This book list is to give parents more suggestions for books to share with Second and Third Grade children.  This list was created with help from The Children's Literature Lover's Book of Lists written by Joanna Sullivan, Ed.D.   These books range are on a range of grade levels from easy grade 2 to advanced grade 3.  Titles was an * indicate an advanced grade 3 reading level.  This list contains both picture books and chapter books.

Classics and All-Time Favorites (in ABC order):

The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse* by Thornton W. Burgess

The Adventures of Pippy Longstocking (series)* by Astrid Lindgren

The Adventures of Poor Mrs. Quack* by Thornton W. Burgess

The Chalk Box Kid* by Clyde Robert Bulla

Eloise (series) by Kay Thompson

The Hundred Dresses* by Eleanor Estes

Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg

Little House on the Prairie (series)* by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Mrs. Piggle Wiggle's Farm (series)* by Betty MacDonald

Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathman

Owl Moon by Jane Yolen

A Giraffe-and-a-Half (poetry) by Shel Silverstein

Ramonoa (series)* by Beverly Cleary

Sarah, Plain and Tall* by Patricia MacLachlan

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig

Realistic Fiction:

Herbie Jones and the Monster Ball by Suzy Kline

The Hundred Penny Box by Sharon Bell Mathis

Muggie Maggie by Beverly Cleary

Thank you, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco

My Mama Had a Dancing Heart by Libba Moore Gray

Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs by Tomie dePaola

Horrible Harry (series) by Suzy Kline

Arthur for the Very First Time by Patricia MacLachlan

Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall

Daniel's Duck by Clyde Robert Bulla

Lily and Miss Liberty by Carla Stevens

Stories Julian Tells by Ann Cameron

Best Friends by Stephen Kellogg

Chester's Way by Kevin Henkes

My Best Friend by Pat Hutchins

Yo!Yes! by Chris Raschka

Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney

Pinky and Rex (series) by James Howe

Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco