Social Awareness Books for 2nd Grade

Second graders are ready to consider the perspective of people who are genuinely different from them — different families, different cultures, different abilities. These books expand their circle of empathy.

1,192 books

The New Kid Has Fleas

Ame Dyckman

Ages 4–8

UglyDolls #1

UglyDolls: Meet the UglyDolls

Celeste Sisler

Ages 4–11

UglyDolls #1

UglyDolls: All About UglyDolls

Celeste Sisler

Ages 4–11

You're Not a Duck!

Maria Yiangou

Ages 2–7

Ribbons

Laurence Yep

Ages 4–11

Come Over to My House

Dr. Seuss, Dr. Seuss

Ages 6–9

The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin

Joe Troiano

Ages 4–11

Journey to an 800 Number

E.L. Konigsburg

Ages 4–11

The Slave Dancer

Paula Fox

Ages 8–12

Sounder

William H. Armstrong

Ages 8–12

Amber and Clay

Laura Amy Schlitz

Ages 4–11

What's Your Name?

Bethanie Deeney Murguia

Ages 4–11

The River Between Us

Richard Peck

Ages 4–11

Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade

Barthe DeClements

Ages 8–11

Pagans

Susan P. Gates

Ages 4–11

Sarah, Plain And Tall

Patricia Maclachian

Ages 7–10

Itty-bitty Kitty-corn

Shannon Hale

Ages 4–11

Lyle the Crocodile #2

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile

Bernard Waber

Ages 4–11

The Boy, the Troll, and the Chalk

Anne Booth

Ages 4–11

The Scroobious Pip

Edward Lear

Ages 4–11

Hidden Voices: The Orphan Musicians of Venice

Pat Lowery Collins

Ages 8–12

Veronica on Petunia's Farm

Roger Duvoisin

Ages 4–8

The Cool Bean

Jory John

Ages 3–7

Little Pink Pup

Johanna Kerby

Ages 4–8