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​Suggested Book List - Year 3 - Grades K-3

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September - Respect, Responsibility, Friendship

1. A Friend for Henry. Jenn Bailey
2. Pigsty. Mark Teague
3. The Someone New.  Jill Twiss
4. Emmanuel’s Dream. Ann Thompson
5. First Come the Zebra. Lynne Barasch
6. The Other Side. Jaqueline Woodson
7. The Legend of the Bluebonnet. Tomie DePaola
8. The Apple Pip Princess. Jane Ray
9. Where Are You From?  Yamile Saied Mendez​​

October - Perseverance

1. Thank you, Mr. Falker. Patricia Polacco
2. Mae Among the Stars. Roda Ahmed
3. Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave. Carrick Hill
4. The World Is Not A Rectangle. Jeanette Winter
5. Amazing Grace. Mary Hoffman
6. The William Hoy Story. Nancy Churin
7. A Doctor with an Eye for Eyes. Julia Finley Mosca
8. Jam and Jelly by Holly and Nellie. Gloria Whelan
9. Keep On! The Story of Matthew Henson. Deborah Hopkinson

November - Stewardship

1. Golden Threads. Suzanne Del Rizzo
2. The Watcher. Jeanette Winter
3. Follow the Moon Home. Philippe Cousteau
4. The Tree Lady. H. Joseph Hopkins
5. One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay. Paul Miranda
6. Barn Savers. Linda Oatman High
7. The Happy Troll. Max Bollinger
8. Just a Dream.  Chris Van Allsburg
9. Rachel Carson and Her Book That Changed the World. Laurie Lawlor
10. Olivia’s Birds. Saving the Gulf. Olivia Bouler

December - Service

1. The Mitten Tree. Candace Christiansen
2. Angelo. David Macaulay
3. A Castle on Viola Street. Dyanne DiSalvo
4. The Carpenter’s Gift. David Rubel
5. Blizzard. John Rocco
6. Planting Stories:The Life of Librarian Pura Belpre. Amika Aldamuy
7. The Salvation Army: How Do They Help?  Katie Marsico
8. The Tree of the Dancing Goats. Patricia Polacco
9. Mother Teresa. Demi​

January - Courage

1. A Picture Book of Amelia Earhart. David Adler
2. Daring Dozen. Susan Slade
3. Mirette and Bellini Cross Niagara Falls. Emily Arnold McCully
4. Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express. Margaret K Wetterer
5. David and Goliath. Beatrice Schenk de Regniers
6. Nachshon, Who Was Afraid to Swim. Deborah Bodin Cohen
7. Cyclops. Leonard Everett Fisher
8. Ernest Shackleton. Margaret Isabel Sanchez Vegara
9. Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom. Carole Boston Weatherford
10. Susan B Anthony. Alexandra Wallner

February - Loyalty

1.  The Wednesday Surprise. Eve Bunting
2. The Sheepover. John and Jennifer Churchman
3. Newf. Marie Killilea
4. Damon & Pythias. Teresa Bateman
5. The Flag We Love. Pam Munoz Ryan
6. Amos and Boris. William Steig​
7. The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks. Katherine Paterson
8. Annie and Helen. Deborah Hopkinson
9. The Babe and I. David Adler

March - Mercy

1. Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters. John Steptoe
2. One Thousand Tracings. Lita Judge
3. The Selfish Giant. Oscar Wilde
4. Clara and Davie. Patricia Polacco
5. Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like. Jay Williams

April - Gentleness, Humility

1. King Hugo’s Huge Ego. Chris Van Dusen
2. The Emperor’s New Clothes. Demi
3. The Story of Little Babaji. Helen Bannerman
4. The Rooster and the Fox. Helen Ward​​​
5. The Stonecutter. Pam Newton
6. The Magical Wishing Fish. The Brothers Grimm
7. Gittel’s Hands. Erica Silverman
8. ​Everyday Graces: A Child’s Book of Good Manners. Karen Santorum
9. Me, Momma and Big John. Mara Rockcliff
   

May - Wonder (Knowledge)

1. A Seed is Sleepy. Dianna Aston
2. Swirl by Swirl; Spirals in Nature. Joyce Sidman
3. Exquisite: The Poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks. Suzanne Slade
4. Ordinary, Extraordinary Jane Austen. Deborah Hopkinson
5. Night of the Moonjellies. Mark Shasha
6. The Seashore Book. Charlotte Zolotow
7. The Amazing Air Balloon. Jean Van Leeuwen
8. The Secret Cave. Emily Arnold McCully
9. Yuki and the One Thousand Carriers. Gloria Whelan
10. A Nest is Noisy. Dianna Aston
11. Antelope, Bison, Cougar. Stephen P. Medley

June - Wisdom & Wit

1. The Greatest Treasure. Demi
2. King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. Blu Greenberg, Linda Tarry
3. On the Wings of Words. Jennifer Berne
4. A Stone Sat Still. Brendan Wenzel
5. To Everything There is a Season. Leo and Diane Dillon
6. King Midas and the Golden Touch. Charlotte Craft
7. Cookies: Bite Size Life Lessons. Amy Rosenthal
8. The Three Questions. John Muth

​​Suggested Book List - Year 3 - Grades 4-6

September -Respect, Responsibility, Friendship

1. Revolutionary Friends. Selene Castrovilla
2. The Name Jar. Yangsook Choi
4. Bravo Tavo. Brian Meunier
5. Save Me a Seat. Sarah Weeks
6. The Cheshire Cheese Cat. Carmen Agra Deedy and Randall Wright
7.  Can I Touch Your Hair?. Irene Latham and Charles Waters 
8.The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo. Judy Blume
9. Baseball Saved Us. Ken Mochizuki.

