Top 40 Picks for Second Graders

 

Second GraderPicture Books

Over in Australia  —  Berkes

Bad Kitty  —  Bruel

Diary of a Worm  —  Cronin

Minnie’s Diner  —  Dodds

Where Once There was a Wood  —  Fleming

Marley and the Kittens  —  Grogan

All the Colors of the Earth  —  Hamanaka

Henry’s Freedom Box  —  Levine

Immi’s Gift  —  Littlewood

The Web Files  —  Palatini

Hot Air: The Mostly True Story…  —  Priceman

Abiyoyo  —  Seeger

Tuesday  —  Wiesner

City Dog, Country Frog  —  Willems

 

Early Readers

Young Cam Jansen and the Missing Cookie  —  Adler

Hi! Fly Guy  —  Arnold

Get Ready for Second Grade, Amber Brown  —  Danziger

Frog and Toad are Friends  —  Lobel

Amelia Bedelia  —  Parish

Mr. Putter and Tabby Stir the Soup (Series)  —  Rylant

In a Dark, Dark Room, and Other Scary Stories  —  Schwartz

Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa  —  Silverman

 

Fiction

Bink and Gollie  —  DiCamillo

Mercy Watson to the Rescue  —  DiCamillo

Herbie Jones Sails into Second Grade  —  Kline

Stink and the Incredible Super-Galactic Jawbreaker  —  McDonald

 

Graphic Novels

Babymouse: Dragonslayer  —  Holm

Adventures of Ook and Gluk  —  Pilkey

 

People, Poetry, Facts, and Folklore

All the Way to Lhasa  —  Berger

The Three Snow Bears  —  Brett

Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock  —  Kimmel

Animals in Winter  —  Bancroft

Actual Size  —  Jenkins

Life-Size Aquarium  —  Komiya

Becoming Butterflies  —  Rockwell

About Amphibians: A Guide…  —  Sill

You Can’t Taste a Pickle With Your Ear  —  Ziefert

Guyku: A Year of Haiku for Boys  —  Raczka

A Girl Named Helen Keller  —  Lundell

Abe Lincoln’s Hat  —  Brenner

 

Note to Parents: These titles were chosen by the Youth Services Librarians of the Dauphin County Library System for their appeal to the interest level of this age group. They are not meant to represent or measure your child’s reading ability. A title too difficult to read independently will still be enjoyed as you read it to him/her.