Good Reading for First and Second Grade
These books are shelved in the Beginning Reader section of the library, unless a different call number is listed. Ask the librarian for help or for more good reading suggestions!
- Start Here
- Sid and Sam by Nola Buck.
- Sid drives Sam crazy when she sings a long, long song.
- Biscuit* by Alyssa Capucilli.
- A little yellow dog wants just one more thing before he goes to sleep.
- I Am an Explorer by Amy Moses.
- A boy travels into a cave, up a tree, down a stream and above the world.
- Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb by Al Perkins.
- "Dum, diddy, dum, diddy, dum, dum, dum!"
- Joshua James Likes Trucks by Catherine Petrie.
- All kinds of trucks!
- Sweet Potato Pie by Anne Rockwell.
- Nothing tastes as good as Grandma's pie!
- Cat is Back at Bat by John Stadler.
- Fourteen short rhymes tell about silly animals.
- Now Try These
- A Bear for Miguel by Elaine Marie Alphin.
- Maria goes with her father to the market to trade for food, but can she really trade her teddy bear, too?
- Wiley and the Hairy Man by Molly Bang.
- Wiley and his mother outwit the scary Hairy Man.
- My Brother, Ant* by Betsy Byars.
- Four stories about a funny and determined little brother, Anthony - Ant, for short.
- Ready, Set, Read! The Beginning Reader's Treasury by Joanna Cole. J 810.4 Re
- Stories, jokes and riddles from Dr. Seuss, Arnold Lobel and others.
- George Washington's Mother by Jean Fritz. J 921 Washi
- Fredericksburg's Mary Ball Washington had a mind of her own!
- Mummy Riddles* by Katy Hall and Lisa Eisenberg. J 793.735 Ha
- What do mummies like to listen to? "Wrap" music, of course.
- All Stuck Up by Linda Hayward.
- The story of the Tar Baby, Brer Fox and tricky Brer Rabbit.
- Surprises by Lee Bennett Hopkins. J 811.008 Su
- Easy-to-read poems about freckles, hamsters, pets and more.
- Snowshoe Thompson by Nancy Smiler Levinson.
- The true story of a brave man who skied across the Sierra Nevada mountains to deliver the mail.
- Frog and Toad are Friends* by Arnold Lobel.
- Five stories about two best friends.
- Zack's Alligator by Shirley Mozelle.
- Zack's alligator keychain turns into a real alligator who follows him everywhere.
- Follow That Fish by Joanne Oppenheim.
- A boy gets pulled under water by his fishing line!
- Amelia Bedelia* by Peggy Parish.
- No one is sillier than the maid who follows every instruction to the letter.
- Marvin's Best Christmas Present Ever by Katherine Paterson.
- Marvin makes his parents such a good Christmas present that it lasts until spring.
- Dragon's Fat Cat* by Dav Pilkey.
- Dragon brings home a stray cat.
- Harry in Trouble* by Barbara Ann Porte.
- Harry loses his library card three times in a row!
- Ghosts! Ghostly Tales from Folklore by Alvin Schwartz.
- Seven spooky stories to make you shiver.
- The Adventures of Snail at School by John Stadler.
- Snail has some strange adventures when he goes on errands for his teacher.
- Amanda Pig, Schoolgirl* by Jean Van Leeuwen.
- The day has finally come when she can go to school, just like her big brother Oliver.
- Magic Secrets by Rose Wyler. JE
- Easy magic tricks you can learn to do yourself.
*Look for more books in this series.
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