Books for Students Entering 2nd Grade
Author
Title
Allard, Harry
Cannon, A.E.
Chen, Chili-Yuan
Edwards, Wallace
Farley, Walter
Heady, Justina Chen
Howard, Arthur
Jenkins, Steve
Johnson, Crockett
Keats, Ezra Jack
Leedy, Loreen
Lehman, Barbara
Lobel, Arnold
MacLachlan, Patricia
McElligot, Matthew
Nodset, Joan
Nolen, Jerdine
Numeroff, Laura
Parish, Peggy
Parks, Rosa
Rylant, Cynthia
Sendak, Maurice
Seuss, Dr.
Spinelli, Eileen
Waber, Bernard
Waber, Bernard
Wilson, Gina
Woodson, Jacqueline
Yolen, Jane
Miss Nelson is Missing!
Let the Good Times Roll with Pirate Pete
Guji Guji
Monkey Business
Little Black, A Pony
The Patch
Cosmo Zooms
Biggest, Strongest, Fastest
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Whistle for Willie
Mapping Penny’s World (VYR)
The Red Book (wordless book)
Mouse Tales
The Sick Day (VYR)
Absolutely Not!
Who Took the Farmers Hat?
Hewitt Anderson’s Big Life
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Amelia Bedelia
I Am Rosa Parks
In November (VYR)
Chicken Soup With Rice
The Cat in the Hat
Do You Have a Hat?
Ira Sleeps Over
Lyle, Lyle Crocodile
Grandma’s Bears
Coming On Home Soon #
Owl Moon
VYR indicates Virginia Young Readers
# indicates Caldecott Honor Book
Series
Adler, David
Berenstain, Jan and Stan
Giff, Patricia Reilly
Lobel, Arnold
Mayer, Mercer
Minarik, Else
Park, Barbara
Preller, James
Rylant, Cynthia
Sharmat, Marjorie
Van Leeuwen, Jean
Cam Jansen Mystery books
Berenstain Bears books
Polk Street Kids series
Frog and Toad books
Just Me and My… books
Little Bear Books
Junie B. Jones books
Jigsaw Jones books
Henry and Mudge books
Nate the Great Books
Oliver Pig books