2011 Summer Reading Ideas

For Children Entering Second Grade

Alfred G. Zanetti Montessori School

 

 

WE SUGGEST THESE TITLES FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE ENTERING SECOND GRADE IN THE FALL AND THEIR PARENTS.

Orangutan Tongs: Poems to Tangle Your Tongue by Jon Agee

Nic Bishop Frogs by Nic Bishop

Soup for Breakfast by Calef Brown

Say Cheese! by Lauren Child

When Harriet Met Sojourner by Catherine Clinton

Holy Guacamole and Other Scrumptious Snacks by Nick Fauchald

Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo II by Brian Floca

Bees, Snails & Peacock Tails by Betsy Franco

A Princess, a Pirate, and One Wild Brother by Cornelia Funke

Dinosaurs! by Gail Gibbons

Sandy's Circus: A Story about Alexander Calder by Tanya Stone

Iris and Walter and the Birthday Party by Elissa Haden Guest

Animals Robert Scott Saw: An Adventure in Antarctica by Sandra Markle

A Second is a Hiccup: A Child's Book of Time by Hazel J. Hutchins

The 3 Bears and Goldilocks by Margaret Willey

Abracadabra! Magic with Mouse and Mole by Wong Herbert Yee

Zelda and Ivy: Keeping Secrets by Laura McGee Kvasnosky

Listen to the Wind: The Story of Dr. Greg and Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortensen

Pearl and Wagner: One Funny Day by Kate McMullan

Folding for Fun by Didier Boursin

Hello Bumblebee Bat by Darrin P. Lunde

Zen Ties by Jon J. Muth

The Remarkable Farkle McBride by John Lithgow

I Need My Monster by Amanda Noll

The Cheese by Margie Palatini

Pictures from Our Vacation by Lynne Rae Perkins

How to Paint the Portrait of a Bird by Jacques Prevert

Walt Disney's Alice in Wonderland by Jon Scieszka

Great Estimations by Bruce Goldstone

United Tweets of America by Hudson Talbot

Casey Back at Bat by Dan Gutman

Bindi Irwin by Sarah Tieck

The Fabulous Feud of Gilbert & Sullivan by Jonah Winter

Jeffrey and Sloth by Kari-Lynn Winters

Awful Ogre Running Wild by Jack Prelutsky

Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangara Moathal by Claire A. Nivola

 

TRY THESE AUTHORS ... AND THEIR SERIES

Little Bill by Bill Cosby

Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne

Minnie and Moo by Denys Cazet

Jackson Friends Book by Michelle Edwards

 

7/2011

Call the Children's Reference Desk at 413-263-6828 ext. 201, your branch library, or use our Askalibrarian service to reserve a book today!

 



updated : July 19, 2011