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Recommended Books for Second Grade
Bartone, Elisa.
Pb Peppe's father is upset when he learns that Peppe has taken a job lighting the gas street lamps in his New York City neighborhood. READING LEVEL: 3.3
Bianco, Margery Williams.
j By the time the velveteen rabbit is dirty, worn out, and about to be burned, he has almost given up hope of ever finding the magic called Real. READING LEVEL: 3
Borden, Louise.
Pb BORDE With the help of his teacher, a young boy realizes that he not only shares his birthday and similar physical appearance with Abraham Lincoln, but that he is like him in other ways as well. READING LEVEL: 2
Bradby, Marie.
Pb Nine-year-old Booker works with his father and brother at the saltworks but dreams of the day when he'll be able to read. READING LEVEL: 3.3
Browne, Anthony.
Pb BROWN Lives briefly intertwine when two youngsters meet in the park. READING LEVEL: 2
Bunting, Eve.
Pb On Wednesday nights when Grandma stays with Anna everyone thinks she is teaching Anna to read. READING LEVEL: 2.8
Bunting, Eve.
Pb Refugees from a Caribbean island embark on a dangerous boat trip to America where they have a special reason to celebrate Thanksgiving. READING LEVEL: 3.1
Burleigh, Robert.
811.54 BURLE Illustrations and poetic text describe the movement and feel of the game of basketball. READING LEVEL: 2
Cole, Brock.
J COLE When their father eats so much that he pops the buttons off his britches, each of his three daughters tries a different plan to find replacements. READING LEVEL: 4.6
Cronin, Doreen.
Pb CRONI When Farmer Brown's cows find a typewriter in the barn they start making demands, and go on strike when the farmer refuses to give them what they want. READING LEVEL: 2
Demi.
398.209 D A reward of one grain of rice doubles day by day into millions of grains of rice when a selfish raja is outwitted by a clever village girl. READING LEVEL: 2
Diakité, Baba Wagué.
398.209 DIAKI An African version of the familiar story of a man who sets off to sell his hats, only to have them stolen by a treeful of mischievous monkeys. READING LEVEL: 3
Fleischman, Paul.
Pb FLEIS Wesley's garden produces a crop of huge, strange plants which provide him with clothing, shelter, food, and drink, thus helping him create his own civilization and changing his life. READING LEVEL: 2
Flournoy, Valerie.
Pb FLOUR Using scraps cut from the family's old clothing, Tanya helps her grandmother and mother make a beautiful quilt that tells the story of her family's life. READING LEVEL: 3.7
Greene, Stephanie.
J GREEN Second grader Owen Foote is looking forward to spending time with his friend Joseph in their tree fort, until some bullies visiting his neighbor, Mrs. Gold, threaten to wreck the fort. READING LEVEL: 4.7
Howe, James.
Pb HOWE Three mice friends learn that the best clubs include everyone. READING LEVEL: 2
Isaacs, Anne.
Pb Along with other amazing feats, Angelica Longrider, also known as Swamp Angel, wrestles a huge bear, known as Thundering Tarnation, to save the winter supplies of the settlers in Tennessee. READING LEVEL: 5
Johnson, D. B.
Pb JOHNS While his friend works hard to earn the train fare to Fitchburg, young Henry Thoreau walks the thirty miles through woods and fields, enjoying nature and the time to think great thoughts. Includes biographical information about Thoreau. READING LEVEL: 2
Keams, Geri.
398.208 KEAMS A retelling of a traditional Navajo creation myth which explains how water came to earth. READING LEVEL: 2.3
Kvasnosky, Laura McGee.
Pb In three brief stories, Ivy, the younger of two fox sisters, goes along with her older sister's schemes, even when they seem a bit daring. READING LEVEL: 3
Lester, Julius.
Pb LESTE Discovering that making a world takes a lot of work, God calls on his secretary Bruce and the angel Shaniqua to help him create bushes, grass, flowers, and butterflies. READING LEVEL: 2
Lowery, Linda.
978.8 LOWER A biography of the freed slave who made her fortune in Colorado and used her money to bring other former slaves there to begin new lives. READING LEVEL: 3.5
Lum, Kate.
Pb LUM When her grandson Patrick arrives for his first sleepover, Granny's resourceful efforts to provide him with a bed, pillow, and other necessities result in a sleepless night for both of them. READING LEVEL: 2.9
McCully, Emily Arnold.
j Tells the story of two unlikely kung fu masters and how their skill in martial arts saves them both. READING LEVEL: 4
McKissack, Pat.
Pb MCKIS After promising never to lie, Libby learns that it's not always necessary to blurt out the whole truth either. READING LEVEL: 3.8
Meade, Holly.
Pb MEADE Two guinea pigs escape from their safe but boring cage and have an adventure in the tunnels of the family's pool table. READING LEVEL: 2.8
Parish, Peggy.
Pb A literal-minded housekeeper causes a ruckus in the household when she attempts to make sense of some instructions. READING LEVEL: 2.5
Perrault, Charles.
398.24 A translation of the French fairy tale about the cat who with a sack and a pair of boots gained a fortune for his master. READING LEVEL: 5
Perry, Sarah.
Pb Illustrations present such imaginative possibilities as worms with wheels, caterpillar toothpaste, and whales in outer space. READING LEVEL: 2
Pinkney, Andrea Davis.
