SECOND GRADE SUMMER READING LIST
SECOND GRADE SUMMER READING LIST
| TITLE | AUTHOR |
|---|---|
| FRESHLY MINTED | |
| Kibitzers and Fools: Tales my Zayda Told Me | Simms Taback The citizens of Chelm dispense advice wise—and otherwise. |
| Roy Makes a Car | Mary E. Lyons A brilliant young mechanic builds cars so fine that even the lord becomes a customer. Spun from an anecdote collected by Zora Neale Hurston. |
| Elephants Can Paint Too! | Katya Arnold Who has more fun with a paintbrush—elephants in Thailand or children in New York City? A lively photo-essay from an art teacher. |
| A Gift of Gracias | Julia Alvarez The beloved Our Lady of Altagracia bestows her gift of oranges on a Dominican family. A legend retold by a noted storyteller. |
| One Red Dot: A Pop-Up for Children of all Ages | Davis A. Carter Find the red dot on each inventive page. |
| Terrific | Jon Agee A grumpy old man finds an unlikely feathered frined on a desert island. |
| Zen Shorts | Jon J. Muth Three children learn wisdom from an uncommon—and furry—new neighbor. Elegant illustrations complement the wry humor in these three tales. |
| CLASSICS | |
| And the Green Grass Grew all Around: Folk Poetry from Everyone | Alvin Schwartz Teases and taunts, wishes and warnings—a buoyant collection of beloved childhood nonsense. |
| A Pizza the Size of the Sun | Jack Prelutsky Humor, rhythm and rhyme abound in nearly 100 poems |
| Charlotte's Web | E.B. White The story of a little girl named Fern who loves a little pig named Wilbur and of Wilbur's dear friend, Charlotte A. Cavatica, a beautiful, large grey spider who lives with Wilbur in the barn. |
| Abel's Island | William Steig Castaway on an uninhabited island, Abel, a very civilized mouse, finds his resourcefulness and endurance tested to the limit as he struggles to survive and return home. |
| Babe, the Gallant Pig | Dick King-Smith A piglet destined to be butchered arrives at the farmyard, is adopted by an old sheep dog, and discovers a special secret to success. |
| MORE SUGGESTIONS | |
| AUTHOR | TITLE |
| Verna Aardema | Borreguita and the Coyote |
| David Adler | Cam Jansen (series) |
| Lloyd Alexander | The Fortune Tellers |
| Hans Christian Andersen | Ugly Duckling Thumbelina |
| Richard Atwater | Mr. Popper's Penguins |
| Natalie Babbitt | Nellie, a Cat on her Own |
| Molly Bang | Wiley and the Hairy Man Tye May and the Magic Brush |
| Lucy Bates | Little Rabbit's Loose Tooth |
| Melvin Berger | Spinning Spiders |
| Joan Blos | Old Henry |
| Barbara Bottner | Pish and Posh Wish for Fairy Wings |
| Barbara Brenner | Chibi: A True Story from Japan |
| Jan Brett | Beauty and the Beast |
| Marcia Brown | Dick Whittington and his Cat |
| Clyde Bulla | White Bird |
| Eve Bunting | The Wall |
| Betsy Byars | Hooray for the Golly Sisters |
| Miriam Chaikin | Don't Step on the Sky: a Handful of Haiku |
| Beverly Cleary | Muggie Maggie |
Barbara Cohen| Molly's Pilgrim |
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| Joanna Cole | The Magic School Bus (series) |
| Ellen Conford | Jenny Archer (series) |
| Patricia Combs | Dorrie (series) |
| Barbara Cooney | Miss Rumphius Hattie and the Wild Waves |
| Susan Cooper | The Silver Cow: A Welsh Tale |
| Alice Dagliesh | Bears on Hemlock Mountain |
| Laurent de Brunhof | Babar (series) |
| Tomie dePaola | You choose the title |
