| Ada, Alma Flor |
My Name is Maria Isabel.
Third-grader Maria does not know how to tell her teacher that she does not want to be called Mary.
(57pp.)
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| Atwater, Richard and Florence |
Mr. Popper's Penguins.
Mr. Popper's life is totally changed by the unexpected delivery of an Antarctic penguin. (139pp.)
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| Baker, Barbara |
Third Grade is Terrible.
Liza is convinced third grade is going to be great until she gets to school the first day and everything starts going wrong. (106pp.)
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| Caseley, Judith |
Hurricane Harry.
Turning five years old, Harry faces the challenges of moving to a new house, acquiring a pet turtle, and starting kindergarten.
(106pp.)
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| Chang, Heidi |
Elaine, Mary Lewis, and the Frogs.
Chinese-American Elaine Chow feels like an outcast after moving to a small town in Iowa, until she shares a new friendship and a science project with a girl interested in frogs.
(58pp.)
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| Chew, Ruth |
No Such Thing as a Witch.
When Nora and Tad observe a squirrel reading a little newspaper and their dog behaving strangely, they decide their new neighbor is a witch. (112pp.)
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| Christian, Mary Blount |
Sebastian (Super Sleuth) and the Baffling Big Foot.
Sebastian the dog, and his detective master, search for Bigfoot and other suspects when a guest is attacked by something "big and hairy" at the Sasquatch Inn.
(59pp.)
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| Christopher, Matt |
Counterfeit Tackle.
When chess-playing Buzz impersonates his identical twin brother by subbing for him in an important football game it causes more complications than either anticipated. (150pp.)
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| Cleary, Beverly |
Muggie Maggie.
Maggie flatly refuses to learn cursive writing -- until her teacher and principal come up with a plan to change her mind. (70pp.)
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| Cleary, Beverly |
Ramona the Pest.
Ramona doesn't mean to be a pest -- it just happens. (192pp.)
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| Clifford, Eth |
Help! I'm a Prisoner In the Library.
Two girls spend an adventurous night trapped in the library during a terrible blizzard. (105pp.)
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| Conford, Ellen |
What's Cooking, Jenny Archer?
Follows the comic mishaps of Jenny Archer as she goes into business preparing lunches for her friends at school. (69pp.)
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| Corbett, Scott |
The Hangman's Ghost Trick.
Kevin and Kerby go to scary Bald Mountain at night to search for a rare mystery ingredient that would guarantee the prize in a cookie contest. (90pp.)
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| Cretan, Gladys Yessayan |
Joey's Head.
Mike whips up a fake "magic" potion to get rid of his younger brother Joey, but it really works and Joey's head disappears. (47pp.)
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| Dahl, Roald |
Fantastic Mr. Fox.
Three mean farmers try all-out warfare to get rid of a fox and his family.
(62pp.)
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| Danziger, Paula |
Amber Brown is Not a Crayon.
Amber and Justin have a tough time as he prepares to move away. (80pp.)
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| Davis, Deborah |
The Secret of the Seal.
Kyo, an Eskimo boy, must make a difficult choice between his friendship for a seal and loyalty to his family. (57pp.)
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| DeGroat, Diane |
Annie Pitts, Artichoke.
When Annie and her third grade class put on a play about nutrition, it has more surprises than the teacher expected. (53pp.)
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| Delton, Judy |
Angel In Charge.
Angel and her little brother must cope with several crises while their mother is away. (152pp.)
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| Duffy, Betsy |
How To Be Cool in the Third Grade.
Robbie decides the only way to deal with the class bully is to learn to be cool.
(69pp.)
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| Duffy, Betsy |
The Math Wiz.
Marty Malone is great at math, but finds out that he needs more than just math to tackle third grade problems like gym and making friends. (67pp.)
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| Estes, Eleanor |
The Hundred Dresses.
After she leaves, the girls in Room 13 learn to appreciate the shy lonely girl they had teased. (80pp.)
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| Fritz, Jean |
George Washington's Breakfast.
A boy who shares George Washigton's name and birthday is determined to find out what Washington ate for breakfast. (41pp.)
