Suggested Reading List for Second Grade
    ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE,
    HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY
    by Judith Viorst

    THE ART LESSON
    by Tomie dePaola

    BASEBALL BALLERINA
    by Kathryn Cristaldi

    BEST FRIENDS
    by Steven Kellogg

    A CHAIR FOR MY MOTHER
    by Vera B. Williams

    CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS
    by Judi Barrett

    THE DAY JIMMY'S BOA ATE THE WASH
    by Trinka H. Noble

    DOGZILLA
    by Dav Pilkey

    THE GOLLY SISTERS GO WEST
    by Betsy Byars

    GRANDMAS AT BAT
    by Emily Arnold McCully

    THE HONEST-TO-GOODNESS TRUTH
    by Pat McKissack

    IRA SLEEPS OVER
    by Bernard Waber

    KAT KONG
    by Dav Pilkey

    LOVE YOU FOREVER
    by Sheila McGraw

    MAD ABOUT MADELINE:
    THE COMPLETE TALES
    by Ludwig Bemelmans

    MISS RUMPHIUS
    by Barbara Cooney

    THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE IS THE
    GREEN KANGAROO
    by Judy Blume

    THE PARAKEET GIRL
    by Marilyn Sadler

    ROXABOXEN
    by Alice McLerran

    SHRINKING VIOLET
    by Cari Best

    SLEEPING UGLY
    by Jane Yolen

    STELLA LOUELLA'S RUNAWAY BOOK
    by Lisa Campbell Ernst

    STONE SOUP: AN OLD TALE
    by Marcia Brown

    TALES OF OLIVER PIG
    by Jean Van Leeuwen

    WHEN I WAS YOUNG IN THE MOUNTAINS
    by Cynthia Rylant

    WOLF!
    by Becky Bloom

    Series for Second Graders:

  • AMELIA BEDELIA books (Parish)
  • THE MAGIC SCHOL BUS (Cole)
  • NATE THE GREAT (Sharmat)
  • REAL KIDS READERS - LEVEL 3
  • List compiled by the Massillon Public Library * www.massillonlibrary.org * 330-832-9831

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