October – Perseverance

1. Dancing Hands. Margarita Engle
2. First to Fly: How Wilbur and Orville Wright Invented the Airplane. Peter Busby
3. Away with Words. The Daring Story of Isabella Bird. Lori Mortensen
4. Gutenberg. Leonard Everett Fisher
5. Wood, Wire, Wings; Emma Lilian Todd Invents an Airplane. Kirsten W. Larson
6. June Almeida, Virus Detective. Suzanne Slade​
7. Counting on Katherine. Helaine Becker
8. The Ten Mile Day. Mary Ann Fraser
9. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies. Joyce Sidman
10. Nothing Stopped Sophie. Cheryl Bardoe​

November – Stewardship

1. The Red Bicycle. Jude Isabella
2. The Story of Jane Goodall. Susan B Katz
3. Rachel Carson: Preserving a Sense of Wonder. Joseph Bruchac
4. The Slippers’ Keeper. Ian Wallace
5. Ada’s Violin. Susan Hood
6. The Camping Trip that Changed America. Barb Rosenstock
7. Rechenka’s Eggs. Patricia Polacco
8. Turkey’s Gift to the People. Ani Rucki

December – Service

1. The Cats in Krasinski Square. Karen Hesse
2. Older Brother Younger Brother. Nina Jaffe
3. The Fox Maiden. Elsa Marston
4. Christmas Day in the Morning. Pearl Buck
5. Casey Over There. Staton Rabin
6. Jane Addams: Social Pioneer. Charnan Simon

January - Courage

1. Union Made: Labor Leader Samuel Gompers.Norman Finkelstein
2. Earthquake. Kathleen V Kudlinski
3. Washington at Valley Forge. Russell Freedman
4. Dangerous Crossing. Stephen Krensky
5. Flight For Freedom. Kristen Fulton
6. Amazing Expeditions. Anita Ganeri
7. The Trojan Horse. Warwick Hutton
8. Odysseus and Cyclops. Warwick Hutton
9. Redcoats and Petticoats. Katherine Kirkpatrick
10. Crossing the Delaware. Louise Peacock
11. Joan of Arc. Josephine Poole
12. The Khan’s Daughter: A Mongolian Folktale. Laurence Yep

February – Loyalty

1. Nathan Hale: Patriot Spy. Shannon Zemlicka
2. Remembering Vera. Patricia Polacco
3. Breaking Stalin’s Nose. Eugene Yelchin
4. Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog’s Tale. Laurie Myers
5. Traitor: The Case of Benedict Arnold. Jean Fritz
6. Esther’s Story. Diane Wolkstein
7. Lassie Come Home. Eric Knight
8. The Wainscott Weasel Tor Seidler

March - Mercy

1. Mercy: The Incredible Story of Henry Berg, Founder of the SPCA. Nancy Furstinger
2. The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde. Oscar Wilde
3. Dangerous Jane. Suzanne Slade
4. Darling. Mercy Dog of World War I. Alison Hart.

April – Gentleness, Humility

1. Who Was Mother Teresa? Jim Giglioti
2. “Echo and Narcissus” in Realms of Gold. Thomas Bulfinch
3. Confucius. The Golden Rule. Russell Freedman
4. The Invisible Seam. Andrew Frew  
5. The King’s Equal. Katherine Paterson
6. Casey at the Bat. Ernest Lawrence Thayer
7. I Once Was a Monkey. Jeanne Lee
   

May – Wonder (Knowledge)

1. Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Lynn Curlee
2. Gregor Mendel. The Friar Who Grew Peas. Cheryl Bardoe
3. Marco Polo. Demi​
4. Wonders of Nature. Ben Hoare
5. Finding Narnia. Carol McAlister
6. Grass Sandals: The Travels of Basho. Dawnine Spivak
7. Charlotte's Web. E. B. White
8. One Beetle Too Many. Katherine Lasky

June – Wisdom & Wit

1. The House of Wisdom. Florence Parry Heide
2. The Book Itch. Freedom, Truth & Harlem’s Greatest Bookstore. Vaunda Michaeux Nelson
3. The Prince and the Pauper. (318 pgs) Mark Twain
4. King Solomon and His Magic Ring. Elie Wiesel
5. The Last Alchemist. Colin Thompson
6. The Arrow Over the Door. Joseph Bruchac
7. The Dalai Lama. Demi
8. The Fabled Life of Aesop. Ian Lendler
9. Hope For Flowers. Trina Paulus