2020s books assigned in 3rd grade

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• Beanie the Bansheenie · Eoin Colfer
• Beautiful Blackbird · Ashley Bryan
• Because of You, John Lewis · Andrea Davis Pinkney
• Becoming Muhammad Ali · James Patterson
• Better with Butter · Victoria Piontek
• Big · Vashti Harrison
• Big · Vashti Harrison
• Black Girl You Are Atlas · Renée Watson
• Blue · Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond
• Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky · Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond
• Boogie Boogie, Y’all · C.G. Esperanza
• Bright Star · Yuyi Morales
• Bubble Trouble · Margaret Mahy
• Buffalo Fluffalo · Bess Kalb
• Butt or Face? · Kari Lavelle
• Call Me Roberto!: Roberto Clemente Goes to Bat for Latinos · Nathalie Alonso
• Chance · Uri Shulevitz
• Chez Bob · Bob Shea
• Chinese Menu · Grace Lin
• Chooch Helped · Andrea L. Rogers
• City of Thieves · Alex London
• Clap When You Land · Elizabeth Acevedo
• Concrete: From the Ground Up · Larissa Theule
• Cornbread & Poppy · Matthew Cordell
• Cotorras Sobre Puerto Rico · Susan L. Roth
• Countdown to Yesterday · Shirley Marr
• Curlfriends: New in Town (a Graphic Novel) · Sharee Miller
• Curveball · Pablo Cartaya
• Dadaji's Paintbrush · Rashmi Sirdeshpande
• Danny Blackgoat, Navajo Prisoner [Dyslexic Edition] · Tim Tingle
• De aquí como el coquí · Nomar Perez
• Dear Primo · Duncan Tonatiuh
• Demon in the Wood Graphic Novel · Leigh Bardugo
• Destiny Finds Her Way: How a Rescued Baby Sloth Learned to Be Wild · Margarita Engle
• Dog Trouble: A Graphic Novel · Kristin Varner
• Dogtown · Katherine Applegate & Gennifer Choldenko
• Don't Think of Tigers · Alex Latimer
• Don't Trust Cats: Life Lessons from Chip the Dog · Dev Petty
• Doña Quixote: Rise of the Knight · Rey Terciero
• Donut Feed the Squirrels · Mika Song
• Dress Coded · Carrie Firestone
• Du Iz Tak? · Carson Ellis
• Endlessly Ever After: Pick YOUR Path to Countless Fairy Tale Endings! · Laurel Snyder
• Ernö Rubik and His Magic Cube · Kerry Aradhya
• Except Antarctica! · Todd Sturgell
• Exclamation Mark! · Amy Krouse Rosenthal
• Eyes That Kiss in the Corners · Joanna Ho
• Farmhouse · Sophie Blackall
• Farther Than the Moon · Lindsay Lackey
• Ferris · Kate DiCamillo
• Fighting Words · Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
• Final Word (The Winterton Deception #1) · Janet Sumner Johnson
• Finding Normal · Stephanie Faris
• Fireworks · Matthew Burgess
• Flora and Ulysses · Kate DiCamillo
• Fly · Brittany J. Thurman
• Forever Cousins · Laurel Goodluck
• Four Eyes: A Graphic Novel · Rex Ogle
• Fowl Play · Kristin O'Donnell Tubb
• Fox Has a Problem · Corey R. Tabor
• Freddie vs. the Family Curse · Tracy Badua
• Freewater · Amina Luqman-Dawson
• Genius Ears · Lena Anlauf
• Gibberish · Young Vo
• Girls Like Her · Melanie Sumrow
• Good Different · Meg Eden Kuyatt
• Growing an Artist: The Story of a Landscaper and His Son · John Parra
• Growing Home · Beth Ferry
• Guts for Glory · Jonna Lapati
• Haiku, Ew! Celebrating the Disgusting Side of Nature · Lynn Brunelle
• Hannah Sharpe, Cartoon Detective · Janet Tashjian
• Healer of the Water Monster · Brian Young
• Hidden Hope: How a Toy and a Hero Saved Lives During the Holocaust · Elisa Boxer
• Hoops · Matt Tavares
• Hope in the Valley · Mitali Perkins
• Hot Dog · Doug Salati
• How I Became A Ghost · Tim Tingle
• How the Boogeyman Became a Poet · Tony Keith Jr.
