K-2 Book Lists

K-2 Picture Books 

All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold, illustrated by Suzanne Kaufman KNOPF, 2018 ISBN: 9780525579649

All the Animals Where I Live by Philip C. Stead ROARING BROOK, 2018 ISBN: 9781626726567

Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal CANDLEWICK PRESS, 2018 ISBN: 9780763693558

Ants Don’t Wear Pants! (Giggle and Learn series) written and illustrated by Kevin McCloskey (Toon Books, $12.95) 978-1-943145-45-4

Bilal Cooks Daal by Aisha Saeed, illustrated by Anoosha Syed (Salaam Reads/Simon & Schuster, $17.99) 978-1-5344-1810-3

Cyril and Pat written and illustrated by Emily Gravett (Simon & Schuster BFYR, $17.99) 978-1-5344-3950-4

Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln by Margarita Engle, illustrated by Rafael López (Atheneum BFYR/ Simon & Schuster, $17.99) 

Dreamers by Yuyi Morales NEAL PORTER BOOKS, 2018 ISBN: 9780823440559

Fox the Tiger by Corey R. Tabor BALZER + BRAY, 2018 ISBN: 9780062398697

Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard, illustrated by Juana MartinezNeal (Roaring Brook Press/Holtzbrinck/Macmillan, $18.99) 978-1-62672-746-5

Gondra’s Treasure by Linda Sue Park, illustrated by Jennifer Black Reinhardt (Clarion Books/HMH, $17.99) 978-0-544-54669-1

Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry, illustrated by Vashti Harrison (Kokila/Penguin Random House, $17.99) 978-0-525-55336-6

Harold & Hog Pretend for Real! (Elephant & Piggie Like Reading series) written and illustrated by Dan Santat, with Mo Willems (Disney-Hyperion Books, $9.99) 978-1-3680-2716-8

How to Read a Book by Kwame Alexander, illustrated by Melissa Sweet (Harper/HarperCollins, $17.99) 978-0-06-230781-1

If I Built a School written and illustrated by Chris Van Dusen (Dial BFYR/Penguin YR/PRH, $17.99) 978-0-525-55291-8

It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way by Kyo Maclear, illustrated by Julie Morstad (Harper/HarperCollins, $17.99) 978-0-06-244762-3

Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall CANDLEWICK, 2017 ISBN: 9780763678388

Just in Case You Want to Fly by Julie Fogliano, illustrated by Christian Robinson NEAL PORTER BOOKS, 2019 ISBN: 9780823443444

Lili Macaroni by Nicole Testa, illustrated by Annie Boulanger (Pajama Press, $17.99) 978-1-77278-093-2

Lion of the Sky: Haiku for All Seasons by Laura Purdie Salas, illustrated by Mercè López (Millbrook Press/Lerner, $19.99) 978-1-5124-9809-7

Mangoes, Mischief, and Tales of Friendship: Stories from India by Chitra Soundar, illustrated by Uma Krishnaswamy (Candlewick Press, $16.99) 978-1-5362-0067-6

Mia Mayhem Is a Superhero! by Kara West, illustrated by Leeza Hernandez LITTLE SIMON, 2018 ISBN: 9781534432703

My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero, illustrated by Zeke Peña KOKILA, 2019 ISBN: 9780525553410

Ojiichan’s Gift by Chieri Uegaki, illustrated by Genevieve Simms (Kids Can Press, $16.99) 978-1-77138-963-1

The Arctic Fox’s Journey (Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out series) by Wendy Pfeffer, illustrated by Morgan Huff (Harper/HarperCollins, $17.99) 978-0-06-249083-4

The Chickens Are Coming written and illustrated by Barbara Samuels (Farrar Straus Giroux BFYR/Macmillan, $17.99) 978-0-374-30097-5

The Patchwork Bike by Maxine Beneba Clarke, illustrated by Van Thanh Rudd CANDLEWICK, 2018 ISBN: 9781536200317 

The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family by Ibtihaj Muhammad and S. K. Ali, illustrated by Hatem Aly LITTLE, BROWN, 2019 ISBN: 9780316519007