First and Second Grade Reading List
First and Second Grade Reading List
The Lovett School expects all students to read during the summer. Parents are encouraged to participate in this process by reading aloud. This folder and bookmark are guides for summer reading of favorites and books "too good to miss”. Many of the authors have other books which you will also enjoy. Keep a list of the books you read.
| Good Yarns | History and Adventure | Humor |
| Princesses | I Can Read Picture Books | I Can Read Chapter Books |
| Fairy and Folk Tales | Poetry and Books in Rhyme | Biographies |
| Monstrous Good | More Great Authors |
Good Yarns
| Brett, Jan | Honey, Honey, Lion |
| Bryan, Ashley | The Dancing Granny |
| The Night has Ears | |
| Cannon, Jannell | Verdi |
| De Brunhof, L. | Babar |
| DiCamillo, K. | Louise, the Adventures of a Chicken |
| Flora, Brian | The Racecar Alphabet |
| Henkes, K. | Chrysanthemum |
| Hoffman, M. | Amazing Grace |
| Krensky, Stephen | Too Many Leprechauns |
| Kroll, Stephen | The Hanukkah Mice |
| Laden, Nina | Roberto, the Insect Architect |
| Lester, H. | Hooway for Wodney Wat |
| Lithgow, John | I Got Two Dogs |
| Lovell, Patty | Stand Tall, Molly Lou Mellon |
| Markle, Sandra | Finding Home |
| McKissack, P. | Stitchin’ and Pullin’: a Gees Bend Quilt |
| McPhail, D. | Edward in the Jungle |
| Meddaugh, S. | Martha Speaks |
| Morris, C. | The Boy who was Raised by Librarians |
| Mora, P. | Tomas and the Library Lady |
| Oxenbury, H. | Pig Tale |
| Polacco, P. | Babushka Baba Yaga |
| Ripken, Cal | The Longest Season |
| Soentpiet, Chris | Around Town |
| Wells, Rosemary | McDuff Comes Home |
| Willems, M. | Knuffle Bunny |
History and Adventure
| Burleigh, R. | Looking for Bird in the Big City |
| Kimmel, Eric | Blackbeard’s Last Fight |
| Mortenson, Greg | Listen to the Wind |
| Munro, Roxie | Wild West Trail Ride Maze |
| Osborne, W. | Knights and Castles |
| Walker, R. | My Very First Book of Pirates |
| Allard, H. | Miss Nelson is Missing |
| Auch, M. | Chickarella |
| Collins, S. | When Charlie McButton Lost Power |
| Cronin, D. | Diary of a Worm |
| Gantos, J. | Rotten Ralph |
| Hawkes, K. | The Wicked Big Toddlah |
| Kopelke, L. | The Younger Brother’s Survival Guide |
| Lithgow, John | Marsupial Sue |
| Long, M. | How I became a Pirate |
| Marshall, J. | George and Martha |
| Palatini, M. | Stinky Smelly Feet |
| Pomerantz. C. | The Piggy in the Puddle |
| Schachner, Judy | Skippyjon Jones |
| Sczieska, John | Time Warp Trio |
| Stinky cheese man | |
| Weiss, Ellen | My Teacher Sleeps in School |
| Andersen, Hans C. | The Princess and the Pea |
| Auch, Mary Jane | The Princess and the Pizza |
| Coyle, C. | Do Princesses Really Kiss Frogs |
| DiCamillo, K. | Mercy Watson: Princess in Disguise |
| Dorrie, Doris | Lottie’s Princess Dress |
| Horowitz, D. | Twenty-six Princesses |
| Kleven, Elisa | The Paper Princess |
| Matthews, Caitlin | Barefoot Book of Princesses |
| Wood, Audrey | The Princess and the Dragon |
I Can Read Picture Books
| Adler, D. | Young Cam Jansen |
| Bonsall, C. | The Case of the Hungry Stranger |
| Brenner, Barbara | Too Many Mice |
| Brown, Marc | Arthur Meets the President |
| Capucilli, A. | Biscuit Wins a Prize |
| De Paola, T. | Meet the Barkers: Morgan and Moffat Go to School |
| Eastman, P. D. | Are You My Mother? |
| Go, Dog. Go! | |
| Guest, E. | Iris and Walter |
| Hall, Katy | Batty Riddles |
| Levy, Elizabeth | Something Queer at the Lemonade Stand |
