Second Grade Reading List
This page has a suggested second grade reading list.
However, if your child is in first grade and is ready for more challenging books to read, it is OK to move up.
If your child is struggling with reading in third grade, revisiting books from this list will help to build up their confidence and reading skills.
Chapter Book Series
Cam Jansen Mysteries by David Adler
Arthur’s Adventures by Marc Brown
The Stories Julian Tells by Ann Cameron
Little Bill series by Bill Cosby
Kids of the Polk Street School
by Patricia Reilly Giff
Horrible Harry series by Suzy Kline
Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne
Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park
Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilky
Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Click here for more series books.
Books to Build Vocabulary, Knowledge and Comprehension
The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back
by Shel Silverstein
The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White
Stuart Little by E. B. White
More Great Books for Second Grade!
Franklin and Harriet by Paulette Bourgeois
I Wish My Brother Was a Dog by Carol Diggory Shields & Paul Meisel
The House on East 88th Street by Bernard Waber
Miss Nelson is Missing! by Harry Allard & James Marshall
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Clooney
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
A Taste of Blackberries by Doris Buchanan Smith
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Click here to suggest books for the Second Grade Reading List.
Click here for the First Grade List.
Click here for Third Grade List.
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