Second Grade Booklist

Second Grade Booklist

  • Cover image for Dinosaurs Before Dark

    Dinosaurs Before Dark

    Eight-year-old Jack and his younger sister Annie find a magic treehouse, which whisks them back to an ancient time zone where they see live dinosaurs.

    Read More. Edit
  • Cover image for Hi, Fly Guy! (Fly Guy #1)

    Hi, Fly Guy! (Fly Guy #1)

    From bestselling author/illustrator Tedd Arnold, creator of PARTS and GREEN WILMA, comes the hilarious FLY GUY! It's easy to read and it comes with a shiny foil cover! "A fly was flying. He was looking for something to eat. Something tasty. Something slimy. A boy was walking. He was looking for something to catch. Something smart. Something for The Amazing Pet Show." The boy and fly meet and so begins a beautiful friendship. Er, and so begins a very funny friendship.

    Read More. Edit
  • Cover image for We Are in a Book! (An Elephant and Piggie Book)

    We Are in a Book! (An Elephant and Piggie Book)

    When Gerald the elephant and Piggie realize that they are in a book, they decide to have some fun with the reader.

    Read More. Edit
  • Cover image for Fox and His Friends

    Fox and His Friends

    In three separate episodes Fox wants to play with his friends, but duty in one form or another interferes.

    Read More. Edit
  • Cover image for Get Ready for Second Grade, Amber Brown

    Get Ready for Second Grade, Amber Brown

    For use in schools and libraries only. These easy-to-read Amber Brown adventures focus on her life as a first-and second-grader.

    Read More. Edit
  • Cover image for Gooney Bird Greene

    Gooney Bird Greene

    A most unusual new student who loves to be the center of attention entertains her teacher and fellow second graders by telling absolutely true stories about herself, including how she got her name.

    Read More. Edit
  • Cover image for Mercy Watson to the Rescue

    Mercy Watson to the Rescue

    After Mercy the pig snuggles to sleep with the Watsons, all three awaken with the bed teetering on the edge of a big hole in the floor.

    Read More. Edit
  • Cover image for Jazmin's Notebook

    Jazmin's Notebook

    Growing up in Harlem in the 1960s, fourteen-year-old Jazmin records in her notebook all her daily observations on such topics as the opposite sex, the consequences of free haircuts, her biggest dreams, and the devotion of her sister.

    Read More. Edit
  • Cover image for George and Martha

    George and Martha

    Relates several episodes in the friendship of two hippopotamuses.

    Read More. Edit
  • Cover image for Cork & Fuzz

    Cork & Fuzz

    The friendship between Cork, a muskrat, and Fuzz, a possum, is in trouble when Cork decides that since he is older, he has to be taller than Fuzz.

    Read More. Edit
  • Cover image for Lunch Walks Among Us

    Lunch Walks Among Us

    Franny K. Stein is not your average girl -- she's a mad scientist. She prefers poison ivy to daisies, and when Franny jumps rope, she uses her pet snake. The kids in Franny's class think she's weird, wacky, and just plain creepy. Tired of being stared at, Franny decides to attempt her most dangerous experiment yet -- she's going to fit in. but when a giant Monstrous Fiend attacks the class, everyone knows it's up to a mad scientist to save the day. But has Franny lost her creepy, crawly ways?

    Read More. Edit
  • Cover image for Miss Daisy Is Crazy!

    Miss Daisy Is Crazy!

    Never before has school been this mixed up-or this much fun!Miss Daisy, who teaches second grade, doesn't know how to add or subtract. Not only that, she doesn't know how to read or write, either. She is the dumbest teacher in the history of the world!

    Read More. Edit
  • Cover image for Recess Riddles

    Recess Riddles

    An illustrated collection for beginning readers includes such riddles as "Where do students sit when they are learning math? At multiplication tables" and "How did the lamb do on his test? Baa-dly!"

    Read More. Edit
  • Cover image for Kidnapped at Birth?

    Kidnapped at Birth?

    Red-haired Marvin is convinced that the reason he looks different from the rest of his family is that he is really the lost prince of Shampoon.

