Second Grade Reading List    
Title Author Type/Genre  
       
The Adventures of Taxi Dog Deborah Barracca Everybody/Read Aloud
Flat Stanley Jeff Brown Fantasy Fiction
Stellaluna Janell Cannon Everybody/Read Aloud
The Magic School Bus Series JoAnna Cole Nonfiction  
Strega Nona Tomie DePaola Fairy Tale  
Owen Kevin Henkes Everybody/Read Aloud
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt Deborah Hopkinson Everybody/Multicultural
Danny and the Dinosaur Syd Hoff Fantasy Fiction
Horrible Harry in Room 2B Suzy Kline Humorous Fiction
Miss Nelson is Missing! James Marshall Humorous Fiction
Amelia Bedilia Peggy Parish Humorous Fiction
Junie B. Jones Smells Something Fishy Barbara Park Transitional/Real. Fiction
Mrs. Katz and Tush Patricia Polacco Everybody/Multicultural
The Dragons are Singing Tonight Jack Prelutsky Poetry  
Math Curse Jon Scieszka Fiction/Mathematics
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs Jon Scieszka Everybody/Fairy Tales
Nate the Great (Series) Marjorie Sharmat Mystery Fiction
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble William Steig Everybody/Fantasy
Owl Moon Jane Yolen Everybody/Realistic Fiction
A New Coat for Anna Harriet Ziefert Everybody/Read Aloud
       
Beginning Reader Series:      
Any Poppelton, Mr. Putter, or Henry and Mudge title by Cynthia Rylant  
Arthur Series by Marc Brown      
Frog and Toad titles by Arnold Lobel      
       
Transitional Reader Series:      
Judy Moody Series by Megan McDonald      
Junie B. Jones Series by Barbara Park      
Magic Tree House Series by Mary Pope Osborne