2nd Grade Reading

by Barb Rosenstock
illustrated by Mordicai Gerstein

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“Teddie and Johnnie didn’t have much in common — but they shared a love of the outdoors. They both loved a good story, too. And that was enough to change America.” So begins author Barb Rosenstock in her picture book The Camping Trip That Changed America, as she brings to life an important four-day California wilderness adventure shared by President Theodore Roosevelt and the author-naturalist John Muir.

Roosevelt and Muir were united by their love for wild places, even though they came from very different sorts of families in different parts of the country. President Roosevelt read Muir’s books, and took seriously the author’s call for wilderness protection. When Muir invited the President to join him in California to see the land for himself, Roosevelt jumped at the chance. » Read more

by Sara Pennypacker
Pictures by Marla Frazee
Book 4 of the Clementine series

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One of my favorite of the early chapter book series, I was worried that this fourth installment of the boisterous Clementine would be disappointing. Instead, it is as delightful as the first three and perfect for the second grade reader.
Clementine (named for the small tangerine) is named the Friend of the Week. This means she gets to share information about herself and her classmates will write special things about her in a special book that she will take home on Friday. Excited, Clementine shares her luck with Margaret, her best friend. Margaret had been a Friend of the Week last year when she was in third grade. But Margaret won’t let Clementine see her book, and they fight. Making up is hard to do. » Read more

Written and illustrated by Daniel Kirk

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Sam and Sarah, library mice use their imagination to go on an adventure in a museum that will delight second grade readers. They take along adventure journals and write about Egyptian mummies, suits of armor from Middle Ages and suddenly discover they are being followed.
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