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Great Authors & Books for Grades 1-2

Picture Books (JE):
  • McCully, Emily Arnold. "Squirrel and John Muir."
  • Sierra, Judy. "Wild About Books."
  • Reynolds, Peter. "The Dot."
  • Baker, Roberta. "Lizard Walinsky."
  • Polacco, Patricia. "John Phillip Duck."
  • Wells, Rosemary and Tom. "The House in the Mail."
  • Rand, Gloria. "Mary Was a Little Lamb."
  • MacLachlan, Patricia. "Bittle."
  • Hopkinson, Deborah. "Girl Wonder: A Baseball Story in Nine Innings."
  • Lucas, David. "Halibut Jackson."
  • Prosek, James. "A Good Day's Fishing."
  • Tavares, Matt. "Oliver's Game."
  • Raven, Magot Theis. "Circle Unbroken."
  • Sharmat, Marjorie. "Nate the Great on the Owl Express."
  • Howe, James. "Pinky and Rex."
  • Howe, James. "Pinky and Rex and the Bully."
  • Dussling, Jennifer. "Picky Peggy."
  • McDonald, Megan. "Judy Moody: the Doctor Is In."
  • Hesse, Karen. "The Cats in Krasinski Square."
Early Readers (JR):
  • Adler, David. "Young Cam Jansen" series
  • Guest, Elissa Haden. "Iris and Walter: The School Play"
  • Jerome, Kate Boehm. "Civil War Sub: The Mystery of the Hunley"
  • Kline, Suzy. "Horrible Harry" series
  • Lowry, Lois. "Gooney Bird Greene"
  • Parish, Peggy. "Amelia Bedelia" series
  • Roy, Ron. "A to Z Mysteries" series
  • Rylant, Cynthia. "Henry and Mudge and High-Rise Private Eyes" series
  • Dr. Seuss. Any book.
  • Sharmat, Marjorie. "Nate the Great" series
  • Skofield, James. "Detective Dinosaur."
  • Thomas, Shelly Moore. "Get Well, Good Knight."
Fiction:
  • Banks, Lynne Reid. "Harry the Poisonous Centipede's Big Adventure."
  • Blume, Judy. "The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo."
  • Brown, Jeff. "Stanley, Flat Again!"
  • Byars, Betsy. "Tornado."
  • Cameron, Ann. "The Stories Julian Tells."
  • Fleischman, Sid. "McBroom's Ghost."
  • Hurwitz, Johanna. "Busybody Nora."
  • Lottridge, Celia B. "Berta: A Remarkable Dog."
  • Peterson, John. "The Littles" series
  • McDonald, Megan. "Judy Moody" series
  • Osborne, Mary Pope. "Magic Tree House" series.
  • Park, Barbara. "Junie B. Jones" series.
  • Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman. "The Pizza Monster."

Mysteries(J Mys):

  • Adler, David. "Cam Jansen" series

Folktales(J FO):

  • Anderson, Hans Christian.
  • de Paola, Tomie.
  • Galdone, Paul.
  • Grimm, The Brothers.
  • Marshall, James.
  • Milligan, Bryce.
  • Perrault, Charles.
  • San Souci, Robert.

Non-Fiction:

  • "Magic School Bus" series (throughout non-fiction by subject)
  • Granfield, Linda. "America Votes: How Our President is Elected."
    J 324.6 GR
  • Farris, Christine Kind. "My Brother Martin."
    JB King
  • Sloan, Christopher. "The Human Story: Our Evolution from Prehistoric Ancestors to Today."
    J 599.938 SL
  • "I Spy" series
    J 793.73
  • Bang, Molly. "My Light."
    J 621.47 Ba
  • Greene, Rhonda Gowler. "The Beautiful World That God Made."
    J 231.7 Gr
  • Ride, Sally K.. "Exploring Our Solar System."
    J 523.2 Ri