St. Joseph - Second Grade Reading Lists

Autobiography
Winners Never Quit, by Mia Hamm     JE HAMM
Mrs. Mack, by Patricia Polacco      JF POLACCO
Thank You Mr. Falker, by Patricia Polacco      JF POLACCO
On the Way Home, by Laura Ingalls Wilder     JF WILDER
West From Home, by Laura Ingalls Wilder     JF WILDER
A Tarantula in My Purse, by Jean Craighead George     J639.9 GEORGE
Uncle Andy’s, by James Warhola     J700.92 WARHOLA
Talking With Artists, by Pat Cummings     J741.642 TALKING
Tallchief: America’s Prima Ballerina, by Maria Tallchief     J792.028 TALLCHIEF
Reach Higher, by Scottie Pippen     J796.323 PIPPEN
On the Bus With Joanna Cole, by Joanna Cole     J813.54 COLE
26 Fairmount Avenue, by Tomie dePaola     J813.54 DEPAOLA
What a Year, by Tomie dePaola     J813.54 DEPAOLA
Here We All Are, by Tomie dePaola     J813.54 DEPAOLA
On My Way, by Tomie dePaola     J813.54 DEPAOLA
Things Will Never Be the Same, by Tomie dePaola     J813.54 DEPAOLA
Under My Nose, by Lois Ehlert     J813.54 EHLERT
Surprising Myself, by Jean Fritz     J813.54 FRITZ
Hau Kola Hello Friend, by Paul Goble     J813.54 GOBLE
Playing With Words, by James Howe     J813.54 HOWE
Author: A True Story, by Helen Lester     J813.54 LESTER
A Wordful Child, by George Ella Lyon     J813.54 LYON
Firetalking, by Patricia Polacco     J813.54 POLACCO
Best Wishes, by Cynthia Rylant     J813.54 RYLANT
Reaching for the Moon, by Buzz Aldrin     J921 ALDRIN

Biography
Alice Ramsey’s Grand Adventure, by Don Brown     JE BROWN
You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer!, by  Shana Corey               JE COREY
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers, by Mordicai Gerstein     JE GERSTEIN
The Wild Boy, by Mordicai Gerstein     JE GERSTEIN
This Land is Your Land, by Woody Guthrie     JE GUTHRIE
Rocks in His Head, by Carol Otis Hurst     JE HURST
Mighty Jackie, the Strike-Out Queen, by Marissa Moss     JE MOSS
When Marian Sang, by Pam Munoz Ryan     JE RYAN
How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning, by Rosalyn Schanzer     JE SCHANZER
The Daring Nellie Bly           , by Bonnie Christensen     J070.92 CHRISTENSEN
I Could Do That, by Linda Arms White     J324.6 WHITE
Boss of the Plains, by Laurie Carlson               J338.7 CARLSON
Thank You, Sarah, by Laurie Halse Anderson     J394.264     ANDERSON
Snowflake Bentley, by Jacqueline Briggs Martin     J551.57 MARTIN
Mary Anning and the Sea Dragon, by Jeannine Atkins     J560.92 ATKINS
The Dinosaur of Waterhouse Hawkins, by Barbara Kerley     J567.9 KERLEY
Mother to Tigers, by George Ella Lyon     J591.7 LYON
Brave Harriet, by Marissa Moss      J629.13 MOSS
One Giant Leap, by Don Brown     J629.45 BROWN
Bill Pickett, by Andrea Davis Pinkney     J636.2 PINKNEY
Fannie in the Kitchen, by Deborah Hopkins     J641.5 HOPKINS
A Picture Book of Louis Braille, by David Adler     J686.282 ADLER
Bottle Houses, by Melissa Slaymaker     J745.092 SLAYMAKER
Action Jackson, by Jan Greenberg     J759.13 GREENBERG
Grandma Moses, by Alexandra Wallner     J759.13 WALLNER
Mack Made Movies, by Don Brown     J791.43 BROWN
What Charlie Heard, by Mordicai Gerstein     J780.92 GERSTEIN
Ella Fitzgerald, by Andrea Davis Pinkney     J782.42 PINKNEY
William Shakespeare and the Globe, by Aliki     J792.094 ALIKI
Knockin’ on Wood, by Lynne Barasch     J792.78 BARASCH
Lou Gehrig, by David Adler     J796.357 ADLER
Teammates, by Peter Golenbock     J796.357GOLENBOCK
Satchel Paige, by Lesa Cline-Ransome     J796.357 RANSOME
Wilma Unlimited, by Kathleen Krull     J796.42 KRULL
America’s Champion Swimmer, by David Adler     J797.21 ADLER
Purple Mountain Majesties, by Barbara Younger     J811.4 YOUNGER
Cool Melons—Turn to Frogs!, by Matthew Gollub     J895.613 GOLLUB
A Picture Book of Amelia Earhart, by David Adler      J921 EARHART
A Picture Book of Thomas Alva Edison, by David Adler     J921 EDISON
Odd Boy Out, by Don Brown     J921 EINSTEIN
Duke Ellington, by Andrea Pinkney     J921 ELLINGTON
Handel, Who Knew What He Liked, by M. T. Anderson     J921 HANDEL
The Last Princess, by Fay Stanley     J921 KAIULANI
My Brother Martin, by Christine King Farris     J921 KING
Martin’s Big Words, by Doreen Rappaport     J921 KING
Abraham Lincoln, by Amy L. Cohn     J921 LINCOLN
Shooting for the Moon, by Stephen Krensky     J921 OAKLEY
Little Sure Shot: The Story of Annie Oakley, by Stephanie Spinner     J921 OAKELY
Eleanor, by Barbara Cooney     J921 ROOSEVELT
Young Teddy Roosevelt, by Cheryl Harness     J921 ROOSEVELT
You’re On Your Way,Teddy Roosevelt!, by Judith St. George     J921 ROOSEVELT
The Boy on Fairfield Street, by Kathleen Krull            J921 SEUSS
American Boy, by Don Brown     J921 TWAIN
A Picture Book of Anne Frank, by David Adler      J940.5318 ADLER
George Washington’s Teeth, by Chandra Comora     J973.41 CHANDRA
Sequoya, by James Rumford     J975.004 RUMFORD

