CHARLOTTE MASON · GRADE 2

Ambleside Online — Year 2: Assigned Reading

Ambleside Online is a free, Charlotte Mason–style homeschool curriculum built around "living books." Below is the assigned literature for Year 2 (Grade 2 (ages 7–8)) — the novels, tales, and poetry children read this year. (History spines, science, nature study, and artist/composer study are part of the full curriculum but listed separately on Ambleside Online.)

5 books · Grade 2 (ages 7–8).

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  1. 1The Wind in the Willows

    by Kenneth Grahame

  2. 2Understood Betsy

    by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

  3. 3The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

    by Howard Pyle

  4. 4The Pilgrim's Progress

    by John Bunyan

  5. 5Parables from Nature

    by Margaret Gatty

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Assigned literature from the Ambleside Online Year 2 booklist (amblesideonline.org). View the official Ambleside Online booklist. Last verified 2026-06-29.

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