Books to Read to Your Child

Here is a list of 100 books to read to your second grader.

Classics

¨     Henry and Mudge by Cynthia Rylant

¨     Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg

¨     Ira Says Goodbye by Bernard Waber

¨     The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco

¨     Mrs. Piggle Wiggle by Betty MacDonald

¨     Junie B. Jones by Barbara Park

¨     Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag

¨     Tom by Tomie dePaola

¨     McElligot’s Pool by Dr. Seuss

Anchor Texts for Reading and Writing Lessons

¨      Everybody Needs a Rock by Byrd Baylor

¨     Guess Who My Favorite Person Is by Byrd Baylor

¨     What Do Authors Do? by Eileen Christelow

¨     Chester by Melanie Watt

¨     Nana Upstairs/Nana Downstairs by Tomie dePaola

¨     How Many Days to America by Tomie dePaola

¨     Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse by Leo Lionni

¨     The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash by Steven Kellogg

¨     Flossie and the Fox by Patricia McKissack

¨     Johnny on the Spot by Edward Sorel

Folk and Fairy Tales

¨     Hattie and the Fox by Mem Fox

¨     Mr. Peabody’s Apples by Madonna and Loren Long

¨     Hansel and Gretel by Rika Lesser

¨     Tales Our Abuelitas Told by F. Campoy & Alma Ada

¨     Lon Po Po by Ed Young

¨     The Three Pigs by David Wiesner

¨     The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene Travizas

¨     The Hole in the Dike by Norma Green

¨     Wolf! Wolf! By Elizabeth and Gerald Rose

¨     Rumpelstiltskin’s Daughter by Diane Stanley

Words, Numbers, and Poetry Books

¨          Anno’s Mysterious Multiplying Jar by Mitsumasa Anno

¨          A Cache of Jewels by Ruth Heller

¨          Dogku by Andrew Clements

¨          Mom and Dad Are Palindromes by Mark Shulman

¨          It’s Raining Pigs and Noodles by Jack Prelutsky

¨          Science Verse by Jon Scieszka

¨          Big Words for Little People by Jamie Lee Curtis

¨          The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns

¨          Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday by J. Viorst

¨          Casey at Bat by Ernest Thayer  

¨          Thesaurus Rex by Laya Steinberg

Award Winners and Honor Books

¨     Black and White by David Macaulay

¨     Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney

¨     Song and Dance Man by Karen Ackerman

¨     Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel

¨     Mr. George Baker by Amy Hest

¨     Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin

¨     Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes

¨     Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans

¨     The Red Book by Barbara Lehman

¨     What Do You Do With a Tail Like This by Steve Jenkins

¨     Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully

Friends, Families and Multicultural Tales

¨     Amelia’s Road by Linda Jacobs

¨     Dandelions by Eve Bunting

¨     Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting

¨     My Great Aunt Arizona by Gloria Houston

¨     Painted Dreams by Karen Lynn Williams

¨     Julian, Secret Agent by Ann Cameron

¨     The Pain and the Great One by Judy Blume

¨     Crow Boy by Taro Yashima

¨     A Day’s Work by Eve Bunting

¨     An Orange for Frankie by Patricia Polacco

¨     Black is Brown is Tan by A. Adoff

Fantasy/Daydreams/Fiction books with Lessons

¨     Skippyjon Jones by Judith Byron Schachner

¨     Henry Hikes to Fitchburg by P.D. Johnson

¨     Tuesday by David Wiesner

¨     Nim’s Island by Wendy Orr

¨     Comet’s Nine Lives by Jan Brett

¨     Fox and His Friends by Edward Marshall

¨     The Empty Pot by Demi

¨     Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett

¨     Miss Nelson is Missing by Harry Allard

Informational Text

¨     Ape  by Martin Jenkins

¨     The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry

¨     Oceans by Seymour Simon

¨     A River Ran Wild by Lynne Cherry

¨     Wolves by R.D. Lawrence

¨     Look What Tails Can Do by Dorothy Souza

¨     Frida by Jonah Winter

¨     Thanksgiving Day by Gail Gibbons

¨     The Seasons of Arnold’s Apple Tree by Gail Gibbons

Silly Stories and “Feel Good” Stories

¨     Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish

¨     Goodnight Opus by Berkeley Breathed

¨     The Adventures of Taxi Dog by Debra & Sal Barracca

¨     Sneakers the Seaside Cat by Margaret Wise Brown

¨     Get Ready for Second Grade, Amber Brown by PaulaDanziger

¨     Duck for President by Doreen Cronin

¨     Gooney Bird Greene by Lois Lowry

¨     Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathman

¨     The Whingdingdily by Bill Peet

¨     Dancing in the Wings by D. Allen

All About Me

¨     Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes

¨      The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant

¨     When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant

¨     We Are Best Friends by Aliki

¨     How to Be a Baby, by Me the Big Sister Sally Lloyd-Jones

¨     My Rotten Red-Headed Older Brother by Patricia Polacco

¨     Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst

¨     A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams

¨     Allie’s Basketball Dream by B. E. Barbara
¨     Smoky Night by Eve Bunting