Third Grade Supplemental Reading List
Bible Stories and Catholic Stories:
Dictionary & Thesaurus:
- The American Heritage Children’s Dictionary, Houghton Mifflin (available at www.setonbooks.com)
- The American Heritage Children’s Thesaurus, Houghton Mifflin (available at www.setonbooks.com)
Recommended Anthologies:
- American Cardinal Readers, Book Three (available at www.neumannpress.com). Book Three contains fifty-two stories and poems, including the following titles: The Pied Piper; The Annunciation; The Christ Child in the Temple; A Child’s Evening Prayer; The Grateful Indian; Indian Children; The Story of Tiny Tim, Charles Dickens - adapted; The Lamplighter, Robert L. Stevenson; Abraham Lincoln’s Education; St. Christopher; The Wind, Robert L. Stevenson; Fairies, Sisters of Charity; The Silver Bell, Mary Frary and Charles Stebbins - adapted; St. Tarcisius, Sisters of Charity; and A Child’s Wish, Father Ryan.
- What Your Third Grader Needs to Know (available at www.coreknowledge.org)
- Listen, My Children: Poems for Third Graders (available at www.coreknowledge.org)
- Read and Learn with Classic Stories, Grade 3 (ISBN: 1-56189-684-5 available at www.teacherspecialty.com)
- Early Saints of God, by Bob Hartman (www.augsburgfortress.org)
- The Children’s Book of Faith, edited by William J. Bennett
- Treasury of Christian Classics for Children, adapted by Rhonda S. Hogan and Mary Hollingsworth
- One Hundred and One Read-Aloud Classics, edited by Pamela Horn
- One Hundred and One More Read-Aloud Classics, edited by Pamela Horn
Foreign Languages and Cultures:
International Children’s Digital Library (available at
www.icdlbooks.org)
Children’s Classic Myths and Legends:
- A Children’s Treasury of Mythology, illustrated by Margaret Evans Price, - reprinted from
- A Child’s Book of Myths (1924) and Enchantment Tales for Children (1926) (Barnes and Noble Edition available at www.barnesandnoble.com)
- King Midas and the Golden Touch, Charlotte Craft, Kinuko Craft
- The Dancing Stars: An Iroquois Legend, Anne Rockwell
- Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale, John Steptoe
Parent References: Children’s Classic Myths and Legends:
- A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Tanglewood Tales, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- A Wonder Book for Boys and Girls, Everyman’s Library Children’s Classics, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- A Wonder Book for Boys and Girls, Oxford University Press, by N. Hawthorne, illustrated by W. Crane
- Myths, Legends, and Folktales of America : An Anthology, by Jake Page, David Adams Leeming
- Oxford Myths and Legends, Oxford University Press, (www.oup.com/us/)
Book Review Books: Favorites from My Childhood (Now I Can Read Them Myself!)
- The Little House, by Virginia Lee Burton
- Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, by Virginia Lee Burton
- The Velveteen Rabbit, by Margery Williams
- Blueberries for Sal, and Time of Wonder, by Robert McCloskey
- Raggedy Ann Stories, by Johnny Gruelle (unabridged edition)
- Raggedy Andy Stories, by Johnny Gruelle (unabridged edition)
- The Magical Land of Noom, by Johnny Gruelle (unabridged edition)
- Beatrix Potter: The Complete Tales, The Original and Authorized Edition - F. Warne & Co.
- The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh, by A. A. Milne
- The Complete Poems of Winnie the Pooh, by A. A. Milne
- Paddington Treasury, by Michael Bond
- Thomas the Tank Engine: The Complete Collection, (unabridged edition) by Reverend W. Awdry
Book Review Books: Saints
- Encounter the Saints Series (available at www.pauline.org). Titles include: Blessed Jacinta and Francisco Marto: Shepherds of Fatima; Saint Anthony of Padua: Fire and Light; Saint Bernadette Soubirous: Light in the Grotto; Saint Edith Stein: Blessed by the Cross; Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton: Daughter of America; Saint Francis of Assisi: Gentle Revolutionary; Saint Ignatius of Loyola: For the Greater Glory of God; Saint Joan of Arc: God’s Soldier; Journeys with Mary; Saint Isaac Jogues; Saint Juan Diego; Saint Julie Billiart; Saint Maximilian Kolbe; Saint Pio of Pietrelcina
- Kate from Philadelphia: The life of Saint Katharine Drexel for Children, by Patricia Edward Jablonski (www.pauline.org)
- St. Francis of Assisi, by Margaret and Matthew Bunson (Saints You Should Know Series - www.osv.com)
- Kateri Tekakwitha, by Margaret and Matthew Bunson (Saints You Should Know Series - www.osv.com)
- Saint Joan of Arc, by Margaret and Matthew Bunson (Saints You Should Know Series - www.osv.com)
- Saint Patrick, by Margaret and Matthew Bunson (Saints You Should Know Series - www.osv.com)
- Saint Nicholas, by Ann Tompert, Michael Garland (Illustrator)
Zaner-Bloser Non-Fiction Literacy books: Fluent Level
U.S. Landmarks & Symbols (
www.zaner-bloser.com)
Book Review Books: Dorling Kindersley Level 4 Readers
- Robin Hood; Black Beauty (This book may be used as a supplement to the Grade 4 unabridged edition.)
- Joan of Arc (Supplement this secular picture book with a Saint Joan of Arc book listed above.)
- Other tiles include: Days of the Knights; Volcanoes and Other Natural Disasters; Secrets of the Mummies; Pirates; Horse Heroes; Trojan Horse; Micromonsters; Going for the Gold; Extreme Machines; Flying Ace - the Story of Amelia Earhart; Free at Last! The Story of Martin Luther King Jr.; Spooky Spinechillers; Welcome to the Globe: The Story of Shakespeare’s Theater; Space Station: Accident on Mir; Antarctic Adventure; Atlantis: The Lost City; Antarctic Adventure, Exploring the Frozen Continent; Pirates; Dinosaur Detectives; Crime Busters; Danger on the Mountain. (www.dk.com) (Photographs and facts)
Book Review Books: Children’s Books
- Chanticleer and the Fox, by Barbara Cooney (introduces the child to a story from Chaucer)
- Ox-Cart Man, by Barbara Cooney
- Twenty and Ten, by Claire Huchet Bishop (parental guidance suggested)
- Homer Price, by Robert McCloskey
- The Courage of Sarah Noble, by Alice Dalgliesh
- John Henry: An American Legend, by Ezra Jack Keats
- Reckenka’s Eggs, by Patricia Polacco (www.penguinputnam.com/yreaders) This book illustrates the home and church of an Eastern Catholic woman, including icons and pysanki (painted eggs).
Book Review Books: Children’s Classic Literature
- Pinocchio, unabridged edition by Carlo Collodi or abridged edition adapted by Sue Kassirer
- A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, abridged by Vivian French (Candlewick Press)
- The Arabian Nights and Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, by Andrew Lang
- Pippi Longstocking, series of books by Astrid Lindgren
- The Happy Prince and Other Stories, by Oscar Wilde
- The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
- Little House on the Prairie, by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti, retold by Gerald McDermott
- The Pied Piper of Hamelin, by Robert Browning - original edition and the retelling by Dorothy Hautzig
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