3rd Grade Reading List | The Hundred Dresses and Garvey's Choice

See our Teacher Tool Independent Reading (K-5) for guidance on how to use the suggested texts below.

Additional Texts by the Author

Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel by Nikki Grimes (590-630L) *
The Curious Adventures of Jimmy McGee by Eleanor Estes (780L) **
The Moffats (series) by Eleanor Estes (700-800L) **
The Pyes (series) by Eleanor Estes (890-990L)
Words with Wings by Nikki Grimes (850L)

Informational Texts to Build Content Knowledge

Speak Up and Get Along! by Scott Cooper (790L)
Stand Up for Yourself & Your Friends: Dealing with Bullies & Bossiness and Finding a Better Way by Patti Kelley Criswell, Angela Martini (670L)
Stand Up: Bullying Prevention (series) by Addy Ferguson
The No More Bullying Book for Kids: Become Strong, Happy, and Bully-Proof by Vanessa Green Allen

Texts with Connecting Topics and Themes

Accepting ourselves and others

Blubber by Judy Blume (610L)
Confessions of a Former Bully by Trudy Ludwig (810L)
Drita, My Homegirl by Jenny Lombard (630L)
EllRay Jakes the Dragon Slayer! by Sally Warner (760L) *
Jake Drake, Bully Buster by Andrew Clements (650L)
Justin Case: Rules, Tools, and Maybe a Bully by Rachel Vail (780L)
Knights of the Lunch Table (series) by Frank Cammuso (250L)
My Secret Bully by Trudy Ludwig (630L)
Pottymouth and Stoopid by Chris Grabenstein, James Patterson (690L) **
The Boy in the Dress by David Walliams (650L) **
Upstanders to the Rescue! (series) by Phyllis Kaufman Goodstein (780L)
Wonder by R.J. Palacio (790L)

* lower Lexile or qualitative measures than core text.

** higher Lexile or qualitative measures than core text.

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Independent Reading Suggested Books for Embracing Difference: The Hundred Dresses and Garvey's Choice