Re: Need suggestions for a 3rd grade advanced reader

> The Black and Red Stallions series

  Just as point of note, the second series by Walter Farley of "Black
Stallion" fame is about Flame, the *Island* Stallion. ;-)
  Couple other points on those: A, the heroes are teenage boys, which didn't
bother me but is a turnoff for some girls; B, the Island Stallion series
takes an odd turn into science fiction.

  If she *does* like adventure stories that involve teenage boys/young men
and animals, she'd enjoy the works of Jim Kjelgaard, though they're not as
easy to find in libraries as they used to be.



> And The Secret Pencil.

  Um... I remember a book called "The Silver Pencil".

  Other books- I think somebody's already recommended the Betsy-Tacy series.
That series starts on a fairly reading simple level, being about two young
girls, and gets a bit more complex as it follows their lives. Great series,
lots of fun.

  The Moffat books by Elanor Estes are good family stories, as are the works
of Noel Streatfield.