Best History & Social Studies Books for 3rd Grade

History and social studies books for third graders, ages eight and nine, approach hard chapters of the past with care. Carole Boston Weatherford's Unspeakable, a Coretta Scott King Award winner, tells the story of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, and Livia Blackburne's Dreams to Ashes recounts the 1871 attack on the Chinatown of Los Angeles. Lighter picks such as Indigenous Ingenuity, full of hands-on science activities, round out a list of award-honored picture books and nonfiction.