READING SELECTIONS FOR SECOND GRADE
Books Recommended by Librarians
Adler, David....A Picture Book of Dolley and James Madison
Aesop.... Aesop's Fables
Aylesworth, Jim....Our Abe Lincoln: An Old Tune With New Lyrics
Bash, Barbara.... Urban Roosts
Berry, Barbara....Pink Ponies Cookbook (non-fiction)
Betancourt, Jeanne....Ava Tree and the Wishes
Blume, Judy....Friend or Fiend? --With the Pain and the Great One
Bottner, Barbara.... Bootsie Barker Bites
Brown, Don....Teddie: The Story of Young Teddy Roosevelt
(non-fiction)
Brown, Jeff.... Invisible Stanley (series)
Buckley, Carol....Tarra and Bella: The Elephant and Dog Who Became Friends (non-fiction)
Cameron, Ann.... Julian's Glorious Summer (series)
Christopher, Matt.... The Lucky Baseball Bat (series)
Cleary, Beverly.... Beezus and Ramona (series)
Cohen, Miriam.... Second Grade -- Friends Again
Cole, Joanna.... Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar (series)
Cooper, Ilene....Look At Lucy!
Corey, Shana....Mermaid Queen: The Spectacular Story of Annette Kellerman Who Swam Her Way To Fame, Fortune And Swimsuit History
Dalgliesh, Alice.... The Courage of Sarah Noble
Daly, Nicki....Bettina Valentina and the Picasso Club
Deedy, Carmen Agra....14 Cows for America
DePaola, Tomie.... Clown of God
DiCamillo, Kate....Mercy Watson: Something Wonky This Way Comes
Forest, Heather.... Woman Who Flummoxed the Fairies
Gantos, Jack.... Not So Rotten Ralph (series)
Garland, Michael....Miss Smith and the Haunted Library
George, Jean Craighead.... Dear Rebecca, Winter Is Here
Guarnaccia, Steven....The Three Little Pigs: An
Architectural Tale
Hannigan, Katherine....Emmaline and the Bunny
Harper, Charise Mericle....Just Grace Goes Green
Hart, Alison....Bell’s Star
Haywood, Carolyn.... "B" is for Betsy
Henkes, Kevin.... Chrysanthemum
Herriot, James.... Only One Woof
Hesse, Karen.... The Music of Dolphins
Hubbell, Patricia....Boats: Speeding! Sailing! Cruising!
Huck, Charlotte.... Princess Furball
Isadora, Rachel.... Over the Green Hills
Juster, Norton....The Hello, Goodbye Window
(Caldecott Award Winner 2006)
King-Smith, Dick.... The Invisible Dog
Koller, Jackie.... The Dragonling (series)
Krosoczka, Kathleen....Lunch Lady and the Author Visit Vendetta
Lin, Grace....Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Lobel, Arnold....Fables
(Caldecott Award Winner)
Lovelace, Maud.... Betsy-Tacy (series)
McDonald, Megan....Judy Moody Gets Famous!
(series)
Mills, Claudia....7 X 9 = Trouble!
Mortenson, Greg....Listen to the Wind: The Story of Dr. Greg & Three Cups of Tea
Nagda, Ann....Perfect Cat-Sitter
Napoli, Donna....Sly, the Sleuth and the Code Mysteries
(series)
Ness, Evaline.... Sam, Bangs and Moonshine
(Caldecott Award Winner)
Nolan, Lucy....On the Road (series)
Osborne, Mary.... Pirates Past Noon (series)
Patterson, Francine.... Koko's Kitten
Pinkney, Jerry...The Lion & the Mouse
(Caldecott Award Winner 2010)
Polacco, Patricia.... Chicken Sunday
Ross, Pat....Meet M & M (series)
Roy, Ron....The Deadly Dungeon (series)
Rylant, Cynthia...Alligator Boy
Schlein, Miriam...The Year of the Panda
Sharmat, Marjorie.... Nate the Great (series)
Shaw, Janet.... Meet Kirsten (American Girl series)
Steig, William.... Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
(Caldecott Award Winner)
Steptoe, John.... Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
Thurber, James.... Many Moons
(Caldedott Award Winner)
Wiesner, David.... Tuesday
(Caldecott Award Winner)
Young, Ed....Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China (Caldecott Award Winner)