B E467P A brief recounting of the career of this jazz musician and composer who, along with his orchestra, created music that was beyond category. READING LEVEL: 3
Ringgold, Faith.
Pb With Harriet Tubman as her guide, Cassie retraces the steps escaping slaves took on the Underground Railroad in order to reunite with her younger brother. READING LEVEL: 4.1
Ringgold, Faith.
Pb RINGG A young girl dreams of flying above her Harlem home, claiming all she sees for herself and her family. Based on the author's quilt painting of the same name. READING LEVEL: 3.4
Rylant, Cynthia.
Pb RYLAN Reminiscences of the pleasures of life in the mountains as a child. READING LEVEL: 3.6
Say, Allen.
Pb SAY After growing up near San Francisco, a young Japanese woman returns with her parents to their native Japan, but she feels foreign and out of place. READING LEVEL: 3.7
Schwartz, David M.
513.2 SCHWA Text and pictures try to make possible the conceptualization of a million, a billion, and a trillion. READING LEVEL: 3.4
Seuss,
Pb SEUSS When the Truffula trees are all chopped down, a once-beautiful forest suddenly becomes a smog covered dump. READING LEVEL: 3.1
Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman.
Pb SHARM Nate the Great solves the mystery of the missing picture. READING LEVEL: 2
Siegelson, Kim L.
J SIEGE Mentu, an American-born slave boy, watches his beloved grandmother, Twi, lead the insurrection at Teakettle Creek of Ibo people arriving from Africa on a slave ship. READING LEVEL: 4.6
Sisulu, Elinor.
Pb Thembi and her beloved great-grandmother, who has not left the house for many years, go together to vote on the momentous day when black South Africans are allowed to vote for the first time. READING LEVEL: 4
Stanley, Diane.
Pb STANL Sweetness, one of eight orphans living with a man who is an unconventional housekeeper, learns to read and writes an important letter to improve their situation. READING LEVEL: 2
Stewart, Sarah.
Pb STEWA A series of letters relating what happens when, after her father loses his job, Lydia Grace goes to live with her Uncle Jim in the city but takes her love for gardening with her. READING LEVEL: 3.9
Thomas, Shelley Moore.
Pb THOMA A Good Knight helps three little dragons who are having trouble getting to sleep. READING LEVEL: 2.1
Wells, Rosemary.
Pb WELLS When Yoko brings sushi to school for lunch, her classmates make fun of what she eats--until one of them tries it for himself. READING LEVEL: 2
Wiesner, David.
Pb WIESN While on a school trip to the Empire State Building, a boy is taken by a friendly cloud to visit Sector 7, where he discovers how clouds are shaped and channeled throughout the country. READING LEVEL: N/A
Williams, Suzanne.
Pb WILLI A formidable librarian makes readers not only out of the once resistant residents of her small town, but out of a tough-talking, television-watching motorcycle gang as well. READING LEVEL: 4
Wisniewski, David.
Pb To bring rain to his thirsty village, Pik challenges the rain god to a game of pok-a-tok. READING LEVEL: 3
Friedman, Ina R.
Pb An American sailor courts a Japanese girl and each tries, in secret, to learn the other's way of eating. READING LEVEL: 2.9
Gaffney, Timothy R.
Pb A child whose grandfather was an astronaut always asks Grandpa for a bedtime story in which the two of them blast off for the moon together. READING LEVEL: 3.7
Goble, Paul.
j Though she is fond of her people, a girl prefers to living among the wild horses where she is truly happy and free. READING LEVEL: 4.1
Martin, Jacqueline Briggs.
551.578 MARTI A biography of a self-taught scientist who photographed thousands of individual snowflakes in order to study their unique formations. READING LEVEL: 4.4
Musgrove, Margaret.
960 Explains some traditions and customs of twenty-six African tribes beginning with the letters from A to Z. READING LEVEL: 2
Myers, Christopher A.
Pb MYERS A black cat wanders through the streets of a city. READING LEVEL: 2
San Souci, Robert D.
398.2 SANSO A Creole variant of the familiar Cinderella tale set in the Caribbean and narrated by the godmother who helps Cendrillon find true love. READING LEVEL: 3.7
San Souci, Robert D.
398.21 A Southern folktale in which kind Blanche, following the instructions of an old witch, gains riches, while her greedy sister makes fun of the old woman and is duly rewarded. READING LEVEL: 4.4
Scieszka, Jon.
Pb When the teacher tells her class that they can think of almost everything as a math problem, one student acquires a math anxiety which becomes a real curse. READING LEVEL: 3.7
Scieszka, Jon.
j Madcap revisions of familiar fairy tales. READING LEVEL: 3.4
Seuss,
Pb SEUSS Horton the elephant endures terrible snowstorms, jeering friends and frightening hunters while egg-sitting for Mayzie the lazy bird. READING LEVEL: 3.1
Stuve-Bodeen, Stephanie.
Pb STUVE When a young Tanzanian girl gets a new baby brother, she finds a rock, which she names Eva, and makes it her baby doll. READING LEVEL: 3.4
Taback, Simms.
Pb TABAC A very old overcoat is recycled numerous times into a variety of garments. READING LEVEL: 1.7
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