Our 2nd Grade Reading Picks (Best Books for 2nd Graders to Read!)

This will be an ongoing post that I will add to each month as my daughter finishes more books!

I will have 2 lists in this post. The first list will be what she has read by month, and then at the bottom of the post you will be able to see our recommended reads by author and/or series! 🙂

 

List of Books by Month:

May 2021:

**Aesop’s Fables: (Using the Story Correction guide in our 2nd grade LA curriculum)
The Fox and the Crow
The Lion and the Mouse
The Fox and the Grapes
The Ant and the Grasshopper
The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
The Crow and the Pitcher
The Tortoise and the Hare

**Elephant and Piggie
Listen to my trumpet!
I am going!
I am a frog!
We are in a book!
I broke my trunk!
I will take a nap!
Let’s go for a drive!
I really like slop!
Elephant’s cannot dance
There is a bird on your head!
Are you ready to play outside?
Should I share my ice cream?
Today I will fly!
Watch me throw a ball!
Can I play too?

**Frog and Toad (Using the Frog and Toad Story Collection Guide)
Full book: Days with Frog and Toad
Mini stories: The Kite, Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Shivers, Alone

**Other story books
Old Mother Hubbard- Usborne
The Visit- BOB Book
Berenstain Bears- Out West

**Mermaid Tales, Book 2, 10 chapters

**Princess Ellie series:
Princess Ellie to the rescue! 10 chapters
Princess Ellie’s secret. 10 chapters
Princess Ellie’s mystery. 10 chapters

 

 

June 2021:

**Princess Ellie Chapter Books
Book 4: Princess Ellie’s Starlight Mystery
Book 5: Princess Ellie’s Camping Trip

**Frog and Toad Books- Accompanying the Frog and Toad Literature Guide
Book: Frog and Toad Are Friends. Stories: Spring, The Story, The Lost Button, The Swim, The Letter
Book: Frog and Toad Together. Stories: The List, The Garden, Cookies, Dragons and Giants, The Dream.”
Book: Frog and Toad All Year. Stories: Down The Hill, The Corner, Ice Cream, The Surprise, Christmas Eve

***Dr Seuss
– One fish, Two fish, Red fish, Blue fish

****Usborne Beginner Books
There was an old woman who lived in a shoe
Monster diner
Grizzly bear rocks
One two, buckle my shoe
I’m a Penguin
Clever rabbit and the wolves

***Little board book
Humpty Dumpty

 

 

List of Books by Author/Series:

Aesop’s Fables:

  1. The Fox and the Crow
  2. The Lion and the Mouse
  3. The Fox and the Grapes
  4. The Ant and the Grasshopper
  5. The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
  6. The Boy Who Cried Wolf
  7. The Crow and the Pitcher
  8. The Tortoise and the Hare

 

Elephant and Piggie series by Mo Willems:

  1. Listen to my trumpet!
  2. I am going!
  3. I am a frog!
  4. We are in a book!
  5. I broke my trunk!
  6. I will take a nap!
  7. Let’s go for a drive!
  8. I really like slop!
  9. Elephant’s cannot dance
  10. There is a bird on your head!
  11. Are you ready to play outside?
  12. Should I share my ice cream?
  13. Today I will fly!
  14. Watch me throw a ball!
  15. Can I play too?

Frog and Toad Series by Arnold Lobel

  1. Frog and Toad are Friends
  2. Frog and Toad Together
  3. Frog and Toad All Year
  4. Days with Frog and Toad

 

Berenstain Bears’ Series

  1. Out West (An I Can Read Book)

 

Usborne Beginning Reading Series

  1. Old Mother Hubbard
  2. There was an old woman who lived in a shoe
  3. Monster diner
  4. Grizzly bear rocks
  5. One two, buckle my shoe
  6. Clever rabbit and the wolves

 

BOB Books Series

  1. The Visit

 

Princess Ellie Chapter Book Series

  1. Princess Ellie to the Rescue
  2. Princess Ellie’s Secret
  3. Princess Ellie’s Mystery
  4. Princess Ellie’s Starlight Adventure
  5. Princess Ellie’s Camping Trip
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