Dear 3B Students,
Part of your homework this year is for you to read for at least 15 minutes each night. Here are some suggested books to start you out.  

Fantasy
Title - click for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Carnival at Candlelight by Mary Pope Osborne		Easy Reading
Leaping Beauty by Gregory Maguire		Easy Reading
Otto and The Flying Twins by Charlotte Haptie		Challenging
Poppy's Return by Avi
The Spiderwick Chronicles by Tony DiTerlizzi
Fiction
Title - click for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Patterson		Challenging
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl
Chocolate Fever by Robert K. Smith
Dear Mr. Henshaw by beverly Cleary		Challenging
Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective by Donald J. Sobol
From the Mixed up Files of Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
Holes by Louis Sachar		Challenging
Horrible Harry Moves up to Third Grade by Suzy Kline
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
Jumanji by Chris Van Allsberg		Average
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli		Challenging
Miss Nelson is Missing! by Harry Allard
Mr. Popper's Penquins by Richard Atwater
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle by Betty MacDonald
Muggie Maggie by Beverly Cleary
Poppy by Avi
Poppy and Rye by Avi
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
Rikki-tikki-tavi by Rudyard Kipling
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan		Average
Sideways Stories From Wayside School by Louis Sachar
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
The BFG by Roald Dahl
The Borrowers by Mary Norton
The Moffats by Eleanor Estes
The Thanksgiving Story by Alice Dagliesh		Average
Realistic Fiction
Title - click for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Amelia's Notebook by Marissa Moss		Average
Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo		Average
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary		Average
Frindle by Andrew Clements		Challenging
Granny Torrelli Makes Soup by Sharon Creech		Average
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos		Challenging
Junie B. Jones by Barbara Park		Easy Reading
The Patchwork Quilt by Valerie Flournoy		Challenging
Fantasy Fiction
Title - click for more info	Rating	Difficulty
A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket		Challenging
My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett		Average
The Paper Bag Princess by by Robert N. Munsch (Author), Michael Martchenko (Illustrator)		Average
The Witches by Roald Dahl		Challenging
Historical Fiction
Title - click for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Abby Takes a Stand (Scraps of Time 1960) by Patricia McKissak		Average
More Perfect Than the Moon by Patricia MacLachlan
The Underground Railroad by Edward J. Amatetti		Average
The Wild Year: Joshua's Oregon Trail Diary: Book 3 by Patricia Hermes
Non Fiction
Title - click for more info	Rating	Difficulty
A Picture Book of Benjamin Franklin by David Adler		Average
A Picture Book of Benjamin Franklin. Illustrated by John and Alexandra Wallner. Holiday House, 1990. by David Adler
A Picture Book of George Washington. Illustrated by John and Alexandra Wallner. Holiday House, 1989
Benjamin Franklin: Printer, Inventor, Statesman. Illustrated by Lyle Miller. Holiday House, 1992
Humor
Title - click for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Annabel the Actress Starring in Gorilla My Dreams by Elllen Conford
Anyone Can Eat Squid by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor		Easy Reading
Anyone Can Eat Squid! by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor		Average
Best in Show for Rotten Ralph by Jack Gantos		Easy Reading
Horrible Harry and the Goog by Suzy Kline		Easy Reading
I'm Too Fond of My Fur! by Geronimo Stilton
Judy Moody Declares Independence by Megan McDonald		Easy Reading
Lenny and Mel by Erik Kraft
Maxx Comedy: The Funniest Kid in America by Gordon Korman
My Name is Stilton, Geronimo Stilton by Geronimo Stilton		Easy Reading
Orange You Glad It's Halloween, Amber Brown by Paula Danziger		Easy Reading
Rosy Cole's Worst Ever, Best Yet Tour of New York City by Sheila Greenwald		Easy Reading
Rumply, Crumply Stinky Pin by Laurence Anholt		Easy Reading
Snowed In With Grandmother Silk by Carol Fenner
Starting School by Johanna Hurwitz
The Stink Squad: The Reek from Outer Space by Katherine O'Neal
Animal Stories
Title - click for more info	Rating	Difficulty
A Dog's Life by Ann Martin		Average
Amber: The Story of the a Red Fox by Shirley Woods
Come On Seabiscuit! by Ralph Moody
Meow Means Mischief by Ann Whitehead Nagda
Runt by Marion Dane Bauer
Storm Rescue (Wild at Heart Series) by Laurie Halse Anderson		Average
Tornado by Betsy Byars		Easy Reading
White Star: A Dog on the Titanic by Marty Crisp
Folktales, Fairy Tales & Multicultural
Title - click for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema		Average
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters		Average
The Stinky Cheese Man by Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith		Average
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith		Easy Reading
Books Made Into Movies
Title - click for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
Holes by Louis Sachar		Challenging
Family Stories
Title - click for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Mallory Vs. Max by Laurie Friedman		Easy Reading
Historical Fiction
Title - click for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself by Judy Blume		Challenging
The Watsons Go To Birmingham, 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis		Challenging
Mystery
Title - click for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Danger at the Zoo (A Kit American Girl Mystery) by Kathleen Ernst		Easy Reading
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Sleeping Dog by Donald Sobol
Horrible Harry and the locked Closet by Suzy Kline
New Adventures of Mary-Kate and Ashley:The Case of Camp Crooked Lake by Carol Ellis
The Case of the Giggling Ghost by Melinda Metz
The Case of the Mall Mystery by Alice Leonhardt
The Disappearing Dinosaurs by Brad Strickland
The Ghost of Captain Briggs by Mary Labatt
Picture Books
Title - click for more info	Rating	Difficulty
Click Clack Moo, Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin		Average
Leonardo the Terrible Monster by Mo Willems		Easy Reading
Mr. Peabody's Apples by Madonna		Average
Olivia and the Missing Toy by Ian Falconer		Easy Reading
The English Roses by Madonna		Average
Poetry
Title - click for more info	Rating	Difficulty
A Pizza the Size of the Sun by Jack Prelutsky		Average
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein		Average