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Book Bandits

GRADE 3 & 4 BOOK CLUB

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Book Bandits

GRADE 3 & 4

2022/2023

$195/term + GST

Sundays

5:30 PM to 8:00 PM 

Fall:

October 2, October 30, November 27

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​Winter:

January 29, February 26, March 26

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Spring:

April 23, May 14, June 4

Year at a glance

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October 2

After one prank too many, trickster god Loki has been banished to live as a kid on Earth. If he can show moral improvement within one month, he can return to Asgard. If he can't? Eternity in a pit of angry snakes. Rude! To keep track of Loki’s progress, King Odin (a bossy poo-poo head) gives him this magical diary in which Loki is forced to confess the truth, even when that truth is as ugly as a naked mole rat. To make matters worse, Loki has to put up with an eleven-year-old Thor tagging along and making him look bad. Loki is not even allowed to use his awesome godly powers! As Loki suffers the misery of school lunch, discovers the magic of internet videos, and keeps watch for frost giant spies, will he finally learn to tell good from bad, trust from tricks, and friends from enemies?

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January 29

Zuli is extraordinary — she just doesn’t realize it yet. Raised by mystical bird spirits in the branches of the Great Tree, she’s never ventured beyond this safe haven. She’s never had to. Until now.

When a sinister force threatens the life-giving magic of the tree, Zuli, along with her guardian owl, Frowly, must get to the root of it. So begins an adventure bigger than anything Zuli could’ve ever imagined — one that will bring her, along with some newfound friends, face-to-face with an ancient dragon, the so-called Witch-Queen, and most surprisingly of all: her true identity.

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October 30

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a timeless collection of chillingly scary tales and legends, in which folklorist Alvin Schwartz offers up some of the most alarming tales of horror, dark revenge, and supernatural events of all time.

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February 26

Everybody loves Mother Paula's pancakes. Everybody, that is, except the colony of cute but endangered owls that live on the building site of the new restaurant. Can the awkward new kid and his feral friend prank the pancake people out of town? Or is the owls' fate cemented in pancake batter?

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November 27

They tell Jip he tumbled off the back of a wagon when he was small, and no one ever came back for him. He never had a reason to question this tale -- but then a stranger shows up and begins asking about him around town. Who is this man, and could he possibly know something about Jip's past?

Past Years

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GRADE 3 BOOK CLUB

Each session we present several books to vote on for future meetings. As only one gets chosen, we list the remainders here so that bookclub members who liked a title that did not win have a reference list.

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P.S. This is also a great list for birthday presents within the age group.

****2020/21 Grade 3****

  • The Map Trap by Andrew Clements

  • Love That Dog by Sharon Creech

  • Esio Trot by Roald Dahl

  • Flora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo

  • The Case of the Missing Deed by Ellen Schwartz

  • My Life As a Book by Janet Tashjian

  • 50 Burning Questions: A Sizzling History of Fire by Tanya Lloyd Kyi

  • Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris

  • Skunk and Badger by Amy Timberlake

  • Millionaires for the Month by Stacy McAnulty

  • Astro-nuts by Logan J. Hunder

  • Three Times Lucky by Shiela Turnage

  • Junonia by Kevin Henkes

  • The Word Eater by Mary Amato

  • Masterpiece by Elise Broach

  • The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis

 

****2019/20 Grade 3****

  • Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage

  • Lucy Willow by Sally Gardner

  • The Elevator Ghost by Glen Huser

  • Astro-Nuts by Logan J. Hunder

  • Love That Dog by Sharon Creech

  • Confessions of an Imaginary Friends: A Memoir by Jacques Papier by Michelle Cuevas

  • Brigitta of the White Forest by Danika Dinsmore

  • Sam Swallow and the Riddleworld League by William New

  • The Crow-Girl: The Children of Crow Cove by Bodil Bredsdorf

 

****2018/19 Grade 3****

  • The castle in the attic by Elizabeth Winthrop

  • The butterfly lion by Michael Morpurgo

  • Esio Trot by Roald Dahl

 

**** 2017/18 Grade 3 ****

  • The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo

  • Mimi Power and the I-don’t-know-what by Victoria Miles

  • Sam Swallow and the Riddleworld League by William New

  • Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage 

  • Farm Boy by Michael Morpurgo

 

**** 2016/17 Grade 3 ****

  • The Diddakoi by Rumer Godden

  • The Crow-Girl: The Children of Crow Cove by Bodil Bredsdorff

  • All Alone in the Universe by Lynne Rae Perkins

 

**** 2016/17 Grade 3 ****

  • Honeycake by Joan Betty Stuchner

  • Sun and Spoon by Kevin Henkes

  • Perloo the Bold by Avi

  • The Map Trap by Andrew Clements

  • Confessions of an Imaginary Friends: A Memoir by Jacques Papier by Michelle Cuevas

 

