3rd Grade Recommended Reads | SWAN Consortium

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1) Astrid & Apollo and the fishing flop

Author

Series

Astrid and Apollo

Description

Hmong-American twins Astrid and Apollo are on their very first fishing trip, but while Astrid catches three fine fish, Apollo's line keeps snagging on non-fish things, and when a summer storm brings the trip to a sudden end Apollo admits he is disappointed with the experience--until he gets a look at the funny pictures their dad has taken.

2) Aven Green, sleuthing machine

Author

Series

Aven Green volume 1

Formats:

Book, Pre-loaded Audio

Description

"Third-grader Aven Green has been solving mysteries for a whole month, cracking such cases as The Mystery of the Cranky Mom. But can this perceptive detective solve two cases at the same time? First her teacher's lunch bag disappears. Then Aven's great-grandma's dog goes missing. Fortunately, since Aven was born without arms, all the "arm" cells went to her super-powered brain instead. (That's her theory.)"--

3) Battle of the bad-breath bats

Author

Series

(David O.).13th Street volume 1

Formats:

Description

"Cousins Malia, Ivan, and Dante are visiting their aunt Lucy for the summer. But on their way to Gulf City's water park, they get lost on 13th Street. Only it's not a street at all. It's a strange world filled with dangerous beasts! Will the cousins find their way back to Aunt Lucy's?"--Page [4] of cover.

4) Blue: a history of the color as deep as the sea and as wide as the sky

Author

Brew-Hammond, Nana Ekua

Description

This picture book follows one color's journey throughout history--from ancient Afghan painters to 1905, when a chemical blue dye was created--and around the world, as it becomes the blue we know today.

5) The 1619 Project : Born on the water

Author

Hannah-Jones, Nikole

Series

Description

Stymied by her unfinished family tree assignment for school, a young girl seeks Grandma's counsel and learns about her ancestors, the consequences of slavery, and the history of Black resistance in the United States.

6) Bunnicula: the graphic novel

Author

Series

Bunnicula and Friends

Description

Though scoffed at by Harold the dog, Chester the cat tries to warn his human family that their foundling baby bunny must be a vampire. Presented in comic book format.

7) The case of the snack snatcher

Author

O'Donnell, Liam

Series

West Meadows detectives

Description

"Meet Myron: a third-grade detective who loves logic, facts, and solving mysteries. He does not love new things. Unfortunately, everything is new this year: Myron has a new baby sister, his family has moved across town, and now he's starting his first day at a new school. But when the school kitchen is burgled, leaving the morning snacks nowhere to be found, Myron gets his chance to crack the case with help from his classmates from Resource Room 15....

8) Charlie & Frog

Author

Series

Charlie and Frog

Description

While staying with his grandparents in Castle-on-the-Hudson, Charlie stumbles upon a mystery but must learn American Sign Language to keep up with Frog, a deaf girl who wants to help solve it.

9) Chef Roy Choi and the street food remix

Author

Martin, Jacqueline Briggs

Series

Description

Describes the popular street cook's life, including working in his family's restaurant as a child, figuring out what he wanted to do with his life, and his success with his food truck and restaurant.

10) City of secrets

Author

Description

Since his father's death, Ever Barnes has secretly been in charge of an amazing mechanical building but now, ruffians are after him and his new friend Hannah, the building owner's spunky daughter.

11) Crabapple trouble

Author

Description

"Callaway just wants to help her friends but the pressure of an upcoming contest is giving her anxiety"--

12) Doodleville: 1

Author

Description

Drew, whose animated doodles rarely stay on the page of her sketchbook, must rein them in while on a trip to the Art Institute of Chicago.

13) Dragons in a bag

Author

Series

Dragons in a Bag

Formats:

Book, Audiobook CD

Description

In Brooklyn, nine-year-old Jax joins Ma, a curmudgeonly witch who lives in his building, on a quest to deliver three baby dragons to a magical world, and along the way discovers his true calling.

14) Fighting for yes!: the story of disability rights activist Judith Heumann

Author

Cocca-Leffler, Maryann

Description

In the 1970s an important disability rights law, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, was waiting to be signed. Judy [Heumann] and other disability rights activists fought for YES! They held a sit-in until Section 504 was signed into law. Section 504--established thanks in large part to the ongoing work of Judy and her community--laid the foundation for the Americans with Disabilities Act."--

15) The floating field: how a group of Thai boys built their own soccer field

Author

Description

"On a tiny Thai island without room for a soccer field, a group of resourceful teen boys gathers scraps and works together to build a floating field so they can play the game they love"--

16) Frankie Sparks and the class pet

Author

Blakemore, Megan Frazer

Series

Description

Frankie Sparks, the self-proclaimed "best inventor in the third grade," does research and creates a tool to try to persuade her classmates that a rat would make the best class pet.

17) Gross as a snot otter: discovering the world's most disgustuing animals

Author

Series

World of weird animals volume 4

Description

"The latest installment in the World of Weird Animals series, featuring seventeen of the grossest animals on earth"--

18) How to test a friendship

Author

Griffith, Theanne

Series

Magnificent makers volume 1

Formats:

Description

When Pablo, Violet, and Deepak discover a magical makerspace, they can't wait to check it out! The Maker Maze has cool science games and puzzles behind every door. When they enter the portal, they will find: a wacky scientist who will be their guide, giant puzzles to test their skills, holograms of animals, plants, and more and a friendship challenge?

19) If my moon was your sun

Author

Steinhöfel, Andreas

Description

Nine-year-old Max sneaks his grandfather and Miss Schneider out of their nursing home to enjoy a walk in the country, where he admits he is afraid Grandfather will soon forget to love him.

20) J.D. and the great barber battle

Author

Series

J.D. the kid barber volume 1

Description

"Eight-year-old J.D. turns a tragic home haircut into a thriving barber business in this hilarious new illustrated chapter book series."--Amazon.com.