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Growing as a reader

Sasquatch and the Muckleshoot by Adam Gidwitz; Joseph Bruchac; Hatem Aly (Illustrator)
Call Number: [FAN] F GID

ISBN: 0735231761

Publication Date: 2018-11-13

Elliot and his friend Uchenna join Professor Fauna as they travel to the Pacific Northwest and help keep a sasquatch family safe from a pack of journalists and a logging company
Lulu Is Getting a Sister by Judith Viorst; Kevin Cornell (Illustrator)
Call Number: [REA] F VIO

ISBN: 1481471902

Publication Date: 2018-04-24

Lulu is sent to Camp Sisterhood to learn how to be a big sister, but she makes it her mission to be the worst sister-in-training in camp history
Wicked Nix by Lena Coakley; Jaime Zollars (Illustrator)
Call Number: [FAN] F COA

ISBN: 9781419728693

Publication Date: 2018-10-09

While the other fairies are away, mischievous Nix is charged with protecting the forest but he has no magic to prevent a man from moving into a woodland cottage.
Guts by Raina Telgemeier (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780545852517

Publication Date: 2019-09-17
The Tale of Angelino Brown by David Almond; Alex T. Smith (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763695637

Publication Date: 2018-02-27
The Hidden Kingdom by Tui T. Sutherland; Mike Holmes (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781338344066

Publication Date: 2019-10-15
Geocache Surprise by Jake Maddox; Sean Tiffany (Illustrator); Eric Stevens (Contribution by)
ISBN: 9781434226006

Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Logan Likes Mary Anne! (the Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novel #8) by Ann M. Martin; Gale Galligan (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781338304558

Publication Date: 2020-09-01

Great series to build reading muscle

Danger! Tiger Crossing by Lin Oliver
Call Number: BR 4 COV

ISBN: 0448480875

Publication Date: 2016-04-26

Heidi wants to win the Brewster Elementary cookie contest, but does not think through all the consequences of adding magic to her recipe.
Lunch Walks among Us by Jim Benton (Illustrator)
Call Number: F BEN

ISBN: 1599618176

Publication Date: 2011-01-01

Franny K. Stein is a mad scientist who prefers all things spooky and creepy, but when she has trouble making friends at her new school she experiments with fitting in--which works until a monster erupts from the trashcan.
Following the Trail of Marco Polo by Geronimo Stilton
Call Number: 741.5 STI

ISBN: 9781597071888

Publication Date: 2010-04-13

Geronimo Stilton is transported back in time to thirteenth-century China and attempts to stop the Pirate Cats from altering Marco Polo's book "The Travels of Marco Polo" and changing history.
First Hero by Adam Blade
Call Number: F BLA

ISBN: 9780545361606

Publication Date: 2012-02-01

Tanner, having been training with Firepos the Flame Bird since the murder of his father eight years earlier, sets out on a journey to stop an evil army from finding the pieces of the Mask of Death and controlling all beasts
Ivy + Bean and the Ghost That Had to Go by Annie Barrows; Sophie Blackall (Illustrator)
Call Number: F BAR

ISBN: 0811849104

Publication Date: 2006-11-23

Second-graders Ivy and Bean set out to expel the ghost who is living in the girls' bathroom at their school.
The Acadia Files by Katie Coppens; Holly Hatam (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780884486046

Publication Date: 2018-09-18
Rise of the Balloon Goons by Troy Cummings
ISBN: 9780545493222

Publication Date: 2013-06-25
Fetch-22 by Dav Pilkey (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781338323214

Publication Date: 2019-12-10
The Boys Start the War by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
ISBN: 9780440418412

Publication Date: 2002-01-08
Dork Diaries 4 by Rachel Renée Russell (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781442411920

Publication Date: 2012-06-05
Dragons and Marshmallows by Asia Citro; Marion Lindsay (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781943147083

Publication Date: 2017-03-14
I Survived the California Wildfires, 2018 (I Survived #20) by Lauren Tarshis
ISBN: 9781338317466

