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2022 Summer Reading Suggestions for Incoming K-5 Students from the TSC Library: 3rd Grade

Summer Reading Suggestions for Incoming 3rd Graders, 2021

Welcome Incoming 3rd Grade Readers and Families!undefined

Explore the TSC Library To Go site to find even more summer resources for reading and learning. Happy reading!

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Books to Support Conversations Around Social Justice, Anti-Racism, and Empathy

undefinedTHE UNDEFEATED By Kwame Alexander

WHO WAS MARTIN LUTHER KING? By Bonnie Bader

MARVELOUS CORNELIUS By Phil Bildnerundefined

MADDI'S FRIDGE By Lois Brandt

WHO IS MALALA YOUSAFZAI? By Dinah Brown

GRETA'S STORY: THE SCHOOLGIRL WHO WENT ON STRIKE TO SAVE THE PLANET By Valentina Camerini

THE NAME JAR By Yangsook Choi

THE GOLDEN RULE By Ilene Cooper

FIREBIRD By Misty Copeland

undefinedLEILA IN SAFFRON By Rukhsanna Guidroz

NOT MY IDEA: A BOOK ABOUT WHITNESS By Anastasia Higgenbotham

undefinedEYES THAT KISS IN THE CORNERS By Joanna Ho

HARVESTING HOPE By Kathleen Krull

LOST AND FOUND CAT By Doug Kuntz & Amy Shrodes

CAN I TOUCH YOUR HAIR? By Irene Latham & Charles Waters

CRACKING THE WALL: THE STRUGGLES OF THE LITTLE ROCK NINE By Eileen Lucas

JULIÁN IS A MERMAID By Jessica Love

WHERE ARE YOU FROM? By Yamile Saied Méndezundefined

undefinedPOCKET CHANGE: PITCHING IN FOR A BETTER WORLD By Michelle Mulder

WHO WAS NELSON MANDELA? By Pam Pollack

RUTH AND THE GREEN BOOK By Calvin Alexander Ramsey

STONEWALL By Rob Sanders

IT FEELS GOOD TO BE YOURSELF: A BOOK ABOUT GENDER IDENTITY By Theresa Thorn 

SEPARATE IS NEVER EQUAL By Duncan Tonatiuh

EACH KINDNESS By Jacqueline Woodson

RUBY'S WISH By Shirin Yim

PEACE, LOVE, ACTION! By Tanya Zabinski

Books to Read Together

undefinedTHE ONE AND ONLY IVAN By Katherine Applegate

LUCKY BROKEN GIRL By Ruth Behar​

THE PENDERWICKS* By Jane Birdsall

TALES OF A FOURTH GRADE NOTHING* By Judy Blume

THE BOY ON THE PORCH By Sharon Creech

MATILDA By Roald Dahl

THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX By Kate DiCamillo

HALF MAGIC* By Edward Eager

BABE & ME* By Dan Gutman​

WHEN YOU TRAP A TIGER By Tae Keller

BOOK UNCLE AND ME By Uma Krishnaswami

BOB By Wendy Mass & Rebecca Steadundefined

IN THE YEAR OF THE BOAR AND JACKIE ROBINSON By Betty Bao Lord

WONDER By R.J. Palacio

THE DOORMAN'S REPOSE By Chris Raschka

undefinedTHE DRAGON OF LONELY ISLAND* By Rebecca Rupp

THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET By Brian Selznick

ALL-OF-A-KIND FAMILY* By Sydney Taylor

JUSTIN AND THE BEST BISCUITS IN THE WORLD By Mildred Pitts Walter

CHARLOTTE'S WEB By E.B. White

CLAYTON BYRD GOES UNDERGROUND By Rita Williams-Garcia

Graphic Novels on Sora

EL DEAFO By Cece Bellundefined

THE BAD GUYS* By Aaron Blabey 

JEDI ACADEMY* By Jeffrey Brown

DONUT THE DESTROYERundefined By Sara Graley

ZITA THE SPACEGIRL* By Ben Hatke

SQUISH: SUPER AMOEBA* By Jennifer L. Holm

THE GREAT PET ESCAPE* By Victoria Jamison

THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB: KRISTY'S GREAT IDEA* By Ann M. Martin