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| Gannett, Ruth Stiles |
My Father's Dragon.
Elmer and the Dragon
The Dragons of Blueland
The adventures of a boy and a dragon on Wild Island. (87pp.)
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| Gardiner, John Reynolds |
Stone Fox.
Willy hopes to pay the back taxes on his grandfather's farm with the prize money from a dog sled race he enters. (81pp.)
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| Giff, Patricia Reilly |
Matthew Jackson Meets the Wall.
Matthew finds moving from New York to Ohio very hard -- and things get worse when he finds out his new neighbor is so tough he's called the Wall.
(91pp.)
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| Gilson, Jamie |
It Goes
Eeeeeeeeeeeee!
Patrick, the new boy in Richard's class, is trouble. Big trouble. (68pp.)
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| Gorog, Judith |
In a Messy, Messy Room and Other Strange Stories.
A collection of scary stories with funny or unexpected endings. (489pp.)
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| Grahame, Kenneth |
The Reluctant Dragon.
A boy makes friends with a peace-loving dragon and tries to protect him from St. George the dragon killer.
(42pp.)
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| Greene, Constance C. |
Odds on Oliver.
Oliver's attempts to be a hero result in such disasters as going up a tree to rescue a cat and getting stuck himself.
(59pp.)
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| Greenwald, Sheila |
Give us a Great Big Smile Rosy Cole.
Uncle Ralph's books about Rosy's two older sisters, a dancer and an equestrian, made them famous. Now it is untalented ten-year-old Rosy's turn and when Uncle Ralph gets out his camera determined to make Rosy and her vioin his next book, Rosy's troubles begin. (76pp.)
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| Greer, Gery |
Let Me Off this Spaceship!
When Tod and Billy are kidnapped by creatures from outer space, they try to make as much trouble as possible on board ship so that the captain will take them back to Earth.
(54pp.)
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| Hall, Lynn |
In Trouble Again, Zelda Hammersmith?
Everything always seems to go wrong for Zelda. (138pp.)
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| Hazen, Barbara Shook |
Alone At Home.
Amy experiences some scary moments when she finally gets the chance to babysit herself. (60pp.)
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| Haywood, Carolyn |
Eddie's Valuable Property.
Eddie's dismay at the family's move is relieved by his pleasure in a new friend and a valuable property they share. (192pp.)
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| Herman, Charlotte |
Millie Cooper, 3B.
Millie Cooper is sure that a Reynold's Rocket fountain pen will help her cope with her strict teacher. (73pp.)
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| Hest, Amy |
Pajama Party.
Casey, Jenny, and Kate have a pajama party complete with sleeping bags, chocolate chip cookies, and scary stories. (40pp.)
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| Heymsfeld, Carla |
Coaching Ms. Parker.
Mike and his friends try to help their teacher learn how to play baseball before the annual teacher-student game. (85pp.)
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| Hiser, Constance |
No Bean Sprouts, Please!
The lunch box James gets for his birthday has a most remarkable effect on the healthy but boring lunches his mother makes him. (57pp.)
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| Holman, Felice |
Professor
Diggins' Dragons.
Professor Diggins takes a group of neighborhood children on a camping trip to the beach where they learn a lot about themselves and each other.
(133pp.)
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| Honeycutt, Natalie |
The All-New Jonah Twist.
Jonah's efforts to survive third grade are complicated by the new boy in class, who has the potential for either becoming a friend or beating him up. (110pp.)
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| Hurwitz, Johanna |
Class Clown.
Lucas Cott, the most troublesome boy in the third grade makes a bet that he can go the entire school day without speaking. (98pp.)
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| Hutchins, Hazel |
The Three and Many Wishes of Jason Reid.
Jason discovers that making wishes that come true has unexpected difficulties. (87pp.)
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| Joosse, Barbara M. |
Wild Willie and King Kyle, Detectives.
Willie and his best friend, Kyle, who has moved, start a detective agency and their first case is to spy on the girl who has moved into Kyle's old house. (66pp.)
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| King-Smith, Dick |
The Invisible Dog.
Events conspire to turn Janie's imaginary harlequin Great Dane into a real dog.
