Second Grade

Participation is optional; students who choose to participate must read a minimum of five (5) books.

Students in second grade will receive an S+ for each book completed, for a total of five. Extra credit will count 10% of the student's reading grade for the first marking period.

Author	Title	Publisher	Publication Year	Annotation
Allard, James	Miss Nelson is Missing	Houghton Mifflin	1977	The kids in Room 207 take advantage of their teacher's good nature until she disappears and they are faced with a vile substitute.
Brown, Jeff	Flat Stanley	HarperCollins	2006	After a bulletin board falls on Stanley while he is sleeping, he finds that being flat has its advantages.
Brown, Marc	Arthur’s Eyes	Little, Brown	1979	His friends tease Arthur when he gets glasses, but he soon learns to wear them with pride.
Burton, Virginia	The Little House	Houghton Mifflin	1969	A country house is unhappy when the city, with all its buildings and traffic, grows up around her.
Cannon, Janell	Stellaluna	Harcourt	1993	After she falls headfirst into a bird's nest, a baby bat is raised like a bird until she is reunited with her mother.
Coerr, Eleanor	The Josefina Story Quilt	HarperCollins	1986	While traveling west with her family in 1850, a young girl makes a patchwork quilt chronicling the experiences of the journey and reserves a special patch for her pet hen Josefina.
Cooney, Barbara	Miss Rumphius	Viking Press	1982	After making her girlhood dreams of world travel and living by the sea come true, a retired librarian follows her grandfather's old advice of doing something to make the world more beautiful, and then passes that wisdom on to her grandniece.
Cummings, Pat	Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon!	Aladdin Paperbacks	1994	Harvey tackles a big job: cleaning his room.
Feeman, Don	Corduroy	Puffin	1976	A teddy bear spends his days waiting in a store for someone to buy him.
Gag, Wanda	Millions of Cats	G.P. Putman	1956	An old man sets out in search of a pet for his lonely wife and returns with millions of cats, all claiming to be the most beautiful of the bunch.
Gannett, Ruth	My Father’s Dragon	Random House	1979	A young boy determines to rescue a poor baby dragon that is being used by a group of lazy wild animals to ferry them across the river on Wild Island.
Giff, Patricia	Today was a Terrible Day	Puffin books	1984	Follows the humorous mishaps of a second grader who is learning to read.
Lobel, Arnold	Grasshopper on the Road	HarperCollins	1978	Grasshopper meets many unusual characters when he sets off on a journey down the road, including those who like to fly, sail, and clean.
Lobel, Arnold	Mouse Soup	Harper & Row	1977	A mouse convinces a weasel he needs the ingredients from several stories to make a tasty mouse soup.
Numeroff, Laura Joffe	If You give a Mouse a Cookie	Harper& Row	1985	A young boy, having given a cookie to a bossy mouse, is run ragged by the energetic rodent's subsequent requests.
O’Connor, Jane	Molly the Brave and Me	Random House	2003	Beth admires her friend Molly's courage, but on a visit to Molly's country home, Beth surprises herself with her own bravery when the two become lost within the maze of a cornfield.
Osborne, Mary Pope	Any book from the Magic Tree House series	Random House		Enjoy reading about Jack and Annie who travel through time exploring historical events.
Parrish, Peggy	Amelia Bedelia	HarpersCollins	1992	A literal-minded housekeeper causes a ruckus in the household when she attempts to make sense of some instructions.
Pfister, Marsuc	The Rainbow	Scholastic	1993	The most beautiful fish in the entire ocean discovers the real value of personal beauty and friendship.
Scieszka, Jon	The True Story of the Three Little Pigs	Viking	1989	The wolf gives his own outlandish version of what really happened when he tangled with the three little pigs.
Sharmat, Marjorie W.	Any book from the Nate the Great series	Delaco		Nate is a detective.  With the help of his dog they solve mysteries for their friends.
Viorst, Judith	Alexander and the Horrible, No Good, Very Bad day	Macmillan	1980	On a day when everything goes wrong for him, Alexander is consoled by the thought that other people have bad days too.
Ward, Lynd	The Biggest Bear	Houghton Mifflin	1988	Johnny goes hunting for a bearskin to hang on his family's barn and returns with a small bundle of trouble.
Yolen, Jane	Owl Moon	Philomel	1987	On a winter's night under a full moon, a father and daughter trek into the woods to see the Great Horned Owl.
Ziefert, Harriet	A New Coat for Anna	Knof	1986	Even though there is no money, Anna's mother finds a way to make Anna a badly needed winter coat.