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__ Early Second Grade (Level 2.0-2.5) __
// Ricky Ricotta’s Mighty Robot vs. the Mutant. . . // by Dav Pilkey // Valentine Mystery // by Gail Herman // Amelia Earhart // by W. P. Mara // The Art Teacher from the Black Lagoon // by Mike Thaler // Arthur Writes a Story // by Marc Brown // Baby Beluga // by Raffi // Barn Dance! // by Bill Martin // The Bee Life Cycles // by Sabrina Crewe // The Berenstain Bears and the Missing Watermelon // by Stan and Jan Berenstain // Bigmama’s // by Donald Crews // Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa: Partners // by Erica Silverman // Curious George and the Pizza // by Margret Rey // Each Orange Had 8 Slices: A Counting Book // by Paul Giganti // A Flying Birthday Cake // by Louis Sachar // Franklin //// Helps Out // by Paulette Bourgeois // Gator or Croc? // by Allan Fowler // George Washington Carver // by Jo S. Kittinger // Ghost Town at Sundown // by Mary Pope Osborne // Halloween with Morris and Boris // by Bernard Wiseman // Harriet Tubman // by Wil Mara // Hello Sun! // by Hans Wilhelm // Henry and Mudge and the Snowman Plan // by Cynthia Rylant // Hooway for Wodney Wat // by Helen Lester // Junie B. Jones is Captain Field Day // by Barbara Park // Just Grandma and Me // by Mercer Mayer // Just Me and My Babysitter // by Mercer Mayer // Little Red Riding Hood // by Karen Schmidt // Make Way for Ducklings // by Robert McCloskey // Makeup Mess // by Robert N. Munsch // Mama Played Baseball // by David A. Adler // Martin Luther King Jr. Day // by David F. Marx // Minnie & Moo and the Seven Wonders of the World // by Denys Cazet // My Hands // by Aliki // My Pupply is Born // by Joanna Cole // Nate the Great and the Missing Key // by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat // One Was Johnny: A Counting Book // by Maurice Sendak // The Pain and the Great One // by Judy Blume // The Case of the Perfect Prank // by James Preller // Pocahontas // by Nancy Polette // Sam Makes Trouble // by Gertrude Chandler Warner // The Shapes We Eat // by Simone T. Ribke // Sheila Rae, the Brave // by Kevin Henkes // The Solar System // by Carmen Bredeson // Tales of Oliver Pig // by Jean Van Leeuwen // The Magic School Bus: Liz Sorts It Out // by Tracey West // Time to Sleep // by Denise Fleming // The Talking T. Rex // by Ron Roy // Today Was a Terrible Day // by Patricia Reilly Giff //Uh-Oh! Said the Crow// by Joanne F. Oppenheim // The Very Boastful Kangaroo // by Bernard Most // Viking Ships at Sunrise // by Mary Pope Osborne // Whales Passing // by Eve Bunting // What Will I Do Without You? // by Sally Grindley // Wizard and Wart At Sea // by Janice Lee Smith

__ MId to Late Second Grade (Level 2.6-2.9) __
// Airmail to the Moon // by Tom Birdseye // Amelia’s Fantastic Flight // by Rose Bursik // Angel Child, Dragon Child // by Michele Maria Surat // Babar and the Succotash Bird // by Ellen Weiss & Laurent de Brunhoff // The Bear’s Picnic // by Stan Berenstain // The Berenstain Bears Trouble With Pets // by Stan Berenstain // Bessie Coleman: Daring to Fly // by Shannon Zemlicka // Cam //// Jansen & The First Day of School Mystery // by David A. Adler // Camp Ghost-Away // by Judy Delton // The Christmas Witch // by Joanne F. Oppenheim // The Creepy Computer Mystery // by Elizabeth Levy // Curious George Goes to a Movie // by H. A. Rey // The Custodian from the Black Lagoon // by Mike Thaler // Dahlia // by Barbara McClintock // A Dandelion’s Life // by John Himmelman // The Day I Saw My Father Cry // by Bill Cosby // Doctor Doolittle and His Animal Family // by Hugh Lofting // Ferryboat Ride! // by Anne F. Rockwell // Franklin //// Plays the Game // by Paulette Bourgeois // The Case of the Golden Key // by James Preller // The Golly Sisters Go West // by Betsy Cromer Byars // Good Morning, Chick // by Mirra Ginsburg // Helen Keller // by David A. Adler // Henry and Mudge in the Sparkle Days // by Cynthia Rylant // Jake Drake, Teacher’s Pet // by Andrew Clements // John Philip Duck // by Patricia Polacco // Little Bear’s Visit // by Else Holmelund Minarak // Little Polar Bear, Take Me Home! // by Hans de Beer // Lucky Dog Days // by Judy Delton // Madeline Says Merci: The-Always-Be-Polite Book // by John Bemelmans Marciano // Max // by Rachel Isadora // Milk from Cow to Carton // by Aliki // Miss Rumphius: Story and Pictures // by Barbara Cooney // The Missing Tooth // by Joanna Cole // Mr. Putter & Tabby Toot the Horn // by Cynthia Rylant // Mr. Putter & Tabby Write the Book // by Cynthia Rylant // The Magic School Bus Sees Stars // by Nancy White // Nutik, the Wolf Pup // by Jean Craighead George // On Mother’s Lap // by Ann Herbert Scott // Paddington Bear and the Busy Bee Carnival // by Michael Bond // Possum and the Peeper // by Anne Hunter // Possum’s Harvest Moon // by Anne Hunter // Puppy Puzzle // by Ben M. Baglio // Rudi’s Pond // by Eve Bunting // Sacagawea: Journey to the West // by Jessica S. Gunderson // The Secret Garden // by Hodgson Frances Burnett // Sunset of the Sabertooth // by Mary Pope Osborne // Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving // by Laurie Halse Anderson // The Three Billy Goats Gruff // by Paul Galdone // The Tooth Book // by Dr. Seuss, Theo LeSieg // The Unwilling Umpire: A to Z Mysteries // by Ron Roy // A Weed is a Flower: The Life of George Washington Carver // by Aliki // When Winter Comes // by Robert Maass

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