Recommended Summer Reading Book List for
Entering 2nd Graders
| Book Title | Author |
| A Bargain for Frances | Russell Hoban |
| American Tall Tales | Mary Pope Osborne |
| Ira Sleeps Over | Bernard Waber |
| Make Way for Ducklings | R. McCloskey |
| Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present | Charlotte Zolotow |
| Mrs. Rumphius | Barbara Cooney |
| Nothing Ever Happens on My Block | Ellen Raskin |
| Owl at Home | Arnold Lobel |
| Peter's Chair | Ezra Jack Keats |
| The Happy Lion | Louise Fatio |
| The Little Puppy | Judy Dunn |
| The Snowy Day | Ezra Jack Keats |
| The Story of Ferdinand | Munro Leaf |
| The Teeny-Tiny Woman | Paul Galdone |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar | Eric Carle |
| Umbrella | Taro Yashima |
| What Do you Do with a Kangaroo? | Mercer Mayer |
| Who's Afraid of the Dark? | Crosby Bonsall |
| Whose Mouse are You? | Robert Kraus |
| William's Doll | Charlotte Zolotow |
| Suggested Reading Series | |
| Amelia Bedelia | Peggy Parish |
| Arthur Chapter Books | Marc Brown |
| Berenstein Bears stories | Stand and Jan Berenstein |
| Cam Jansen Series | David A. Adler |
| Curious George | Margaret and H. A. Rey |
| Flat Stanley | Jeff Brown |
| Frog and Toad Series | Arnold Lobel |
| Junie B. Jones Series | Barbara Park |
| Little Bear Series | Else Minarik |
| Magic Tree House Series | Mary Pope Osborne |
| Nate the Great Series | Marjorie Sharmat |