Top 40 Picks for Second Graders
Picture 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.