TIMMY FAILURE: MISTAKES WERE MADE* By Stephan Pastis

ASTER AND THE ACCIDENTAL MAGIC By Thom Pico

PIZZA AND TACO: WHO'S THE BEST? By Stephen Shaskan

PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN* By Dana Simpson

PEA, BEA, AND JAY: STUCK TOGETHER* By Brain Smith

HILO, THE BOY WHO CRASHED TO EARTH* By Judd Winick

SECRET CODERS* By Gene Luen Yang

Fiction

undefinedSTARRING JULES (AS HERSELF)* By Beth Ain

ROSCOE RILEY: NEVER GLUE YOUR FRIENDS TO CHAIRSBy Catherine Applegate

BRAND NEW SCHOOL, BRAVE NEW RUBY* By Derrick Barnesundefined

IVY & BEAN* By Annie Barrows

KING & KAYLA: THE CASE OF THE MISSING DOG TREATS* By Dorie Hillestad Butler

WELCOME TO THE BED AND BISCUIT* By Joan Carris

YEAR OF THE BOOK* By Andrea Cheng

BEEZUS AND RAMONA* By Beverly Cleary  

FRINDLE By Andrew Clements

HEIDI HECKELBECK HAS A SECRET By Wanda Coven

undefinedTHE NOTEBOOKS OF DOOM: RISE OF THE BALLOON GOONS* By Troy Cummings

THE LEMONADE WAR* By Jacqueline Davies

THE MYSTERIOUS MAKERS OF SHAKER STREET: SOUNDS LIKE TROUBLE* By Stacia Deutch

OWL DIARIES: EVA SEES A GHOST* By Rebecca Elliot

NIKKI & DEJA: BIRTHDAY BLUES* By Karen English

SKATEBOARD PARTYBy Karen English

THE HUNDRED DRESSES By Eleanor Estes

MISS DAISY IS CRAZY* By Dan Gutman

THE PRINCESS IN BLACKBy Shannon Hale

SADIE AND RATZBy Sonya Hartnett

THE YEAR OF BILLY MILLER By Kevin Henkes

GYM SHORTS: SCAREDEY-CAT CATCHER* By Betty Hicks

BUNNICULA By Deborah and James Howeundefined

PEEWEE'S TALEBy Johanna Hurwitz

CHARLOTTE IN NEW YORK By Joan Macphail Knight

CAPTAIN AWESOME GOES TO SUPERHERO CAMP* By Stan Kirby 

POLLY DIAMOND AND THE MAGIC BOOK By Alice Kuipers

BEASTOLOGIST: FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX* By R.L. Lafevers

THE INFAMOUS RATSOS* By Kara Lareau

MINDY KIM AND THE YUMMY SEAWEED BUSINESS* By Lyla Lee

CONFESSIONS OF A FORMER BULLY By Judy Ludwig

SARAH PLAIN AND TALL* By Patricia MacLachlan

LULU AND THE DUCK IN THE PARK* By Hilary McCay

JUDY MOODY AND THE NOT BUMMER SUMMERBy Megan McDonald

THE WORST WITCH* By Jill Murphy

A to Z MYSTERIES: THE ABSENT AUTHOR* By Ron Roy

HORRID HENRY By Francessca Simon

DRAGON MASTERS: RISE OF THE EARTH DRAGON* By Tracy West

THE BOXCAR CHILDRENBy Gertrude Chandler Warner

ELLRAY JAKES IS NOT A CHICKEN* By Sally Warner 

WAYS TO MAKE SUNSHINE By Renée Watson

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YOUNG CAM JANSEN AND THE PIZZA SHOP MYSTERY* By David Adler

NOODLEHEADS SEE THE FUTURE* By Tedd Arnold, Martha Hamilton, & Mitch Weiss

THE BLUE GHOST By Marion Dane Bauer

SOUPY SATURDAYS WITH THE PAIN AND THE GREAT ONE* By Judy Blume

THE SWORD IN THE TREE By Clyde Robert Bulla

THE CHOCOLATE TOUCH By Patrick Skene Catling

DRAGONS IN A BAGBy Zetta Elliott

JASMINE TOGUCHI: DRUMMER GIRL By Debbi Michiko Florence

HEROES IN TRAINING: ZEUS AND THE THUNDERBOLT OF DOOMBy Joan Holab

A HORN FOR LOUIS By Eric A. Kimmelundefined

SPACE TAXI: ARCHIE TAKES FLIGHTBy Wendy Mass

PLANET OMAR: ACCIDENTAL TROUBLE MAGNET* By Zanib Mian

CLEMENTINE* By Sara Pennypacker

THE HOUDINI BOX By Brian Selznick

THE PIZZA MONSTERBy Marjorie Wienman Sharmat

AKIMBO AND THE LIONS* By Alexander McCall Smith

MY PET HUMAN* By Yasmin Surovec

LIKE PICKLE JUICE ON A COOKIE* By Julie Sternberg

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Non-fiction