Po Po · Ed Young
- Lupe Wong Won't Dance · Donna Barba Higuera
- Mama Don't Allow 25th Anniversary Edition · Thacher Hurd
- Mama, Do You Love Me? & Papa, Do You Love Me? Bundle · Barbara M. Joosse
- Mario and the Hole in the Sky · Elizabeth Rusch
- Martina una cucarachita muy linda · Carmen Agra Deedy
- Marvelous Cornelius · Phil Bildner
- Me and Momma and Big John · Mara Rockliff
- Mexikid · Pedro Martín
- Millicent Min, Girl Genius (The Millicent Min Trilogy, Book 1) · Lisa Yee
- Milo · Alan Silberberg
- Monstrous Beauty · Elizabeth Fama
- Mr Gumpy's Outing · John Burningham
- Mr Tiger Goes Wild · Peter Brown
- Mrs. Crump's Cat · Linda Smith
- Navigating Night · Julie Leung
- Never Take Your Rhino on a Plane · K. E. LEWIS
- Not Afraid of Dogs · Susanna Pitzer
- Off to School, Baby Duck! · Amy Hest
- Okay for Now · Gary D. Schmidt
- Old Elm Speaks · Kristine O'Connell George
- On the Ball · Brian Pinkney
- Once for Yes · Allie Millington
- Open This Little Book · Jesse Klausmeier
- Openly, Honestly · Bill Konigsberg
- Otis and Will Discover the Deep · Barb Rosenstock
- Our Planet! There's No Place Like Earth · Stacy McAnulty
- Outside Over There · Maurice Sendak
- Over and Under the Rainforest · Kate Messner
- Peace, Locomotion · Jacqueline Woodson
- Perfectly Parvin · Olivia Abtahi
- Pocketful of Posies · Salley Mavor
- Promise Boys · Nick Brooks
- Red, White, and Whole · Rajani LaRocca
- Red-eyed Tree Frog · Joy Cowley
- Redwood and Ponytail · K.A. Holt
- River Friendly, River Wild · Jane Kurtz
- Rotters · Daniel Kraus
- Sadie · Courtney Summers
- Samira Surfs · Rukhsanna Guidroz
- Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library · Carole Boston Weatherford
- Scowler · Daniel Kraus
- See You in the Cosmos · Jack Cheng
- Seven Blind Mice · Ed Young
- Shy Charles · Rosemary Wells
- Sisters of the Lost Marsh · Lucy Strange
- Skulduggery Pleasant – Skulduggery Pleasant: Books 1 - 12 · Derek Landy
- Snow (Book & CD Set) · Uri Shulevitz
- Some of Us · Rajani Larocca
- Song of a Blackbird · Maria van Lieshout
- Sophie's Squash · Pat Zietlow Miller
- Soundtrack: A Novel · Jason Reynolds
- Stateless · Elizabeth Wein
- Stella Díaz Has Something to Say · Angela Dominguez
- Stuntboy, In-Between Time · Jason Reynolds
- Teddy Mars Book #3: Almost an Outlaw · Molly B. Burnham
- The Adventures of Paddy Pork · John S. Goodall
- The Adventures of Team Pom: Squid Happens · Isabel Roxas
- The Bear and the Moon · Matthew Burgess
- The Black Cauldron · Lloyd Alexander
- The Bridge Home · Padma Venkatraman
- The Christmas Boot · Lisa Wheeler
- The Civil War of Amos Abernathy · Michael Leali
- The Dead of Summer (Book 1) · Ryan La Sala
- The Detective's Assistant - FREE PREVIEW EDITION (The First 8 Chapters) · Kate Hannigan
- The Dirty Cowboy · Amy Timberlake
- The Farmer and the Clown · Marla Frazee
- The First Helping (Lunch Lady Books 1 & 2) · Jarrett J. Krosoczka
- The Fourth Stall Part III · Chris Rylander
- The Full Moon at the Napping House · Audrey Wood
- The Garden of Abdul Gasazi · Chris Van Allsburg
- The Great Stink · Colleen Paeff
- The Haunting of Falcon House · Eugene Yelchin
- The Honeys · Ryan La Sala
- The Knife of Never Letting Go · Patrick Ness
- The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza) · Philemon Sturges
- The Longest Night · Marion Dane Bauer
- The Magnificent Mya Tibbs: The Wall of Fame Game · Crystal Allen
- The Man Who Walked Between the Towers · Mordicai Gerstein
- The Mysterious Collection of Dr. David Harleyson · Jean Cassels
- The Patchwork Bike · Maxine Beneba Clarke
- The Rain Came Down · David Shannon
- The Remember Balloons · Jessie Oliveros
- The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place · Julie Berry
- The Scorpio Races · Maggie Stiefvater
- The Shoe Tree of Chagrin · J. Patrick Lewis
- The Snowman: The Book of the Classic Film · Raymond Briggs
- The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks · Katherine Paterson
- The Three Billy Goats Gruff · Mac Barnett
- The Wizards of Once · Cressida Cowell
- There Might Be Lobsters · Carolyn Crimi
- They Say Blue · Jillian Tamaki
- Tikki Tikki Tembo · Arlene Mosel
- Time of the Month! · Valerie Scho Carey
- Tomfoolery! · Michelle Markel
- Traction Man Is Here! · Mini Grey
- Trans History: A Graphic Novel: From Ancient Times to the Present Day · Alex L. Combs
- Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson · Robert Louis Stevenson
- Ways to Make Sunshine · Renée Watson
- We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga · Traci Sorell
- We Are the Ship · Kadir Nelson
- We Go Slow · Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie
- We're Not from Here · Geoff Rodkey
- Welcome to Wonderland #1: Home Sweet Motel · Chris Grabenstein
- Whale Eyes · James Robinson
- When Alexander Graced the Table · Alexander Smalls
- When You Can Swim · Jack Wong
- Will Grayson, Will Grayson · John Green
- William Still and His Freedom Stories · Don Tate
- You Are Brave: A Book About Trying New Things · Margaret O'Hair
- Young Fredle · Cynthia Voigt
Children's books at other grades
Kindergarten · 1st grade · 2nd grade · 4th grade · 5th grade · 6th grade · 7th grade · 8th grade
Other 3rd grade genres
Picture Book · Realistic Fiction · Juvenile Fiction · Middle Grade Fiction · Fantasy · Humor · Mystery · Middle Grade Fantasy
← Full 3rd grade reading list · All children'sbooks →
Frequently asked questions
What children's books are good for 3rd grade students?
201 children's books have a grade range that covers 3rd grade and are assigned across US-school curricula — Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and state ELA standards. Each title on this page links to its full curriculum citations and reading level.
Are these children's books grade-appropriate for 3rd grade?
Every title's grade range covers 3rd grade, so each is age-appropriate by curriculum placement. Check each book's themes and content notes before assigning.
How many children's books are on the 3rd grade list?
This page lists 201 3rd grade children's titles, ordered alphabetically. The list expands as more curriculum references are verified.
Browse by another angle
Canonical URL: https://readinglist.school/genre/childrens/grade/3