ASCS SECOND GRADE SUMMER READING

Dear Incoming 2nd Grade Parents,

As you know, fostering a love of reading at a young age has so many benefits. With

reading being the biggest indicator of academic success, we must foster that love and

continue to encourage our students to read. At All Saints Catholic School we want to do

all that we can to foster that love of reading. This summer students will have the

opportunity to build their knowledge and faith through the wonderful world of books!

As incoming 2nd graders there will be 2 parts to our summer required reading program.

They are as follows:

• The first part of the 2nd grade required summer reading program will be for the

students to read 10 books from the list provided. Students will record the books

in the reading log provided. Most of these books can be found at your local

library. I encourage a good mix of fiction and non-fiction books.

• The second part of the 2nd grade required summer reading program is to pick one

of the books from your reading log and complete a book project over the book.

Below are some creative options your child may choose to do based on a book

from the attached list. Please include the title an author of your story with your

project.

1. Book Timeline: Find or draw a picture to represent the beginning,

middle, and ending of your book. Put them in order on a timeline and include one

sentence about each picture.

2. Movie Poster: Pretend the book is going to be made into a movie and

create a poster to promote the movie.

3. Book Collage: Create a collage using pictures that represent different

parts of the book.

4. Book in a Box: Decorate a box to represent the book and fill it with

objects (at least 4) that symbolize different parts of the story.

5. Book Report: Instead of one of the projects, you may choose to

complete one of the book report forms provided.

• The reading log and book project will be due on the first day of school.

My hope is that this summer requirement will encourage your child to continue to

read over the summer. I am looking forward to seeing you in the fall! Have a

wonderful summer vacation!

Mrs. Gamboa

ASCS Summer Reading List for Rising First and Rising Second Graders Title

"Stand Back" said the Elephant, "I'm going to Sneeze"

A Fine, Fine School

A Huge Hog is a Big Pig: A Rhyming Word Game

A to Z Mysteries series

A Visitor for Bear (series)

Agent Amelia

Albert

Alexander who's not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!)

Alice the Fairy

Alphaboat

Amazing Stardust Friend series

Amber Brown (series)

Amelia Bedelia series

Amos and Boris

Anansi and the Magic Stick (Anansi series)

Andy Shane (series)

Anna and Elsa Series

Annie and the Snowball (series) Are

You My Mother?

Armadilly Chili

Army Ant Parade

Arnie the Doughnut series

Arthur Chapter Books

Arthur's Birthday Party (Arthur series)

Audrey's Tree House

Bad Kitty series

Bailey Cat: The Totally Secret Secret

Barnacle is Bored

Bats at the Ballgame, Library, Beach

Battle Bugs

Bear Feels Scared

Bear Series

Beast Quest series

Beezy at Bat

Beezy Magic

Author

Patty Sharon

Francis

Ron

Bonny

Michael

Donna Jo

Judith

David

Michael Heather

Paula

Peggy

William

Eric

Jennifer

Erica

Cynthia P.D.

Helen

April

Laurie

Marcus

Lillian

Jenny Nick

Bob

Jonathon

Brian

Jacck

Karma

Karma

Adam

Megan

Megan

Thomas Creech

McCall

Roy

Becker

Broad

Napoli

Viorst

Shannon

Chesworth Alexander

Danzinger

Parish

Steig

Kimmel

Jacobson

David

Rylant

Eastman

Ketteman

Sayre

Keller

Brown

Hoban Hughes

Bruel

Shea

Fenske

Lies

Patton

Wilson

Wilson

Blade

McDonald

McDonald

Berenstain Bears series Stan and Jan Berenstain

Big Bad Detective Agency Bruce Hale Big Chickens series Leslie Helakoski

Big Hungry Bear (series) Don Wood

Bill and Pete series Tomie DePaola

Biscuit Finds a Friend (Biscuit series) Alyssa Capucilli

Blueberries for Sal Robert Mccloskey

Bones and the Big Yellow Mystery David Adler

Boo La La

Breyer Stablemates series

Rebecca Gomez

Buddy Files (series) Dori Hillestad Butler

Bugs in my Hair David Shannon

By My Brother's Side (series) Tiki Barber

Cam Jansen series David Adler

Can You Yawn Like A Fawn? Monica Seeny

Captain Underpants Series Dav Pilkey

Charlie the Ranch Dog series Ree Drummond

Chicka-Chicka Boom Boom Bill Martin

Chicken Little Ed Emberley

Chick-o-saurus Rex Cinderella Lenore and Daniel Jennewein

City Dog, Country Dog Susan Stevens Crummel

Clara the Cookie Fairy Tim Bugbird

Clark and Shark Bruce Hale

Clementine series Sara Pennypacker

Click Clack Moo Cows that Type (series) Doreen Cronin

Clifford (series) Norman Bridwell

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Judi Barrett

Clue Jr. series Various Authors

Cobble Street Cousins series Collect

a Pet Reader series Cynthia Rylant

Commander Toad series Jane Yolen

Cool Dog, School Dog Deborah Heiligman

Cowboy Ned & Andy David Stein

Creepy Carrots! Aaron Reynolds

Curious George series H.A. Rey

Danny and the Dinosaur Go to Camp Syd Hoff

Daphne the Diamond Fairy and the Catwalk Catastrophe Sarah Creese

David Series David Shannon

Dear Deer Gene Barretta

Diary of a Fly Doreen Cronin

Diary of a Spider, Worm, Fly

Doreen Cronin

Digby and Kate and the Beautiful Day Barbara Baker

Dinosaur Cove (series) Rex Stone Dinosaur Discoveries Gail Gibbons Dinosaur Stomp Cynthia Rylant

Dinosaurs (say good night; eat their food; etc.) (series)

