Dear Parents,
Below is a list of books that you may be able
to find at our local library this summer. The
books are listed by reading levels. At the
beginning of Second Grade, we would like
your child to be able to read a Level I book
with at least 90% accuracy.
Level I
Readers process texts that are mostly short (8-16 pages), as well as some easy
illustrated chapter books (40-60 pages) that require them to sustain attention
and memory over time. In addition to automatically recognizing a large
number of words, they are using word-solving strategies for complex sentences
when required by a text.
A Day with Firefighters Kottke
A Day with a Mail Carrier Kottke
I Am a Rock Marzollo
We Just Moved Krensky
All Tutus Should Be Pink Brownrigg
The Sun's Family of Planets Fowler
Messy Bessey's Family Reunion McKissack & McKissack
The Elves and the Shoemaker Leber
Goldilocks and the Three Bears Stewart
Red-Eyed Tree Frog Cowley
A House Spider's Life Himmelman
Where Do Puddles Go? Fowler & Robinson
A Flag for All Brimner
Choosing Eyeglasses With Mrs. Koutris Flanagan
Shadows Otto
How Many Ants Brimner
Looking Through a Telescope Bullock
President's Day Marx
The Apple Pie Tree Hall
Beetles Eckart
Alligators All Around Maurice Sendak
Are You My Mother? P.D. Eastman
Arthur's Reading Race Marc Brown
Barney's Horse Syd Hoff
Bear's Bicycle, The Emilie Warren McLeod
Because A Little Bug Went Kachoo Rosetta Stone
Berenstain Bears And The Ghost Of The Forest, The Stan & Jan Berenstain
Berenstain Bears On The Job, The Stan & Jan Berenstain
Big Dog...Little Dog: A Bedtime Story P.D. Eastman
Bike Lesson, The Stan Berenstain
Bravest Cat, Driscoll
Bunny Hop Teddy Slater
Busy Buzzing Bumblebees Alvin Schwartz
Clouds Gail Saunders-Smith
Cow In The House, The Harriet Ziefert
Dragon Gets By Dav Pilkey
Dragon's Fat Cat Dav Pilkey
Father Bear Comes Home Else Holmelund Minarik
Fire Boats Marcia S. Freeman
Fire Engines Marcia S. Freeman
Friend For Dragon, A Dav Pilkey
Go Away Dog Joan L. Nodset
Good Hunting, Blue Sky Peggy Parish
Grizzwold Syd Hoff
Gruff Brothers William H. Hooks
Happy Birthday, Sam Pat Hutchins
Hattie And The Fox Mem Fox
Hiccups For Elephants James Preller
It's Not Easy Being A Bunny Marilyn Sadler
Leo The Late Bloomer Robert Kraus
Lighthouse Children, The Syd Hoff
Little Chick's Friend Duckling Mary DeBall Kwitz
Messy Bessey's Garden Patricia and Fredrick McKissack
Mice At Bat Kelly Oechsli
Mrs. Brice's Mice Syd Hoff
Napping House, The Audrey Wood
No Good In Art Miriam Cohen
Police Cars Marcia S. Freeman
Rebus Bears Seymour Reit
Reflections Ann Jonas
Robert The Rose Horse Joan Heilbroner
Show And Tell Day Anne Rockwell
Silly Times With Two Silly Trolls Nancy Jewell
Small Pig Arnold Lobel
Snow Day Corinne Demas Bliss
Spring Gail Saunders-Smith
Stanley Syd Hoff
Summer Gail Saunders-Smith
There's A Nightmare In My Closet Mercer Mayer
Trek, The Ann Jonas
Two Crazy Pigs Karen Berman Nagel
Very Busy Spider, The Eric Carle
We're Going On A Bear Hunt Michael Rosen
Wheels On The Bus, The Maryann Kovalski
When Will I Read? Miriam Cohen
Who Took The Farmer's Hat? Joan L. Nodset
Who's Afraid Of The Dark? Crosby Bonsall
Willie's Wonderful Pet Mel Cebulash
Winter Gail Saunders-Smith
Level J
Readers process a variety of text, including short informational texts on
familiar topics, short fiction texts, and longer illustrated narratives that have
short chapters. They adjust their reading strategies to process not only realistic
fiction and informational texts, but to read very simple biographies.
