Recommended Books

Second Grade

Author / Title / Publisher
Copyright Date / Lexile Score
Easiest:
Brenner, Barbara / Wagon Wheels / 400
Brenner, Martha / Abe Lincoln’s Hat / Random House, 1994 / 340
Byars, Betsy / The Golly Sisters Go West / One of a series of books.
Coerr, Eleanor / The Josephina Story Quilt
The Big Balloon Race / HarperCollins, 1986 / 380
440
Conrad, Pat / Pedro’s Journal
Average:
Adler, David / Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds / Puffin Books
Viking Press, 1980 / 420
Park, Barbara / Junie B. Jones is a Party Animal / Random House,
Sachar, Louis / Marvin Redpost: Is He a Girl? / Random House, 1993
Spinelli, Jerry / Fourth Grade Rats / Scholastic, 1991 / 340
Harder
Blume, Judy / Freckle Juice
Superfudge
Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret / E.P. Dutton, 1980 / 490
490
490
Cameron, Ann / The Stories Julian Tells / Random House, 1981 / 520
Christopher, Matt / The Lucky Baseball Bat / Little, Brown, 1991 / 450
Dadey, Debbie & M. Thornton Jones / Triplet Trouble and the Talent Show Mess / Scholastic, 1995 / 500
Danziger, Paula / Amber Brown is Not a Crayon
The Cat Ate My Gymsuit / Putnam & Grosset, 1994 / 740
580
Haywood, Carolyn / Eddie’s Menagerie / 530
Kline, Suzy / Horrible Harry and the Ant Invasion
Horrible Harry in Room 2B / Scholastic, 1989
Viking Penguin, 1988 / 490
480
Peterson, John / The Littles / Scholastic, 1967 / 460
Sachar, Louis / Sixth Grade Secrets
Sideways Stories From Wayside School / Avon, / 450
Sobol, Donald / Encyclopedia Brown Boy Detective / Bantam, 1963 / 590
Taylor, Sydney / All-of-a-Kind Family

Second Grade

Author / Title
Tony Abbott / Hidden Stairs and the Magic Carpet
Tony Abbott / Secrets of Droon series
David A. Adler / Magic Money
Mark Tolon Brown / Locked in the Library
Mark Tolon Brown / Arthur chapter books
Betsy Cromer Byers / Tornado
Stephanie Calmenson / Gator Girls
Matt Christopher / All-Star Fever
Debbie Dadey / Bailey School Kids series
Suzy Kline / Song Lee and the "I Hate You" Notes
Mary Pope Osborne / Magic Tree House series
Barbara Park / Junie B. Jones is (Almost) a Flower Girl
Daniel Manus Pinkwater / Second Grade Ape
James Preller / Case of the Mummy Mystery
James Preller / Jigsaw Jones Mystery series
Louis Sachar / Marvin Redpost series
Marjorie Weinman Sharmat / Nate the Great and Me: The Case of the Fleeing Fang
Sharon Dennis Wyeth / Ginger Brown: The Nobody Boy