Fantasy
My Life with the Wave, by Catherine Cowan     JE COWAN
Burnt Toast on Davenport Street, by Tim Egan     JE EGAN
Weslandia, by Paul Fleischman     JE FLEISCHMAN
Miss Smith’s Incredible Storybook, by Michael Garland     JE GARLAND
Jethro Byrd, Fairy Child, by Bob Graham     JE GRAHAM
Max, by Bob Graham     JE GRAHAM
Traction Man is Here, by Mini Grey     JE GREY
If you Decide to Go to the Moon, by Faith McNulty     JE MCNULTY
The Adventures of Sparrowboy, by Brian Pinkney     JE PINKNEY
Clara and Asha, by Eric Rohmann         JE ROHMANN
Davy Crockett Save the World, by Rosalyn Schanzer     JE SCHANZER
The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins, by Dr. Seuss     JE SEUSS
Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak     JE SENDAK
The Bad Case of Stripes, by David Shannon     JE SHANNON
The Lost and Found, by Mark Teague     JE TEAGUE
The World According to Humphrey, by Betty G. Birney     JF BIRNEY
The Spiderwick Chronicles, by Tony DiTerlizzi     JF DITERLIZZI
The Giants and the Joneses, by Julia Donaldson     JF DONALDSON
The Puppy Sister, by S. E. Hinton     JF HINTON
Zoo School, by Laurie Miller Hornik     JF HORNIK
But Barkin, Private Eye, by James Howe     JF HOWE
It Came from Beneath the Bed!, by James Howe     JF HOWE
The School Mouse, by Dick King-Smith     JF KINGSMITH
On the Road, by Lucy Nolan     JF NOLAN
Happily Ever After, by Anna Quindlen     JF QUINDLEN
Harry the Poisonous Centipede, by Lynne Reid Banks     JF REIDBANKS
The Dragon of Lonely Island, by Rebecca Rupp     JF RUPP
Zathura, by Chris Van Allsburg     JF VANALLSBURG
Three Good Deeds, by Vivian Vande Velde     JF VANDVELDE
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, by Rudyard Kipling     J Audio KIPLING

