JF Atwater Mr. Popper's Penguins 139pgs 
The unexpected delivery of a large crate containing an Antarctic penguin changes the life and fortunes of Mr. Popper, a house painter obsessed with dreams of the Polar regions.

JF Blume Freckle Juice 40pgs 
Andrew wants freckles so badly that he buys Sharon's freckle recipe for fifty cents.

R-G Brown Flat Stanley 44pgs 
After a bulletin board falls on Stanley while he's sleeping, he finds that being flat has its advantages.

JF Bulla The Chalk Box Kid 56pgs 
Nine-year-old Gregory's house does not have room for a garden, but he creates a surprising and very different garden in an unusual place.

JF Byars The SOS File 71 pgs 
The students in Mr. Magro's class submit stories for the SOS file about their biggest emergencies, and then they read them aloud for extra credit.

JF Cameron The Stories Julian Tells 71pgs 
Relates episodes in seven-year-old Julian's life which include getting into trouble with his younger brother Huey, planting a garden, what he did to try to grow taller, losing a tooth, and finding a new friend.

PBJ/JF Catling The Chocolate Touch 126pgs 
A boy acquires a magical gift that turns everything his lips touch into chocolate.

JF Child Utterly me, Clarice Bean 190pgs 
When someone steals the winner's trophy for the school book project, Clarice emulates her favorite book heroine, Ruby Redfort the detective.

R-G/JF Christopher The Hit-Away Kid 60pgs 
Barry McGee, hit-away batter for the Peach Street Mudders, enjoys winning so much that he has a tendency to bend the rules; then the dirty tactics of the pitcher on a rival team give him a new perspective on sports ethics.

JF Cleary Muggie Maggie 70pgs 
Maggie resists learning cursive writing in the third grade, until she discovers that knowing how to read and write cursive promises to open up an entirely new world of knowledge for her.

JF Cleary Henry and Ribsy 192pgs 
Henry's father promises to take him salmon fishing if he can keep Ribsy out of trouble for the next month. But that's no easy task, especially when Ramona gets into the act.

R-G Cohen Molly's Pilgrim 32pgs 
Told to make a doll like a pilgrim for the Thanksgiving display at school, Molly's Jewish mother dresses the doll as she herself dressed before leaving Russia to seek religious freedom--much to Molly's embarrassment.

JF Coville The Dragon of Doom 69pgs 
Life in the village of Pigbone is boring until an aspiring magician and his talking toad come to town and ask Edward to help them slay the Dragon of Doom.

JF Dahl The Magic Finger 62pgs 
Angered by a neighboring family's sport hunting, an eight-year-old girl turns her magic finger on them.

JF Danzinger Forever Amber Brown 101pgs 
Amber's life has changed dramatically: her parents are divorced, her father lives in France, her best friend has moved to another state, and now her mother must decide whether to remarry.

JF Hurwitz The Adventures of Ali Baba Bernstein 82pgs 
Eight-year-old David is convinced that his life will be more adventurous when he changes his name to Ali Baba.

R-G Kline Horrible Harry Moves up to Third Grade 58pgs 
Horrible Harry and friends start off third grade with a new room and a field trip to an old copper mine to study rocks.

JF Kline Herbie Jones 95pgs 
Herbie's experiences in the third grade include finding bones in the boy's bathroom, wandering away from his class on their field trip, and being promoted to a higher reading group.

NEWB Maclachan Sarah Plain and Tall 58pgs 
When their father invites a mail-order bride to come live with them in their prairie home, Caleb and Anna are captivated by their new mother and hope that she will stay.

JF Mcdonald Judy Moody Predicts the Future 146pgs 
After Judy obtains a mood ring, she tries to convince herself and her third-grade classmates that she can predict the future.

JF/PBJ Montes A Crazy Mixed-up Spanglish Day 120pgs 
In Northern California, Maritza Gabriela Morales Mercado struggles to deal with the third grade bully, to control her temper, and to remember to speak Spanish at home and English at school.

JF Rockwell How to Eat Fried Worms 115pgs 
Two boys set out to prove that worms can make a delicious meal.

JF Rylant The Lighthouse Family The Storm 79pgs 
Pandora the cat becomes a lighthouse keeper and saves the life of Seabold the dog, and together the two of them create a family with three young mice rescued from the sea.

R-G Sachar Marvin Redpost Why Pick On Me? 64pgs 
A small incident during recess threatens to turn nine-year-old Marvin into the outcast of his third-grade class.

JF Scieszka Summer Reading is Killing Me 73pgs 
At the beginning of summer vacation Joe, Sam, and Fred find themselves trapped inside their summer reading list, involved in a battle between good and evil characters from well-known children's books.

JF Smith Chocolate Fever 93pgs 
From eating too much chocolate, Henry breaks out in brown bumps that help him foil some hijackers and teach him a valuable lesson about self-indulgence.

JF Stilton Cat and Mouse in a Haunted House 111pgs 
Mouse Geronimo Stilton, editor of The Rodent's Gazette, explores a haunted mansion populated by ghosly cats.

JF Wilder Little House in the Big Woods 237pgs 
A year in the life of two young girls growing up on the Wisconsin frontier, as they help their mother with the daily chores, enjoy their father's stories and singing, and share special occasions when they get together with relatives or neighbors.

JF Williams The Velveteen Rabbit 32pgs 
By the time the velveteen rabbit is dirty, worn out, and about to be burned, he has almost given up hope of ever finding the magic called Real.