Summer Reading

Grade 2

Our goal is to instill a love for books into our students. Your child's LCA summer reading goal is 9 hours of reading time. This can be independent reading or reading together!

Great Picture Books

Izzy Gizmo, Pip Jones and Sara Ogilvie
Miss Nelson is Missing, Harry Allard
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers, Mordicai Gerstein
You are Special, Max Lucado
Winnie the Pooh, A.A. Milne
The Fire Station, Robert Musch
How Big is a Foot, Rolf Myller
The Hello, Goodbye Window, Chris Raschka
Sylvester and the Magic Pebbles, William Steig
A Crocodile Grows Up, Amanda Tourville
The Velveteen Rabbit, Margery Williams

Books for Emergent Readers:

I Can Read series (example: Biscuit) Scholastic Readers
Clifford series, Norman Birdwell
Little Bear series, Else Minarik
Henry and Mudge series, Cynthia Rylant
Mr. Putter and Tabby series, Cynthia Rylant

Intermediate Readers:

Cam Jansen, David Adler
Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor, Joanna Cole
Mercy Watson series, Kate DiCamillo
Kids at Polk Street School, Patricia Giff
Horrible Harry, Suzy Kline
Amelia Bedelia, Peggy Parrish
Nate the Great, Marjorie Sharmat
Encyclopedia Brown, Donald Sobol

Advanced Chapter Books:

Trouble at School for Marvin and James, Elise Broach
What Do You Do With a Problem? Kobi Yamada
Mr. Popper's Penguins, Richard & Florence Atwater
Pony Pals series, Jeanne Betancourt
Freckle Juice, Judy Blume
Ice Magic, Matt Christopher
Ralph S. Mouse, Beverly Cleary
Cul-de-sac Kids series, Beverly Lewis
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, Betty McDonald
Magic Tree House series, Mary Pope Osborne
The Littles, John Peterson

Poetry:

Dogku, Andrew Clements
Dirty Laundry Pile, Paul Janeczo
My Dog May Be a Genius, Jack Prelutzsky
Poetry for Young People: Robert Louis Stevenson, Frances Schoonmaker
The Giving Tree, Shel Silverstein
Where the Sidewalk Ends, Shel Silverstein
Here's a Little Poem, Jane Yolen

Recommended Authors:

Mo Willems
Janell Cannon
Eric Carle
Tomie de Paola
Lois Ehlert
Gail Gibbons
Ezra Jack Keats
Leo Lionni
Arnold Lobel
Cynthia Rylant
Judith Viorst
Audrey Wood

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