GRADE 2 READING LIST Books in italics are part of the Carden Hall curriculum and should not be read independently ahead of time. Series of books by the same author are listed (at least partially) at the end. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Barry, the Bravest Saint Bernard Story About Ping, The Hall, Lynn Flack, Marjorie/Wiese, Kurt Bear Called Paddington Old Mother West Wind Bond, Michael Burgess, Thornton Bears on Hemlook Mountain Old Mother West Wind's Children Sewell, Helen Burgess, Thornton Beauty: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast Little House on the Prairie (series) McKinley, Robin Wilder, Laura Ingalls Bedtime for Frances • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Hoban, Russell 26 Fairmont Avenue Benjamin Franklin de Paola, Tomie d'Aulaire, Ingri and Edgar A Bargain for Frances Betsy and Billy Hoban, Russell Haywood, Carolyn BFG, The Abraham Lincoln Dahl, Roald d'Aulaire, Ingri and Edgar Billy Blaze & His Pony Absent Author (A to Z Mystery Series) Anderson, C. W. Roy, Ron Boy Who Held Back The Sea, The Horyt, Lenny Leodhas, Sorche Nic Book of Nonsense, A Amelia Bedelia Lear, Edward Parish, Peggy Brave Irene And To Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street Steig, William Seuss, Dr. Butterfly House Animals Born Alive and Well Bunting, Eve Heller, Ruth Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Carnival Anna All Year Round Prize (series) Hahn, Mary Downing Adler, David A. Chickens Aren't the Only Ones McDermott, Gerald Heller, Ruth Arthur’s Teacher Trouble (Series) Chocolate Rabbit Brown, Marc Claret, Maria B Is for Betsy (Series) Christmas in Noisy Village Haywood, Carolyn Lindgren, Astrid Back to School with Betsy Christopher’s Harvest Time Haywood, Carolyn Beskow, Else Clara and the Bookwagon Levison, Nancy 1 2015 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Forest of Dreams Barrett, Judy Wells, Rosemary Clown of God, The Freckle Juice Paola, Tomie de Blume, Judy Commander Toad and the Dis-Asteroid Frog and Toad Together Yolen, Jane Lobel, Arnold Commander Toad and the Planet of the Grapes George Washington Yolen, Jane d'Aulaire, Ingri and Edgar Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes Gift of the Sacred Dog Heyward, DuBose Goble, Paul Cricket in Times Square, The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses Selden, George Goble. Paul Dawn Giraffe and a Half Bang, Molly Silverstein, Shel Dear Mili Giving Tree Grimm, Wilhelm Silverstein, Shel Detective Dinosaur Gold Coin, The Skofield, James Ada, Alma Flor Dogger Griffin and the Minor Canon, The Hughes, Shirley Stockton, Frank Egg Tree Helen Keller Milhous, Katherine Davidson, Margaret Elfwyn's Saga Helen Keller’s Teacher Wisniewski, David Davidson, Margaret Empty Pot, The Henry and Beezus Demi Cleary, Beverly Emperor and the Kite, The Here's a Penny Yolen, Jane Haywood, Carolyn Eyes of the Gray Wolf, The High Rise Glorious Skittle Skat Roarious Sky Pie London, Jonathan Angel Food Cake, The Willard, Nancy Aesop Humbug Rabbit Balian, Lorna Farmer Boy Wilder, Laura Ingalls Humbug Witch Balian, Lorna Fire Race London, Jonathan Ida and the Wool Smugglers Alderson, Sue Ann Five Chinese Brothers Bishop, Claire Ira Sleeps Over Waber, Bernard

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Invisible Dog Long Way Westward, The King-Smith, Dick Sandin, Joan It Could Always Be Worse Zemach, Margot Young, Ed Jeannie; A Texas Frontier Girl (Book 1) Lou Gehrig Horan, Evelyn Adler, David A. John Henry: An American Legend Miss Rumphius Keats, Ezra Jack Cooney, Barbara Johnny Appleseed Mitten, The Lindbergh, Reeve Brett, Jan Josefina's Story Quilt Mouse Soup Coerr, Eleanor Lobel, Arnold Just Like Max Mufaro's Beautiful Daughter: An African Tale Ackerman, Karen Steptoe, John Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express Rikki-Tikki-Tavi Wetterer, Margaret Kipling, Rudyard Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie My Robin Roop, Peter and Connie Burnett, Frances Hodgson King Nimrod's Tower New Kid on the Block Garfield, Leon Prelutsky, Jack King's Fountain, The Oh, The Places You’ll Go Alexander, Lloyd Geisel, Theodore Seuss Knots on a Counting Rope Olden Days Martine and Archambault Mathieu, Joe Leprechauns Never Lie On the Banks of Plum Creek Balian, Lorna Wilder, Laura Ingalls Little Brute Family, The On the Way Home Hoban, Russell Wilder, Laura Ingalls Little Clearing in the Woods Owl and the Pussycat Wilkes, Maria D. Lear, Edward/Cauley, Lorinda Little House, The Burton, Virginia Lee Yolen, Jane Little House in the Big Woods Peter the Great Wilder, Laura Ingalls Stanley, Peter Little Island Perrault's Fairy Tales (French Fairy Tales) MacDonald, Golden Perrault, Charles Little Match Girl, Andersen, Hans Christian Van Allsburg, Chris Livingstone Mouse Pocahantas Edwards, Pamela Duncan d’Aulaire, Ingri 3 2015

Prairie School Tale of the Mandarin Ducks, The Avi/Farnsworth, Bill Paterson, Katherine Raggedy Andy Stories Thanksgiving Story Gruelle, Johnny Sewell, Helen Raggedy Ann Stories Thank You, Mr. Falker Gruelle, Johnny Polacco, Patricia Rechenka’s Eggs The Black Falcon, A Tale from the Decameron Polacco, Patricia Wise, William Reason for a Flower The Book of Virtues: A Treasury of Great Moral Heller, Ruth Stories Rough Face Girl, The Bennett, William Martin, Rafe/Shannon, David The Emperor's New Clothes Selfish Giant, The Andersen, Hans Christian Wilde, Oscar The Little Match Girl Shadowmaker, The Andersen, Hans Christian Hansen, Ron The Sleeping Beauty Sleeping Beauty, The Mayer, Mercer Mayer, Mercer The Tunnel Browne, Anthony Martin, Jacqueline Briggs The Young Artist Stellaluna Locker, Thomas Cannon, Janell Three Golden Oranges Storm Book Ada, Alma Flor Zolotow, Charlotte Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig Story of Babar Trivizas, Eugene and Helen Oxenbury Brunhoff, Jean De Thumbelina Story of Holly and Ivy (Cooney-illus.) Andersen, Hans Christian Godden, Rumer Through Grandpa's Eyes Story of the Nutcracker Ballet Lachlan, Patricia Mae Hautzig, Deborah/Goode, Diane Thy Friend, Obadiah Story of Ferdinand, The Turkle, Brinton Leaf, Munro Tico and the Golden Wings St. George and the Dragon Lionni, Leo Hodges, Margaret Tim and Ginger Sun Egg, The Ardizzone, Edward Beskow, Else Sylvester and the Magic Pebble McCloskey, Robert Steig, William Trouble with Trolls Brett, Jan

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Twelve Dancing Princesses Mayer, Marianna Hardy Boys – Series Ugly Duckling, The Dixon, Franklin W. Andersen, Hans Christian Magic Tree House – Series Velveteen Rabbit Osbourne, Mary Pope Williams, Margery Matt Christopher Sports Books Wagon Wheels Nancy Drew – Series Brenner, Barbara Keene, Carolyn Wednesday Surprise The Shakespeare Can Be Fun – Series Bunting, Eve Burdett, Lois Weslandia Romeo and Juliet for Kids Fleishman, Paul Macbeth for Kids Much Ado About Nothing Hamlet for Kids When I Was Young in the Mountains Twelfth Night for Kids Rylant, Cynthia The Stepping Stone – Series Where the Wild Things Are Knights of the Round Table Sendak, Maurice Gross, Gwen White Giraffe The Hunchback of Notre Dame St. John, Lauren Hugo, Victor and Marc Cerasini Who's in Rabbit's House? Les Miserables Aardema, Verna Hugo, Victor and Monica Kulling Oliver Twist Wild Christmas Reindeer Dicken, Charles, and Les Martin and Jean Brett, Jan Zallinger Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge 20,000 Leages Under the Sea Fox, Mem Conway, Judith Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes Winnie the Pooh Conaway, Judith, Milne, A. A. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Lyle Miller Yonder Johnston, Tony • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • A-Z Mysteries – Series Roy, Ron All Aboard Reading – Series American Girl Collection Beatrix Potter Books Bobbsey Twins – Series Hope, Laura Lee Boxcar Children – Series Warner, Gertrude Chandler

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