Bayou View Elementary

Summer Reading Suggestions

Students entering 3rd grade

**Titles with an asterisk are part of a series. If your child enjoys these titles, you may wish to look for more in the series.

Title / Author / Level
Dinosaur Dinners / Lee Davis / 2.4 / NF
Abuela / Arthur Dorros / 2.5
Arthur, The King / Karen Wallace / 2.5
**Days with Frog and Toad / ArnoldLobel / 2.5
** The Magic Treehouse: Dinosaurs Before Dark / Mary Pope Osborne / 2.6
The Giving Tree / Shel Silverstein / 2.6
Henry and Mudge: The First Book of Their Adventures / Cynthia Rylant / 2.7
The Tiny Seed / Eric Carle / 2.7
Shoeshine Girl / Clyde R. Bulla / 2.7
**The Magic School Bus Hops Home: A Book About Animal Habitats / Joanna Cole / 2.7 / NF
Just a Few Words, Mr. Lincoln / Jean Fritz / 2.9 / NF
Henry's Freedom Box / Ellen Levine / 3.0
The Lorax / Dr. Seuss / 3.1
The Treasure / Uri Shulevitz / 3.1
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World / Marjorie Priceman / 3.1 / NF
**The Magic School Bus Wet All Over: A Book About the Water Cycle / Joanna Cole / 3.1 / NF
**The Magic Treehouse: Twister on Tuesday / Mary Pope Osborne / 3.2
**I Was a Third Grade Spy / Mary Jane Auch / 3.3
Balto, the Dog Who Saved Nome / Margaret Davidson / 3.3 / NF
I Am Rosa Parks / Rosa Parks with Jim Haskins / 3.3 / NF
**The Magic Treehouse: Earthquake in Early Morning / Mary Pope Osborne / 3.3
**The Magic Treehouse: Hour of the Olympics / Mary Pope Osborne / 3.3
**The Magic Treehouse: Polar Bears Past Bedtime / Mary Pope Osborne / 3.3
**Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday / Judith Viorst / 3.4
Where the Wild Things Are / Maurice Sendak / 3.4
The Stories Julian Tells / Ann Cameron / 3.4
**Cam Jansen and the School Play Mystery / David Adler / 3.4
Marvin and the Meanest Girl / Suzy Kline / 3.4
How to Be Cool in the Third Grade / Betsy Duffey / 3.5
Is There Life in Outer Space? / Franklyn M. Branley / 3.5 / NF
The Snow Walker / Margaret K. Wetterer / 3.5 / NF
How to Eat Fried Worms / Thomas Rockwell / 3.5
Grandfather's Journey / Allen Say / 3.6
The SecretGarden / Pauline Francis / 3.6
The Emperor of Absurdia / Chris Riddell / 3.6
**The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth / Joanna Cole / 3.6 / NF
The Stranger / Chris Van Allsburg / 3.7
Anber Brown is Not a Crayon / Paula Danziger / 3.7
**I Was A Third Grade Science Project / Mary Jane Auch / 3.7
Winnie Dancing on Her Own / Jennifer Jacobson / 3.7
**The MagicSchool Bus Lost in the Solar System / Joanna Cole / 3.7 / NF
**The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks / Joanna Cole / 3.7 / NF
Sam Samuri / Jon Scieszka / 3.8
**The Magic Treehouse: A Perfect Time for Pandas / Mary Pope Osborne / 3.8
The Courage of Sarah Noble / Alice Dalgliesh / 3.9
The Kid Who Only Hit Homers / Matt Christopher / 3.9
My Great-Aunt Arizona / Gloria Houston / 4.0 / NF
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears / Verna Aardema / 4.0
**Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective / Donald J. Sobol / 4.1
Throw Your Tooth on the Roof: Tooth Traditions Around the World / Selby Beeler / 4.2
The Lighthouse Family: The Storm / Cynthia Rylant / 4.4