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RISING SECOND GRADE SUMMER READING

I have listed some suggested books, all second graders will be required to
earn at least 7 AR points for their summer reading. I have compiled a list of
suggestions for books. These are only suggestions. My goal is for the
children to read. As a parent, you know the level at which your child reads.
Please choose accordingly.

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?- Bill Martin

Caps for Sale – Esphyr Slobodkina
The Runaway Bunny – Margaret Brown
A Chair for My Mother – Vera B. Williams
Alexander and the Wind Up Mouse – Leo Lionni
Always Room for One More – Sorche Nic Leodhas
The Little House – Virginia Burton
The Giving Tree – Shel Silverstein
Any Poems by Shel Silverstein

Any books from these series:

Little Bear – Else Manarik
Arthur – Marc Brown
Henry and Mudge – Cynthia Rylant
Amelia Bedelia – Peggy Parish
Frog and Toad – Arnold Lobel
The Golly Sisters – Betsy Byars
Junie B. Jones – Barbara Parks
Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest, Lynne Cherry
Picnic At Mudsock Meadow, Patricia Polacco
Christmas Trolls, Jan Brett
Bee Tree, Patricia Polacco
Remarkable Christmas of the Cobbler’s Sons, Ruth Sawyer
Wild Christmas Reindeer, Jan Brett
Mama Don’t Allow, Thatcher Hurd
Girl Who Loved Wild Horses, Paul Goble
Long Way to a New Land, Joan Sandin
Do Pirates Take Baths, Kathy Tucker
Abuela, Arthur Dorros
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Alaska’s Three Bears, Shannon Cartwright
Knots on a Counting Rope, Bill Martin, Jr.
Rechenka’s Egg’s, Patricia Polacco
Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf, Lois Ehlert
Caps for Sale, Esphyr Slobodkina
Story of Ping, Marjorie Flack
Patchwork Quilt, Valerie Flournoy
Chicken Sunday, Patricia Polacco
Trouble with Trolls, Jan Brett
Fables, Arnold Lobel
Purple Coat, Amy Hest
Chinese Siamese Cat, Amy Tan
Trees of Cranes, Allen Say
Opt:An Illusionary Tale, Arlene Baum
Paper Crane, Molly Bang
Fritz and the Beautiful Horses, Jan Brett
Nine Days to Christmas, Marie Hall Ets
Frog Went A Courtin’, John Langstaff
Keeping Quilt, Patricia Polacco
Stellaluna, Janell Cannon
My Little Friend Goes to a Baseball Game, Evelyn Finnegan
I Have and Aunt on Marlborough Street, Kathryn Lasky
Ox-Cart Man, Donald Hall
Mrs. Katz and Tush, Patricia Polacco
Coat of Many Colors, Dolly Parton
Berlioz the Bear, Jan Brett
Little Engine the Could, Retold by Watty Piper