Grade 02

Reading List

• Recommended Bibliography for First Graders entering 2nd Grade

  • • • If you like funny books, you’ll love:

      • Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel

      • Bird and Squirrel on Ice by James Burks

      • Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold

      • How to be a Good Dog by Gail Page

      • Judy Moody by Megan McDonnald

      • Mal and Chad by Stephen McCranie

      • Mercy Watson by Kate DiCamillo

      • Mouse and Mole series by Wong Herbert Yee

      • My Lucky Day by Keiko Kasza

      • My Weird School series by Dan Gutman

        • If you like mythical creatures, you’ll love:

        • Beasts of Olympus by Lucy Coats**

        • Never Girls by Kiki Thorpe

        • Dragon Slayers Academy by Kate McMullan

        • Rainbow Magic Fairies by Daisy Meadows

        • Zoey and Sassafras by Asia Citro

      • Owl Diaries by Rebecca Elliott

        • If you like adventure stories, you’ll love:

        • Animal Planet Adventures by Catherine Nichols

        • Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke

        • Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne

        • Minnie and Moo series by Denys Cazet

        • Three-Ring Rascals by Kate Klise

        • Galaxy Zack by Ray O’Ryan

        • Recipe for Adventure by Giada De Laurentiis

        • The Notebook of Doom by Troy Cummings

        • Ricky Ricotta’s Mighty Robot by Dav Pilkey, illustrated by Dan Santat

        • If you like mysteries, you’ll love:

        • Critter Club by Callie Barkley

        • The Haunted Library by Dori Hillestad Butler

        • The Whodunit Detective Agency by Martin Widmark

        • A to Z Mysteries by Ron Roy

        • Guinea Pig, Pet Shop Private Eye by Colleen AF Venable

        • Cam Jansen by David A. Adler

        • The Big Bad Detective Agency by Bruce Hale

        • The Ghost Backstage (The Haunted Library) by Dori Hillestad Butler

        • Geronimo Stilton by Geronimo Stilton

        • If you love realistic stories, you’ll like:

        • Calvin Coconut by Graham Salisbury

        • Ivy and Bean by Annie Barrows

        • Noodle: The Puppy Place by Ellen Miles

        • Lulu and the Rabbit Next Door by Hilary McKay

        • Daisy Dawson is On Her Way by Steve Voake

        • Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie by Julie Sternberg

        • Lola Levine Is Not Mean by Monica Brown

      • If you love poetry, you'll like:

      • In the Sea by David Elliot

      • Mirror Mirror: a Book of Reversible Verse by Marilyn Singer

      • Over and Under the Snow by Kate Messner