| Rylant, Cynthia | Henry and Mudge series |
I Can Read Chapter Books
| Adler, D. | Cam Jansen and the Lost Tooth |
| Brown, Jeff | Stanley, Flat Again |
| Dadey, Debbie | Adventures of the Bailey School Kids |
| Giff Patricia R. | Pickle Puss |
| Gregorich, Barbara | Waltur Buys a Pig in a Poke |
| Gutman, Dan | Miss Daisy is Crazy |
| Harper, Jessica | Uh-oh, Cleo |
| McDonald, Megan | Stink: the Incredible Shrinking Kid |
| Pilkey, Dav | Ricky Ricotta’s Might Robot |
| Rylant, Cynthia | Lighthouse Family series |
Folk and Fairy Tales
| Crews, Nina | The Neighborhood Mother Goose |
| De Paola, T. | Adelita |
| Jeffers, Susan | Cinderella |
| Kellogg, S. | Mike Fink |
| Kimmel, E. | Anansi |
| Rosales, M. | Leola and the Honeybears |
| Zelinsky, P. | Rapunzel |
Poetry and Books in Rhyme
| Chandra, D. | George Washington’s Teeth |
| Cyrus, Kurt | Tadpole Rex |
| Kirk, D. | Miss Spider’s Tea Party |
| Nevius, Carol | Baseball Hour |
| Karate Hour | |
| Peet, Bill | The Wingdingdilly |
| Prelutsky, J. | Awful Ogre Running Wild |
| Sierra, Judy. | Wild about Books |
| Schnitzlein, D. | The Monster who did my Math. |
Biographies (J92)
| Anderson, W. | Laura’s Album (J92) |
| Christensen, B. | The Daring Nelly Bly (J92) |
| DePaola, T. | 26 Fairmont Avenue (J92) |
| Golenbrock, P. | Hank Aaron: Brave in Every Way (J92) |
| J. B. Martin | Snowflake Bentley (J92) |
| McCully, E. | Marvelous Mattie (J92) |
| St. George, J. | You’re on your Way, Teddy Roosevelt (J92) |
| Tudor, B. | Drawn from New England (J92) |
| Wooldridge, C. | When Esther Morris Headed West (J92) |
| Yolen, Jane | My Brothers’ Flying Machine (J92) |
Graphic Works
| Holm, J. | Babymouse: Queen of the World |
| Lawrie, R. and C. | Ridge Riders series |
| Lumry, A. | Amazon River Rescue |
| Runton, Andy | Owly |
| Smith, J. | Bone: Out from Boneville |
| Stilton, Geronimo | Down and Out Down Under |
| Worley, Rob | The Boxcar Children: graphic novels |
Monstrous Good
| Carter, Jimmy | The Little Baby Snoogle-Fleejer |
| Hicks, Barbara J. | Jitterbug Jam |
| Hoban, Russell | Monsters |
| Impey, Rose | Scare Yourself to Sleep |
| The Ankle Grabber 5 | |
| Mayer, Mercer | There’s a Nightmare in my Closet |
| There's Something in my Attic | |
| McKissack, Pat | Precious and the Boo Hag |
| Pinkwater, Daniel | The Frankenbagel Monster |
| Rosenberg, Liz | Monster Mama |
| Schnitzlein, Danny | The Monster who ate my Peas |
| Sendak, Maurice | Where the Wild Things are |
| Sierra, J.12Thelonius | Monster's Sky-high Fly Pie |
| Singer, Marilyn | Monster Museum |
| Solotareff, Gregoire | Never Trust an Ogre |
| Steig, William | Shrek! |
| Taylor, Sean | When a Monster is Born |
| Thach, James | A Child's Guide to Common Household Monsters |
| Van Leeuwen | Amanda Pig and the Awful, Scary Monster |
| Willems, Mo | Your pal Mo Willems Presents Leonardo the Terrible Monster |
| Yolen, Jane | Commander Toad in Space |
More Great Authors
The following authors write easy fiction on fun-to-read subjects. Many have also written picture books.
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Kessler, Leonard | |
| Christopher, Matt | Kline, Suzy | |
| Cleary, Beverly | Lobel, Arnold | |
| Coombs, Patricia | Lovelace, Maud Hart | |
| Corbett, Scott | Myers, Laurie | |
| Danziger, Paula | Osborne, Mary Pope | |
| DePaola, Tomie | Park, Barbara | |
| Delton, Judy | Parrish, Peggy | |
| Duffey, Betsy | Sachar, Louis | |
| Giff, Patricia Reilly | Scieszka, Jon | |
| Howe, James | Warner, Gertrude |
Last updated 05.04.2009