Books listed in new COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS
Second - Third Grade
Literature: Stories, Drama, Poetry
"Who Has Seen the Wind?" Christina G. Rossetti
Charlotte's Web E. B. White
Sarah, Plain and Tall Patricia MacLachlan
Top and Bottoms Janet Stevens
Poppleton in Winter Cynthia Rylant
Informational Texts: Literary Nonfiction and Historical, Scientific, and Technical Texts
A Medieval Feast Aliki
From Seed to Plant Gail Gibbons
The Story of Ruby Bridges Robert Coles
A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder Walter Wick
Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 Brian Floca
Digestive and excretory systems.
What Happens to a Hamburger Paul Showers
The Digestive System Rebecca L. Johnson
The Digestive System Kristin Petrie
Taking care of your body:
Healthy eating and nutrition.
Good Enough to Eat Lizzy Rockwell
Showdown at the Food Pyramid Rex Barron
Muscular, skeletal, and nervous systems.
The Mighty Muscular and Skeletal Systems Crabtree Publishing
Muscles Seymour Simon
Bones Seymour Simon
The Astounding Nervous System Crabtree Publishing
The Nervous System Joelle Riley
Books Listed Alphabetically by Author
Aesop The Hare and the Tortoise
Andersen, Hans C. The Emperor's New Clothes
The Steadfast Tin Soldier
Anglund, Joan Brave Cowboy
Christmas Is a Time of Giving
In a Pumpkin Shell
Nibble, Nibble, Mousekin
Spring is a New Beginning
Bontemps, Arna The Fast Sooner Hound
Carlson, Natalie The Family Under the Bridge
Cleary, Beverly The Mouse on the Motorcycle
Cole, Joanna A Frog's Body
Dalgliesh, Alice The Bears on Hemlock Mountain
Goudey, Alice Houses From the Sea
Handforth, Thomas Mei Li
Lovelace, Maude H., Betsy and Joe Betsy-Tacy series
McCloskey, Robert Time of Wonder
Merriam, Eve Blackberry Ink
Milne, A. A. The World of Christopher Robin
Politi, Leo Mr. Fong's Toy Shop
Song of Swallows
Prelutsky, Jack The New Kid on the Block
Simon, Seymour Saturn
Jupiter
Thurber, James Many Moons
Williams, Margery The Velveteen Rabbit