(73pp.)
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| Kleitsch, Christel |
Cousin Markie and Other Disasters.
Ben doesn't get along with his younger cousin and is sure that having him spend the weekend will ruin Ben's chances to get a skateboard. (74pp.)
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| Kline, Suzy |
Herbie Jones.
Herbie's third grade year includes finding bones in the boy's bathroom and getting lost on a class field trip. (95pp.)
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| Kline, Suzy |
Mary Marony and the Snake.
With the support of her mother and new classmates, Mary sees a speech therapist about her stuttering problem.
(64pp.)
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| Kroll, Steven |
Annabelle's Un-Birthday.
To impress her new classmates, Annabelle invites them to her birthday party after school -- except that it isn't her birthday.
(40pp.)
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| Lamb, Nancy |
The World's Greatest Toe Show.
The five Canal Street kids are certain that their unusual booth at the street fair will bring in the most money and win them the grand prize. (59pp.)
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| Lawlor, Laurie |
How to Survive Third Grade.
Everything always seems to go wrong for Ernest.
(79pp.)
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| Leroe, Ellen |
Ghost Dog.
Nine-year-old Artie gets help from his new pet Ghost Dog, an invisible pug, after someone steals the valuable baseball card his grandfather gave him. (63pp.)
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| Leroe, Ellen |
Leap Frog Friday.
Oliver has a big problem when he uses his new magic rocks and accidentally turns his brother into a frog. (54pp.)
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| Leverich, Kathleen |
Best Enemies.
After Felicity trades her nasty tricks for friendship, Priscilla decides she'd rather have Felicity for an enemy. (79pp.)
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| Leverich, Kathleen |
Hilary and the Troublemakers.
A homework-eating owl, an angry piggy bank, several talking sheep, and some snow people help Hilary to make the right decisions at home and at school. (138pp.)
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| Lexau, Joan M. |
Trouble Will Find You.
When his parents promise that he can have a puppy if he can stay out of trouble for one day, Diz tries his best, but a burglar almost spoils his efforts. (67pp.)
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| Lindberg, Becky |
Speak Up, Chelsea Martin!
Third-grader Chelsea Martin deals with a bully, has a fight with her best friend, and learns to speak up. (157pp.)
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| Lindberg, Becky |
Thomas Tuttle, Just in Time.
Thomas has lots of trouble working on special projects with his third grade class. (111pp.)
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| MacLachlan, Patricia |
Sarah, Plain and Tall.
When their father invites a mail-order bride to come live with them in their prairie home, Caleb and Anna are captivated by their new mother and hope that she will stay.
(58pp.)
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| Marshall, James |
Rats on the Roof and Other Stories.
Seven animal stories, including a hungry brontosaurus and a frog with magnificent legs. (79pp.)
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| Marzollo, Jean |
The Pizza Pie Slugger.
Billy, the farmer champion slugger for his third-grade baseball team, is bothered by his very young stepsister's presence at games and feels that she is jinxing him into a batting slump. (63pp.)
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| McGinnis, Lila |
The 24-Hour Genie.
Andrew thinks he has it made when he finds a genie that can grant his every wish, until he realizes that each wish lasts for only twenty-four hours. (68pp.)
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| Orge, Doris |
My War with Mrs. Galloway.
Rebecca has an ongoing war with her babysitter. (74pp.)
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| Parish, Peggy |
Hermit Dan.
Spurred on by stories of pirates and buried treasure, three children decide to find out the truth about Hermit Dan and his ancestors.
(151pp.)
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| Pearson, Susan |
Eagle-Eye Ernie Comes to Town.
Ernie solves the case of the lunch bag thief using her powers of deduction and her
"eagel eye." (70pp.)
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| Peters, Julie Anne |
The Stinky Sneakers Contest.
Earl and Damian jeopardize their friendship when they compete in a contest to see who has the smelliest sneakers. (57pp.)
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| Petersen, P.J. |
The Sub.
Two friends switch seats when their class has a substitute teacher and find that it isn't so easy to be someone else. (86pp.)
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| Pfeffer, Susan Beth |
Sara Kate,
Superkid.
