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Fiction for 1st and 2nd Grade

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Hi! Fly Guy
Tedd Arnold

When Buzz captures a fly to enter in The Amazing Pet Show, the judges tell him that a fly cannot be a pet, but Fly Guy proves them wrong.

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Strega Nona
Tomie de Paola

When Strega Nona leaves Big Anthony alone with her magic pasta pot, he’s determined to show the townspeople how it works.

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Big Red Lollipop
Rukhsana Khan

Having to take her younger sister along the first time she is invited to a birthday party spoils Rubina's fun.

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Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock
Eric. A. Kimmel

Anansi the Spider uses a strange moss-covered rock to trick all the other animals, until Little Bush Deer decides he needs to learn a lesson.

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Frog and Toad (series)
Arnold Lobel

Tales recounting the adventures of two best friends - Frog and Toad.

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Me...Jane
Patrick McDonnell

Holding her stuffed toy chimpanzee, young Jane Goodall observes nature, reads Tarzan books, and dreams of living in Africa and helping animals.

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Fancy Nancy (series)
Jane O'Connor

A young girl who loves fancy things helps her family to be fancy for one special night.

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Junie B. Jones (series)
Barbara Park

In her own words, Junie tells readers her feelings about kindergarten and first grade.

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Officer Buckle and Gloria
Peggy Rathmann

Children ignore Officer Buckle's safety tips until a police dog named Gloria comes along when he gives his safety speeches.

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The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
Jon Scieszka

Madcap revisions of familiar fairy tales. If geese had graves, Mother Goose would be rolling in hers!

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The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
A. Wolf, as told to Jon Scieszka

The wolf gives his own version of what really happened to the three little pigs.

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The Cat in the Hat
Dr. Seuss

Two children sitting at home on a rainy day are visited by the Cat in the Hat who shows them some tricks and games.

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Horton Hears a Who
Dr. Seuss

The Whos on a speck of dust are threatened with destruction until the smallest Who of all helps convince Horton the Elephant's friends that Whos really exist.

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Nate the Great (series)
Marjorie Sharmat

Nate solves mysteries with the help of his dog, Sludge, and a cast of friends and allies.

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Dr. De Soto
William Steig

Dr. De Soto, a dentist and a mouse, relieves the toothaches of various patients, until the day a fox comes to him in great pain.

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We Are in a Book!
Mo Willems

Gerald and Piggie discover the joy of being read. But what will happen when the book ends?


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Library photograph by Joel Aronson