In the BRIDGES section: (Please Auch, Mary Jane. I WAS A THIRD GRADE DeLaCroix, Alice. THE HERO OF THIRD check the BRIDGES section in the library for SCIENCE PROJECT GRADE more books like these.) While trying to hypnotize his dog for the Randall changes to a new school where he 3rd grade science fair, Brian accidentally pretends to be an anonymous hero until he Conford, Ellen. ANNABEL THE ACTRESS makes his best friend think he’s a cat. finds that being himself is good enough. STARRING IN HOUND OF THE Catling, Patrick Skene. THE CHOCOLATE Estes, Eleanor. THE HUNDRED DRESSES BARKERVILLES TOUCH When ragged Wanda brags that she has Annabel, who wants to be a famous A boy acquires a magical gift that turns one hundred dresses at home, the girls in actress someday, gets a part in a real play everything his lips touch into chocolate. her class don’t believe her. but must cope with a big dog and an unruly audience member. Cleary, Beverly. MUGGIE MAGGIE Friedman, Laurie B. MALLORY ON THE MOVE Kerrin, Jessica Scott. MARTIN BRIDGE: Maggie resists learning cursive writing in rd READY FOR TAKEOFF! 3 grade, until she finds that reading and After moving to a new town, eight-year- writing cursive promises to open up a new old Mallory remains torn between old and In three short stories, third grader world for her. Also others by this author. new best friends. Also BACK TO Martin has a crush on the new bus driver, SCHOOL, MALLORY. deals with the death of a neighbor’s Colfer, Eoin. THE LEGEND OF SPUD hamster, and has friendship troubles over MURPHY Greene, Stephanie. OWEN FOOTE, SOCCER STAR a rocket competition. Ordered to spend their entire summer in Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. ANYONE CAN EAT the library under the watchful eye of When eight-year-old Owen and his best SQUID librarian Spud Murphy, siblings Will and friend join a soccer league, they not only Marty try to find a way to stay out of test their game skills but also their Sarah thinks of a special way to save her trouble. friendship. One in a series. friend’s Chinese restaurant. One in the Simply Sarah series. Coville, Bruce. THE DRAGON OF DOOM Harper, Charise Mericle. JUST GRACE GOES GREEN Soto, Gary. THE CAT’S MEOW Life in the village of Pigbone is boring until an aspiring magician and his talking Miss Lois’s class is “going green!” Grace is Eight-year-old Graciela, who is half toad come to town and ask Edward to help ready to help out, but can she save the Mexican, is amazed when her cat Pip them slay the Dragon of Doom. One in the planet? Or, at least, can she help her starts speaking Spanish. Moongobble and Me series. friend Mimi get a special friend back? One in a series. In Children’s Fiction (XF): Dahl, Roald. THE TWITS Howe, James. IT CAME FROM BENEATH Amato, Mary. SNARF ATTACK, The misadventures of two terrible old THE BED!: TALES FROM THE HOUSE UNDERFOODLE, AND THE SECRET OF people who enjoy playing nasty tricks and OF BUNNICULA LIFE: THE RIOT BROTHERS TELL ALL are outwitted by a family of monkeys. Also CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE Howie the wire-haired dachshund writes a Mischievous brothers Orville and Wilbur FACTORY. story in which he saves the world from a Riot make an adventure out of the silliest science experiment gone awry. First in a things. series. Hicks, Betty. BASKETBALL BATS Salisbury, Graham. CALVIN COCONUT: TROUBLE MAGNET When Henry and his team, the Bats, play Third Grade the Tigers, he learns about working as a Calvin, who lives in Hawaii, catches the team. One in the Gym Shorts series. attention of the school bully, and at home Suggested Reading his room has been taken over by the teen Hurwitz, Johanna. CLASS CLOWN daughter of his mother’s friend! Lucas Cott finds it very hard to turn over Scieszka, Jon. KNIGHTS OF THE KITCHEN a new leaf when he decides to become the TABLE perfect student. Also CLASS PRESIDENT. When Joe gets a magic book, he and his friends are transported to a time of evil Kline, Suzy. HERBIE JONES knights and fire-breathing dragons. First Herbie’s experiences in 3rd grade include in the Time Warp Trio series. finding bones in the boy’s bathroom and Tolan, Stephanie. WISHWORKS, INC. being promoted to a higher reading group. First in a series. Max, coping with his parents’ divorce, a new home, and bullies at school, is granted McDonald, Megan. JUDY MOODY GETS his wish for a dog from Wishworks, Inc., FAMOUS! but the dog is nothing like he imagined. When a 3rd grade classmate gets her picture in the paper for winning a spelling In Children’s Nonfiction: bee, Judy is determined to find a way to Gerstein, Mordicai. THE MAN WHO become famous herself. One in a series. WALKED BETWEEN THE TOWERS Mills, Claudia. HOW OLIVER OLSON (X793.1 Gerstein) CHANGED THE WORLD Aerialist Philippe Petit takes a historic Oliver shows his overprotective parents tightrope walk between the World Trade that he can do great things without their Center Towers in 1974. help when his class studies the solar Prelutsky, Jack. MY DOG MAY BE A system and writes to a Senator. GENIUS (X811 Prelutsky)

Pennypacker, Sara. CLEMENTINE Zany poems about an underwater marching Clementine tries out new hairstyles, deals band, a pig in a bathing suit, and other with friendship troubles and helps her unusual topics. Also others by this author. father banish pigeons from their apartment building. One in a series.

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