THIRD GRADE RECOMMENDED READS YF REED, D
YF HEAP, H
SIMON B. RHYMIN’
INDIANA BONES
Dwayne Reed
Harry Heape
Chicago fifth-grader Simon, an aspiring rapper who lacks self-confidence, uses his rhymes to help bring his community together.
YF KHAN, H ZARA’S RULES FOR RECORD BREAKING FUN
Indiana Bones is a shaggy dog with a difference. He's got superpowers and can sniff out criminals and - with his young friend and owner Aisha solve mysteries that would flummox the world's more expert detectives! In their first case, they are on the trail of treasure hidden centuries ago by a legendary knight known as The Lonely Avenger, an adventure which takes them all the way to Egypt and the Pyramids.
YF ELLI, Z
DRAGONS IN A BAG
Hena Khan
Zetta Elliott Zara's nickname is "Queen of the Neighborhood" because she organizes the other children, sets the rules, and generally makes sure everyone has fun; but now new girl Naomi has moved in and she has her own ideas about fun games, and suddenly the other kids are listening to Naomi--if she is going to retain her influence Zara needs to come up with something quick, and an old copy of the Guinness Book of World Records gives her an idea.
In Brooklyn, nine-year-old Jax joins Ma, a curmudgeonly witch who lives in his building, on a quest to deliver three baby dragons to a magical world, and along the way discovers his true calling.