Summer Reading

Second Grade

Welcome to Second Grade.� At this age, reading aloud with children is still an excellent way to help them develop an enjoyment of reading. We also encourage as much independent reading as possible, taking each individual student's reading level into account. We do not intend for summer reading to be a pressured activity-it should be fun!

Amazing Grace, Mary Hoffman

Lilly’s Purple, Plastic Purse, Kevin Henkes

The Call Me Woolly: What Animal Names Can Tell Us, Keith DuQuette

Lizards for Lunch:  A Roadrunner’s Tale, Conrad Storad

What Makes Day and Night, Franklin Branley

The Clubhouse, Anastasia Suen

Frog and Toad are Friends, Arnold Lobel

The Germ Busters, Rosemary Wells

Get Ready for Second Grade, Amber Brown, Paula Danzinger

Mr. Putter and Tabby Catch the Cold, Cynthia Ryland

Second Grade Ape, Daniel Pinkwater

The Bug Scientist, Donna M. Jackson

Oma’s Quilt, Paulette Bourgeois

Caves, Larry Dane Brimner

Girls A to Z, Eve Bunting

You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You: Very Short Stories to Read Together, Mary Ann Hoberman

Pinky and Rex and the Just-Right Pet, James Howe

Blueberries for Sal, Robert McCloskey

Three Stories You Can Read to Your Dog, Sara Swan Miller

Eaglet’s World, Evelyn Minshull

Albert, Donna Jo Napoli

Amelia Bedelia, Peggy Parish

Amazing Snakes, Alexandra Parsons

Henry and Mudge and The Tall Tree House, Cynthia Rylant

Animals Nobody Loves, Seymour Simon

The First Thing My Mama Told Me, Susan Marie Swanson

Mimicry and Camouflage, Mary Hoff

David Gets in Trouble, David Shannon

If the World Were a Village: A Book About the World’s People, David J. Smith

Plantzilla, Jerdine Nolen

Under the Quilt of Night, Deborah Hopkinson

Math Man, Teri Daniels

Rufferella, Vanessa Gill-Brown and Mandy Stanley

Sidney Won’t Swim, Hilde Schuurmans

One Tiny Turtle, Nicola Davies

The Other Side, Jacqueline Woodson

Mr. Lincoln’s Way, Patricia Polacco

Early Chapter Books

Magic Tree House series, Pope Osborne

Nate the Great series, Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

Cam Jansen series, David A. Adler

Henry and Mudge series, Cynthia Rylant