G3 Reading List

IST’S READING LIST Available at IST’s Book Fair

G3: Picture Books:

Trailblazer Favorite

Available on Scholastic’s Online Store

Teacher Favorite

G3: Picture Books:

G3: Chapter Books - Fantasy:

G3: Chapter Books - Realistic Fiction:

(The cover is different on Scholastic’s Online Store)

G3: Chapter Books - Historical Fiction:

G3: Chapter Books - Mystery:

G3: Chapter Books - Humor:

G3: Graphic Novels:

(Click Camp and Crunch are available on Scholastic’s Online Store)

G3: Graphic Novels:

(The cover is different on Scholastic’s Online Store)

G3: Graphic Novels:

G3: Nonfiction

G3: Nonfiction:

The Official Harry Potter Baking Book

By Joanna Farrow

The Official Harry Potter Cookbook

By Joanna Farrow

Delight in 45 Tasty recipes inspired by the Harry Potter films! From Pumpkin Patch Pies to Owl Muffins, Luna’s Spectrespecs Cookies to Hogwarts Gingerbread, The Official Harry Potter Cookbook is packed with mouthwatering recipes that will, dare we say,...ensare the senses.

Create delicious recipes inspired by the Wizarding World in The Official Harry Potter Cookbook. Whip up some Owl Post savory crepes, Hagrid’s hearty soup, Draco Malfoy blondies, Sir Cadogan’s sword kebabs, a troll bogey smoothie, and more! The perfect book for any beginning cook and Harry Potter fan!

G3: Ms. Bridges’s Favorites: Percy Jackson: Lighting Thief

by Rick Riordan

Amulet: Waverider (Book #9)

by Kazu Kibuishi

Percy Jackson: Lightning Thief follows Percy, a boy who discovers he’s a demigod, as he embarks on a quest to prevent a war among the Greek Gods.

Waverider follows Emily and Navin as they continue their journey to save Alledia from the Elf King.

(Extended Summary in G5-G8 Reading Lists)

(Extended Summary in G4-G6 Reading Lists)

Tinterkill

by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch Nyl is just trying to stay alive. Ever since the Soviet dictator, Stalin, started to take control of farms like the one Nyl’s family lives on, there is less and less food to go around. On top of bad harvests and a harsh winter, conditions worsen until it’s clear the lack of food is not just chance...but a murderous plan leading all the way to Stalin.

Alice has recently arrived from Canada with her father, who is here to work for the Soviets...until Alice realizes that the people suffering the most are all ethically Ukrainian, like Nyl. Something is very wrong, and Alice is determined to help.

Desperate, Nyl and Alice come up with an audacious plan that could save both of them - and their community. But can they survive long enough to succeed?

Known as the Holodomor, or death by starvation, Ukraine’s Famine-Genocide in the 1930s was deliberately caused by the Soviets to erase the Ukrainian people and culture. Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch brings this deeply resonant, and remarkably timely, historical world to life in a story about unity, perseverance, and a people’s determination to overcome.

Just Keep Walking

by Erin Soderberg Downing Two years after her parents’ surprising and painful split, twelve-year-old Jo and her mom find themselves on the 100-mile hike on the Superior Hiking Trail along Lake Superior’s north shore - a journey that Jo had always looked forward to hiking with her dad. It’s not a situation that either of them ever predicted they’d find themselves in, yet here they are in the wilderness with their entire lives stuffed into a pair of thirty-pound packs.

Along the trail, they’ll suffer through endless aches and pains, scorching heat, and crippling self-doubt. They’ll encounter bears, moose, and other wildlife and meet and collect an assortment of unlikely friends. Day after day, Jo will battle the incessant thoughts that come in and out of her head. But as one obstacle after the next continue to test her strength and ultimate survival, Jo will have to confront her greatest fears head on and learn how to be alone.

What begins as a journey to prove to her father that she and her mom can make it on their own turns into a quest to rediscover their strength, build resilience, and prove that they can survive - both for themselves and for each other.

Iceberg

by Jennifer A. Nielsen Hazel Rothbury is traveling all alone from her home in England aboard the celebrated ship Titanic. Following the untimely death of her father, Hazel’s mother is sending her to the US to work in a factory, so that she might send money back home to help her family make ends meet.

