Second Grade
Suggested Reading List
School Stories
• Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
•Arthur’s Prize Reader by Lillian Hoban
•The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash by Trinka Hakes Noble
•Fish Face by Patricia Reilly Giff
•Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park
•Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
•Miss Nelson Is Missing by Harry Allard
• Polk Street Gang series by Patricia Reilly Giff
Books About Friends
•A Bargain for Frances by Russell Hoban
•The Beast in Ms. Rooney’s Room by Patricia Reilly Giff
•Fox on the Job by James Marshall
•Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel
•Horrible Harry and the Green Slime by Suzy Kline
•Pinky and Rex by James Howe
Historical Fiction
• American Girls series
•Deputy Dan and the Bank Robbers by Joseph Rosenbloom
•Kamishibai Man by Allen Say
Classics to Read Aloud
•Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
•Just-so Stories by Rudyard Kipling
•Paddington Bear by Michael Bond
•Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne
•The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Caldecott Awards and Honor Books
•The Funny Little Woman by Arlene Mosel
Many Moons by James Thurber
•The Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall
•The Story of Jumping Mouse by John Steptoe
•Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
•When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant
Learning to Read Stories
• Berenstain Bears series by Jan and Stan Berenstain
• Cam Jansen series by David A. Adler
• Hello Reader!
• I Can Read Books
• Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park
• Puffin Easy-to-Read
• Step Into Reading Levels 1–4
•The Stories Julian Tells by Ann Cameron
