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Terrific Third Grade Reads
Missing monkey!
by Mary Amato

Tired of being pressured to help commit crimes and yearning for a more normal life, twins Jillian and Billy band together to do good deeds while their parents kidnap a monkey from the zoo, hoping to teach it to steal. Includes activities. Simultaneous.
Ivy + Bean
by Annie Barrows

When seven-year-old Bean plays a mean trick on her sister Nancy, she finds unexpected support for her antics from Ivy, the new neighbor, who is less boring than Bean first suspected. Reprint.
Adventure according to Humphrey
by Betty G. Birney

While the students of Room 26 learn about boats by building their own models for a race on Potter's Pond, Humphrey the hamster dreams about being a pirate and mistakenly ends up at sea on the day of the race. Reprint.
Dog diaries : secret writings of the WOOF Society
by Betsy Cromer Byars

At the first annual meeting of the WOOF Society, dogs of different backgrounds and breeds, including Tidbit, the star of the Grand Ole Opry, and Mimi, a Parisian pooch, come together to share their thoughts about their lives, their two-legged owners, and their very diverse adventures. 30,000 first printing.
The year of the book
by Andrea Cheng

A fully illustrated chapter book follows Anna, a young Asian-American girl, as she navigates relationships with family, friends and fourth grade while learning what it takes to make friends and what it means to be one. 25,000 first printing.
Henry Huggins
by Beverly Cleary

When Henry adopts Ribsy, a dog of no particular breed, humorous adventures follow
The trouble with chickens : a J.J. Tully mystery
by Doreen Cronin

A hard-bitten former search-and-rescue dog helps solve a complicated missing chicken case
Eva's treetop festival
by Rebecca Elliott

Volunteering to organize a school festival, Eva Wingddale is rapidly overwhelmed by the event's many details and considers asking a less-than-trustworthy frenemy, Sue, for help. Simultaneous.
Joss
by Erin Falligant

Excited to enter a surfing video contest, Joss Kendrick asks her brother to help, but he has a price, Joss must try out for the cheer team
Truman the dog
by Debbi Michiko Florence

Truman the black lab might be an older rescue dog, but he has plenty enough mischief beneath his collar to keep eight-year-old Kaita Takano and her animal-fostering family on their toes from morning until night
Sophie Simon solves them all
by Lisa Graff

Third-grader Sophie Simon is smart about many things except when it comes to friendship, until she uses her high IQ to help some of her classmates with their parental problems. By the author of Umbrella Summer.
Make way for Dyamonde Daniel
by Nikki Grimes

Spunky third-grader Dyamonde Daniel misses her old neighborhood, but when she befriends a boy named Free, another new student at school, she finally starts to feel at home
The 13-story treehouse
by Andy Griffiths

A first entry in a new series by the best-selling author of The Big Fat Cow that Goes Kapow follows the efforts of Andy and Terry to meet a latest book deadline despite numerous distractions in their sophisticated tree house home, including flying cats, giant bananas and sea monsters pretending to be mermaids.
Charlie Bumpers vs. the really Nice Gnome
by Bill Harley

Meet Charlie Bumpers, a fourth-grader who is always coming up against embarrassing worst-case scenarios. He keeps trying to make the best of bad situations, but things don't always work out the way he'd planned! In Charlie Bumpers vs. the Squeaking Skull, Charlie is looking forward to the big sleepover at Alex's house on Halloween until he finds out the entertainment will be watching the scariest horror movies ever!
Tales of Bunjitsu Bunny
by John Himmelman

Although she can throw farther, kick higher, and hit harder than anyone else at school, Isabel, aka Bunjitsu Bunny, never hurts another creature, unless she has to
Zeus and the thunderbolt of doom
by Joan Holub

Frustrated by the number of times he has been hit by lightning, 10-year-old Zeus impetuously grabs an actual thunderbolt from a stone to defend himself against the dangerous, giant Titans who kidnapped him and thus learns of his destiny as the king of the gods before embarking on a quest to save his fellow Olympians from the evil Cronus. By the author of My Dog Never Says Please.
Alvin Ho : allergic to girls, school, and other scary things
by Lenore Look

Frightened by everything out in the world and so completely quiet at school, Asian-American second-grader Alvin Ho becomes a force to be reckoned with at home when he transforms himself into the loud, talented, and fearless Firecracker Man!
The mystery of the missing lion : a Precious Ramotswe mystery for young readers
by Alexander McCall Smith

The author's third exciting adventure for young Precious Ramotswe, years before she founded the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, includes illustrations by an award-winning artist and tells the story of how Precious and her resourceful friend Khumo used their detective skills to track down an escaped lion. Simultaneous and eBook.
The new kid at school
by Kate McMullan

Wiglaf is off to Dragon Slayers' Academy and in for a first day of school he will never forget
Hachiko waits
by Lesléa Newman

Professor Ueno's loyal Akita, Hachiko, waits for him at the train station every afternoon, and even after the professor has a fatal heart attack while at work, Hachiko faithfully continues to await his return until the day the dog dies
Clementine and the spring trip
by Sara Pennypacker

Looking forward to the annual events of spring, including an upcoming trip to Plimoth Plantation, Clementine feels overwhelmed by the trip's many challenges and learns about the importance of rules--and rule-breaking--while listening to a presentation about the Pilgrims.
Calvin Coconut : Rocket ride
by Graham Salisbury

New fears for fourth-grader Calvin include a school bully named Tito and the return of his estranged father, rock star Little Johnny Coconut.
Marisol
by Gary Soto

When her parents move away from their close-knit central Chicago neighborhood and thus her dance classes, Marisol--a lively ten-year-old who loves to dance--realizes that she can keep her passion for dancing no matter where she lives.
My life in pictures
by Deborah Zemke

Drawing endlessly in order to capture her experiences of the world, young Spanish-American artist Bea Garcia is devastated when her best and only friend moves far away and a loud, rambunctious boy moves into her friend's former house. Simultaneous eBook.

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