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Summer Reading List
Incoming 2nd Grade Students

 

You may enjoy reading some of the following books independently with some help before entering 2nd Grade and during the school year:

ANIMALS
Baker, Barbara. Bark, George

George is a puppy who has trouble with his bark.
Baker, Barbara. Digby and Kate Series
Animal friends
Eastman, P.D. Are You My Mother? And others by this author
Newly-hatched bird searches for its mother
Hoff, Sid. Danny and the Dinosaur Series: any books
Boy meets real live dinosaur.
Koontz, Robin Michal. Chicago and the Cat
Bunny and Cat have adventures
Rathman, Peggy. Officer Buckle and Gloria
The friendship between a police officer and his dog: a Caldecott Award Winner
Rylant, Cynthia. Mr. Putter and Tabby Series
Mr. Putter and his cat enjoy life together.
Rylant, Cynthia. Poppleton Series Grade 2: p. 2
Adventures of a dignified pig
Voake, Charlotte. Ginger
How two cats became friends
Wabe, Bernard. Any Lyle Stories
Adventures of a city-living crocodile

FAMILY
Brown, Marc. Any Arthur Stories

Arthur is an ardvark who, with animal friends, encounters kid problems.

FRIENDSHIP
Krensky, Stephen. Lionel Stories

Boy and friends in neighborhood
Pfister, Marcus. Any Rainbow Fish Stories
The Rainbow Fish is a beautiful fish that shares with others.

HEROINES IN HISTORY
Anderson, William. Pioneer Girl: The Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder

Warm, realistic pictures make Laura Ingalls Wilder come alive. This detailed biography traces her life from child pioneer to author at age 65.
Bartone, Elisa. America Too
When Rosie arrives in New York Harbor from Italy just after World War I and sees the Statue of Liberty, she is told that anything is possible in America.
Parks, Rosa with Haskins, Jim. I Am Rosa Parks
Civil rights activist Rosa Parks speaks about her childhood, her refusal to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in 1955, and how this changed her life and the world.


Tunnell, Michael O. Mailing May Grade 2: p. 3

Charlotte May Pierstorff travels alone 75 miles by train across Idaho in 1914 to see her grandmother: as a package because her family could not afford the train ticket.
Wallner, Alexandra. Laura Ingalls Wilder
In folk art illustrations, Wallner introduces young readers to author Laura Ingalls Wilder and her life in the West in the 1860's, which Wilder related in her Little House books.

HUMOR
Dr. Seuss. Fox in Socks; Green Eggs and Ham; Hop on Pop

Humorous word play

POETRY
Florian, Douglas. Beast Feast

Poems of animals in rhyme
Fox, Mem. Boo to a Goose
A boy would rather do other things than say boo to a goose. A single poem in a book.
Fox, Mem. Whoever You Are
A single poem in a book that rhymes.
Poems of A. Nonny Mouse
A mouse's poetic adventures around the world
Prelutsky, Jack. The New Kid on the Block
A humorous poetry collectionPICTURE BOOKS
Macaulay, David. Any picture books by this author
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