Historical Fiction
Miss Bridie Chose a Shovel, by Leslie Connor     J AUDIO CONNOR
Camille and the Sunflowers, by Laurence Anholt     JE ANHOLT
Cocoa Ice, by Diana Applebaum     JE APPLEBAUM
More Than Anything Else, by Marie Bradby     JE BRADBY
Dandelions, by Eve Bunting     JE BUNTING
Train to Somewhere, by Eve Bunting     JE BUNTING
Molly’s Pilgrim, by Barbara Cohen     JE COHEN
Players in Pigtails, by Shana Corey     JE COREY
Boxes for Katje, by Candace Fleming     JE FLEMING
Sunny Boy, by Candace Fleming     JE FLEMING
The Toughest Cowboy, or How the Wild . . , by John Frank             JE FRANK
Will’s Quill, or How a Goose Saved . . ., by Don Freeman     JE FREEMAN
Leah’s Pony, by Elizabeth Friedrich     JF FRIEDRICH
Birdie’s Lighthouse, by Deborah Hopkinson     JF HOPKINSON
The Log Cabin Quilt, by Ellen Howard     JE HOWARD
Beautiful Warrior, by Emily Arnold McCully     JE MCCULLY
An Orange for Frankie, by Patricia Polacco     JE POLACCO
The White Stallion, by Elizabeth Shub     JE SHUB
Abigail Takes the Wheel, by Avi     J Blue Dot AVI
The Golly Sisters Go West, by Betsy Byars     J Blue Dot BYARS
The Fly on the Ceiling, by Julie Glass     J Blue Dot GLASS
The Cellar, by Ellen Howard     J Blue Dot HOWARD
The Drinking Gourd, by F.N. Monjo     J Blue Dot MONJO
The Long Way Westward, by Joan Sandin     J Blue Dot SANDIN
Togo, by Robert J. Blake     JF BLAKE
Cheyenne Again, by Eve Bunting     JF BUNTING
The Sea Chest, by Toni Buzzeo     JF BUZZEO
The Bat Boy and His Violin, by Gavin Curtis     JF CURTIS
The Village That Vanished, by Ann Grifalconi     JF GRIFALCONI
When Jessie Came Across the Sea, by Amy Hest     JF HEST
The Unbreakable Code, by Sara Hoaglund Hunter     JF HUNTER
Nim and the War Effort, by Milly Lee     JF LEE
The Battle for St. Michaels, by Emily McCully     JF MCCULLY
Baseball Saved Us, by Ken Mochizuki     JF MOCHIZUKI
Beethoven Lives Upstairs, by Barbara Nichol     JF NOCHOL
Wingwalker, by Rosemary Wells     JF WELLS
Brave Harriet, by Marissa Moss     J629.13 MOSS

Mystery
Grandpa’s Teeth, by Rod Clement     JE CLEMENT
Stella Louella’s Runaway Book, by Lisa Campbell Ernst     JE ERNST
The Web Files           , by Margie Palatini     JE PALATINI
Detective LaRue, by Mark Teague     JE TEAGUE
Young Cam Jansen and the Library Mystery, by David Adler     J Blue Dot ADLER
Flatfoot Fox and the Case of the Bashful Beaver, by Eth Clifford     J Blue Dot                         
CLIFFORD
Aunt Eater’s Mystery Vacation, by Doug Cushman     J Blue Dot CUSHMAN
Sly the Sleuth and the Pet Mysteries, by Donna Jo Napoli     J Blue Dot NAPOLI
A to Z Mysteries (any in the series), by Ron Roy      J Blue Dot ROY
Ace Lacewing, by David Biedrzycki     JF BIEDRZYCKI
Utterly Me, Clarice Bean, by Lauren Child     JF CHILD
Bud Barkin, Private Eye, by James Howe     JF HOWE
The Case of the Gasping Garbage, by Michele Torrey     JFM TORREY

