Realistic Fiction Books for 3rd Graders

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• Verdi · Janell Cannon
• Zach's Lie · Roland Smith
• Pie in the Sky · Remy Lai
• The Boys Start the War · Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
• A Boy Called Bat · Elana K. Arnold
• A Dog Called Kitty · Wallace, Bill
• Are You a Cheeseburger? · Monica Arnaldo
• Ban This Book · Alan Gratz
• Cat Secrets · Jef Czekaj
• Class Clown · Johanna Hurwitz
• Counting by 7s · Holly Goldberg Sloan
• Dragon Rider · Cornelia Funke
• Ellie's Story · W. Bruce Cameron
• Ferret in the Bedroom, Lizards in the Fridge · Bill Wallace
• Go Away, Big Green Monster · Ed Emberley
• Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm · Jerdine Nolen
• Henry's Freedom Box · Ellen Levine
• How to Stay Invisible · Maggie C. Rudd
• Hummingbird · Natalie Lloyd
• Humpty-Dumpty Egg-Splodes · O'Malley, Kevin
• If I Built a School · Chris Van Dusen
• John, Paul, George and Ben · Lane Smith
• Julius, the Baby of the World · Kevin Henkes
• Library Mouse · Daniel Kirk
• Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All · Chanel Miller
• Mr. Fox's Game of "No!" · David LaRochelle
• Mr. Lincoln's Way · Patricia Polacco
• My Dog, My Hero · Betsy Cromer Byars
• Night of the Twisters · Ivy Ruckman
• One Potato, Two Potato · Cynthia DeFelice
• Red Racer · Audrey Wood
• Saving Winslow · Sharon Creech
• Say What? · Margaret Peterson Haddix
• Scaredy Squirrel · Melanie Watt
• Shark vs. Train · Chris Barton
• Snot Stew · Bill Wallace
• Strongheart: Wonder Dog of the Silver Screen · Candace Fleming
• The Boy at the Back of the Class · Onjali Q. Raúf
• The Junkyard Dog · Erika Tamar
• The Monster Who Ate My Peas · Danny Schnitzlein
• Titanicat · Marty Crisp
• Tornado · Betsy Cromer Byars
• Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship and Survival · Kirby Larson
• Wedgie & Gizmo · Suzanne Selfors
• When the Wolves Returned · Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
• Widget · Lyn Rossiter McFarland
• A Boy Named Queen · Sara Cassidy
• A Fine, Fine School · Sharon Creech
• Across the Desert · Dusti Bowling
• Again · Emily Gravett
• Albert · Donna Jo Napoli
• Aliens Are Coming! · Megan McCarthy
• Alligator Sue · Sharon Arms Doucet
• Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things · Lenore Look
• And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon · Janet Stevens
• Arrowhawk · Lola M. Schaefer
• Ava and Pip · Carol Weston
• Avalon High · Meg Cabot
• Backlash · Sarah Darer Littman
• Bad Kitty · Nick Bruel
• Bagdad Ate It · Phyllis Green
• Basket · George Ella Lyon
• Becoming Muhammad Ali · James Patterson
• Bedhead · Margie Palatini
• Better with Butter · Victoria Piontek
• Beware of Boys · Tony Blundell
• Big Bad Bruce · Bill Peet
• Boxes for Katje · Candace Fleming
• Call Me Hope · Gretchen Olson
• Christopher Mouse: The Tale of a Small Traveler · William Wise
• City of Thieves · Alex London
• Clayton Byrd Goes Underground · Rita Williams-Garcia
• Cody Unplugged · Betsy Duffey
• Copycat · Ruth Brown
• Dandy · Ame Dyckman
• Diary of a Wombat · Jackie French
• Dogzilla · Dav Pilkey
• Don't Fidget a Feather! · Erica Silverman
• Donut Feed the Squirrels · Mika Song
• Don’t Touch My Room · Patricia Lakin
• Drawn Together · Minh Le
• Dress Coded · Carrie Firestone
• Drive-By · Lynne Ewing
• Each Kindness · Jacqueline Woodson
• Each Little Bird That Sings · Deborah Wiles
• El Chupacabras · Adam Rubin
• Except Antarctica! · Todd Sturgell
• Exclamation Mark! · Amy Krouse Rosenthal
• Fig Pudding · Ralph J. Fletcher
• Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom · Eric Wight
• Gaston · Kelly DiPucchio
• Ghost Fever/Mal de Fantasma · Joe Hayes
• Grandpa's Teeth · Rod Clement
• Guji Guji · Chen, Zhiyuan
• Harry's Mad · Dick King-Smith
• He Came With the Couch · David Slonim
• Heart of a Tiger · Marsha Diane Arnold
• Helen’s Big World: The Life of Helen Keller · Doreen Rappaport
• Help Me, Mr. Mutt! · Susan Stevens Crummel
• Herbie's Troubles · Carol Chapman
• Here Comes the Garbage Barge · Jonah Winter
• High-Wire Henry · Mary Calhoun
• Hope in the Valley · Mitali Perkins
• Hostage · Willo Davis Roberts
• I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato · Lauren Child
• Ida B. and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World · Katherine Hannigan
• If I Built a Car · Chris Van Dusen
• Jake and Lily · Jerry Spinelli
• Just Gus · McCall Hoyle
• Last Holiday Concert · Andrew Clements
• Lawn Boy · Gary Paulsen
• Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse · Kevin Henkes
• Lion vs. Rabbit · Alex Latimer
• Little Rabbit's Loose Tooth · Lucy Bate
• Livingstone Mouse · Pamela Duncan Edwards
• Liza Lou and the Yeller Belly Swamp · Mercer Mayer
• Loch · Paul Zindel