But Hazel harbors a secret dream: She wants to be a journalist, and she just knows that is she can write and sell a story about the Titanic’s maiden voyage, she could earn enough money to support her family and not have to go to a sweatshop. When Hazel discovers that her mother didn’t send her with enough money for a ticket, she decides she must stow away onboard the storied ship.

With the help of a porter named Charlie and a sweet first-class passenger named Sylvia, Hazel explores the opulent ship in secret, but a haunting mystery quickly finds her. The danger only intensifies when calamity strikes, and readers will be caught up in the terror and suspense alongside Hazel as she fights to save her friends and herself.

Squished

by Megan Wagner Lloyd Eleven-year-old Avery Lee loves living in Hickory Valley, Maryland. She loves her neighborhood, school, and the end-of-summer fair she always goes to with her two best friends. But she’s tired of feeling squished by her six siblings! They’re noisy and chaotic and the younger kids love her a little too much. All Avery wants is her own room - her own space to be alone and make art. So she’s furious when Theo, her grumpy older brother, gets his own room instead, and her wild baby brother, Max, moves into the room she already shares with her clinging sister Pearl! Avery hatches a plan to finally get her own room, all while trying to get Max to sleep at night, navigating changes in her friendships, and working on an art entry for the fair. And when Avery finds out that her family might move across the country, things get even more complicated.

Megan Wagner Lloyd and Michelle Mee Nutter have once again teamed up to tell a funny, heartfelt, and charming story of family, friendship, and growing up.

G3: Fantasy & Adventure: Harry Potter Series By J.K. Rowling: Available on the Scholastic’s Online Store:

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

Harry Potter and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

The Wizarding World of J.K. Rowling: Available on the Scholastic’s Online Store:

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Harry Potter and all about the Hogwarts Houses

Harry Potter The Battle of Hogwarts

The Official Harry Potter Baking Book

G3: Fantasy & Adventure: The Wizarding World of J.K. Rowling: Available on the Scholastic’s Online Store:

Harry Potter & Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

Harry Potter: Joke Shop: Water-Color!

Harry Potter & Fantastic Beasts: Calling All Witches!

Harry Potter Coloring: Magical Places & Character Poster Coloring Book

Harry Potter: Around the Wizarding World Activity Book

The Tales of the Beetle Bard

Quidditch Through The Ages

Fantastic Beasts And Where to Find Them

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Magic Activity Book

Harry Potter: Hidden Dark Arts: Scratch Magic

Harry Potter: Squishy: Bravery and Friendship

Harry Potter: Happy Christmas, Harry!

Advent Calendar

G3: Fantasy & Adventure: The Wizarding World of J.K. Rowling: Available on the Scholastic’s Online Store:

Harry Potter & Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite: Official Game Guide

Harry Potter Coloring Book

Harry Potter Create by Sticker: Hogsmeade

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: The Journey: Behind the Scenes of the Award-Winning Stage Production

Harry Potter Magical Creatures Postcard Coloring Book

Available at IST’S Book Fair:

Harry Potter Magical Coloring Book

The Official Harry Potter Baking Book

The Official Harry Potter Cookbook

Harry Potter: Magical Art Coloring Book

PK-G4: Nonfiction - Series: Ordinary People Change the World Series by Brad Meltzer:

Available on the Scholastic’s Online Store:

I am Harriet Tubman

I am Martin Luther King Jr.

I am Sonia Sotomayor

I am Gandhi

I am Jackie Robinson

I am Benjamin Franklin

I am Jane Goodall

I am Neill Armstrong

I am Sacagawea

I am Jim Henson

PK-G4: Nonfiction - Series: Ordinary People Change the World Series by Brad Meltzer:

I am Rosa Parks

I am Albert Einstein

I am Abraham Lincoln

I am Amelia Earhart

PK-G4: Nonfiction - Series: Ordinary People Change the World Series by Brad Meltzer:

I am Stephen Hawking

I am Jesse Owens

I am Ruth Bader Ginsburg

I am Mister Rogers

I am John Lewis

I am Temple Grandin

I am Dolly Parton

I am Muhammad Ali

I am Malala Yousafzai

I am Oprah Winfrey

I am I.M. Pei

I am Frida Kahlo

I am Anne Frank

I am Leonardo da Vinci

I am Walt Disney

I am Marie Curie

I am Billie Jean King

I am George Washington

I am Helen Keller

I am Lucille Ball