**** 2014/15 Grade 3 ****

  • The Mystery of the Whistling Caves by Helen Moss

  • Love That Dog by Sharon Creech

  • The Keepers: A Wizard Named Nell by Jackie French Koller

  • Ellie McDoodle: New Kid in School by Ruth McNally Barshaw

  • Lucy Willow by Sally Gardner

  • The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsell

  • The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo

  • Ida B by Katherine Hannigan

  • The Word Eater by Mary Amato

  • Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo

  • Chelonia Green Champion of Turtles by Christobel Matingly

  • The Elevator Ghost by Glen Huser

  • Ronia, the Robber’s Daughter by Astrid Lindgren

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 **** 2013/14 Grade 3 ****

  • Black Dog, Dream Dog by Michelle Superle

  • Brigitta of the White Forest by Danika Dinsmore

  • Ronia the Robber’s Daughter by Astrid Lindgren

  • Crow Girl by Bodil Bredsdorff

  • Ida B by Katherine Hannigan

  • Sam Swallow and the Riddleworld League by William New

  • Brigitta of the White Forest by Danika Dinsmore

  • Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo

  • The Case of the Missing Deed by Ellen Schwartz

  • Mimi Power and the I-don’t-know-what by Victoria Miles

  • Junonia by Kevin Henkes

  • Perloo the Bold by Avi

  • Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Kronigsburg

  • Masterpiece by Elise Broach

  • Outlaw by Michael Morpurgo

  •  Ida B by Katherine Hannigan


**** 2012/13 Grade 3 ****

  • Ida B by Katherine Hannigan

  • Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat by Lynn Jonell

  • Gypsy Girl by Rumer Godden

  • Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo

  • The White Giraffe by Lauren St. John

  • Chelonia Green: Champion of Turtles by Christobel Mattingly

  • World According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney

  • Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris

  • Chet Gecko: Chameleon Wore Chartreusse by Bruce Hale

  • Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett

  • Miraculous Journey of Edward Tullane by Kate DiCamillo

  • Waiting for the Magic by Patricia MacLachlan

  • Village of Many Hats by Caroline Woodward

  • Tom’s Midnight Garden by Phillipa Pearce

  • Perloo the Bold by Avi

  • The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry

  • Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis

  • Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper

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**** 2011/12 Grade 3 ****

  • The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo

  • Love That Dog by Sharon Creech

  • The End of the Beginning by Avi

  • Brigitta of the White Forest by Danika Dinsmore

  • Honey Cake by Joan Betty Stuchner

  • The Boy with the Lightning Feet by Sally Gardner

  • The Jacket by Andrew Clements

  • The Landry News by Andrew Clements

  • The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo

  • Ida B. by Katherine Hannigan

  • The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White

  • My Life as a Book by Janet Tashjin

  • Jeremy Thatcher: Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville

  • The Diddakoi by Rumer Godden

  • Chelonia Green: Champion of Turtles by Christobel Mattingley

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**** 2010/11 Grade 3 ****

  • The Diddakoi by Rumer Godden

  • Toro! Toro! by Michael Morpurgo

  • Perloo the Bold by Avi

  • The Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis by Barbara O’Connor

  • A Beautiful Lie by Irfan Master

  • Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos

  • Farm Boyby Michael Morpurgo

  • Gypsy Girl by Rumer Godden

  • The Jacket by Andrew Clements

  • The Robe of Skulls by Vivian French

  • 50 Burning Questions: A Sizzling History of Fire by Tanya Lloyd Kyi

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**** 2009/10 Grade 3 ****

  • The Landry News by Andrew Clements

  • Francesca and the Magic Bike by Cynthia Nugent

  • Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman

  • Beyond the Deep Woods by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell

  • All Alone in the Universe by Lynne Rae Perkins

  • Ida B. by Katherine Hannigan

  • Sahara Special by Esme Raji Codell

  • Ronia, The Robber’s Daughter by Astrid Lindgren

  • Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede

  • Toad Rage by Morris Gleitzman

  • Yossi’s Goal by Ellen Schwartz

  •  The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron

  • Coraline by Neil Gaiman

  • How to Break a Dragon’s Heart by Cressida Cowell

  • How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O'Connor

  • Extra Credit by Andrew Clements

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**** 2008/9 Grade 3 ****

  • Cracker by Cynthia Kadohata

  • The Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop

  • The Landry News by Andrew Clements

  • Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat by Lynne Jonell

  • Rat Heaven by Jeannie Willis

  • The Best/Worst School Yeah Ever by Barbara Robinson

  • Tiger’s Fall by Molly Bang

  • Ottoline and Yellow Cat by Chris Riddell

  • Black Nell: The Adventure of Coyote by Shirley Woods

  • Tooga: The Story of Polar Bear by Shirley Woods

  • Masterpiece by Elise Broach

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**** 2007/8 Grade 3 ****

  • Regarding the Trees by Kate Klise

  • Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson

  • The Time Travellers by Linda Buckley-Archer

  • Oranges in No Man's Land by Elizabeth Laird

  • Love That Dog by Sharon Creech

  • Sun and Spoon by Kevin Henkes

  • Protecting Marie by Kevin Henkes

  • Toughboy and Sister by Kirkhill Fitzpatrick

  • Miss Happiness and Miss Flower by Rumer Godden

  • Summer of Riley by Eve Bunting

  • Meiko and the Fifth Treasure by Eleanor Coerr

  • Three on Three by Eric Walters

  • White Lily by Ting-Xing Ye

  • Horrendous Curse by Anna Fienberg

  • The Beloved Dearly by Doug Cooney

  • Toro! Toro! by Michael Morpurgo

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