# 3rd grade Juvenile Nonfiction books

**11** juvenile nonfiction books commonly assigned to 3rd grade students in US schools. Every title's grade range covers 3rd grade, so each is grade-appropriate by curriculum placement. Sourced from Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and 50 state ELA curricula.

**Grade:** 3rd grade  ·  **Genre:** Juvenile Nonfiction
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**Primary source — Common Core ELA exemplars:** https://www.nysed.gov/sites/default/files/programs/standards-instruction/appendix-b-text-exemplars-and-sample-performance-tasks.pdf

## 3rd grade Juvenile Nonfiction reading list

- [Baboushka and the Three Kings](https://readinglist.school/book/baboushka-and-the-three-kings) by Ruth Robbins _(Grades K–3 · pub 1960)_
- [Cactus Queen: Minerva Hoyt Establishes Joshua Tree National Park](https://readinglist.school/book/cactus-queen-minerva-hoyt-establishes-joshua-tree-national-park) by Lori Alexander _(Grades 2–3)_
- [Forests](https://readinglist.school/book/forests) by Nell Cross Beckerman _(Grades 2–3)_
- [Lincoln: A Photobiography](https://readinglist.school/book/lincoln-a-photobiography) by Russell Freedman _(Grades 3–7 · pub 1987)_
- [Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom](https://readinglist.school/book/moses-when-harriet-tubman-led-her-people-to-freedom) by Carole Boston Weatherford _(Grades K–3 · pub 2006)_
- [Out of Wonder](https://readinglist.school/book/out-of-wonder) by Kwame Alexander _(Grades K–3 · pub 2017)_
- [R-E-S-P-E-C-T](https://readinglist.school/book/r-e-s-p-e-c-t) by Carole Boston Weatherford _(Grades K–3 · pub 2020)_
- [Snowflake Bentley](https://readinglist.school/book/snowflake-bentley) by Jacqueline Briggs Martin _(Grades K–3 · pub 1998)_
- [The Glorious Flight](https://readinglist.school/book/the-glorious-flight) by Alice Provensen _(Grades K–3 · pub 1983)_
- [The Story of Mankind](https://readinglist.school/book/the-story-of-mankind) by Hendrik Willem van Loon _(Grades 3–7 · pub 1921)_
- [Trombone Shorty](https://readinglist.school/book/trombone-shorty) by Troy Andrews _(Grades K–3 · pub 2015)_

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