2017 Summer Reading ListStudents entering 2nd Grade

The book selection listed below correspond with your child’s INDEPENDENT

reading level. These are books that your child should be able to read

independently without help. You can find these books at your local

bookstore and/or public library. Happy Reading!

Favorite Second Grade Series

Amber Brown Fly Guy

Henry and Mudge Junie B. Jones

Horrible Harry Young Cam Jansen

DRA 18 to 24

Miss Nelson is Missing – By: Harry Allard

Mercy Watson Thinks Like a Pig – By: Kate

DiCamillo

Pinky and Rex and the New Neighbors – By:

James Howe

Frog and Toad Are Friends – By: Arnold

Lobel

Little Bear – By: Else Minarik

The Knight at Dawn – By: Mary Pope

Osborne

Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy

Valentine – By: Barbara Park

Poppelton – By: Cynthia Rylant

The Adventures of Beekle: The

Unimaginary Friend – By: Dan Santat

Nate the Great – By: Marjorie Sharmat

Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend – By:

Melanie Watt

Harry the Dirty Dog – By: Gene Zion

DRA 6 to 10

Clifford’s Puppy Days – By: Norman Bridwell

The Foot Book – By: Dr. Seuss

Go, Dog, Go! – By: P.D. Eastman

Happy Birthday, Danny & The Dinosaur – By:

Sid Hoff

Itchy, Itchy Chicken Pox – By: Grace

Maccarone

Curious George and the Pizza – By: Margaret

Rey

It Looked Like Spilt Milk – By: Charles Shaw

Morris the Moose – By: Bernard Wiseman

Harry Takes a Bath – By: Harriet Ziefret

DRA 12 to 16

Hi, Fly Guy! – By: Tedd Arnold

Arthur’s Reading Race – By: Marc Brown

Biscuit Finds a Friend – By: Allyssa Capucilli

The Knight & The Dragon – By: Tomie dePaola

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish – By: Dr.

Seuss

More Spaghetti, I Say! – By: Rita Gelman

Chicken Little – By: Steven Kellogg

Leo the Late Bloomer – By: Robert Kraus

Froggy Goes to Bed – By: Jonathan London

Spiders – By: Laura Marsh

Curious George – By: Margaret Rey

Sheep in Jeep – By: N. Shaw

Enormous Turnip – By: Debby Slier

The Princess and the Pea – By: Harriet Ziefert

Family Read Alouds

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs – By:

Judi Barrett

Abe Lincoln’s Hat – By: Martha Brenner

The Day the Crayons Came Home – By:

Drew Daywalt

The Dragon Library – By: Carmen Agra

The Night Gardener - By: Terry & Eric Fan

Anansi and the Talking Melon – By: Eric A.

Kimmel

Finding Winnie: The True Story Winnie-the-

Pooh – By: Lindsay Mattick

Gone with the Wand – By: Margie Palatini

Amelia and Eleanor Go For a Ride – By:

Pam Munoz Ryan

The Lorax – By: Dr. Seuss

My Best Friend is Invisible – By: R.L. Stine

The Talent Show from the Black Lagoon –

By: Mike Thaler