Grade 2 Recommended Reading List

  • Low:

    1. Miss Mary Mack adapted by Mary Ann Hoberman (1.5)
    2. Don’t forget the Bacon! By Pat Hutchins (2.0)
    3. Nate the Great by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat (2.0)
    4. Flip, flop, plop! by Karen Harrington picture book
    5. So Hungry! by Harriet Ziefert and Carol Nicklaus (1.4)
    6. Freckle Juice by Judy Blume (2.1)
    7. Green Wilma by Tedd Arnold (1.8)
    8. Henry & Mudge: the first book of their adventures by Cynthia Rylant (2.2)
    9. Stan and the Hot Dog Man by Ethel Kessler (1.3)
    10. Olivia by Ian Falconer (1.2)

    Medium:

    1. Math Curse by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith (3.0)
    2. My Teacher Sleeps in School by Leatie Weiss (3.0)
    3. I Dance in my Red Pajamas by Edith Thatcher Hurd (2.9)
    4. The Witch’s Walking Stick by Susan Meddaugh (2.8)
    5. Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff (2.7)
    6. Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel (2.4)
    7. Today I feel Silly and Other Moods that Make my Day by Jamie Lee Curtis (2.4)
    8. The Berenstain Bears & the Bad Dream by Stan & Jan Berenstain (2.9)
    9. Trouble will Find You by Joan M.. Laxeu (3.1)
    10. The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle (2.6)

    High:

    1. The Nasty Stinky Sneakers by Eve Bunting (3.3)
    2. The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner (3.2)
    3. Amber Brown is not a Crayon by Paula Danziger (3.8)
    4. Nights of the Pufflings by Bruce McMillan (3.3)
    5. Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss (3.8)
    6. Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein (3.9)
    7. Strega Nona’s Magic Lesson by Tomie DePaula (3.8)
    8. Ralph S. Mouse by Beverly Cleary (4.1)
    9. Yen-Shen: a Cinderella story from China retold by Ai-Ling Louie (4.0)
    10. Giraffes Can’t Dance by Gile Andrede (4.3)