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)

