# 3rd grade books about dogs, fiction

**7** books commonly assigned to 3rd grade students in US schools that explore dogs, fiction. 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  ·  **Theme:** dogs, fiction
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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 dogs, fiction reading list

- [Can I Be Your Dog?](https://readinglist.school/book/can-i-be-your-dog) by Troy Cummings _(Grades K–3 · pub 2018)_
- [Hachiko](https://readinglist.school/book/hachiko) by Pamela S. Turner _(Grades 3–6 · pub 2004)_
- [My Dog, My Hero](https://readinglist.school/book/my-dog-my-hero) by Betsy Cromer Byars _(Grades 3–5 · pub 2000)_
- [Riptide](https://readinglist.school/book/riptide) by Frances Ward Weller _(Grades K–3 · pub 1990)_
- [Shiloh Season](https://readinglist.school/book/shiloh-season) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor _(Grades 3–6 · pub 1996)_
- [Tornado](https://readinglist.school/book/tornado) by Betsy Cromer Byars _(Grades 3–6 · pub 1996)_
- [Widget](https://readinglist.school/book/widget) by Lyn Rossiter McFarland _(Grades K–3 · pub 2001)_

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