2020s books assigned in 2nd grade
US schools assign 98 books written in the 2020s to 2nd grade students, across 6 states. Every title below is cited from a state ELA standard, district reading list, or AP/IB syllabus.
- Titles
- 98
- Written
- 2020–2029
- States assigning
- 6
The list — 2020s, 2nd grade
Reading the whole 2020s 2nd grade reading list? Kids who struggle with the print versions often finish the assigned books by listening.
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Rather listen? Kids who struggle with the print versions often finish the assigned books by listening.
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¡Vamos! Let's Go EatRaúl the Third III
A Journey Under the SeaCraig Foster- A Land of BooksDuncan Tonatiuh
- A Letter for BobKim Rogers
- A Lot to Like!Derek AndersonA Lot to Like!Derek Anderson
A Mischief of MiceChristie Matheson- All Because You Matter (An All Because You Matter Book)Tami Charles
- Beautiful BlackbirdAshley Bryan
BigVashti Harrison- BigVashti Harrison
BlueNana Ekua Brew-Hammond- Boogie Boogie, Y’allC.G. Esperanza
- Bright StarYuyi Morales
- Bubble TroubleMargaret Mahy
Buffalo FluffaloBess Kalb
Butt or Face?Kari Lavelle- Chooch HelpedAndrea L. Rogers
- Cotorras Sobre Puerto RicoSusan L. Roth
Dadaji's PaintbrushRashmi Sirdeshpande- Dear PrimoDuncan Tonatiuh
Don't Think of TigersAlex Latimer- Eyes That Kiss in the CornersJoanna Ho
FarmhouseSophie Blackall- FlyBrittany J. Thurman
Show all 98 titles
- Forever Cousins · Laurel Goodluck
- Fox at Night · Corey R. Tabor
- Fox Has a Problem · Corey R. Tabor
- Gibberish · Young Vo
- Hidden Hope: How a Toy and a Hero Saved Lives During the Holocaust · Elisa Boxer
- Hot Dog · Doug Salati
- How Dinosaurs Went Extinct: A Safety Guide · Ame Dyckman
- How This Book Got Red · Margaret Chiu Greanias
- How to Eat a Book · MacLeod
- I Am a Tornado · Drew Beckmeyer
- I Know How to Draw an Owl · Hilary Horder Hippely
- I Lived Inside a Whale · Xin Li
- I Talk Like a River · Jordan Scott
- In the Time of the Butterflies · Julia Alvarez
- It's a Sign! · Jarrett Pumphrey
- John's Turn · Mac Barnett
- Just Like Millie · Lauren Castillo
- King of Ragtime · Stephen Costanza
- Knight Owl · Christopher Denise
- Knight Owl and Early Bird · Christopher Denise
- Kumo · Kyo Maclear
- Leaf Man Board Book · Lois Ehlert
- Like · Annie Barrows
- Little Red Riding Hood (40th Anniversary Edition) · Trina Schart Hyman
- Me Gusta · Angela Dominguez
- Midnight and Moon · Kelly Cooper
- Millie Fleur's Poison Garden · Christy Mandin
- Milloo's Mind · Reem Faruqi
- Mr. S · Monica Arnaldo
- Navigating Night · Julie Leung
- Night in the City · Julie Downing
- No Cats in the Library · Lauren Emmons
- Not All Sheep Are Boring! · Bobby Moynihan
- Oh No, the Aunts Are Here · Adam Rex
- Our Planet! There's No Place Like Earth · Stacy McAnulty
- Over and Under the Rainforest · Kate Messner
- Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library · Carole Boston Weatherford
- See the Cat: Three Stories About a Dog · David LaRochelle
- Some of Us · Rajani Larocca
- Something, Someday · Amanda Gorman
- Sonadores (Dreamers) · Yuyi Morales
- Swim Team · Johnnie Christmas
- Thank a Farmer · Maria Gianferrari
- That's Not My Name! · Anoosha Syed
- The Bear and the Moon · Matthew Burgess
- The Bees of Notre-Dame · Meghan Browne
- The Dream Catcher · Marcelo Verdad
- The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza · Mac Barnett
- The Garden of Abdul Gasazi · Chris Van Allsburg
- The Great Stink · Colleen Paeff
- The One and Only Ruby · Katherine Applegate
- The People's Painter · Cynthia Levinson
- The Yellow Bus · Loren Long
- There Might Be Lobsters · Carolyn Crimi
- This Is Not My Hat · Jon Klassen
- Time to Make Art · Jeff Mack
- Tomfoolery! · Michelle Markel
- Two Dogs · Ian Falconer
- Unspeakable · Carole Boston Weatherford
- Ursula Upside Down · Corey R. Tabor
- Victory. Stand! · Tommie Smith
- Watch Out for the Lion! · Brooke Hartman
- Watercress · Andrea Wang
- We Are Water Protectors · Carole Lindstrom
- We Go Slow · Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie
- When Alexander Graced the Table · Alexander Smalls
- When You Can Swim · Jack Wong
- Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike · Dashka Slater
- William Still and His Freedom Stories · Don Tate
- Witchlings · Claribel A. Ortega
- Wombat Said Come In · Carmen Agra Deedy
- Yoshi, Sea Turtle Genius · Lynne Cox
- You're So Amazing! · James Catchpole
- Yuna's Cardboard Castles · Marie Tang
Most-assigned 2020s authors in 2nd grade
Corey R. Tabor (3) · Duncan Tonatiuh (2) · Vashti Harrison (2) · Yuyi Morales (2) · Mac Barnett (2) · Christopher Denise (2)
Common questions
- How many 2020s books are assigned in 2nd grade?
- 98 books written between 2020 and 2029 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.
- Are these assigned nationally or in a few states?
- 6 states assign at least one 2020s 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.