| ESSENTIAL LITERATURE K-12
Grade 2 – eight books will be read during the school year.
| Title |
Author |
| Amelia Bedelia |
Peggy Parrish |
| Follow the Drinking Gourd |
Jeanette Winter |
| Henry and Mudge, the First Book |
Cynthia Rylant |
| The One in the Middle is a Green Kangaroo |
Judy Blume |
| Four books to be taught from choice list |
| A Chair for My Mother |
Vera Williams |
| Amazing Grace |
Mary Hoffman |
| The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash |
Trinka Hakes Noble |
| Flossie and the Fox |
Patricia McKissack |
| Frog and Toad |
Arnold Lobel |
| Ira Sleeps Over |
Bernard Waber |
| Stellaluna |
Janell Cannon |
| The Story About Ping |
Marjorie Flack |
| Strega Nona |
Tomie dePaola |
| Tikki Tikki Tembo |
Arlene Mosel |
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