• Lulu's Mysterious Mission · Judith Viorst
• Memoirs of a Goldfish · Devin Scillian
• Memoirs of a Tortoise · Devin Scillian
• Midnight at the Barclay Hotel · Fleur Bradley
• Millie Waits for the Mail · Alexander Steffensmeier
• Minnie's Diner: A Multiplying Menu · Dayle Ann Dodds
• Miss Nelson Has a Field Day · Harry Allard
• Miss Nelson Is Back · Harry Allard
• Miss Nelson Is Missing · Harry Allard
• Miss Smith's Incredible Storybook · Michael Garland
• Mr. Maxwell's Mouse · Frank Asch
• Mr. Tanen's Ties · Maryann Cocca-Leffler
• Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! · Candace Fleming
• My Explosive Diary · Emily Gale
• My Friend the Vampire · Angela Sommer-Bodenburg
• Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea · Ben Clanton
• Never Spit on Your Shoes · Denys Cazet
• New From Here · Kelly Yang
• No Such Thing · Jackie French Koller
• Norman Didn't Do It! · Ryan T. Higgins
• Nubby’s Story · Aubre Andrus
• Owney: The Mail-Pouch Pooch · Mona Kerby
• Peabody · Rosemary Wells
• Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore! · David McPhail
• Poopsie Gets Lost · Hannah E. Harrison
• Poor Louie · Tony Fucile
• Postcards from Camp · Simms Taback
• Press Here · Hervé Tullet
• Project Mulberry · Linda Sue Park
• Riptide · Frances Ward Weller
• Rotten Teeth · Laura Simms
• Round Trip · Ann Jonas
• Rugby and Rosie · Nan Parson Rossiter
• Satch and Me · Dan Gutman
• Saving Zasha · Randi G. Barrow
• Seadogs: An Epic Ocean Operetta · Lisa Wheeler
• Secrets of My Hollywood Life · Jen Calonita
• Secrets of the Mummies · Shelley Tanaka
• Sharing Susan · Eve Bunting
• Stanley's Wild Ride · Linda Bailey
• Star in the Storm · Joan Hiatt Harlow
• Stepping Up · Mark Fink
• Stonewords: A Ghost Story · Pam Conrad
• Stuntboy, In-Between Time · Jason Reynolds
• Summer Vamp · Violet Chan Karim
• Summer of Riley · Eve Bunting
• Swing · Audrey Meeker
• Tangerine · Edward Bloor
• Ted · Tony DiTerlizzi
• The Adventures of Invisible Boy · Doogie Horner
• The Aquanaut · Dan Santat
• The Araboolies of Liberty Street · Sam Swope
• The Area 51 Files · Julie Buxbaum
• The Barnabus Project · Terry Fan
• The Bear and the Piano · David Litchfield
• The Box Turtle · Vanessa Roeder
• The Butterfly · Patricia Polacco
• The Candymakers · Wendy Mass
• The Cow Who Wouldn't Come Down · Paul Brett Johnson
• The Cybil War · Betsy Byars
• The Dog Who Had Kittens · Polly M. Robertus
• The Ghost of Lizard Light · Elvira Woodruff
• The Giant Slayer · Iain Lawrence
• The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School · Laura Murray
• The Golden Hour · Niki Smith
• The Gollywhopper Games · Jody Feldman
• The Good Dog · Avi
• The Grannyman · Judith Byron Schachner
• The Great White Man-Eating Shark · Margaret Mahy
• The Hot and Cold Summer · Johanna Hurwitz
• The Legend of Gravity: A Tall Basketball Tale · Charly Palmer
• The Library of Ever · Zeno Alexander
• The Magic Misfits · Neil Patrick Harris
• The Perfect Score · Rob Buyea
• The Recess Queen · Alexis O'Neill
• The Sasquatch Escape · Suzanne Selfors
• The School Story · Andrew Clements
• The Scrambled States of America · Laurie Keller
• The Secret Science Project That Almost Ate the School · Judy Sierra
• The Soccer Mom From Outer Space · Barney Saltzberg
• The Stranger Next Door · Peg Kehret
• The Toll-Bridge Troll · Patricia Rae Wolff
• The Trouble with Tuck · Theodore Taylor
• The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street · Karina Yan Glaser
• The Wolf's Chicken Stew · Keiko Kasza
• The Yawns Are Coming · Christopher Eliopoulos
• There's a Ghost in This House · Oliver Jeffers
• Tucky Jo and Little Heart · Patricia Polacco
• Two bad Ants · Chris Van Allsburg
• Violet Raines Almost Got Struck by Lightning · Danette Haworth
• We Forgot Brock! · Carter Goodrich
• What Do They Do with All That Poo? · Jane Kurtz
• What Happened to Patrick's Dinosaurs? · Carol Carrick
• When Zachary Beaver Came to Town · Kimberly Willis Holt
• When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop · Laban Carrick Hill
• Who Needs a Bratty Brother? · Linda Gondosch
• Who Wet My Pants? · Bob Shea
• You Are Here: Connecting Flights · Ellen Oh
• Zen and the Art of Faking It · Jordan Sonnenblick
• Zeus, Dog of Chaos · Kristin O'Donnell Tubb
• Zia Erases the World · Bree Barton
• ¡Vamos! Let's Go Eat · Raúl the Third III
• Amos & Boris · William Steig
• Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa · Erica Silverman
• Fireworks · Matthew Burgess
• Frog Went A-Courtin' · John M. Langstaff
• Mei Li · Thomas Handforth
• Poppleton in Winter · Cynthia Rylant
• Prayer for a Child · Rachel Field
• Sam, Bangs & Moonshine · Evaline Ness
• The Sign Painter · Allen Say
• The Stories Julian Tells · Ann Cameron
• Tops and Bottoms · Janet Stevens
• Crenshaw · Katherine Applegate