Suggested Books for Second Grade

SCHOOL STORIES

BEST FRIENDS Miriam Cohen*
FISH FACE Giff*
ROTTEN RALPH'S SHOW AND TELL Gantos
MY MOM MADE ME GO TO SCHOOL Delton*
THE DAY JIMMY'S BOA ATE THE WASH Noble
EMILY ARROW PROMISES TO DO BETTER THIS YEAR Patricia Reilly Giff*
ARTHUR'S PRIZE READER Hoban*
LILY'S PURPLE PLASTIC PURSE Henkes

FRIENDS AND MORE FRIENDS

FROG AND TOAD TOGETHER Lobel* FOX ON THE JOB Marshall* THE BEAST IN MRS. ROONEY'S ROOM Giff* ROSY NOSES FREEZING TOES Giff* A BARGAIN FOR FRANCES Hoban* PINKY AND REX Howe* CORY COLEMAN, GRADE 2 Brimner CRYSTAL IS THE NEW GIRL Gordon HORRIBLE HARRY AND THE GREEN SLIME Kline

HISTORICAL FICTION

DEPUTY DAN AND THE BANK ROBBERS Rosenbloom WILEY AND THE HAIRY MAN Bang* WAGON TRAIN, A FAMILY GOES WEST Wright MINTY, THE STORY OF HARRIET TUBMAN Lester* HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIRSTEN Shaw* GRANNY AND THE DESPERADOES SNOWSHOE THOMPSON Levinson

CLASSICS TO READ TO A SECOND GRADER

PADDINGTON BEAR Michael Bond
WINNIE THE POOH A.A. Milne
THE WIZARD OF OZ L. Frank Baum
JUST-SO STORIES Kipling
ALICE IN WONDERLAND Lewis Carroll
THE SNOW QUEEN Hans Christian Andersen

 

CALDECOTT MEDAL AND HONOR BOOKS FOR SECOND GRADERS

THE FUNNY LITTLE WOMAN Mosel THE OX CART MAN Donald Hall* WHEN I WAS YOUNG IN THE MOUNTAINS Rylant* MANY MOONS James Thurber THE STORY OF JUMPING MOUSE John Steptoe SYLVESTER AND THE MAGIC PEBBLE Steig

 

 Prepared by the Pocantico Hills School Library