Publication Date: 2020-09-01

Zany and funny

EngiNerds by Jarrett Lerner
Call Number: [REA] F LER

ISBN: 1481468723

Publication Date: 2017-09-12
Revenge of the Sis by Jarrett J. Krosoczka (Illustrator); Amy Ignatow
Call Number: [FAN] F KRO

ISBN: 1338295381

Publication Date: 2019-03-26
Enemies by Johnny Marciano; Emily Raymond; Robb Mommaerts (Illustrator); Emily Chenoweth
Call Number: [FAN] F MAR

ISBN: 1524787221

Publication Date: 2019-02-26
Mac Undercover by Mac Barnett; Mike Lowery (Illustrator)
Call Number: [ADV] F BAR

ISBN: 133814359X

Publication Date: 2018-09-11
King of the Mole People (Book 1) by Paul Gilligan (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781250171344

Publication Date: 2019-08-27
Max Einstein: the Genius Experiment by James Patterson; Chris Grabenstein; Beverly Johnson (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780316523974

Publication Date: 2019-08-06
Mr. Penguin and the Lost Treasure by Alex T. Smith (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781682631201

Publication Date: 2019-04-01
My Weirder School #1: Miss Child Has Gone Wild! by Dan Gutman; Jim Paillot (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780061969171

Publication Date: 2011-06-21
Dog Diaries: Curse of the Mystery Mutt by James Patterson; Steven Butler (As told to); Richard Watson (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780316430074

Publication Date: 2020-11-02

The ones you should not miss

Marty McGuire Digs Worms! by Kate Messner; Brian Floca (Illustrator)
Call Number: F MES

ISBN: 9780545142458

Publication Date: 2012-04-01

With help from her Grandma Barb, Marty builds a habitat for worms in her school cafeteria as part of the Save the Earth Project.
The Truth of Me by Patricia MacLachlan
Call Number: F MAC

ISBN: 9780061998607

Publication Date: 2013-06-25

Robbie and his dog, Ellie, spend the summer at his grandmother Maddy's house, where Robbie learns many things about his emotionally distant parents and himself.
Clementine and the Spring Trip by Sara Pennypacker; Marla Frazee (Illustrator)
Call Number: F PEN

ISBN: 9781423123576

Publication Date: 2013-03-05

Third-grader Clementine's school field trip to Plimoth Plantation leads to all kinds of discoveries, from fourth grade eating rules to the source of the stink on the bus.
The Ogre of Oglefort by Eva Ibbotson
Call Number: F IBB

ISBN: 9780230746473

Publication Date: 2010

When a Hag, an orphan boy and a troll called Ulf get sent to rescue a princess from an ogre, they expect it to be a fairly standard magical mission. But the ogre is depressed, the princess doesn't want to be rescued - and the ogre's dead wife is turning in her grave.
13 storey treehouse by Andy Griffiths
ISBN: 9781447279785
The Willoughbys Return by Lois Lowry
ISBN: 9780358423898

Publication Date: 2020-09-29

People who changed things

Grace Hopper by Laurie Wallmark; Katy Wu (Illustrator)
Call Number: E920 HOP

ISBN: 1454920009

Publication Date: 2017-05-16
Margaret and the Moon by Dean Robbins; Lucy Knisley (Illustrator)
Call Number: 920 HAM

ISBN: 0399551859

Publication Date: 2017-05-16
Counting on Katherine by Helaine Becker; Dow Phumiruk (Illustrator)
Call Number: 920 JOH

ISBN: 1250137527

Publication Date: 2018-06-19
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly; Laura Freeman (Illustrator)
Call Number: 510 SHE

ISBN: 0062742469

Publication Date: 2018-01-16
Dangerous Jane by Suzanne Slade; Alice Ratterree (Illustrator)
Call Number: 920 ADD

ISBN: 1561459135

Publication Date: 2017-09-01

ZIS LS Library: G3 Favorites

Library books we have liked in G3

Top picks for growing readers

Growing as a reader

Great series to build reading muscle

Zany and funny

The ones you should not miss

People who changed things