• How to Eat a Book · MacLeod
• How to Stay Invisible · Maggie C. Rudd
• Hummingbird · Natalie Lloyd
• I Am a Tornado · Drew Beckmeyer
• I Know How to Draw an Owl · Hilary Horder Hippely
• I Lived Inside a Whale · Xin Li
• I Talk Like a River · Jordan Scott
• Ice Cream Everywhere: Sweet Stories from Around the World · Judy Campbell-Smith
• Iceberg · Jennifer A. Nielsen
• In the Beautiful Country · Jane Kuo
• Indian No More · Charlene Willing
• Inheritance · Elizabeth Acevedo
• Introducing Sandwina: The Strongest Woman in the World! · Vicki Conrad
• Invisible Isabel · Sally J. Pla
• It Came from the Trees · Ally Russell
• It Found Us · Lindsay Currie
• J vs. K · Kwame Alexander & Jerry Craft
• Jawbreaker · Christina Wyman
• John's Turn · Mac Barnett
• Just Gus · McCall Hoyle
• Just Keep Walking · Erin Soderberg Downing
• Just Like Millie · Lauren Castillo
• Kent State · Deborah Wiles
• King of Ragtime · Stephen Costanza
• Knight Owl · Christopher Denise
• Knight Owl and Early Bird · Christopher Denise
• Kumo · Kyo Maclear
• Leaf Man Board Book · Lois Ehlert
• Legendarios: Wrath of the Rain God · Karla Arenas Valenti
• Legendary Frybread Drive-In · Cynthia Leitich Smith
• Lightningborn (Storm Dragons #1) · Julie Kagawa
• Like · Annie Barrows
• Little Red Riding Hood (40th Anniversary Edition) · Trina Schart Hyman
• Lola · Karla Arenas Valenti
• Lupe Wong Won't Dance · Donna Barba Higuera
• Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All · Chanel Miller
• Me & Mama · Cozbi A. Cabrera
• Me Gusta · Angela Dominguez
• Memoirs of a Tortoise · Devin Scillian
• Mexikid · Pedro Martín
• Midnight and Moon · Kelly Cooper
• Midnight at the Barclay Hotel · Fleur Bradley
• Millie Fleur's Poison Garden · Christy Mandin
• Milloo's Mind · Reem Faruqi
• Misfit Mansion · Kay Davault
• Mr. Fox's Game of "No!" · David LaRochelle
• Mr. S · Monica Arnaldo
• My Daddy Is a Cowboy · Stephanie Seales
• Navigating Night · Julie Leung
• Never Take Your Rhino on a Plane · K. E. LEWIS
• New From Here · Kelly Yang
• Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy · Angie Thomas
• Nimbus · Jan Eldredge
• Norman Didn't Do It! · Ryan T. Higgins
• Not All Sheep Are Boring! · Bobby Moynihan
• Not Nothing · Gayle Forman
• Nothing Else But Miracles · Kate Albus
• Nubby’s Story · Aubre Andrus
• Odder · Katherine Applegate
• Oh No, the Aunts Are Here · Adam Rex
• Oliver's Great Big Universe · Jorge Cham
• Once for Yes · Allie Millington
• Once There Was · Kiyash Monsef
• Onyx & Beyond · Amber McBride
• Our Planet! There's No Place Like Earth · Stacy McAnulty
• Over and Under the Rainforest · Kate Messner
• Parachute Kids · Betty C. Tang
• Pedro's Yo-Yos: How a Filipino Immigrant Came to America and Changed the World of Toys · Rob Peñas
• Perfectly Parvin · Olivia Abtahi
• Picture Purrfect (Bodega Cats #1) · Hilda Eunice Burgos
• Poopsie Gets Lost · Hannah E. Harrison
• Promise Boys · Nick Brooks
• Punycorn · Andi Watson
• R-E-S-P-E-C-T · Carole Boston Weatherford
• Race for the Ruby Turtle · Stephen Bramucci
• Red, White, and Whole · Rajani LaRocca
• Samira Surfs · Rukhsanna Guidroz
• Scare School Diaries: Welcome to Scare School · Jarrett Lerner
• Scritch Scratch · Lindsay Currie
• Search for a Giant Squid · Amy Seto Forrester
• Sir Ladybug · Corey R. Tabor
• Sisters of the Lost Marsh · Lucy Strange
• Six Feet Below Zero · Ena Jones
• Some of Us · Rajani Larocca
• Something, Someday · Amanda Gorman
• Sonadores (Dreamers) · Yuyi Morales
• Song of a Blackbird · Maria van Lieshout
• Soundtrack: A Novel · Jason Reynolds
• Squished · Megan Wagner Lloyd
• Stand Up, Yumi Chung · Jessica Kim
• Standing in the Need of Prayer · Carole Boston Weatherford
• Stateless · Elizabeth Wein
• Stella · McCall Hoyle
• Stepping Stones · Lucy Knisley
• Stuntboy, In-Between Time · Jason Reynolds
• Stuntboy, In-Between Time · Jason Reynolds
• Summer Vamp · Violet Chan Karim
• Swim Team · Johnnie Christmas
• Swing · Audrey Meeker
• Symphony for a Broken Orchestra: How Philadelphia Collected Sounds to Save Music · Amy Ignatow
• Tales from Cabin 23: The Boo Hag Flex · Justina Ireland
• That's Not My Name! · Anoosha Syed
• The Adventures of Invisible Boy · Doogie Horner
