​Second Grade Read Aloud Titles

  • ​​Johnny Appleseed by Reeve Lindbergh
  • The Boy Who Drew Birds by Jacqueline Davies
  • McElligot’s Pool by Dr. Seuss
  • The Monkey and the Crocodile by Paul Galdone
  • The Ant and the Elephant by Bill Peet
  • One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey
  • Amos and Boris by William Steig
  • Cinderella by Marcia Brown
  • A Picture Book of Amelia Earhart by David A. Adler
  • The Five Chinese Brothers by Claire Hutchit Bishop & Kurt Wiese
  • Wee Gillis by Munro Leaf
  • The Thanksgiving Story by Alice Dalgliesh
  • Lucy’s Christmas by Donald Hall
  • The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski
  • The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
  • The Big Snow by Berta and Elmer Hader
  • The Emperor’s New Clothes by Hans Chrstian Anderson, illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton
  • The Gardener by Sarah Stewart
  • Saint Valentine by Robert Sabuda
  • George Washington’s Breakfast by Jean Fritz
  • Farewell to Shady Glade by Bill Peet
  • Cyrus the Unsinkable Sea Serpent by Bill Peet
  • Emily by Michael Bedard
  • Sam, Bangs, & Moonshine by Evaline Ness
  • Island Boy by Barbara Cooney
  • The Easter Egg by Jan Brett
  • Paul Revere’s Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, illustrated by Ted Rand
  • Verdi by Janell Cannon
  • The Gift of the Tree by Alvin Tresselt
  • Maybelle the Cable Car by Virginia Lee Burton
  • A Visit to William Blake’s Inn by Nancy Willard
  • The Fourth of July Story by Alice Dalgliesh
  • Lucy’s Summer by Donald Hall