2000s books assigned in 2nd grade
US schools assign 109 books written in the 2000s to 2nd grade students, across 10 states, spanning 530L–580L. Every title below is cited from a state ELA standard, district reading list, or AP/IB syllabus.
Most widely assigned from the 2000s
Hooway for Wodney Wat
Helen Lester · on 5 reading lists
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- Titles
- 109
- Written
- 2000–2009
- Lexile range
- 530L–580L
- States assigning
- 10
The list — 2000s, 2nd grade
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"Let's Get a Pup!", Said KateBob Graham
A Coyote Solstice TaleThomas King
A Fine, Fine SchoolSharon Creech
Adopted by an OwlRobbyn Smith van Frankenhuyzen
And If the Moon Could TalkKate Banks
Apples to OregonDeborah Hopkinson
Arnie, the DoughnutLaurie Keller
ArrowhawkLola M. Schaefer
Bad KittyNick Bruel
BedheadMargie Palatini
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
Cowgirl Kate and CocoaErica Silverman
Crossing Bok ChittoTim Tingle
Diary of a WombatJackie French
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the BusMo Willems
Down the Rabbit HolePeter Abrahams
EpossumondasColeen Salley
Fairy WingsLauren Mills
Falling for RapunzelLeah Wilcox
Fever 1793Laurie Halse Anderson
FlotsamDavid Wiesner
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- Frankenstein Takes the Cake
- Geronimo Stilton: Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye
- Goin' Someplace Special
- Good Boy, Fergus
- Guji Guji
- He Came With the Couch
- Henry Hikes to Fitchburg
- Hoodwinked
- Hooway for Wodney Wat
- Humpty-Dumpty Egg-Splodes
- Hungry Hen
- I Ain't Gonna Paint No More
- I Dream of Trains
- I Need My Monster
- I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato
- Ida B. and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World
- If I Built a Car
- Ivy and Bean
- Jazz on a Saturday Night
- Kitten's First Full Moon
- Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale
- Last Night
- Let's Do Nothing
- Millie Waits for the Mail
- Minnie's Diner: A Multiplying Menu
- Mis colores, mi mundo
- Miss Smith's Incredible Storybook
- Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom
- Mrs. Crump's Cat
- Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!
- My Friend Rabbit
- My Lucky Day
- My People
- No More Dead Dogs
- Not Afraid of Dogs
- Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude
- One Lucky Girl
- Peter Spit a Seed at Sue
- Poppleton in Winter
- Ralph S. Mouse
- Rap a Tap Tap
- Rhyming Dust Bunnies
- River Friendly, River Wild
- Rosa
- Salt in His Shoes: Michael Jordan in Pursuit of a Dream
- Say What?
- Scaredy Squirrel
- Scat
- Scranimals
- Skippyjon Jones
- Snow
- So You Want to be President
- Stanley's Wild Ride
- Star in the Storm
- Substitute Teacher Plans
- Talkin' About Bessie
- Ted
- The Blacker the Berry
- The Dirty Cowboy
- The Great Fuzz Frenzy
- The Hello, Goodbye Window
- The House in the Night
- The Lion & the Mouse
- The Lion & the Mouse
- The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza)
- The Longest Night
- The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
- The Monster Who Ate My Peas
- The Mysterious Collection of Dr. David Harleyson
- The Raft
- The Recess Queen
- The Secret Science Project That Almost Ate the School
- The Shoe Tree of Chagrin
- The Sign Painter
- The Soccer Mom From Outer Space
- The Three Pigs
- There Is a Bird On Your Head! (An Elephant and Piggie Book)
- Titanicat
- Togo
- Uptown
- We Are the Ship
- When the Wolves Returned
- Widget
- Zelda and Ivy, the Runaways
- Zen and the Art of Faking It
Most-assigned 2000s authors in 2nd grade
Mo Willems (3) · David Wiesner (2) · O'Malley, Kevin (2) · Leo Dillon (2) · Jerry Pinkney (2) · Sharon Creech
Common questions
- How many 2000s books are assigned in 2nd grade?
- 109 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?
- 10 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.