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.

1,160 books

Little Owl Lost

Chris Haughton

Ages 4–11

Little Lunch #2

Little Lunch: Loads of Laughs

Danny Katz

Ages 6–9

Duke

Kirby Larson

Ages 4–11

Candy Floss

Rumer Godden

Ages 4–11

Click #5

Stuck

Kayla Miller

Ages 8–12

Are You Sure, Mother Bear?

Amy Hest

Ages 4–11

Chicken and Cat

Sara Varon

Ages 4–11

Splendors and Glooms

Laura Amy Schlitz

Ages 4–11

Sissy #1

The Girl who Ate Chicken Feet

Sandy Richardson

Ages 4–11

Fortune's Fool

Kathleen Karr

Ages 4–11

The Dolls #1

The Dolls' House

Rumer Godden

Ages 4–11

Best Friends

Ann M. Martin

Ages 7–10

Catcall

Linda Newbery

Ages 7–10

Ginger

Charlotte Voake

Ages 4–8

Spirulina and the Lost Whale

Kelly McKain

Ages 4–11

The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale

Jon Klassen

Ages 4–11

Disney Pixar Inside Out The Essential Guide

Steve Bynghall

Ages 4–11

Dessert Island

Ben Zhu

Ages 4–11

The Wolves Chronicles #1

The Wolves Of Willoughby Chase

Joan Aiken

Ages 8–12

Toot Toot Zoom!

Phyllis Root, Matthew Cordell

Ages 4–11

Lost and Found Three Dog Stories

Jim LaMarche

Ages 4–11

Orpheline: a Mermaid Lost and Found Story

Katelyn Aronson

Ages 4–11

Every Living Thing

Cynthia Rylant

Ages 4–11

the Fabled Stables Book #3

Belly of the Beast

Jonathan Auxier

Ages 4–11