My Life Pistone
Jack Plays the Violin Schultz
On the Lake Onish
Henry and Mudge and the Long Weekend Rylant
Me on the Map Sweeney
Poppleton Everyday Rylant
How Kittens Grow Selsam
Bear Shadow Asch
The Sword in the Stone Maccarone
Looking at Maps and Globes Bredeson
Germs! Germs! Germs! Katz
How Do Your Lungs Work Curry
Giant Pandas: Gifts From China Fowler
Bart's Amazing Charts Ochiltree
An Earthworm's Life Himmelman
Harriet Tubman Nichols
Thunder and Lightning Pfeffer
Call Mr. Vasquez, He'll Fix It Flanagan
Inside an Ant Colony Fowler
The Field Mouse and The Dinosaur Named Sue Wahl
Addie's Bad Day Joan Robins
And I Mean It, Stanley Crosby Bonsall
Ask Mr. Bear Marjorie Flack
Best Nest, The P.D. Eastman
Better Than TV Sara Swan Miller
Big Max Kin Platt
Buzby Julia Hoban
Camp Big Paw Doug Cushman
Cat in the Hat, The Dr. Seuss
Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa Erica Silverman
Danny and the Dinosaur Syd Hoff
Days With Frog And Toad Arnold Lobel
Detective Dinosaur James Skofield
Don't Be My Valentine Joan M. Lexau
Doorbell Rang, The Pat Hutchins
Drummer Hoff Barbara Emberley
Egg To Chick Millicent E. Selsam
Fire Cat, The Esther Averill
Fox All Week Edward Marshall
Fox On The Job James Marshall
Franklin Plays The Game Paulette Bourgeois
Froggy Learns To Swim Jonathan London
Grandma Mix-Up, The Emily Arnold McCully
Grandmas At Bat Emily Arnold McCully
Great Day For Up! Dr. Seuss
Great Snake Escape, The Molly Coxe
Green Eggs And Ham Dr. Seuss
Hamster Chase Anastasia Suen
Harry And The Lady Next Door Gene Zion
Henry And Mudge And The Bedtime Thumps Cynthia Rylant
Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas Cynthia Rylant
Henry And Mudge And The Happy Cat Cynthia Rylant
I Saw You In The Bathtub And Other Folk Rhymes Alvin Schwartz
Jake And The Copycats Joanne Rocklin
Jamberry Bruce Degen
Joe And Betsy The Dinosaur Lillian Hoban
Kenny And The Little Kickers Claudio Marzollo
Kiss For Little Bear, A Else Holmelund Minarik
Last One In Is A Rotten Egg Leonard Kessler
Little Bear Else Holmelund Minarik
Little Blue And Little Yellow Leo Lionni
Max Rachel Isadora
Milton The Early Riser Robert Kraus
Mom Like No Other Taylor-Butler
Monster Manners Joanna Cole
Morris And Boris At The Circus B. Wiseman
Mr. Putter And Tabby Bake The Cake Cynthia Rylant
My Brother, Ant Betsy Byars
Mystery of the Missing Dog Gwendolyn Hooks
No More Monsters For Me Peggy Parish
Norma Jean, Jumping Bean Joanna Cole
Peter's Chair Ezra Jack Keats
Roller Skates Stephanie Calmenson
Sam, The Minuteman Nathaniel Benchley
Silly Tilly's Valentine Lillian Hoban
Snowy Day, The Ezra Jack Keats
There's An Alligator Under My Bed Mercer Mayer
Three's a Crowd Gwendolyn Hooks
Two Silly Trolls Nancy Jewell
Uncle Elephant Arnold Lobel
Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Eric Carle
Where The Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak
Who's A Pest? Crosby Bonsall
Willie's Birthday Anastasia Suen
Wizard And Wart At Sea Janice Lee Smith
Fountas & Pinnell, The Continuum of Literacy Learning