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2nd Grade - Reading List

Recommended Titles
Amelia Bedelia books by Peggy Parish
The Big Balloon Race by Eleanor Coerr
Big Max by Kin Platt
Black Lagoon books by Mike Thaler
A Chair For My Mother by Vera B. Williams
Curious George books by H.A. Rey
Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff
Dinosaur Time by Peggy Parish
Evan's Corner by Elizabeth Stair Hill
Frog and Toad books by Arnold Lobel
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Hill of Fire by Thomas P. Lewis
A House Is a House for Me by Mary Ann Hoberman
Library Lil by Suzanne Williams
The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
The Littles books by John Peterson
Magic Tree House
books by Mary Pope Osborne
The Mixed Up Chameleon
by Eric Carle
Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present by Charlotte Zolotow
My Little Island by Frané Lessac
Owl at Home by Arnold Lobel
Pierre by Maurice Sendak
Surprises by Lee Bennett Hopkins
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Books by the Following Authors
Stan Berenstain
Norman Bridwell
Marc Brown
Tomie de Paola
Lois Ehlert
Mem Fox
Don Freeman
Paul Galdone
Kevin Henkes
Steven Kellogg
Leo Lionni
Arnold Lobel
James Marshall
Bill Peet
Leo Politi
Margret and H.A. Rey
Cynthia Rylant
Dr. Seuss (various levels)
Judith Viorst

Books for Parents to Read to Children
Any Grimm Classic
E.B. White's Charlotte’s Web
Aesop Fables
Any Folktale
Disney Stories


Please have your children read as much as possible this summer, and read to them whenever you can. Books on tape are fun to take on long trips also. Enjoy!