Grade 3 Reading List: Books with Summaries and Free Quizzes
Third grade is when many children read their first long novels on their own. Classic animal stories and Roald Dahl are perfect for this age. In the UK this is Year 4, and in Australia Year 3. Every school and teacher picks its own books, so check the list with your child’s class. For some of the books, you will find our free printable book quiz with an answer key.
Books for grade 3
Charlotte’s Web – E. B. White
Wilbur the pig is saved by a girl called Fern and later by Charlotte, a clever spider who writes words in her web. A beautiful story about friendship, growing up and loss.
👉 Check your understanding: Charlotte’s Web Book Quiz – Grade 3
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl
Poor Charlie Bucket finds a Golden Ticket and visits Willy Wonka’s amazing chocolate factory with four very spoiled children. Funny, a little scary and full of imagination.
👉 Check your understanding: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Book Quiz – Grade 3
The Twits – Roald Dahl
Mr. and Mrs. Twit are the nastiest couple in the world and play horrible tricks on each other, until the animals they keep in cages get their revenge.
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 – Beverly Cleary
Ramona starts third grade at a new school, cracks a raw egg on her head and learns that families get through hard times together.
The Magic Pudding – Norman Lindsay
An Australian classic about Bunyip Bluegum, a koala, and his friends, who own a grumpy pudding that never runs out, and the pudding thieves who try to steal it.
Free book quizzes for grade 3
Each quiz has multiple-choice questions, true or false sentences, events to put in order, a word search with words from the book and open questions. Every print draws different questions, so a child can take the quiz again, or each child in a class can get a different version. The Show answers switch shows the answer key.
Want one quiz a day? The learning path Book Quizzes – Grade 3 puts them in order. Quizzes for every grade are on the Book quizzes – grades 1–8 page.
How to read these books with your child
- Read a chapter a day and take turns: one page for the child, one for you.
- After each chapter, ask what happened and what your child thinks of the characters.
- Do the quiz after finishing the book, and talk about the open questions together.
