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The
following books have been screened by and are recommended for second grade children by the
authors of Straight Talk About Reading:
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Second Grade
Recommended Books
Second Grade
Author |
Title |
Publisher
Copyright Date |
Lexile Score |
| Easiest: |
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| Brenner, Barbara |
Wagon Wheels |
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400 |
| Brenner, Martha |
Abe Lincoln’s Hat |
Random House,
1994 |
340 |
| Byars, Betsy |
The Golly
Sisters Go West |
One of a series of books. |
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| Coerr, Eleanor |
The Josephina
Story Quilt The Big Balloon
Race |
HarperCollins,
1986 |
380
440 |
| Conrad, Pat |
Pedro’s Journal |
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| Average: |
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| 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, |
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| Sachar, Louis |
Marvin Redpost: Is He a Girl? |
Random House,
1993 |
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| Spinelli, Jerry |
Fourth Grade Rats |
Scholastic, 1991 |
340 |
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| Harder |
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| Blume, Judy
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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 |
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Recommended Books to Read-Aloud
to a Second Grade Student
Author |
Title |
Publisher
Copyright Date |
| Banks, Lynne Reid |
The Indian in
the Cupboard The Return of
the Indian |
Doubleday, 1980 Doubleday,
1986 |
| Carlson, Natalie
Savage |
The Family Under the Bridge |
Harper & Row,
1958 |
| King-Smith |
The School Mouse |
Hyperion, 1995 |
| Lisle, Janet
Taylor |
Afternoon of the Elves |
Orchard Books,
1989 |
| Winthrop,
Elizabeth |
The Castle in the Attic |
Holiday House,
1985 |
| White, E.B. |
The Trumpet of the Swan |
HarperCollins,
1970 |
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