Fiction for 1st and 2nd Grade
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Frog and Toad (series)
Arnold Lobel Tales recounting the adventures of two best friends - Frog and Toad. |
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. |
Fancy Nancy (series)
Jane O'Connor A young girl who loves fancy things helps her family to be fancy for one special night. |
Junie B. Jones (series)
Barbara Park In her own words, Junie tells readers her feelings about kindergarten and first grade. |
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. |
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! |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Nate the Great (series)
Marjorie Sharmat Nate solves mysteries with the help of his dog, Sludge, and a cast of friends and allies. |
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. |
We Are in a Book!
Mo Willems Gerald and Piggie discover the joy of being read. But what will happen when the book ends? |