Second Grade booklist

Some children will easily read the books on this list in kindergarten. Others will not be ready to read them until fourth grade. Children need to have many successful experiences reading books. The more success children have at reading, the more they will want to read. And the more frequently they read, the better readers they will become.

Books Second Graders Can Read For Themselves

 

Young Cam Jansen     By David Adler    E Adl

Ivy and Bean     By Annie Barrows   E Bar

Freckle Juice    By Judy Blume   YP Blume

Arthur’s Chapter Books    By Marc Brown   E Bro

The Golly Sisters Go West    By Betsy Byars   E Bya

My Brother Ant     By Betsy Byars    E Bya

Agapanthus Hum and Major Bark    By Joy Cowley   E Cow

The Courage of Sarah Noble    By Alice Dalgilesh   YP Dalgilesh

Pinky and Rex     By James Howe    E How

Horrible Harry    By Suzy Kile    E Kli

Emma’s Winter Magic    By Jean Little   E Lit

Gooney Bird Greene     By Lois Lowry   YP Lowery

Rats on the Range and other Stories   By James Marshall   E Mar

Grandmas Trick or Treat    By Emily McCully    E McC

Stink     By Megan McDonald    E McD

Judy Moody    By Megan McDonald    E McD

Gus and Grandpa at Basketball   By Claudia Mills   E Mil

Magic Treehouse    By Mary Pope Osborne    E Osb

Junie B. Jones    By Barbara Park   E Par

Amelia Bedelia    By Peggy Parrish   E  Par

Harry In Trouble     By Barbara Porte   E Por

Tentacles! Tales of A Squid    By Shirley Redmond   E Red

Keep the lights Burning, Abbie   By Peter Roop   E Roo

A to Z Mysteries     By Ron Roy    E Roy

Henry and Mudge    By Cynthia Rylant   E Ryl

Cobble Street Cousins    By Cynthia Rylant    E Ryl

Poppleton      By Cynthia Rylant    E Ryl

Marvin Redpost     By Louis Sachar    E Sac

Nate the Great     By Marjorie Sharmat    E Sha

Caps for Sale      By Esphyr Slobodkina   E Slo

Camp Buccaneer     By Pam Smallcomb    E Sma

Get Well Good Knight    By Shelley Thomas    E Tho

Tales of Amanda Pig     By Jean Van Leeuwen   E Van

The 18 Penny Goose    By Sally Walker    E Wal

The Pixie Tricks    By Tracy West   E Wes

Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express    By Margaret Wetter   YP 920 She

 

 

Cloudy with A Chance Of Meatballs     By Judi Barrett    P Bar

An Ants Day off       By Bonny Becker    P Bec

The Mitten    By Jan Brett    P Bre

It’s A Spoon not a Shovel     By Carolyn Buehner   P Bue

I Like Me     By Nancy Carlson    P Car

Ramona the Pest     By Beverly Cleary    YP Cleary

Diary of A Spider    By Doreen Cronin    P Cro

Crispin, The Pig Who Had it All    By Ted Dewan   P Dew

Ted     By Toni Diterlizzi     P Dit

Olivia     By Ian Falconer    P Fal

Frank Was A Monster Who Wanted to Dance      By Keith Graves    P Gra

Traction Man is Here    By Mini Grey    P Gre

Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse    By Kevin Henkes    P Hen

Angelina Ballerina     By Katherine Holabird    P Hol

Hey Little Ant     By Phillip Hoose    P Hoo

Hooway For Wodney Wat    By Helen Lester    P Les

Tacky the Penguin     By Helen Lester    P Les

Roxaboxen    By Alice McLerran    P McL

Stephanie’s Pony Tail     By Robert Munch    P Mun

The Drinking Gourd     By F.N. Munjo    Audio P Mun

Raising Dragons    By Jerdine Nolan    P Nol

The Web Files      By Margie Palatini    P Pal

Oliver Finds His Way    By Phyllis Root    P Roo

Marvin Redpost     By Louis Sachar    YP Sachar

Stray Dog     By Marc Simont    P Sim

Caps For Sale     By Esphyr Slobodkina    P Slo

Brave Irene    By William Steig    P Ste

The Amazing Bone    By William Steig   P Ste

Joseph Had A Little Overcoat    By Simms Taback    P Tab

The Box Car Children    By Gertrude Warner    YP Warner

Charlotte’s Web     By E.B. White    YP White

Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus    By Mo Willems   P Wil

The Velveteen Rabbit    By Margery Williams    P Wil

A Chair For My Mother     By V. Williams     Audio-P Wil

Abiyoyo      By P. Seeger      YP 398.2 See