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Grade 2 - Non-fiction

Lightship by Brian Floca - Describes life aboard a lightship, a lighthouse built on a ship and anchored out to sea, and explains what it is like to ride out a storm while doing the important job of helping bring other ships safely to port
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Anansi and the moss-covered rock by Eric A. Kimmel - Anansi the Spider uses a strange moss-covered rock in the forest to trick all the other animals, until Little Bush Deer decides he needs to learn a lesson
Clay boy : adapted from a Russian Folk Tale by Mirra Ginsburg - Wanting a son, an old man and woman make a clay boy who comes to life and begins eating everything in sight until he meets a clever goat
Raven : a trickster tale from the Pacific Northwest by Gerald McDermott - Raven, a Pacific Coast Indian trickster, sets out to find the sun
Giant squid by Candace Fleming - A nonfiction picture book exploring the mysterious life of the elusive giant squid
The fly by Elise Gravel - Celebrates the common house fly, sharing humorous scientific facts about everything from its ability to walk on ceilings to its taste for unappetizing foods
The hidden life of a toad by Doug Wechsler - In jaw-dropping photos, Doug Wechsler captures the life cycle of the American toad from egg to tadpole to adult
When green becomes tomatoes : poems for all seasons by Julie Fogliano - A book of poetry moving through the seasons
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Grade 2 - Picture Books

Sam & Dave dig a hole by Mac Barnett - Sam and Dave are sure they will discover something exciting if they just keep digging their hole
Arthur's teacher trouble by Marc Brown - Third-grader Arthur is amazed when he is chosen to be in the school spellathon
The day the crayons quit by Drew Daywalt - When Duncan arrives at school one morning, he finds a stack of letters, one from each of his crayons, complaining about how he uses them
The three Billy Goats Gruff by Paul Galdone - Three clever billy goats outwit a big ugly troll that lives under the bridge they must cross on their way up the mountain
The bad seed by Jory John - A naughty seed with a bad attitude, bad temper, and bad manners vows to change his life for the better, but his efforts are met with skepticism by his friends
Dewey : there's a cat in the library! by Vicki Myron and Bret Witter - Dewey the kitten is adopted, named, and given the library as a place to call his home
After the fall : how Humpty Dumpty got back up again by Dan Santat - After falling off the wall, Humpty Dumpty is very afraid of climbing up again, but is determined not to let fear stop him from being close to the birds
The bear ate your sandwich by Julia Sarcone-Roach - When a sandwich goes missing, it seems that a bear is the unlikely culprit
The true story of the 3 little pigs by Jon Scieszka - The wolf gives his own outlandish version of what really happened when he tangled with the three little pigs
Memoirs of a goldfish by Devin Scillian - A goldfish gives a personal account of his experiences while swimming around his bowl as it slowly fills with fish and other accessories, only to realize when he is relocated for a cleaning how much he misses them
Duck on a bike by David Shannon - A duck decides to ride a bike and soon influences all the other animals on the farm to ride bikes too
The secret shortcut by Mark Teague - Because Wendell and Floyd have a problem getting to school on time, they decide to take a shortcut which, however, leads to unexpected adventures
The other side by Jacqueline Woodson - Two girls, one white and one black, gradually get to know each other as they sit on the fence that divides their town
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Grade 2 - Readers

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Bones and the dog gone mystery by David A. Adler - While looking for his lost magnifying glass in the park, young Detective Jeffrey Bones and his grandfather discover that Curly the detective dog is missing, too, and start tracking down clues
Minnie and Moo go to the moon by Denys Cazet - Two cow friends, Minnie and Moo, decide to drive the farmer's tractor all the way to the moon
Mercy Watson goes for a ride by Kate DiCamillo - Mr. Watson's usual Saturday drive in his Cadillac with his favorite pig, Mercy, turns into an adventure when an unexpected passenger shows up in the back seat and Mercy finds herself behind the wheel
Brickbeard's treasure by Hannah Dolan - Introduces Captain Brickbeard's ship, his trusted crew, and his adventures to find and protect his treasure
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Captain Cat by Syd Hoff - A cat makes friends with a soldier and learns about military life when he joins the army
Houndsley and Catina by James Howe - Houndsley and Catina run into trouble when they decide to prove that they are the best at cooking and writing, respectively
Katie Woo, where are you? by Fran Manushkin - While shopping with her parents in a mall, Katie helps a lost boy, not realizing that she may be lost, too
Fox on wheels by Edward Marshall - Fox babysits for his sister Louise, learns to climb a tree for some grapes, and wins a shopping cart race
Henry and Mudge and the bedtime thumps : the ninth book of their adventures by Cynthia Rylant - Henry worries about what will happen to his big dog Mudge during their visit to his grandmother's house in the country
Mr. Putter & Tabby pour the tea by Cynthia Rylant - Mr. Putter gets an old cat to share his life with him
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Nate the great by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat - Nate the Great solves the mystery of the missing picture
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Grade 2 - Fast and Fun

Amy and the missing puppy by Callie Barkley - During Spring Break, mystery lover Amy looks for clues to the disappearance of wealthy Ms. Sullivan's Saint Bernard puppy
Game over, Super Rabbit Boy! by Thomas Flintham - When King Viking and his evil robot army attack Animal Town, and kidnap Singing Dog, it is up to Super Rabbit Boy, with some help from Sunny and his video game console, to save the day
The princess in black by Shannon Hale & Dean Hale - Hiding her secret identity as a monster-fighting superhero, Princess Magnolia interrupts her fancy tea with the unsuspecting Duchess Wigtower to stop a big blue monster
Stink : the incredible shrinking kid by Megan McDonald - The shortest kid in the second grade, James Moody, also known as Stink, learns all about the shortest president of the United States, James Madison, when they celebrate Presidents' Day at school
Dinosaurs before dark by Mary Pope Osborne - Eight-year-old Jack and his younger sister Annie find a magic treehouse, which whisks them back to an ancient time zone where they see live dinosaurs
Junie B. Jones smells something fishy by Barbara Park - Frustrated because the rules for her class's Pet Day will not let her take her dog to school, Junie B. Jones considers taking a raccoon, a worm, a dead fish, and other unusual replacements
January joker by Ron Roy - Seven-year-olds Bradley, Brian, Nate, and Lucy make observations and gather clues that convince them that their older siblings, cousin, and animals have been captured by hungry space aliens
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Trouble magnet by Graham Salisbury - Nine-year-old Calvin catches the attention of the school bully on the day before he starts fourth grade, while at home, the unfriendly, fifteen-year-old daughter of his mother's best friend has taken over his room