Books for Second Graders

• Bones and the Big Yellow mystery
  Adler
• Fire Cat
  Averill
• Case of the Cat's Meow
  Bonsall
• Wagon Wheels
  Brenner
• 20,000 Baseball Cards Under the Sea
  Buller
• Golly Sisters Go West
  Byars
• Minnie and Moo Go to the Moon
  Cazet
• Josefina Story Quilt
  Coerr
• Aunt Eater Loves a Mystery
  Cushman
• Uncle Foster's Hat Tree
  Cushman
• Iris and Walter
  Guest
• Arthur's Funny Money
  Hoban
• Here Comes the Strikeout
  Kessler
• Chicago and the Cat
  Koontz
• Lionel at Large
  Krensky
• Snowshoe Thompson
  Levinson
• Bookstore Ghost
  Maitland
• Grandma Mix-up
  McCully
• Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie
  Roop
• Meet M & M
  Ross
• Henry and Mudge
  Rylant
• High-Rise Private Eyes
  Rylant
• Long Way Westward
  Sandin
• I Wish that I had Duck Feet
  Seuss
• Oliver and Amanda and the Big Snow
  Van Leeuwen
• Commander Toad in Space
  Yolen

First Chapter Books

• Cam Jansen (mystery series)
  Adler
• Cory Coleman, Grade 2
  Brimner
• Hot Fudge Hero
  Brisson
• Ghost of Windy Hill
  Bulla
• Boo's Dinosaur
  Byars
• Stories Julian Tells
  Cameron
• Dog that Pitched a No-Hitter
  Christopher
• Socks
  Cleary
• A Is for Amber (series)
  Danziger
• My Father's Dragon
  Gannett
• Owen Foote, Second Grade Strongman
  Greene
• Mia the Beach Cat
  Hanel
• "B" Is for Betsy
  Haywood
• Goof-off Goalie
  Hicks
• Houndsley and Catina
  Howe
• Pinky and Rex
  Howe
• Herbie Jones Sails into Second Grade
  Kline
• Mary Marony and the Snake
  Kline
• Ruby Lu, Brave and True
  Look
• Betsy-Tacy
  Lovelace
• Stink: the Incredible Shrinking Kid
  McDonald
• I'll Meet You at the Cucumbers
  Moore
• Dinosaurs Before Dark
  Osborne
• Littles
  Peterson
• Monster in the Third Dresser Drawer
  Smith
• Snow Walker
  Wetterer
• Natalie Spitzer's Turtles
  Willner-Pardo
• Mystery Day
  Ziefert

Nonfiction Books to Try

• Nine-in-one Grr! Grr!
  J 398.2 B61N
• Storms
  J 551.55 G56S
• Digging up Dinosaurs
  J 567.91 AL4D
• Baby Animals
  J 591.39 SI5B
• Buzzing Rattlesnakes
  J 597.96 B45B
• Birds of All Kinds
  J 598 SJ5B
• It's a Baby African Elephant
  J 599.674 D74I
• Liftoff!
  J 629.45 B74L
• Bravest Dog Ever: the True story of Balto
  J 636.7 ST1B
• School Daze: a book of Riddles about School
  J 793.7 D13SC
• Batboy's Day
  J 796.357 B85BA
• Pet for me
  J 811 P44P
• The Titanic Lost... and Found
  J 910.4 D71T
• So you want to be President?
  J 973.092 ST1S