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Students can also read any books at their reading level from the Accelerated Reader Reading List.
2nd Grade Suggested Reading List
TITLE
AUTHOR
"I Don't Care!" Said the Bear
Colin West
A Beasty Story
Bill Martin Jr.
A Bug, a Bear, and a Boy
David McPhail
A Busy Guy
Charnan Simon
A Hat for Minerva Louise
Janet Morgan Stoeke
A Letter to Amy
Ezra Jack Keats
A Tree for Me
Nancy Van Laan
A Year for Kiko
Ferida Wolff
About Twins
S. Rotner and S. Kelly
Action Alphabet
Shelley Rotner
Aggie and Will
Larry Dane Brimmer
Animals Under the Ground
Allan Fowler
Annabel Again
Janice Boland
Annabelle's Big Move
Carla Golembe
Annie and the Wild Animals
Jan Brett
Another Fine Mess
Tony Bonning
Autumn
Gail Saunders-Smith
Autumn Leaves
Gail Saunders-Smith
Bernard On His Own
Syd Hoff
Best Friends
Marcia Leonard
Big Ben
Marcia Leonard
Big Egg
Molly Coxe
Biscuit's New Trick
Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Boats Afloat
Shelley Rotner
Bowl Patrol!
Marilyn Janovitz
Building Beavers
K. Martin-James
Bunny Bungalow
Cynthia Rylant
Cat Traps
Molly Coxe
Catch That Cat!
Cari Meister
City Cats, Country Dogs
Barbara Shook Hazen
City Dog
Karla Kuskin
Cosmo Zooms
Arthur Howard
Cousins
Lola M. Schaefer
Daddy Calls Me Man
Angela Johnson
Don't Cut My Hair!
Hans Wilhelm
Don't Laugh, Joe
Keiko Kasza
Dorothy & Mikey
Keiko Kasza
Drawung Lessons from a Bear
David McPhail
Earth, Sky, Wet, Dry
Durga Bernhard
Elephants Swim
Linda Capus Riley
Every Autumn Comes the Bear
Jim Arnosky
Extraordinary Friends
Fred Rogers
Families
Ann Morris
Flower Garden
Eve Bunting
Follow the Leader
Miela Ford
Footprints in the Snow
Cynthia Benjamin
For Pete's Sake
Ellen Stoll Walsh
Forest Tracks
Dee Dee Duffy
Fox Trot
Molly Coxe
Friend Frog
Alma Flor Ada
Friends!
Elaine Scott
Frog and Toad Are Friends
Arnorld Lobel
From Here to There
Margery Cuyler
Geese Find the Missing Piece
Marco and Giulio Maestro
Get the Ball, Slim
Marcia Leonard
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Betty Miles
Gone Fishing
Earlene Long
Good Morning, Good Night
Michael Grejniec
Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann
Grandma's Cat
Helen Ketteman
Grandpa's Quilt
Betsy Franco
Growing Vegetable Soup
Lois Ehlert
Henry and Amy
Stephen Michael King
Henry and Mudge Take the Big Test
Cynthia Rylant
Henry and Mudge and Annie's Good Move
Cynthia Rylant
Henry and Mudge and Annie's Perfect Pet
Cynthia Rylant
Henry and Mudge and the Sneaky Crackers
Cynthia Rylant
Here Comes the Bus
Anastasia Suen
Hop, Skip, Run
Marcia Leonard
Hot Dog
Molly Coxe
Houses
Ann Morris
Houses and Homes
Ann Morris
How a Seed Grows
Helene J. Jordan
Hunky Dory Found It
Katie Evans
I Took a Walk
Henry Cole
I Am an Apple
Jean Marzollo
I Am Lost!
Hans Wilhelm
I can Read with My Eyes Shut!
Dr. Seuss
I Know a Lady
Charlotte Zolotow
I Like Bugs
Margaret Wise Brown
I Like Stars
Margaret Wise Brown
I Like the Way You Are
Eve Bunting
I Like to Win!
