3rd Grade

Eugenie Clark's fascination with sharks becomes a picture-book invitation to scientific curiosity and marine research.

The Pigeon does his best to avoid school in a comic monologue that captures first-day nerves from a child's-eye angle.

A school community models what it means to welcome differences while building a place where everyone belongs together.

Llewellyn stores up feelings in jars until they cannot be contained, in a gentle story about naming and sharing emotion.

A young climber reflects on how persistence, experimentation, and calm attention can help with any difficult problem.

A bean on the outside of a social group learns that being cool might really mean being kind and inclusive.

A cookie who does not fit the usual idea of smartness discovers her own kind of intelligence and confidence.

A seed with a bad reputation tells the story of how hurt, defensiveness, and change can all fit inside one life.

A stressed-out egg discovers that trying to hold everything together alone is not the same as being okay.

A quiet child learns how to use her voice when friendship and fairness demand more than staying comfortable.