Great Books for 2nd Graders

I CAN READ ... ON MY OWN!

Arnold                          Hi! Fly Guy

Bloom                          A Splendid Friend

Brandenberg               Nice New Neighbors, Leo And Emily

Byars                           The Golly Sisters Go West

Cazet                          Minnie And Moo Save The Earth

Christian                     Swamp Monsters

Coerr                           Chang's Paper Pony, The Big Balloon Race

Cole                             Bony Legs

Delton                          I Never Win!

Depaola                       26 Fairmount Avenue

Earle                            Zipping, Zapping, Zooming Bats

Eastman                     Are You My Mother?

Ehrlich                         Leo, Zack, And Emily

Gans                           How Do Birds Find Their Way

Goor                            All Kinds Of Feet

Heilbroner                    Robert The Rose Horse

Hoban                          A Bargain For Frances

Hoff                              Danny And The Dinosaur Go To Camp

Howe                           Pinky And Rex And The New Neighbor's

Hurwitz                        Russell And Elisa, Ever-Clever Elisa

Kessler                        Here Comes The Strikeout

Krensky                       Lionel At Large

Levinson                      Snowshoe Thompson

Little                             Little Emily's Yucky Brother

Lobel                           Frog And Toad Are Friends, Uncle Elephant

Marshall                       Fox And His Friends, Four On The Shore

Minark                          Little Bear

Monjo                           The Drinking Gourd

Nixon                           Gus And Gertie And The Missing Pearl

Parish                          Amelia Bedelia, Dinosaur Time

Porte                           Harry's Dog

Prelutsky                     Rainy Rainy Saturday

Rice                             Once In A Wood

Rockwell                     The Gollywopper Egg, I Did It!

Roop                           Keep The Lights Burning, Abbie

Rylant                          Henry And Mudge and the Great Grandpas, Mr. Putter And Tabby Bake A Cake,

Poppleton: Book One                                           

Schwartz                     There's A Carrot In My Ear & Other Noodle Tales

Seuss                          I Can Read With My Eyes Shut         

Sharmat                      Nate The Great And The Monster Mess

Shub                            The White Stallion

Silverman                    Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa

Stadler                         Hooray For Snail!

Stevens                       Deborah Sampson Goes To War

Thomas                       Get Well, Good Knight

Van Leeuwen              Amanda Pig And the Really Hot Day

Winthrop                     Squashed in the Middle

Wiseman                    Morris And Boris

Yolen                           Commander Toad In Space

LET'S READ TOGETHER ... A STORY, A POEM, A CHAPTER AT A TIME

Adler                            Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man

Adoff                            In For Winter, Out For Spring

Allard                           Miss Nelson Is Back

Anderson/Pinkney       Ugly Duckling

Arnosky                       Crinkleroot's Guide For Knowing Butterflies And Moths Best                                                            Three Cheers For Catherine The Great

Bluthenth                     I'm Not Invited

Bond                            A Bear Called Paddington

Brown                          Arthur's Computer Disaster

Bunting                        The Wednesday Surprise

Calhoun                       High-Wire Henry

Cameron                     The Stories Julian Tells

Carrick                        Sleep Out, The Climb

Christopher                 The Hit-Away Kid

Cleary                          Ramona The Brave

Cristelow                     What Do Illustrators Do?

Cutler                          Mr. Carey's Garden

Demuth                       Those Amazing Ants

Depaola                       The Art Lesson, Mary The Mother Of Jesus

Dillon                           Rap A Tap Tap: Here's Bojangles - Think Of That!

Ehrlich                         The Random House Book Of Fairy Tales

Emberley                     Dinosaurs, A Drawing Book

Estes                           The Moffats

Facklam                      Crazy, Crawly Caterpillars

Freyman                      How Are You Peeling? Foods With Moods

Galdone                       The Three Sillies

Gannett                       Elmer And The Dragon

Gauch                         Presenting Tanya The Ugly Duckling

Gibbons                       Exploring The DeepDarkSea, My Soccer Book

Greene                        Owen Foote, Frontiersman   

Greenfield                    Night On Neighborhood Street

Griffin                           Grandaddy's Place

Grindley                       Bible Stories For The Young

Hague                          Aesop's Fables

Hobbie                         Toot And Puddle

Hoffman                      Amazing Grace

Hooper                        The Drop In My Drink: The Story Of Water On Our Planet

Hopkins                        Dinosaurs

Howard                        Virgie Goes To School With Us Boys

Howe                           Pinky And Rex And The New Baby

Jenkins                        What Do You Do With A Tail Like This?

Keller                           Open Wide: ToothSchool Inside

Kellogg                        Pinkerton, Behave!

Kesey                          Little Tricker The Squirrel Meets Big Double The Bear

Kline                            Horrible Harry In Room 2b, Mary Marony Mummy Girl

Kroeger                       The Paperboy

Kvasnosky                   Zelda And Ivy And The Boy Next Door

Lamarche                    The Raft        

Larrick                         Mice Are Nice

Lauber                          An Octopus Is Amazing

Lobel                           Ming Lo Moves The Mountain

Lottridge                      Berta, A Remarkable Dog

Maestro                       A Sea Full Of Sharks

Mahy                             The Rattlebang Picnic

Mckissack                    Flossie And The Fox

Mcmillan                       Night Of The Pufflings

Nolen                            Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm

Palatini                        The Web Files

Park                              Junie B. Jones And Her Big Fat Mouth

Park/Haskins                I Am Rosa Parks

Parker                         Frogs, Toads, Lizards And Salamanders

Paye                             Head, Body, Legs: A Story From Liberia

Pinkwater                     I Was A Second Grade Werewolf    

Pinkney                        Noah's Ark

Polacco                        My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother

Prelutsky                      The Beauty Of The Beast: Poems From The Animal Kingdom, The                                               Random House Book Of Poetry

Ransom                        The Promise Quilt

Rockwell                       The Old Woman And Her Pig And 10 Other Stories

Saltzberg                       Crazy Hair Day

Scieszka                       The True Story Of The Three Little Pigs By A. Wolf

Selden                           The Cricket In Time Square

Simon                            The Paper Airplane Book, Wild Babies

Stanley                          Raising Sweetness

Steig                              Brave Irene, Pete's A Pizza

Stevenson                     Heat Wave At Mud Flat

Stewart                          The Garden

Travers                          Mary Poppins

Vanallsburg                   Jumanji

Viorst                             Alexander Who Used To Be Rich Last Sunday

White                             Stuart Little

Wiliiams,V.                    The Velveteen Rabbit

Wiesner                        Tuesday

Worth                            Small Poems

Yashima                        Crow Boy

Yolen                             King Long Shanks, Welcome To The Green House

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