# 3 grade books list

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**Created:** [December 12, 2002, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-grade-books-list/142178 "2002-12-12T02:46:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-grade-books-list/142178/1 "2002-12-12T02:46:11Z")

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I am trying to come up a great list of books for my son to read. H reads at a thrid grade level and he just turned 5.

thank you for your thoughts.

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-grade-books-list/142178/2 "2002-12-12T03:31:57Z")

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Discussions about books usually do best in Cafe Society, so I’ll move this thread over there.

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**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-grade-books-list/142178/3 "2002-12-12T04:15:38Z")

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**CaptMurdock**

An easy way to find the titles to some _great_ children’s books is to go [here](http://www.ala.org/alsc/nquick.html) . This is the official site of the Newbery awards for children’s literature. It’s hard to go wrong with any of these. I was an avid and advanced reader as a kid and I remember seeking out Newbery winning books.

My personal favorites from the list are:  
_A Wrinkle In Time  
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH  
M.C. Higgins, The Great  
The Voyages of Dr. Doolittle_

Also, I read the book _E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial_ as a kid and **loved** it. I also read the sequel, _E.T. and the Green Planet_ (I think that was its title). Not exactly literature, but they were exciting adventures and, hey, kids love E.T.

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**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-grade-books-list/142178/4 "2002-12-12T04:18:23Z")

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E.B. White’s stuff is usually good. _Stuart Little, Charlotte’s Web, The Trumpet of the Swan_ are all good books that I read when I was younger.

I also recommend the_The Indian in the Cupboard_ series by Lynne Reid Banks, and the _The Boxcar Children_ series by Gertrude Chandler Warner, as long as you stick to the lower-numbered ones, as they start to get bad later in the series.

-brianjedi

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**Author:** ![Primaflora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Primaflora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Primaflora)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-grade-books-list/142178/5 "2002-12-12T05:48:06Z")

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What does he like reading? I take my kids to the library every week and let them choose. I don’t worry about artificial grade level reading level issues. Sometimes P the E chooses pure junk reading and sometimes he chooses very good stuff.

Take your kid to the library and trust them to choose stuff 🙂