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2nd Grade Reads

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Fantastic Mr. Fox
Author: Roald Dahl
Call Number: J FICTION DAH

Three farmers, each one meaner than the other, try all-out warfare to get rid of the fox and his family.

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Houndsley and Catina series
Author: James Howe
Call Number: BEGINNING TO READ E HOW

Houndsley and Catina run into trouble when they decide to prove that they are the best at cooking and writing, respectively.

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The One and Only Stuey Lewis
Author: Jane Schoenberg
Call Number: J FICTION SCH

Stuey Lewis makes his way through second grade facing reading problems, pulling off a great Halloween caper, joining a soccer team, and more with the help of family, friends, and a special teacher.

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The Book of Why
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Call Number: J500 BOO

This book answers a wide range of "why" questions, such as why stars twinkle, and provides further information with fun-filled facts.

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Ivy + Bean
Author: Annie Barrows
Call Number: J FICTION BAR

When seven-year-old Bean plays a mean trick on her sister, she finds unexpected support for her antics from Ivy, the new neighbor, who is less boring than Bean first suspected.  This title begins the Ivy + Bean book series.

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Daisy Dawson is on Her Way
Author: Steve Voake
Call Number: J FICTION VOA

One day when Daisy is late for school, an encounter with a butterfly leaves her suddenly able to communicate with animals, and when Boom, a stray dog, is caught by the pound, she enlists the help of a host of other animals to rescue him.

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There are No Cats in This Book
Author: Viviane Schwarz
Call Number: E SCH

Filled with the spirit of adventure, three cats pack their suitcases and try to escape from their book.

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Rainbow Magic Fairy series
Author: Daisy Meadows
Call Number: J FICION MEA

Fairyland is home to seven colorful sisters. Together, they are the Rainbow Fairies!

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How to Clean a Hippopotamus: A Look at Unusual Animal Partnerships
Author: Steve Jenkins and Robin Page
Call Number: J591.785 JEN

Learn about the ingenious lifestyles of some of the world's most unusual animal partners.

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Pingpong Perry Experiences How a Book is Made
Author: Sandy Donovan
Call Number: J002 DON

Perry likes pizza and pingpong. But one day he wonders what kind of pizza professional pingpong players would pick. When he can't find the answers at the library, Perry decides to write his own book. Follow Perry's idea from beginning to end, and find out how his big idea becomes a book.

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An Awesome Book of Thanks
Author: Dallas Clayton
Call Number: E CLA

Celebrates all the things for which to be thankful, from boats and cars to alligator acrobats and gigantic dinomachines, and from the things that can be seen everyday to the bad things that may turn out to be good.

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Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau
Author: Jennifer Berne
Call Number: J BIO COUSTEAU

Before Jacques Cousteau became an internationally known oceanographer and champion of the seas, he was a curious little boy. In this biography, poetic text and paintings combine to create a portrait of Jacques Cousteau.

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Mail by the Pail
Author: Colin Bergel
Call Number: J FICTION BER

A young girl learns how the birthday card she makes for her father will get to him as he works on a freighter carrying coal on Lake Michigan.

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Laugh-eteria: Poems and Drawings
Author: Douglas Florian
Call Number: J811 FLO

A collection of more than 100 humorous poems on such topics as ogres, pizza, fear, school, dragons, trees, and hair.

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Ghostville Elementary series
Author: Marcia Thornton Jones
Call Number: J FICTION JON

The basement of Sleepy Hollow's elementary school is haunted. At least that's what everyone says. But no one has ever gone downstairs to prove it. Until now...

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The Best Seat in Second Grade
Author: Katharine Kenah
Call Number: BEGINNING TO READ E KEN

Sam's favorite thing about second grade is the class pet, a hamster named George Washington, so when the class goes on a field trip to a science museum, Sam cannot resist bringing George along.

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Johnny Appleseed, the Story of a Legend
Author: Will Moses
Call Number: J BIO APPLESEED

This book explores the life and times of Johnny Appleseed, the great tree hugger and tree planter from American folklore. Appleseed, who began life as John Chapman, born in Massachusetts in 1774, had always longed to "live as he wanted, free like the Indians and the animals," in the wild woods and undeveloped lands of early America.

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Pirate Adventures
Author: Russell Punter
Call Number: J FICTION PUN

Who will be the Pirate of the Year? What is the cabin boys secret? And how will Captain Spike escape from the dungeons of Rotters Isle? Find out in these swashbuckling stories of ships, sharks and scheming on the high seas.

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Dear Tooth Fairy
Author: Karen Gray Ruelle
Call Number: BEGINNING TO READ E RUE

When her tooth becomes loose, Emily excitedly writes to the Tooth Fairy and tries to help the tooth fall out.

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Flat Stanley
Author: Jeff Brown
Call Number: J FICTION BRO

After a bulletin board falls on Stanley while he is sleeping, he finds that being flat has its advantages.

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Mercy Watson to the Rescue
Author: Kate DiCamillo
Call Number: J FICTION DIC

After Mercy the pig snuggles to sleep with the Watsons, all three awaken with the bed teetering on the edge of a big hole in the floor.

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Nate the Great
Author: Marjorie Sharmat
Call Number: BEGINNING TO READ E SHA

Nate the Great solves the mystery of the missing picture.

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Clever Duck
Author: Dick King-Smith
Call Number: J FICTION KIN

When the pigs start picking on all the other farm animals, Damaris, who is a very clever duck, and her best friend, Rory the sheepdog, find a way to exact revenge, only to find their plot backfiring.

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Skunkdog
Author: Emily Jenkins
Call Number: E JEN

Dumpling, a lonely dog with no sense of smell, moves with his family to the country and makes a new friend who takes some getting used to.

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My Weird School series
Author: Dan Gutman
Call Number: J FICTION GUT

Each book tells about a new teacher who has some quirky and crazy qualities that make all the second-grade students at My Weird School create wild stories about the reasons for the totally weird behavior.

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The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish
Author: Neil Gaiman
Call Number: E GAI

After trading his father for two goldfish, a boy and his little sister go on a rollicking adventure around town to get him back.

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Second-Grade Friends
Author: Miriam Cohen
Call Number: J FICTION COH

Jacob worries a lot. If only he knew how much his friends from second grade really like him!

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Soupy Saturdays with Pain and the Great One
Author: Judy Blume
Call Number: J FICTION BLU

Revisits the sometimes challenging relationship between a six-year-old (The Pain) and his eight-year-old sister (The Great One) through seven chapters featuring such events as learning to ride a bicycle, having a birthday party, and dog-sitting.

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Super Fly Guy
Author: Tedd Arnold
Call Number: BEGINNING TO READ E ARN

Fly Guy visits the school cafeteria and gets the lunch lady fired.

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