Poetry
Mathematickles!, by Betsy Franco     JE FRANCO
Little Dog Poems, by Kristine O’Connell George     JE GEORGE
Runny Babbit, by Shel Silverstein      JE SILVERSTEIN
Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic, by Ernest Lawrence Thayer     JE THAYER
The Disappearing Alphabet, by Richard Wilbur      JE WILBUR
Go!, by Daniel Kirk     J 782.42 KIRK
A Child’s Calendar, by John Updike     J 811 UPDIKE    
Oh, No! Where Are My Pants? And Other Disasters, by Lee Bennett Hopkins                                                                                                           J 811.008 OH
Snuffles and Snouts, by Laura Robb     J 811.008 SNUFFLES
America Is . . . ., by Louise Borden     J 811.54 BORDEN
Bow Wow Meow Meow, by Douglas Florian     J 811.54 FLORIAN
In the Swim, by Douglas Florian     J 811.54 FLORIAN
Lizards, Frogs, and Polliwogs, by Douglas Florian     J 811.54 FLORIAN
Mammalabilia, by Douglas Florian     J 811.54 FLORIAN
Omnibeasts, by Douglas Florian     J 811.54 FLORIAN
Summersaults, by Douglas Florian     J 811.54 FLORIAN
Toasting Marshmallows, by Kristine O’Connell George     J 811.54 GEORGE
Flicker Flash, by Joan Bransfied Graham     J 811.54 GRAHAM
Timothy Tunny Swallowed a Bunny, by Bill Grossman     J 811.54 GROSSMAN
Doodle Dandies, by J. Patrick Lewis     J 811.54 LEWIS
A Pizza the Size of the Sun, by Jack Prelutsky     J 811.54 PRELUTSKY
The Frogs Wore Red Suspenders, by Jack Prelutsky     J 811.54 PRELUTSKY
It’s Raining Pigs and Noodles          , by Jack Prelutsky     J 811.54 PRELUTSKY
Scranimals, by Jack Prelutsky               J 811.54 PRELUTSKY
Read a Rhyme, Write a Rhyme, by Jack Prelutsky     J 811.54 READ
Falling Up, by Shel Silverstein     J 811.54 SILVERSTEIN
The Essential Worldwide Monster Guide, by Linda Ashman     J 811.6 ASHMAN
Cool Melons — Turn to Frogs!, by Matthew Gollub               J 895.613 GOLLUB

Realistic Fiction
Good Luck, Mrs. K!, by Louise Borden     JE BORDEN
Two Old Potatoes and Me, by John Coy     JE COY
Pie in the Sky, by Lois Ehlert     JE EHLERT
Jam and Jelly by Holly and Nellie, by Gloria Whelan     JE WHELAN
Our Tree Named Steve, by Alan Zweibel     JE ZWEIBEL
Birthday Pony, by Jessie Haas     J Blue Dot HAAS
Howie Bowles and Uncle Sam, by Kate Banks     JF BANKS
Gadget War, by Betsy Duffey               JF DUFFEY
Back to School, Mallory, by Laurie Friedman     JF FRIEDMAN
Queen Sophie Hartley, by Stephanie Greene     JF GREENE
Say What?, by Margaret Peterson Haddix      JF HADDIX
Elisa Michaels, Bigger and Better, by Johanna Hurwitz     JF HURWITZ
Berta: A Remarkable Dog, by Celia Barker Lottridge    JF LOTTRIDGE
Gooney Bird Greene, by Lois Lowry     JF LOWRY
Angelo , by David Macaulay     JF MACAULAY
Judy Moody Declares Independence, by Megan McDonald     JF MCDONALD

Science Fiction
Benjamin McFadden and the Robot Babysitter, by Timothy Bush     JE BUSH
First Graders from Mars, by Shana Corey     JE COREY
Beegu, by Alexis Deacon    JE DEACON
Jimmy Zangwow’s Out-of-this-World, Moon Pie Adv., by Tony DiTerlizzi
JE DITERLIZZI
Tinker and Tom and the Star Baby, by David McPhail, by JE MCPHAIL
The Wump World, by Bill Peet     JE PEET
Cosmo and the Robot, by Brian Pinkney     JE PINKNEY
Baloney (Henry P.), by  Jon Scieszka              JE SCIESZKA
June 29, 1999, by David Wiesner     JE WIESNER
Commander Toad in Space, by Jane Yolen     JE YOLEN
Aliens for Lunch, by Jonathan Etra     J Blue Dot ETRA
Jason and the Escape from Bat Planet, by Gery Greer     J Blue Dot GREER
Ready-Set-Robot!, by  Russell Hoban     J Blue Dot HOBAN
Midnight on the Moon, by Mary Pope Osborne     J Blue Dot OSBORNE
Bobo Crazy, by Marilyn Sadler     J Blue Dot SADLER
Harriet’s Hare, by Dick King-Smith     JF KING-SMITH
Summer Reading is Killing Me, by Jon Sciezka     JF SCIEZKA
Zathura, by Chris Van Allsburg     JF VANALLSBURG