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Second Grade 2008-09

Students entering grade 2 should read four of the books listed. There are a variety of books on the list including fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. The books vary in length, style, and reading level. You and your child should be able to find several books to enjoy throughout the summer months.

Please mark each book you read on this list and turn it into your teacher the first week of school. Have a good summer and happy reading!

Select from:
Average ReadingAbove Average ReadingChallenging
Poetry
Non-fiction

Author

Title

Average Reading:
Child

You Can Be My Friend
I Can Do Anything That’s Everything All On My Own
We also recommend other books in this series (Charlie and Lola).

Isadora

Yo, Jo!

Keller Do Unto Otters
Lobel

Frog and Toad Together
Frog and Toad Are Friends
Frog and Toad All Year
Days With Frog and Toad
We also recommend other books in this series.

Lyon

My Friend, the Starfinder
Come a Tide
One Lucky Girl
A Regular Rolling Noah
Mother to Tigers
Weaving the Rainbow
We also recommend other books in this author.

McCloskey

Make Way for Ducklings

McDermott

Anansi, the Spider

O’Connor Fancy Nancy at the Museum
Fancy Nancy and the Boy From Paris
We also recommend other books in this series.
Parish

Amelia Bedelia Helps Out
Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping
We also recommend other books in this series.

Schachner Skippyjon Jones in the Doghouse
Skippyjon Jones in Mummy Trouble
We also recommend other books in this series.
Sharmat

Nate the Great in the Dumps
Nate the Great Stalks Stupidweed
We also recommend other books in this series.

Taback

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat


Above Average Reading:
Agee Nothing
Broach When Dinosaurs Came With Everything
Bunting

A Day's Work
Sunflower House
We also recommend other books in this author.

Castaneda Abuela’s Weave
Hoffman

Amazing Grace

Jacobs

Jack and the Beanstalk

Kvasnosky

Zelda and Ivy

McKissack Goin' Someplace Special
dePoala

Legend of Blue Bonnet
Strega Nona
We also recommend other books in this author.

Polacco Thank You, Mr. Faulkner
Rylant

Henry and Mudge Under the Yellow Moon
Henry and Mudge Take Big Test
We also recommend other books in this series.

Silverman

Raisel's Riddle

Steig

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
Dr. DeSoto
We also recommend other books in this author.


Challenging:
Adler

Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Babe Ruth Baseball
Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds
We also recommend other books in this series.

Angelou

My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken and Me

Blume

Freckle Juice

Cleary

Ramona, Age 8
Ramona and Her Father
We also recommend other books in this series.

Clements Frindle
Dahl

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Davol

The Paper Dragon

Deedy Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale
Levy

Something Queer at the Lemonade Stand
Something Queer at the Ballpark
We also recommend other books in this series.

Lowry Gooney Bird Greene
Monjo

The Drinking Gourd

Say

Grandfather's Journey

Smith

Akimbo and the Elephants
Akimbo and the Lions
We also recommend other books in this series.


Poetry:
Ciardi

You Read to Me, I'll Read to You

Dakos

The Bug in the Teacher's Coffee

Frank How to Catch a Fish
Louis

Hippopotamusn't and Other Animal Poems

Muse The Entrance Place of Wonders
Prelutsky

Good Sports
Pizza the Size of the Sun
The New Kid on the Block
Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant
We also recommend other books in this author.

Silverstein

Runny Babbit
Where the Sidewalk Ends
A Light in the Attic
We also recommend other books in this author.


Non-Fiction:

.

Adler

America's Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle
The Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln
We also recommend other books in this author.

Bishop Nic Bishop Spiders
Brown My Name is Gabito: the Life of Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Cole

Magic School Bus: Inside the Human Body
Magic School Bus: At the Water Works
We also recommend other books in this series.

Hopkinson

A Band of Angels

Kehret

Shelter Dogs: Amazing Stories of Adopted Strays

Patrick

The Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth

Roop Buttons for General Washington
Wetterer

The Snow Walker
We also recommend other books in this series.

Sayre Vulture View
St. George So, You Want to be President
 

 

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