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CRRL Kids: Good Reads for 3rd Grade, 2024-2025 - Now Try These

A carefully curated, librarian-made booklist tailored for 3rd grade, who are ready to move onto more advanced chapter books.

Central Rappahannock Regional Library

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  • Chance, a three-legged dog, and Metal Head, a robot dog, plot an escape from Dogtown, home to rescued dogs of every kind.
    BookNew York : Feiwel and Friends, 2023. — FICTION App
  • Selected to stay overnight at the brand-new library, Kyle and his friends must decode clues, solve puzzles, and overcome challenges to escape.
    Graphic NovelNew York : Random House Children's Books, [2023] — 741.5973 Gr
  • When scientists realize intergalactic rats are eating our moon, they send up fearless, bioengineered First Cat in Space to save it.
    Graphic NovelNew York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, HarperAlley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022] — 741.5973 Ba
  • Plum attends the Guardian Academy, learning to transform into a Guardian, a magical animal who protects the natural world.
    BookNew York : Scholastic Press, [2023] — FICTION Soo
  • Spending the summer with her grandmother on Marble Island, Harriet discovers a mysterious key to her father's past.
    BookNew York, NY : Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022] — FICTION Arn
  • Walt discovers his talent for drawing maps can magically bring imaginary worlds to life.
    BookNew York : Balzer + Bray, [2022] — FICTION Ram
  • Acrobatic Odder fearlessly spins and somersaults underwater, but when she comes face to face with a great white shark, life as she knows it changes.
    BookNew York : Feiwel and Friends, 2022. — FICTION App
  • Future astrophysicist Oliver navigates the transition to a new school and new friends while managing to stay out of the principal's office.
    BookNew York : Amulet Books, [2023] — FICTION Cha
  • Many things make Penny anxious, but, with the help of her counselor and her dog Cosmo, she navigates changing friendships, feelings, and stress with growing confidence.
    BookNew York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2023. — FICTION She
  • After a journey from toy store to trunk, five puppets finally find themselves in a family where they learn their own stories.
    BookSomerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2023. — FICTION DiC