| Russell Erickson | A Toad for Tuesday |
| Douglass Florian | Mammalabilia Beast Feast |
| Patricia Reilly Giff | You choose the title |
| Paul Goble | The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses |
| Rumer Godden | The Kitchen Madonna The Four Dolls Many of Godden's books are out-of-print, but are available at the public library. Excellent read-alouds. |
| Ann Grifalconi | Village of Round and Square Houses |
| Niki Grimes | Come Sunday |
| Brothers Grimm | Twelve Dancing Princesses Hansel and Gretel |
| Katy Hall | Fishy Riddles Snaky Riddles |
| Jessie Haas | Runaway Radish |
| Virginia Haviland | Favorite Fairy Tales (series) |
| Florence Heide | Day of Ahmed's Secret |
| James Herriot | Moses the Kitten |
| Carolyn Haywood | You choose the title |
| Mary Ann Hoberman | The Marvelous Mouse Man |
| Lee Bennett | Hopkins Surprises |
| Gloria Houston | My Great-Aunt Arizona |
| James Howe | Pinky and Rex (series) |
| Johanna Hurwitz | New Shoes for Silvia |
| D.B. Johnson | Henry Hikes to Fitchburg |
| Maira Kalman | Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey |
| Robert Lawson | Rabbit Hill |
| Ursula LeGuin | Catwings (series) |
| Kathleen Leverich | Best Enemies |
| Nancy Levinson | Clara and the Bookwagon |
| Riki Levinson | Watch the Stars Come Out |
| Anita Lobel | You choose the title |
| Henry Longfellow | Paul Revere's Ride |
| Ai-line Louie | Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China |
| Betty MacDonald | Mrs. Piggle Wiggle (series) |
| James Marshall | Rats on the Roof |
| Bill Martin | Barn Dance |
| Emily Arnold McCully | Mirette on the High Wire |
| Patricia McKissick | Mirandy and Brother Wind |
| Susan Meddaugh | Martha Blah Blah |
| Charles Mikolaycak | Babushka (out-of-print, but available at public library) |
| Lauren Mills | The Rag Coat |
| A.A. Milne | House at Pooh Corner Winnie the Pooh |
| F.N. Monjo | Drinking Gourd |
| Pat Mora | Tomas and the Library |
| Arlene Mosel | Tikki Tikki Tembo |
| Bernice Myers | Sidney Rella and the Glass Slipper |
| Peggy Parish | Amelia Bedelia (series) |
| Katherine Paterson | The King's Equal The Smallest Cow in the World |
| Bill Peet | Cowardly Clyde |
| Beatrix Potter | You choose the title |
| Jack Prelutsky | The Frogs Wore Red Suspenders |
| Alice Provensen | You choose the title |
| Peggy Rathmann | Officer Buckle and Gloria |
| Anne Rockwell | Becoming Butterflies |
| Cynthia Rylant | Many titles. Some out-of-print, but available at the public library. Try The Cobble Street Cousins (series), also The Relatives Came |
| Judith St. George | So You Want to be President? |
| Robert San Souci | Talking Eggs |
| Joan Sandin | Long Way to a New Land |
| Jon Scieszka | Stinky Cheese Man |
| Shel Silverstein | Where the Sidewalk Ends |
| Peter Sis | Madlenka |
| William Steig | Doctor DeSoto and many other titles |
| John Steptoe | Mufaro's Beautiful Daughter |
| Kay Thompson | Eloise |
| James Thurber | Many Moons |
| Margaret Wetterer | Kate Shelly and the Midnight Express |
| Laurea Whipple, ed. | Eric Carle's Dragons Dragons |
| Jane Yolen | Sleeping Ugly Bird Watch: A Book of Poetry |
| Ed Young Lon | Po Po: A Red Riding Hood Story from China |
| Harve Semach | Duffy and the Devil |
| Harriet Ziefert | A New Coat for Anna |
| Paul O. Zelinsky | Rapunzel |