# 2nd grade books about dogs, fiction

**5** books commonly assigned to 2nd grade students in US schools that explore dogs, fiction. Every title's grade range covers 2nd grade, so each is grade-appropriate by curriculum placement. Sourced from Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and 50 state ELA curricula.

**Grade:** 2nd grade  ·  **Theme:** dogs, fiction
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**Primary source — Common Core ELA exemplars:** https://www.nysed.gov/sites/default/files/programs/standards-instruction/appendix-b-text-exemplars-and-sample-performance-tasks.pdf

## 2nd grade dogs, fiction reading list

- [Can I Be Your Dog?](https://readinglist.school/book/can-i-be-your-dog) by Troy Cummings _(Grades K–3 · pub 2018)_
- [Good Boy, Fergus](https://readinglist.school/book/good-boy-fergus) by David Shannon _(Grades K–2 · pub 2006)_
- [Madeline Finn and the Library Dog](https://readinglist.school/book/madeline-finn-and-the-library-dog) by Lisa Papp _(Grades K–2 · pub 2016)_
- [Riptide](https://readinglist.school/book/riptide) by Frances Ward Weller _(Grades K–3 · pub 1990)_
- [Widget](https://readinglist.school/book/widget) by Lyn Rossiter McFarland _(Grades K–3 · pub 2001)_

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