2000s books assigned in 2nd grade
US schools assign 52 books written in the 2000s to 2nd grade students, across 2 states, spanning 530L–580L. Every title below is cited from a state ELA standard, district reading list, or AP/IB syllabus.
- Titles
- 52
- Written
- 2000–2009
- Lexile range
- 530L–580L
- States assigning
- 2
The list — 2000s, 2nd grade
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Rather listen? Kids who struggle with the print versions often finish the assigned books by listening.
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- "Let's Get a Pup!", Said KateBob Graham
- A Coyote Solstice TaleThomas King
Adopted by an OwlRobbyn Smith van Frankenhuyzen- And If the Moon Could TalkKate Banks
- Apples to OregonDeborah Hopkinson
Arnie, the DoughnutLaurie Keller- Benny and Penny in the Big No-No!Geoffrey Hayes
- Big Mama Makes the WorldPhyllis Root
- By the Light of the Halloween MoonCaroline Stutson
- Cold FeetCynthia C. DeFelice
- Crossing Bok ChittoTim Tingle
Down the Rabbit HolePeter Abrahams- Fairy WingsLauren Mills
Fever 1793Laurie Halse Anderson
Frankenstein Takes the CakeAdam Rex
Geronimo Stilton: Lost Treasure of the Emerald EyeGeronimo Stilton · 530L- Henry Hikes to FitchburgD.B. Johnson
- I Dream of TrainsAngela Johnson
Ida B. and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the WorldKatherine Hannigan
Ivy and BeanAnnie Barrows · 580L- Last NightHyewon Yum
- Mrs. Crump's CatLinda Smith
- My Friend RabbitEric Rohmann
No More Dead DogsGordon Korman
Show all 52 titles
- Not Afraid of Dogs · Susanna Pitzer
- Rap a Tap Tap · Leo Dillon
- River Friendly, River Wild · Jane Kurtz
- Say What? · Margaret Peterson Haddix
- Scat · Carl Hiaasen
- Snow (Book & CD Set) · Uri Shulevitz
- So You Want to be President · Judith George
- Star in the Storm · Joan Hiatt Harlow
- The Dirty Cowboy · Amy Timberlake
- The Hello, Goodbye Window · Norton Juster
- The House in the Night · Susan Marie Swanson
- The Lion & the Mouse · Jerry Pinkney
- The Lion & the Mouse · Jerry Pinkney
- The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza) · Philemon Sturges
- The Longest Night · Marion Dane Bauer
- The Man Who Walked Between the Towers · Mordicai Gerstein
- The Mysterious Collection of Dr. David Harleyson · Jean Cassels
- The Shoe Tree of Chagrin · J. Patrick Lewis
- The Three Pigs · David Wiesner
- There Is a Bird On Your Head! (An Elephant and Piggie Book) · Mo Willems
- Tikki Tikki Tembo · Arlene Mosel
- Togo · Robert J. Blake
- Uptown · Bryan Collier
- We Are the Ship · Kadir Nelson
- When the Wolves Returned · Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
- Willie and the All-Stars · Floyd Cooper
- Zelda and Ivy, the Runaways · Laura McGee Kvasnosky
- Zen and the Art of Faking It · Jordan Sonnenblick
Most-assigned 2000s authors in 2nd grade
Jerry Pinkney (2) · Deborah Hopkinson · Cynthia C. DeFelice · Tim Tingle · Laurie Halse Anderson · Adam Rex
Common questions
- How many 2000s books are assigned in 2nd grade?
- 52 books written between 2000 and 2009 appear on 2nd grade reading lists tracked by ReadingList. Each one is cited from a state department of education, district list, or AP/IB syllabus.
- What Lexile range do these 2000s books cover?
- Lexile measures for the 2000s titles assigned in 2nd grade run from 530L to 580L. Poetry, drama, and graphic novels without a published Lexile measure are not counted in that range.
- Are these assigned nationally or in a few states?
- 2 states assign at least one 2000s title at 2nd grade in the lists tracked here, so this is a broad pattern rather than a single state's canon. Per-state lists are on each state page.