3rd Grade

Click on each book to find it in the library catalog. For more reading ideas or to find books to match a particular reading interest, talk to a children‘s librarian. Call 217/403–2030 or e-mail librarian@champaign.org.

Ms. Wiz Spells Trouble

(Juvenile Fiction/J/Blacker) by Terence Blacker.
A mysterious new teacher, thought by some to be a witch, changes the worst class in the school into the best with some strange and wonderful tricks.

Bad Kitty Gets a Bath

(Juvenile Fiction/J/Bruel) by Nick Bruel.
The author of Bad Kitty takes a humorous look at the normal way cats bathe, why it is inappropriate for humans to bathe that way, and the challenges of trying to give a cat a real bath with soap and water.

Medusa Jones

(Juvenile Fiction/J/Collins) by Ross Collins.
Medusa Jones and her friends are mocked and sneered at by the other Acropolis Academy children whose parents are kings and gods, but when they go on a school camping trip together, the “freaks” become true heroes.

Creeping Bookends

(Juvenile Fiction/J/Dahl) by Michael Dahl.
Book 1 of the Library of Doom series. One evening, a young boy is accidentally locked inside a library. Suddenly, a pair of lizard bookends come alive!

Donavan's Double Trouble

(Juvenile Fiction/J/Degross) by Monalisa DeGross.
Fourth-grader Donavan is sensitive about the problems he has understanding math, and then when his favorite uncle, a former high school basketball star, returns from National Guard duty an amputee, Donavan‘s problems get even worse as he struggles to accept this “new” Uncle Vic.

Mr. Karp's Last Glass

(Juvenile Fiction/J/Fagan) by Cary Fagan.
Young Randolph has two favorite pastimes – hockey and collecting. After his father loses his job, Randolph is horrified to learn the family must take in Mr. Karp, a boarder. Even worse, Mr. Karp is a collector, too.

Jim & Me

(Juvenile Fiction/J/Gutman) by Dan Gutman.
Joe and his longtime enemy, Bobby Fuller, use a vintage baseball card to travel in time, hoping to stop Jim Thorpe from participating in the 1912 Olympics and losing his medals, but instead they watch Thorpe struggle during his first season with the New York Giants.

Prince of Underwhere

(Juvenile Fiction/J/Hale) by Bruce Hale.
When Zeke, his twin sister Stephanie, their neighbor Hector, and Hector‘s cat Fitz slide into the world of Underwhere, Zeke is hailed as a prince who will, according to an ancient prophecy, free the Undies from the evil UnderLord‘s rule by finding and destroying his throne.