• The Adventures of Team Pom: Squid Happens · Isabel Roxas
• The Aquanaut · Dan Santat
• The Area 51 Files · Julie Buxbaum
• The Barnabus Project · Terry Fan
• The Bear and the Moon · Matthew Burgess
• The Bees of Notre-Dame · Meghan Browne
• The Box Turtle · Vanessa Roeder
• The Civil War of Amos Abernathy · Michael Leali
• The Coquíes Still Sing · Karina Nicole González
• The Cursed Moon · Angela Cervantes
• The Dead of Summer (Book 1) · Ryan La Sala
• The Dream Catcher · Marcelo Verdad
• The Elephants Come Home · Kim Tomsic
• The Eyes and the Impossible · Dave Eggers
• The Firefly Summer · Morgan Matson
• The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza · Mac Barnett
• The First Helping (Lunch Lady Books 1 & 2) · Jarrett J. Krosoczka
• The First State of Being · Erin Entrada Kelly
• The Girl Who Figured It Out · Minda Dentler
• The Golden Hour · Niki Smith
• The Great Stink · Colleen Paeff
• The Guardian Test (Legends of Lotus Island #1) · Christina Soontornvat
• The Honeys · Ryan La Sala
• The House at the Edge of Magic · Amy Sparkes
• The Labors of Hercules Beal · Gary D. Schmidt
• The Last Cuentista · Donna Barba Higuera
• The Legend of Gravity: A Tall Basketball Tale · Charly Palmer
• The Liars Society · Alyson Gerber
• The Lumbering Giants of Windy Pines · Mo Netz
• The Man Who Didn't Like Animals · Deborah Underwood
• The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read · Rita Lorraine Hubbard
• The One and Only Family · Katherine Applegate
• The One and Only Ruby · Katherine Applegate
• The Penguin of Ilha Grande: From Animal Rescue to Extraordinary Friendship · Shannon Earle
• The People's Painter · Cynthia Levinson
• The Puffin Keeper · Michael Morpurgo
• The Sherlock Society · James Ponti
• The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale · Jon Klassen
• The Superteacher Project · Gordon Korman
• The Terrible Two · Mac Barnett
• The Three Billy Goats Gruff · Mac Barnett
• The War with Grandpa · Robert Kimmel Smith
• The Wild Journey of Juniper Berry · Chad Morris
• The Witching Wind · Natalie Lloyd
• The Yawns Are Coming · Christopher Eliopoulos
• The Yellow Bus · Loren Long
• There Might Be Lobsters · Carolyn Crimi
• There Was a Party for Langston · Jason Reynolds
• There's a Ghost in This House · Oliver Jeffers
• This Is Not My Hat · Jon Klassen
• Time to Make Art · Jeff Mack
• Tomfoolery! · Michelle Markel
• Trans History: A Graphic Novel: From Ancient Times to the Present Day · Alex L. Combs
• Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson · Robert Louis Stevenson
• Twins · Varian Johnson
• Two Dogs · Ian Falconer
• Two New Years · Richard Ho
• Unspeakable · Carole Boston Weatherford
• Ursula Upside Down · Corey R. Tabor
• Victory. Stand! · Tommie Smith
• Volcanoes · Nell Cross Beckerman
• Wat Takes His Shot · Cheryl Kim
• Watch Out for the Lion! · Brooke Hartman
• Watercress · Andrea Wang
• Ways to Make Sunshine · Renée Watson
• We Are Water Protectors · Carole Lindstrom
• We Go Slow · Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie
• We Still Belong · Christine Day
• Whale Eyes · James Robinson
• Whalesong: The True Story of the Musician Who Talked to Orcas · Zachariah OHora
• What Happened to Rachel Riley? · Claire Swinarski
• When Alexander Graced the Table · Alexander Smalls
• When Sea Becomes Sky · Gillian McDunn
• When Stars Are Scattered · Victoria Jamieson
• When You Can Swim · Jack Wong
• When You Trap a Tiger · Tae Keller
• Where Butterflies Fill the Sky: A Story of Immigration, Family, and Finding Home · Zahra Marwan
• Whirligigs: The Wondrous Windmills of Vollis Simpson's Imagination · Carole Boston Weatherford
• William Still and His Freedom Stories · Don Tate
• Witchlings · Claribel A. Ortega
• Wombat Said Come In · Carmen Agra Deedy
• Yoshi and the Ocean: A Sea Turtle's Incredible Journey Home · Lindsay Moore
• Yoshi, Sea Turtle Genius · Lynne Cox
• You Are Brave: A Book About Trying New Things · Margaret O'Hair
• You Are Here: Connecting Flights · Ellen Oh
• Your Place in the Universe · Jason Chin
• Zap! Clap! Boom!: The Story of a Thunderstorm · Laura Purdie Salas
• Zeus, Dog of Chaos · Kristin O'Donnell Tubb
• Zia Erases the World · Bree Barton