Grade 3 Summer Reading List
2025 Recommended books for rising Grade 3 students and families. *The required reading book for Grade 3 is Lola Levine Is Not Mean by Monica Brown.
- 728 Resources including
- 102 Videos
- 49 Book Readings
- 127 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
Showing 1-45 of 45 book results from the CRL "Grade 3 Summer Reading List".
Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
by Kate DiCamillo and K.G. Campbell
45+ Resources10 Awards
The Girl Who Drank the Moon
by Kelly Barnhill and Yuta Onoda
45+ Resources9 Awards
The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs
by Chana Stiefel and Susan Gal
35+ Resources7 Awards
Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix
by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, June Jo Lee, and Man One
30+ Resources8 Awards
Lola Levine Is Not Mean!
by Monica Brown and Angela Dominguez
Book 1 in series
25+ Resources1 Awards
Revolutionary War on Wednesday
by Mary Pope Osborne and Salvatore Murdocca
Book 22 in series
25+ Resources
Ruth and the Green Book
by Calvin Alexander Ramsey and Floyd Cooper
25+ Resources4 Awards
King of the Ice
by Kelly Starling Lyons and Wayne Spencer
Book 1 in series
25+ Resources1 Awards
The Chicken Squad: The First Misadventure
by Doreen Cronin and Kevin Cornell
Book 1 in series
15+ Resources1 Awards
Dragons and Marshmallows
by Asia Citro and Marion Lindsay
Book 1 in series
15+ Resources2 Awards
Upside-Down Magic
by Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle, and Emily Jenkins
Book 1 in series
15+ Resources
Marya Khan and the Incredible Henna Party
by Saadia Faruqi and Ani Bushry
Book 1 in series
15+ Resources1 Awards
Glitter Everywhere!: Where It Came From, Where It's Found & Where It's Going
by Chris Barton and Chaaya Prabhat
15+ Resources4 Awards
The Iguanodon's Horn: How Artists and Scientists Put a Dinosaur Back Together Again and Again and Again
by Sean Rubin
15+ Resources6 Awards
Gifts from the Garbage Truck: A True Story About the Things We (Don’t) Throw Away
by Andrew Larsen and Oriol Vidal
15+ Resources7 Awards
Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride
by Pam Muñoz Ryan and Brian Selznick
15+ Resources1 Awards
Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom
by Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr
Book 1 in series
15+ Resources1 Awards
Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Sister Corita Kent
by Kara Kramer and Matthew Burgess
15+ Resources3 Awards
Mr. Popper's Penguins
by Richard Atwater, Robert Lawson, and Florence Atwater
10+ Resources1 Awards
Write to Me: Letters from Japanese American Children to the Librarian They Left Behind
by Cynthia Grady and Amiko Hirao
10+ Resources1 Awards
All about U.S.: A Look at the Lives of 50 Real Kids from Across the United States
by Matt Lamothe and Jenny Volvovski
10+ Resources3 Awards
The Crook Who Crossed the Golden Gate Bridge
by Steve Brezenoff and C.B. Canga
5+ Resources
Above are books from the CRL "Grade 3 Summer Reading List" that are currently on TeachingBooks.
