Reading List for Students entering
Second Grade
Miss Nelson is Missing
by Harry Allard
Miss Nelson Is Back
by Harry Allard
By Dawn’s Early Light
by Karen Ackerman
Song and Dance Man
by Karen Ackerman
My Visit to the
Dinosaurs
by Aliki
Tasty Poems
by Jill Bennet
Germs Make Me Sick
by Melvin Berger
The One in the Middle is
the Green Kangaroo
by Judy Blume
Arthur Series
by Marc Browne
A Day’s Work
by Eve Bunting
I Am the Mummy
by Eve Bunting
Sunshine Home
by Eve Bunting
Trouble on the T-Ball
Team
by Eve Bunting
Ramona Forever
by Beverly Clearly
TheTiny Seed
by Eric Carle
The Magic School Bus
Series
by Joanne Cole
The Legend of Blue
Bonnet
By Tomie dePaola
Three Billy Goats Gruff
by Paul Galdone
My Father’s Dragon
by Ruth Stiles Gannet
My Mamma had a Dancing
Heart
by L.M.Gray
Honey, I Love and Other
Poems
by Eloise Greenfield
Danny and the Dinosaur
by Sid Hoff
Amazing Grace
by Mary Hoffman
The Tale of the Rabbit
and Coyote
by Tony Johnston
Lunch Bunnies
by Kathryn Lasky
Tacky the Penguin
by Helen Lester
Tacky and the Emperor
by Helen Lester
Three Cheers for Tacky
Series by Helen Lester
George and Martha Series
by James Marshall
Hansel and Gretel
by James Marshall
Three Little Pigs
by James Marshall
Arrow to the Sun
by Gerald McDermott
Coyote
by Gerald McDermott
Papagayo
by Gerald McDermott
Raven by Gerald McDermott
The Stone Cutter
by Gerald McDermott
Zomo the Rabbit
by Gerald McDermott
Math Start
Series by Stuart Murphy
The Day Jim’s Boa Ate
the Wash
by Trinka Hakes Noble
Amelia Bedelia
Series by Peggy Parish
The Dot by Peter Reynolds
Snakes by Seymour Simon
Dust For Dinner
by Ann Turner
Oliver and Amanda Series
by Jean Van Leeuwen
Ira Sleeps Over
by Bernard Waber
Elephant and Piggie
Series by Mo Willms
Dance at Grandpa’s
by Laura Ingalis Wilder
A New Coat for Anna
by H. Ziefert