Sara Kate is a normal eight-year-old until one day she discovers she has superpowers and can throw a basketball farther than anyone on earth. (58pp.)
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| Pfeffer, Susan |
Twin Surprises.
Betsy tries to keep a surprise birthday party for her twin sister a secret. (54pp.)
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| Platt, Kin |
Darwin and the Great Beasts.
During a visit to the La Brea Tar Pits, a boy named Darwin imagines what it would be like to live in prehistoric times and try to outwit the dinosaurs, sabertooth tigers, and other huge beasts.
(63pp.)
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| Quackenbush, Robert |
Stage Door to
Teror.
In Paris, Miss Mallard becomes involved in one of the most terrifying cases of her career centering around the long-ago theft of a fabulous jewel. (48pp.)
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| Radin, Ruth Yaffe |
Tac's Island.
During a summer week on an island off the Virginia coast, a friendship develops between two boys -- one an island native, the other a visitor. (74pp.)
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| Ransom, Candice F. |
Ladies and Jellybeans.
As Wendy starts the third grade in the late 1950's, she worries about cursive writing, Show and Tell, the Cold War, and her father's new job.
(136pp.)
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| Robinson, Nancy K. |
Oh, Honestly Angela!
Most of the time Tina likes having a little sister. But sometimes Angela drives her crazy!
(114pp.)
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| Sacher, Louis |
Marvin Redpost: Why Pick on Me?
A small incident during recess threatens to turn nine-year-old Marvin into the outcast of his third-grade class. (64pp.)
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| Cole, Joanna & Stephanie
Calmenson, Comp. |
The Scary Book.
Spooky stories, poems, riddles, tricks, and tongue twisters.
(127pp.)
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| Scieszka, Jon |
Your Mother Was a Neanderthal.
The Time Warp Trio find themselves in the middle of an adventure in prehistoric times, where cave art is a form of graffiti and "rock" music takes on a whole new meaning. One of a series. (78pp.)
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| Sharmat, Marjorie and Mitchell |
The Sly Spy.
E.J. the spy tries to uncover a secret that Olivia is keeping for a client. (43pp.)
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| Smith, Janice Lee |
Serious Science: An Adam Joshua Story.
When his science project is accidentally destroyed, Adam Joshua must come up with a last minute replacement. (73pp.)
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| Smith, Robert Kimmel |
Chocolate Fever.
Henry's parents let him eat as much chocolate as he wants -- with very strange results. (93pp.)
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| Sobol, Donald |
Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective.
Ten short mysteries in which the reader is challenged to solve the mystery before the solution is revealed. First in a series. (88pp.)
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| Tolan, Stephanie |
Marcy Hooper and the Greatest Treasure in the World.
Third-grader Marcy, who can't do anything right, has an adventure involving a dragon and a treasure. (68pp.)
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| Warner, Gertrude Chandler |
The Boxcar Children.
Four orphaned children camp out in an abandoned railroad car. Later books in the series are mysteries. (154pp.)
|
| Weiss, Ellen |
The Adventures of
Ratman.
A rat costume transforms eight-year-old Tod into a superhero named
Ratman.
(62pp.)
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| Wilder, Laura Ingalls |
Little House in the Big Woods.
The adventures of two young girls growing up on the Wisconsin frontier. First in a series. (237pp.)
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| Williams, Barbara |
The Author and Squinty
Gritt.
Squinty enters a contest and is very surprised when he finds out what the prize is. (67pp.)
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| Williams, Karen Lynn |
Baseball and Butterflies.
Daniel finds his summer project threatened by his bratty little brother and his friends' obsession with baseball. (79pp.)
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| Winthrop, Elizabeth |
Luke's Bully.
Luke cannot hide from Arthur, his personal bully, until it is time to pick rolls for the class play. (64pp.)
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| Wojciechowski, Susan |
Don't Call Me
Beanhead!
Five funny stories about Beany and her problems with school and family. (75pp.)
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| Zack, Cheryl |
Benny and the Crazy Contest.
Benny is determined to get a new bike and sets out to earn the money any way he can. (68pp.)
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