Read-Aloud Books for 2nd Grade

Second graders can handle longer read-alouds and are starting to appreciate chapter books read over multiple days. These picks include single-sitting picture books for focused lessons and short chapter books for the sustained experience of living inside a story together.

6,491 books

Cover of The Foggy, Foggy Forest
The Foggy, Foggy Forest
Nick Sharratt
Ages 4–11
Cover of I Love Grandma
I Love Grandma
Lizi Boyd
Ages 4–11
Cover of And So They Build
And So They Build
Bert Kitchen
Ages 4–11
Cover of How to Catch the Easter Bunny
How to Catch the Easter Bunny
Adam Wallace
Ages 3–7
Cover of On the Night of the Shooting Star
On the Night of the Shooting Star
Amy Hest
Ages 4–11
Cover of Green The Story of Plant Life on Our Planet
Green #1
Green The Story of Plant Life on Our Planet
Nicola Davies
Ages 4–11
Cover of Animagicals Sports
Animagicals Sports
Carol Diggory Shields
Ages 4–8
Cover of All about Alligators
All About #1
All about Alligators
Jim Arnosky
Ages 4–11
Cover of Make Me a Peanut Butter Sandwich and a Glass of Milk
Make Me a Peanut Butter Sandwich and a Glass of Milk
Ken Robbins
Ages 4–11
Cover of Old Dog Baby Baby
Old Dog Baby Baby
Julie Fogliano
Ages 4–11
Cover of It All Began Here
It All Began Here
Emma Wilby
Ages 4–11
Cover of Tiny Creatures The World of Microbes
Tiny Creatures The World of Microbes
Nicola Davies
Ages 4–11
Cover of The Gettysburg Address in Translation What it Really Means
What It Really Means #1
The Gettysburg Address in Translation What it Really Means
Kay Melchisedech Olson
Ages 4–11
Cover of The Invention Hunters Discover How Light Works
The Invention Hunters #1
The Invention Hunters Discover How Light Works
Korwin Briggs
Ages 4–11
Cover of Puggle: A Cross Between a Pug and a Beagle
Puggle: A Cross Between a Pug and a Beagle
Molly Kolpin
Ages 4–11
Cover of Painting with Picasso
Mini Masters #2
Painting with Picasso
Julie Merberg, Suzanne Bober
Ages 4–11
Cover of I Love You Like a Pig
I Love You Like a Pig
Mac Barnett
Ages 3–7
Cover of Wizardology: The Book of the Secrets of Merlin
Ologies #1
Wizardology: The Book of the Secrets of Merlin
Dugald Steer, Anne Yvonne Gilbert
Ages 4–11
Cover of Whatever Happened to the Pony Express?
Whatever Happened to the Pony Express?
Verla Kay
Ages 4–11
Cover of The Choctaw Nation
Native Americans #1
The Choctaw Nation
Allison Lassieur
Ages 4–11
Cover of My Nana and Me
My Nana and Me
Irene Smalls
Ages 4–8
Cover of Nothing Rhymes with Orange
Nothing Rhymes with Orange
Adam Rex
Ages 4–11
Cover of Robert Crowther's Most Amazing Hide-and-seek Abc Alphabet Book
Robert Crowther's Most Amazing Hide-and-seek Abc Alphabet Book
Robert Crowther
Ages 4–11
Cover of Forces Make Things Move
Forces Make Things Move
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Ages 3–7