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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