FriendsAcademy
Locust Valley, NY11560
Summer Reading Suggestions 2016
For Students Entering Third Grade
Your child should give any book to be read independently the “five finger test.” If the child has difficulty with five or more words on a page, the book is probably too difficult to be read independently at this time. Many new readers feel secure reading books in a series. Several of the titles listed below are part of a series. If the title listed here is not available, try others in the series.
Adler, David.
Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds.
In this first book of the series, Cam, “The Camera,” Jansen has a photographic memory that helps her solve the mystery of some stolen diamonds.
Barrows, Annie.
Ivy & Bean.
Seven-year-old Bean finds out that her new neighbor, Ivy, isn’t as boring as she first thought!
Bauer, Marion Dane.
The Blue Ghost.
Can Liz find a way to help the blue ghost in old-fashioned clothing who appears in her room?
Byars, Betsy.
Tornado.
As a family waits in their storm cellar for a tornado to pass, they hear the story of how a dog had literally landed in the life of their farmhand during a tornado years before.
Cameron, Ann.
Gloria’s Way.
In this early chapter book, six separate stories describe the crazy happenings in the life of Gloria.
Cleary, Beverly.
Ramona Forever.
Life can get pretty complicated in third grade! Ramona must cope with the loss of her cat, the coming of a new sibling and the wedding of her favorite aunt.
DiCamillo, Kate.
Mercy Watson to the Rescue.
The Watson’s loveable family pig, Mercy, comes to the rescue in a round about way when the Watson’s bed falls through the floor.
Doty, Jean Slaughter.
Summer Pony.
Ginny has always dreamed of having her very own pony, so when her parents agree to rent her a pony for the summer, Ginny is thrilled! But when Mokey arrives, she is shaggy, dirty, and half-starved–not at all what Ginny had in mind. Can Ginny still have the summer of her dreams?
Duffey, Betsy.
How to Be Cool in Third Grade.
Robbie figures the only way to avoid being picked on by the school bully is by trying to be cool.
Greenberg, J.C.
Andrew Lost on the Dog.
Andrew and his cousin Judy are off on an adventure with their robot friend Thud when they find themselves shrunken and wandering around on their neighbor’s dog.
Greene, Stephanie.
Owen Foote, Frontiersman.
Second grader, Owen and his friend Joseph must save their tree fort from some intruders.
Howe, James.
Bunnicula.
A dog named Harold tells of his life with Bunnicula, a vampire rabbit.
Hurwitz, Johanna.
Class Clown.
Lucas wants to change his image from class clown to perfect student.
Lexi’s Tale.
Lexi the squirrel and his best friend Pee Wee the guinea pig, help a homeless man in Central Park who saved Pee Wee from a vicious dog.
Kerrin, Jessica Scott.
MartinBridge on the Lookout!
Three stories of young Martin’s busy life include a girl who comes to his birthday party a day late, being left at school on field trip day and searching for the missing class pet.
Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody.
Balto and the Great Race.
In 1925, the sled dog Balto delivered medicine to Nome, Alaska in a snowstorm and saved the people from a diphtheria epidemic.
King-Smith, Dick.
Lady Lollipop.
A pig named Lollipop must help to change a spoiled princess.
The School Mouse.
Flora, a young mouse who has learned to read, saves her family from a terrible fate.
Look, Lenore.
Ruby Lu Brave and True.
Ruby Lu is a very busy “almost eight-year-old” who has some wonderful childhood adventures including learning to drive and performing magic tricks.
Grindley, Sally.
Dear Max.
Max’s humorous correspondence with his favorite author D.J. Lucas about how to write, develops into a friendship.
McDonald, Megan.
Judy Moody.
Judy Moody is sure that third grade will not be any fun until the teacher assigns a project for each of the students to create a “Me” collage.
McLachlan, Patricia.
Arthur for the Very First time.
When Arthur spends the summer with some off-beat relatives, he starts to look at life differently.
Osborne, Mary Pope.
Monday with a Mad Genius.
Jack and Annie travel back in time to Florence, Italy where they meet the amazing man of art and science, Leonardo da Vinci.
Pennypacker, Sara.
Clementine.
Third-grader Clementine is spunky and often well meaning but somehow always seems to find herself in trouble.
Robinson, Barbara.
The Best School Year Ever.
Six horrible kids called, The Herdmans, cause hilarious mayhem throughout the school year.
Roy, Ron.
The Skeleton in the Smithsonian.
KC and Marshall must prove that Mr. Fisher is a phony and not the long lost heir to the Smithsonian museums in WashingtonD.C.
Sachar, Louis.
Marvin Redpost Kidnapped at Birth?
Nine-year-old Marvin Redpost is sure that he is really Prince Robert, the long lost son of the King of Shampoon.
Smith, Robert Kimmel.
Chocolate Fever.
Henry loves chocolate! He eats so much of it that one day during math class he breaks out in strange brown spots.
Sobol, Donald.
Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective.
Since Leroy has great success solving his father’s difficult police cases at the dinner table, he decides to go into the detective business for himself.
Stanley, George Edward.
Adam Sharp, the Spy Who Barked.
Child spy, Adam Sharp, must recover a computer stolen by the Ambassador of Barkastan that has a program on it that helps humans understand dog language.
Van Draanen, Wendelin.
Secret Identity.
Nolan Byrd takes on the secret identity of Shredderman to expose the class bully, Alvin “Bubba” Bixby in a class assignment.
Voake, Steve.
Daisy Dawson is on her Way!
When Daisy frees a butterfly caught in a web, she suddenly has the gift of understanding what animals are saying!
Zoehfeld, Kathleen.
Fossil Fever.
Jeff travels to the SaharaDesert with his uncle on an exciting search for dinosaur fossils to bring back to his uncle’s museum.