Social Awareness Books for 3rd Grade

Third graders are ready for serious empathy work — considering how historical figures felt, how characters in different circumstances experience the world, and how their own behavior affects others. These books drive that work.

1,165 books

Cover of Wishtree

Katherine Applegate

Cover of Indian Summer

Cover of The Beaded Moccasins

The Beaded Moccasins

Cover of Butterfly on the Wind

Butterfly on the Wind

Cover of The Twelfth Day of July

Kevin and Sadie #1

The Twelfth Day of July

Cover of Worthy

Cover of Key Player

Cover of Danny Chung Sums It Up

Danny Chung Sums It Up

Cover of BOX: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom

BOX: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom

Carole Boston Weatherford

Cover of The Kids in Mrs. Z's Class: Fia Hosein Finds Her Beat

The Kids in Mrs. Z's Class

The Kids in Mrs. Z's Class: Fia Hosein Finds Her Beat

Tracey Baptiste

Cover of Ghost Boys

Jewell Parker Rhodes

Cover of Return to Sender

Return to Sender

Cover of The Lightning Queen

The Lightning Queen

Cover of Timothy of the Cay

Timothy of the Cay

Theodore Taylor

Cover of I Wish You Knew

I Wish You Knew #1

I Wish You Knew

Jackie Azúa Kramer

Cover of Where You Belong

Where You Belong

Mary Ann McGuigan

Cover of How I Saved Hanukkah

How I Saved Hanukkah

Amy Goldman Koss

Cover of The Garden of My Imaan

The Garden of My Imaan

Cover of Bat 6

Virginia Euwer Wolff

Cover of Carrie's War

Cover of Worthy The Brave and Capable Life of Joseph Pierce

Worthy The Brave and Capable Life of Joseph Pierce

Cover of My Nest of Silence

My Nest of Silence

Cover of Coming Up Cuban

Coming Up Cuban

Cover of When Jessie Came Across the Sea

When Jessie Came Across the Sea