Charnan Simon
I Play Soccer
Mary Cappellini
I Shop with My Daddy
Grace Maccarone
I Went to the Bay
Ruth Miller
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Laura Joffe Numeroff
I'll Do It Later
Louise Vitellaro Tidd
In the Park
Huy Voun Lee
In the Small, Small Pond
Denise Fleming
In the Tall, Tall Grass
Denise Fleming
Inch by Inch
Leo Lionni
Inspector Hopper
Doug Cushman
Ira Says Goodbye
Bernard Waber
Jenny's Journey
Sheila White Samton
Juicy Peach
Mary Dixon Lake
Just Like Daddy
Frank Asch
Little Bear's Friend
Else Holmelund Minarik
Little Bear's Visit
Else H. Minarik
Little Elephant
Tana Hoban
Little Lions
Jim Arnosky
Little Pig's Bouncy Ball
Alan Baron
Little Red Riding Hood
Harriet Ziefert
Look
Michael Grejniec
Look Up
Richard Vaughan
Loose Tooth
Margaret Yatsevitch
Lots and Lots of Zebra Stripes
Stephen R. Swinburne
Lots of Moms
S. Rotner and S. Kelly
Man on the Moon
Anastasia Suen
Marshmallow Kisses
Linda Crotta Brennan
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Lola M. Schaefer
McDuff Moves In
Rosemary Wells
Me and My Family Tree
Joan Sweeney
Me and My Place in Space
Joan Sweeney
Messy Bessey's School Desk
P. and F. McKissack
Mitchell Is Moving
Marjorie Sharmat
Moose Tales
Nancy Van Laan
Mouse at Night
Nancy Christensen Hall
Mouse Finds a House
Karen Hoenecke
My Horse
Karen Hjemboe
My House
Lisa Desimini
No New Pants!
Marcia Leonard
Oh, Casts!
Nola Buck
One Hole in the Road
W. Nikola-Lisa
One Seal
John Stadler
One Windy Wednesday
Phyllis Root
Otis
Janie Bynum
Our Earth
Anne Rockwell
Peter's Picture
Valeri Gorbachev
Pig Picnic
Patricia Hubbell
Puffins Climb, Penguins Rhyme
Bruce McMillan
Purple Is Best
Dana Meachen Rau
Rabbit and Hare Divide an Apple
Harriet Ziefert
Rabbit's Pajama Party
Stuart J. Murphy
Rex and Lilly Family Time
Laurie K. Brown
Rosie's Walk
Pat Hutchins
Sand Castle
Brenda Shannon Yee
Seeing Seabirds
Allan Fowler
Sheep in a Shop
Nancy Shaw
Singing Robins
Fay Robinson
Snazzy Aunties
Nick Sharrat
Snow Is Falling
Franklyn M. Branley
Snowball
Nina Crews
Snug Bug's Play Day
Cathy E. Dubowski
Spike in the City
Paulette Bogan
Splish, Splash
Sarah Weeks
Star of the Circus
Michael and Mary Beth
Sunshine, Moonshine
Jennifer Armstrong
Surprise Puppy
Judith Walker-Hodge
Surprise!
Charnan Simon
Sweet Potato Pie
Anne Rockwell
Taking a Walk
Rebecca Emberley
Tale of a Tadpole
Karen Wallace
Teamwork
Ann Morris
That Cat!
Margery Bernstein
That's Hard, That's Easy
Margery Bernstein
The Apple Pie Tree
Zoe Hall
The Ball Game
David Packard
The Best Nest
P.D. Eastman
The Cat in the Hat
Dr. Seuss
The Cat Sat on the Mat
Alice Cameron
The Chick and the Duckling
Mirra Ginsburg
The Cow in the House
Harriet Ziefert
The Day the Dog Said "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo!"
David McPhail
The Earth and I
Frank Asch
The Earth Is Good
Michael DeMunn
The Greatest Gymnast of All
Stuart J. Murphy
The Lion and the Mouse
Bernadette Watts
The Lunch Bunch
Margo Finch
The Rainy Day Grump
Deborah Eaton
The Rat and the Tiger
Keiko Kasza
The Secret Friend
Marcia Vaughan
The Stubborn Pumpkin
Laura Geringer
The Surprise Garden
Zoe Hall
The Tin Can Man
Marcia Leonard
The Top and Bottom of the World
Allan Fowler
The Ugly Duckling
Harriet Ziefert
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle
The Wright Brothers
Margaret Hudson
This and That
Julie Sykes
Three Friends/ Tres Amigos
Maria Cristina Brusca
Tiny's Bath
Cari Meister
Titch and Daisy
Pat Hutchins
Toot and Puddle
Holly Hobbie
Tumble Bumble
Felicia Bond
Turnover Tuesday
Phyllis Root
Two Cool Coyotes
Jillian Lund
Valentine Mice
Bethany Roberts
Wash Day
Charnan Simon
Watchful Wolves
Ruth Berman
We Eat Rice
Min Hong
We Hide, You Seek
Jose Aruego and Arianne Dewey
When I was Five
Arthur Howard
When Mama Gets Home
Marisabina Russo
When the Elephant Walks
Keiko Kasza
Whistle for Willie
Ezra Jack Keats
Who Sank the Boat?
Pamela Allen
Yoko
Rosemary Wells
You and Me
Salley Mayor
You'll Soon Grow Into Them, Titch
Pat Hutchins
