Need book suggestions for 3rd grade boy

[cmrules]

My 3rd grade boy has finally discovered reading!!!!!!! Only problem is he is going through books faster than I can request them from the library and he is reading TOTALLY different stuff than his sister did at this age. He likes humerous adventure? I guess that's what you could call it? He has gone through

The ordinary boy series *this was his favorite
The How to Train your Dragon Series
The Cardboard Genius Series

And Loved all of the above. I tried to turn him on to Ramona, Fudge, and a couple of the other classics and he didn't go for them.

Any ideas. I know it's not classically budget related, but I promise I'm reserving them from the library and NOT buying them...

Thanks!

 

[DLW8]

My 3rd grade DS loves the Geronimo Stilton series as well as the Black Lagoon chapter books. Try those out!

 

[MDTerrapin]

My son LOVED the Percy Jackson series. The Diary of a Wimpy Kid is also a favorite. We also likes the Hatchett series by Brian Paulson.

HTH!

Karen

 

[Pembo]

Magic Treehouse

Captain Underpants is a family favorite

 

[dawson5]

Dan Gutman wrote a few like "Mickey & Me." I don't know if they are funny or not. They are about baseball and the boy can hold a baseball card and end up in that time period. I think he wrote some others that aren't baseball related but are funny. There was also a series about a talking, writing hamster or gerbil that he loved. I, Freddy, written by Dietlof Reiche.

My oldest when he was in 3rd grade started on the Harry Potter series. I know for the most part they aren't funny but they definitely held his attention. There is also the Eragon series, same thing, not funny but will hold your attention.

Henry Winkler has a series, Hank Zipzer.

Also has he picked up the Louis Sachar stuff? That was very popular with the boys and Gary Paulsen.

I helped out at the library last year, this might be a good idea also. Just go in with him and see what the others read.

 

[cmrules]

DS loved Percy Jackson too, DH read it to him. I think it is probably above his reading level though (or at least he thinks it is so that would get in the way).

 

[scootch]

Magic Treehouse

Captain Underpants is a family favorite

ditto..... plus now at 4th, likes the Diary of Wimpy kid. Best bet... go to your local library, no cost.

 

[MinnieForMe]

If you allow potty humor:
Captain Underpants was big with my son as was the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series!

 

[Mommee]

Andy Griffiths butt books. Completely weird and full of potty humor but harmless!

 

[HM]

Hatchet, and other Paulson books
My Side of the Mountain
Little House on the Prairie books....some boys enjoy these though aimed at girls

 

[thenewgirl]

The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series turned my very reluctant reader with ADHD(DS8) to a voracious one! He read the first one he got (which wasn't #1, oddly) in two days...sat for hours reading. He now has all 4 as well as the Do-It-Yourself journal (which is making him much less reluctant to write as well). He reads them over and over and over and over...
He also likes the Star Wars Clone Wars series, A to Z Mysteries, and any long, boring text on military ships or planes (but that's just his spot on the autism spectrum directing him! )

 

[soonerfan2008]

I'll third or fourth the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.

If he likes animals, anything by Bill Wallace or the Hank the Cowdog series. If he doesn't mind a bit of scary stuff, the Cirque du Freak books are good, especially if he is mature for his age.

Gary Paulson is awesome, and of course, Harry Potter is great for that age.

 

[3boymthr]

My son who hates to read loves:

Magic Treehouse
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Captain Underpants

Now the son who loved to read at that age was also plowing thru Magic Treehouse as well as: Matt Christopher Books (Author not character - his books are all about kids playing sports) and A to Z Mysteries. And while these may be on the more advanced side - the Baseball Card Adventures by Dan Gutman- he loved these so much I was buying them in hardcover .

Another great series for an advanced reader - the Hardy Boys Mysteries.

I recommend trying your local used book store. Ours is just a small place and the owner is really really good about telling us what everyone else the kids' age is looking for. One thing she was recommending a little while ago for my middle DS was 39 Clues - it is hugely popular but my kids have not read them so I can't say how age appropriate they are.

