Summer 2010
Acton Public Schools Suggested Reading List       Entering Grade 2

Please do not place reserves on items that show as AVAILABLE at Acton.
To reserve these items please call the library (978-929-6655, option 4), and we will be happy to hold them at the Circulation Desk.

Any Miss Nelson Book by Harry Allard  Miss Nelson Is Missing!  Miss Nelson Is Back  Miss Nelson Has A Field Day

Principal’s New Clothes by Stephanie Calmenson

Stellaluna and Verdi by Janell Cannon

Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney

A Fine Fine School by Sharon Creech

Any Holiday Story by Diane DeGroat  Jingle Bells, Homework Smells  Roses Are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink?  April Fool! Watch Out At School  Trick Or Treat, Smell My Feet  We Gather Together-- Now Please Get Lost!

Any "Everybody" Book by Norah Dooley  Everybody Bakes Bread  Everybody Cooks Rice  Everybody Brings Noodles  Everybody Serves Soup

Practice Makes Perfect for Rotten Ralph by Jack Gantos

Any Book by Gail Gibbons  The Missing Maple Syrup Sap Mystery  Surrounded By Sea  Check It Out!  Deadline! : From News To Newspaper  Fire! Fire!  Post Office Book: Mail And How It Moves  Beacons Of Light: Lighthouses  Boat Book  Happy Birthday!  St. Patrick's Day  Valentine's Day  Easter  Thanksgiving Day  Christmas Time  Sun Up, Sun Down  Weather Words And What They Mean  Zoo  Spiders  Monarch Butterfly  Trains  Emergency!  Fill It Up!: All About Service Stations Bicycle Book  Country Fair  Dogs  The Milk Makers  Clocks And How They Go  Up Goes The Skyscraper!  The Pottery Place  Catch The Wind!  Recycle!: A Handbook For Kids  Halloween Is  Christmas Is  Santa Who?  Behold--The Unicorns  Dinosaurs, Dragonflies And Diamonds  The Moon Book  Stargazers The Reasons For Seasons  Planet Earth, Inside Out  Caves And Caverns  Exploring The Deep Dark Sea Dinosaurs  Dinosaur Discoveries Tell Me, Tree  Nature's Green Umbrella : Tropical Rain Forests  Whales  Sharks  Sea Turtles  The Puffins Are Back!  Polar Bears Grizzly Bears  Wolves  

Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman

Angelina Ballerina Books by Katharine Holabird  Angelina And Alice  Angelina And Henry  Angelina And The Princess  Angelina At The Fair  Angelina Ballerina  Angelina Ballerina's Invitation To The Ballet  Angelina Ice Skates  Angelina On Stage  Angelina's Baby Sister  Angelina's Birthday  Angelina Star Of The Show  Angelina's Christmas  Angelina's Halloween

Harold and Chester Books by James Howe  Harold And Chester In Scared Silly  Harold And Chester In The Fright Before Christmas  Harold And Chester In Hot Fudge  Harold And Chester In Rabbit-Cadabra!  Harold And Chester In Creepy-Crawly Birthday

Swamp Angel by Anne Issacs

Salt In His Shoes by Deloris Jordan

Frog Hunt by Sandra Jordan

Any Book by Steven Kellogg  A-Hunting We Will Go!  Aster Aardvark's Alphabet Adventures  Best Friends : Story And Pictures  Chicken Little  Give The Dog A Bone  The Island Of The Skog  I Was Born About 10,000 Years Ago  The Missing Mitten Mystery  Much Bigger Than Martin  A Penguin Pup For Pinkerton  Pinkerton, Behave!  Prehistoric Pinkerton  Ralph's Secret Weapon  The Three Little Pigs  Jack And The Beanstalk  Johnny Appleseed  Mike Fink  Paul Bunyan, A Tall Tale  Pecos Bill : A Tall Tale  Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett

Any Horrible Harry Book by Suzy Kline  Horrible Harry In Room 2B Horrible Harry And The Holidaze  Horrible Harry And The Mud Gremlins  Horrible Harry And The Dragon War  Horrible Harry Goes To Sea  Horrible Harry Goes To The Moon  Horrible Harry At Halloween  Horrible Harry And The Drop Of Doom  Horrible Harry's Secret  Horrible Harry Moves Up To Third Grade  Horrible HarryAnd The Christmas Surprise  Horrible Harry And The Ant Invasion  Horrible Harry And The Purple People  Horrible Harry And The Dungeon  Horrible Harry And The Kickball Wedding  Horrible Harry And The Green Slime  Horrible Harry And The Locked Closet  Horrible Harry And The Triple Revenge Horrible Harry Takes The Cake  Horrible Harry Cracks The Code  Horrible Harry Bugs The Three Bears  Horrible Harry And The Dead Letters