    Read More. Edit
  • Cover image for Roscoe Riley Rules #1: Never Glue Your Friends to Chairs

    Roscoe Riley Rules #1: Never Glue Your Friends to Chairs

    If the kids can't sit still for the class performance, Roscoe's teacher could be in big trouble. Fortunately Roscoe has a plan to save her—a super, mega, gonzo plan! What could go wrong?

    Read More. Edit
  • Cover image for The Storm

    The Storm

    Pandora the cat becomes a lighthouse keeper and saves the life of Seabold the dog, and together the two of them create a family with three young mice rescued from the sea.

    Read More. Edit
  • Cover image for Bink & Gollie

    Bink & Gollie

    Two roller-skating best friends--one tiny, one tall--share three comical adventures involving outrageously bright socks, an impromptu trek to the Andes, and a most unlikely marvelous companion.

    Read More. Edit
  • Cover image for Three Stories You Can Read to Your Dog

    Three Stories You Can Read to Your Dog

    Does your dog sleep a lot? Maybe he or she is bored. Why not try reading these three stories to your dog? Accompanied by lively illustrations, they are all about the things dogs understand best -- burglars, bones, and running free.

    Read More. Edit
  • Cover image for Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus

    Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus

    In her own words, a young girl describes her feelings about starting kindergarten and what she does when she decides not to ride the bus home.

    Read More. Edit
  • Cover image for Horrible Harry and the Ant Invasion

    Horrible Harry and the Ant Invasion

    Horrible Harry of classroom 2B cuts back on his mischievous pranks after falling for Song Lee.

    Read More. Edit
  • Cover image for Tornado

    Tornado

    A family makes room in their hearts and home for a very special pet after a tornado lands a doghouse, with a dog inside, in their backyard.

    Read More. Edit
  • Cover image for Flat Stanley: His Original Adventure!

    Flat Stanley: His Original Adventure!

    In this 50th anniversary edition, join Flat Stanley and the rest of the Lambchop family on the adventure that started it all! Kids love Flat Stanley—even reluctant readers. And for parents and teachers, each Flat Stanley book delivers multicultural adventure, plot and character development story elements, and compare and contrast. When Stanley Lambchop wakes up one morning, his brother, Arthur, is yelling. A bulletin board fell on Stanley during the night, and now he is only half an inch thick! Amazing things begin happening to him. Stanley gets rolled up, mailed, and flown like a kite.

    Read More. Edit
  • Cover image for Breakout at the Bug Lab

    Breakout at the Bug Lab

    Max, a Madagascar cockroach, is as big as a bite-sized candy bar and hisses like a snake when he is mad. Leo and his brother are fascinated. Out of all of the bugs in their mother's bug lab, Max is definitely the best. But now, Max is on the loose in the lab! To make matters worse, there's a party there today. Leo and his brother have to find Max before he makes people scream-or worse. "A book in which everything is just right." (School Library Journal)

    Read More. Edit
  • Cover image for Nate the Great and the Lost List

    Nate the Great and the Lost List

    Assisted by his dog Sludge, Nate the Great, boy detective, agrees to find his friend Claude's lost grocery list before lunch. Reissue.

    Read More. Edit
  • Cover image for The Big Fat Cow That Goes Kapow

    The Big Fat Cow That Goes Kapow

    Presents ten humorous rhyming stories about exploding cows that go kapow, a rock-and-roll mole named Noel, and Klaus the mouse's very small house.

    Read More. Edit
  • Cover image for Stink Moody in Master of Disaster

    Stink Moody in Master of Disaster

    Camping out in his backyard in the hope of spotting a comet that has been making headlines, Stink is frightened by a report of an asteroid hitting Russia and begins making paranoid preparations for an apocalyptic event. Simultaneous.

    Read More. Edit
  • Cover image for Stinky

    Stinky

    Stinky, a monster who lives in a swamp, gets upset when a boy named Nick starts hanging around his swamp, and so he tries to scare Nick away.

    Read More. Edit