 

[penn19]

Bone Books by Jeff Smith. My 3rd grader loves these. And of course Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

 

[Mic]

Boxcar Children and Captain Underpants were favorites of my 3rd grade late reader. His three sisters were reading much harder books than him in 3rd grade, but we were ecstatic when he finally gave his video-gaming a rest and picked up a book. One thing that helped fuel his interest was not letting him see a movie until he read the book. His older sisters read the first Harry Potter book to him, and he eagerly read the next 6 himself. Your son will probably be closer to the 5th grade before tackling Harry Potter. "Where the Red Fern Grows", "Old Yeller", "Hatchet" and "Holes" were favorites near the end of 3rd/beginning of 4th grade. They would make good summer reading selections. If possible, sign him up for your local library's summer reading program or create your own reward system...you don't want him to lag in the summer. My husband and I agreed that we would let him read anything he wanted to(hence the Captain Underpants books and the Goosebumps books), as long as he read it. His reward for reading a book a week in the 6th grade was a subscription to some Gamer magazine, which he always read cover to cover! He read a lot of Sci-Fi in middle school, becoming a big fan of a local writer, Orson Scott Card(Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, etc.). While not reading at the same pace and not reading the same books as his older sisters, he reads well enough to have passed AP English Lit this year(he is a senior in high school). He was accepted to NC State's Engineering program in the Fall, and only grumbled a little bit over the two English courses required next year.

 

[mrudman]

I have to agree with Diary of a Wimpy Kid!

My 3rd grader (girl) has read every single one of these books at least 6-7 times.. LOVES them.. even comes up to me to have me read bits and pieces of them that she really find funny, lol.

For Easter I'm getting her the 6th one (one based on the movie), she's been begging for that one since it came out.

 

[sksjasams]

My DS11 still re-reads Diary of a Wimpy Kid books for fun - definitely worth the investment.

When he was in 3rd grade he loved Goosebump books - they can be a little scary though so it depends on the kid.

 

[stsomewhere]

When my son was in 3rd , he read the series Lemony Snickett's A series of unfornuate events. His teacher told me that after my Ds started reading them, he motivated the rest of the boys in his class to read them.

 

[dismom301930]

Dan Gutman Weird School seires

http://www.amazon.com/My-Weird-School-Daisy-Crazy/dp/0060507004

 

[CraftyCrissy]

Echoing the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. My son is 9 1/2, 3rd grader and started these in 1st grade and has re-read them more times than anyone can count. My younger son, 8 year old, 2nd grader has read them all a few times too.

Also echoing the Andy Griffith The Day My Butt Went Psycho books. Potty humor but sometimes you just have to give in!! Captain Underpants is the same. These books can be read quick - really quick!!

No one has mentioned the series, 39 Clues, yet. This series will be 39 books in the end, currently the first seven are out, 8-10 will be released in April, May and August. This series, similar to the Magic Treehouse, has accompanying guides and playing cards with extra clues. Both my boys are eating these up. I'd say they're a level up from Magic Treehouse.

My son's Easter basket will have a copy of the first Harry Potter. Its more to get through and details he needs to pay attention to. I'm hoping he'll enjoy the series and it can become a summer reading series for him.

There is another series, Joey Pigza, about a boy with ADHD and how he and his family deal with it and how life goes on. It makes no mention of disability, etc. - just the crazy antics of a 9 year old boy! There are at least two of these.

Dan Gutman is great. He came to my kids' school last year. His lower level books are silly (Miss Daisy Is Crazy, etc.) but his sports ones are more involved.

Percy Jackson and Hank Zipper are becoming newer classics. There are also the 'old' classics that you can find cheap at Barnes & Noble - King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, Tom Sawyer, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, etc. These books are often higher-level reading in lit. classes in middle school but reading them now can give a decent base of the story, characters, etc. In a couple of years when he needs to start dissecting books into characters, plots, arcs, antagonists, protagonists, etc., having the base knowledge often allows an easier transition.