Sam And The Tigers retold by Julius Lester

Any Book by Arnold Lobel  Days With Frog And Toad  Frog And Toad All Year  Frog And Toad Are Friends  Frog And Toad Together  Grasshopper On The Road  Owl At Home  Mouse Tales  Mouse Soup  Prince Bertram The Bad  How The Rooster Saved The Day  On The Day Peter Stuyvesant Sailed Into Town  On Market Street  Fables  The Book Of Pigericks : Pig Limericks  Whiskers And Rhymes

Gooney Bird Greene  and Gooney Bird And The Room Mother by Lois Lowry

Make Way For Ducklings by Robert McCloskey

Any Mirette Book by Emily McCully  Mirette And Bellini Cross Niagara Falls  Mirette On The High Wire  Starring Mirette and Bellini

Any Book by Susan Meddaugh  Beast  The Best Place  Cinderella's Rat  Hog Eye  Lulu's Hat  The Witch's Walking Stick  Harry On The Rocks  Martha And Skits  Martha Blah Blah  Martha Calling  Martha Speaks  Martha Walks The Dog  Perfectly Martha  Witches Supermarket  Maude and Claude Go Abroad

Three Stories You Can Read To Your Cat and Three More Stories You Can Read To Your Cat by Sara Swan Miller

Tomas And The Library Lady by Pat Mora

Gus And Gertie And The Lucky Charms and Gus And Gertie And The Missing Pearl by Joan Lowry Nixon

Any Magic Tree House Book by Mary Pope Osborne   Dinosaurs Before Dark (1)  The Knight At Dawn (2)   Mummies In The Morning (3)  Pirates Past Noon (4)  Night Of The Ninjas (5)  Afternoon On The Amazon (6)  Sunset Of The Sabertooth (7)  Midnight On The Moon (8)  Dolphins At Daybreak (9)  Ghost Town At Sundown (10)  Lions At Lunchtime (11)  Polar Bears Past Bedtime (12)   Vacation Under The Volcano (13)  Day Of The Dragon King (14)  Viking Ships At Sunrise (15)  Hour Of The Olympics (16)  Tonight On The Titanic (17)  Buffalo Before Breakfast (18)  Tigers At Twilight (19)  Dingoes At Dinnertime (20)  Civil War On Sunday (21)  Revolutionary War On Wednesday (22)  Twister On Tuesday (23)   Earthquake in the Early Morning (24)  Stage Fright On A Summer Night (25)  Good Morning Gorillas (26)  Thanksgiving On Thursday (27)  High Tide In Hawaii (28)  Christmas In Camelot (29)  Haunted Castle On Hallows Eve (30)  Summer Of The Sea Serpent (31)  Winter of the Ice Wizard (32)  Carnival at Candlelight (33)  Season of the Sandstorms (34)  Night of the New Magicians (35)  Blizzard of the Blue Moon (36)  Dragon of the Red Dawn (37)  Monday With A Mad Genius (38)  Dark Day in the Deep Sea(39)  Eve of the Emperor Pengui (40)  Moonlight on the Magic Flute (41)  A Good Night for Ghosts (42) (7/09)

Any Amelia Bedelia Book by Peggy Parish  Amelia Bedelia  The Adventures Of Amelia Bedelia  Amelia Bedelia, Bookworm  Amelia Bedelia And The Baby  Amelia Bedelia 4 Mayor  Amelia Bedelia And The Surprise Shower  Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping  Amelia Bedelia Helps Out  

Any Book by Bill Peet  The Ant And The Elephant  Big Bad Bruce  Buford, The Little Bighorn  The Caboose Who Got Loose  Chester, The Worldly Pig  Cock-A-Doodle Dudley  Cowardly Clyde  Cyrus the Unsinkable Sea Serpent  Ella  Encore for Eleanor  Farewell To Shady Glade  Fly Homer Fly  The Gnats Of Knotty Pine  How Droofus The Dragon Lost His Head  Hubert's Hair-Raising Adventure  Huge Harold  The Kweeks Of Kookatumdeea  The Luckiest One Of All  Merle The High Flying Squirrel  No Such Things  Pamela Camel  The Pinkish, Purplish, Bluish Egg  Randy's Dandy Lions  Smokey  The Whingdingdilly  The Wump World  Zella, Zack, And Zodiac

Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann

Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad by Faith Ringgold

High Rise Private Eyes Mysteries by Cynthia Rylant  The Case Of The Climbing Cat  The Case Of The Missing Monkey  The Case Of The Puzzling Possum  The Case Of The Puzzling Possum  The Case Of The Troublesome Turtle  The Case Of The Sleepy Sloth  The Case Of The Fidgety Fox  The Case Of The Baffled Bear The Case Of The Desperate Duck

Any Henry and Mudge Book by Cynthia Rylant  Henry and Mudge:The First Book Of Their Adventures  Henry and Mudge In the Green Time  Henry and Mudge In the Sparkle Days  Henry and Mudge Get the Cold Shivers  Henry and Mudge in Puddle Trouble  Henry and Mudge Under the Yellow Moon  Henry and Mudge and the Forever Sea  Henry and Mudge and the Happy Cat  Henry and Mudge and the Bedtime Thumps  Henry and Mudge and the Long Weekend  Henry and Mudge and the Careful Cousin  Henry and Mudge in the Family Trees  Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night  Henry and Mudge and the Snowman Plan  Henry and Mudge and the Tall Tree House  Henry and Mudge Take the Big Test  Henry and Mudge and the Wild Wind  Henry and Mudge and the Best Day of All  Henry and Mudge and the Sneaky Crackers  Henry and Mudge and Annie's Good Move  Henry and Mudge and Annie's Perfect Pet  Henry and Mudge and Mrs. Hopper's House  Henry and Mudge and The Wild Goose Chase  Henry and Mudge and The Funny Lunch Henry and Mudge and A Very Merry Christmas  Henry and Mudge and The Great Grandpas  Henry and Mudge and The Tumbling Trip  Henry and Mudge and The Big Sleepover

Any Book by Allen Say  The Bicycle Man  Home Of The Brave  Emma's Rug  The Feast Of Lanterns  Grandfather's Journey  The Lost Lake  Music For Alice  The Sign Painter  Stranger In The Mirror  Tea With Milk  Tree Of Cranes Kamishibai Man

In A Dark, Dark Room by Alvin Schwartz

Nate the Great Mysteries by Marjorie Sharmat  Nate The Great And The Big Sniff  Nate The Great And The Halloween Hunt  Nate The Great And The Crunchy Christmas  Nate The Great And The Lost List  Nate The Great And The Missing Key  Nate The Great And The Monster Mess  Nate The Great And The Mushy Valentine  Nate The Great And The Musical Note  Nate The Great And The Phony Clue  Nate The Great And The Pillowcase  Nate The Great And The Snowy Trail  Nate The Great And The Sticky Case  Nate The Great And The Stolen Base  Nate The Great And The Tardy Tortoise  Nate The Great Goes Down In The Dumps  Nate The Great Goes Undercover  Nate The Great San Francisco Detective  Nate The Great Saves The King Of Sweden

Any Book by Gary Soto  Chato's Kitchen  Chato And The Party Animals  The Old Man And His Door  If The Shoe Fits  Too Many Tamales  Chato Goes Cruisin'

Any Book by Chris Van Allsburg  Bad Day At Riverbend  The Garden of Abdul Gasazi  Jumanji  Just A Dream  The Mysteries Of Harris Burdick  The Stranger  The Sweetest Fig  Two Bad Ants  The Widow's Broom  The Wreck Of The Zephyr  The Wretched Stone  Zathura: A Space Adventure  Probuditi! The Polar Express

You Can't Take A Balloon Into The Museum Of Fine Arts by Jacqueline Weitzman

Any Book by Audrey Wood  Birdsong   The Bunyans  Christmas Adventure Of Space Elf Sam  Cowboy Christmas  Detective Valentine  Elbert's Bad Word  Flying Dragon Room  Heckedy Peg  Jubal's Wish  King Bidgood's In The Bathtub  Moonflute  The Napping House  Quick As A Cricket  Silly Sally  Sweet Dream Pie  Three Sisters  Weird Parents Little Penguin's Tale  Dog Needs A Bone  Ten Little Fish  When The Root Children Wake Up  Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, And The Big Hungry Bear  Alphabet Mystery  Alphabet Rescue

Lon Po Po byEd Young