Discover More Reader series Jane Yolen

Disney Fairies

DK readers Kimberley Morris

Dog in Boots Greg Gormley

Dog Magic Carla Golembe

Dog Man (series) Dav Pilkey

Dog vs. Cat Chris Gall

Dolphin School Series Dolphin Tale books

Catherine Hapka

Don' Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! (Pigeon series) Mo Willems

Doyle and Fossey, Science Detectives series Michele Torrey

Dr. Kitty Cat Series Jane Clarke

Dr. Seuss series Dr. Seuss

Dragon series Dav Pilkey

Dream Big, Little Pig! Krisit Yamaguchi

Duck at the Door; Duck Soup Jackie Urbanovic

Duck! Rabbit! Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Duncan the Story Dragon Amanda Driscoll

Eerie Elementary Series Jack Chabert

Elephant and Piggie Series Mo Willems

Ellie Ultra Gina Bellisario

Emma's Magic Winter Jean Little

Enchanted Pony Academy series Lisa Scott

Encyclopedia Brown Series Donald Sobol

Fancy Nancy series Jane O'Connor

Field Trip Mysteries Steve Brezenoff

Finding Winnie Lindsay Mallick

First Year Letters Julie Danneberg

Five Little Monkey Series Eileen Christelow

Flat Stanley - World Adventures Jeff Brown

Flatfoot Fox Eth Clifford

Fly Guy series Tedd Arnold

Fox be Nimble (series) James Marshall

Fox on the Job James Marshall

Frankly Frannie series AJ Stern

Frog in Space Ted Arnold

Frog on a Log?

Kes Gray

Froggy Series Jonathan London

Gaston Kelly DiPucchio

Geronimo Stilton series Geronimo Stilton

Get Well, Good Knight Shelley Moore Thomas

Ghost Detector Series Dotti Enderle

Gilbert Goldfish Wants a Pet Kelly DiPucchio

Ginger Jumps Lisa Ernst

Gingerbread Girl Series Lisa Campbell Ernst

Glamsters Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

Gnawing Around Marcie Colleen

Goatilocks and the Three Bears Erica Perl

Going Places Peter and Paul Reynolds

Goldi Rocks and the Three Bears Corey Rosen Schwartz

Goldie and the Three Bears Diane Stanley

Good News Bad News Jeff Mack

Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site Sherri Duskey

Groovy Joe: Ice Cream & Dinosaurs Eric Litwin

Groundhog's Day Off Robb Pearlman

Guess How Much I Love You? S. McBratney

Gus and Gertie series Joan Lowery Nixon

Haggis and Tank Unleashed Jessica Young

Hamster Chase Anastasia Suen

Hansel and Gretel Susan Jeffers

Happy Dreamer Peter Reynolds

Harold and the Purple Crayon (series) Crockett Johnson

Have Fun, Molly Lou Melon Patty Lovell Henry and Mudge (series) Cynthia Rylant Henry Hodges Needs a Friend Andy Andrews

Hi! Fly Guy Ted Arnold Hibernation Station Michelle Meadows

Honey…Honey…Lion Jan Brett Hooway for Wodney Wat Helen Lester Horace and Morris but Mostly Dolores series James Howe Horrible Harry series Suzy Kline Hot Rod Hamster series Hot

Wheels Early Readers Cynthia Lord

Hot-Air Henry Mary Calhoun

Houndsley and Catina series James Howe

How Do Dinosaurs…? Series Jane Yolen

How full is your Bucket (for Kids) Tom Rath

How to Be A Bigger Bunny Wendell & Florence Minor

How To Be An Awesome Astronaut

Jordan Collins

How to Dress a Dragon Thelma Godin

Hurry and the Monarch Antione O Flatharta

I am Rosa Parks I Can Read series

Brad Meltzer

I Know a Wee Piggy Kim Norman

I Love You, Blue Kangaroo Emma Clark Cichester

I Wanna Iguana David Catrow

I Will Love You

If Wishes Were Horses (series)

Alyssa Capucilli

If you Decide to Go to the Moon Faith McNulty

If You Give a Cat a Cupcake Laura Numeroff

If You give a Moose a Muffin Laura Numeroff

If You Give A Mouse A Brownie Laura Numeroff

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Laura Numeroff

If You give a Pig a Pancake Laura Numeroff

If You Take A Mouse to the movies (series) Laura Numeroff

I'll Wait, Mr. Panda Steve Antony

Inspector Flytrap Tom Angleberger

Iris and Walter and Cousin Howie Elissa Haden guest

Is Your Mama a Llama? Deborah Guarino

Ivy and Bean (serie) Annie Borrows

Izzy the Ice Cream Fairy Tim Bugbird

Jabuti the Tortoise: A Trickster Tale from the Amazon Gerald McDermott

Jan Brett books or series Jan Brett

Jigsaw Jones series James Preller

John Philip Duck Patricia Polacco

Junie B. Jones Series Barbara Park

Kids of the Polk Street School series Patricia Reilly Giff

Kiki Kyra May

Kitten Tales Holly Webb

Kitten's First Full Moon Kevin Henkes

Kitty Corner Ellen Miles

Knuffle Bunny (series) Mo Willlems

Kung Pow Chicken series Cyndi Marko

Last Stop on Market Street

Lego Friend (series)

Lego On the Move (series)

Lego Reader Series

Matt De La Pena

Let's Have a Tree Party! David Martin

Library Lion Michelle Knudson

Library Mouse (series)

Daniel Kirk

Lifetime Lola Schaefer

Lionel's Birthday Stephen Krensky

Lion's Lunch Fiona Tierney

Little Bear series Elsie Minarik

Little Owl's Night Dinya Srinivasan

Little Puppy and the Big Green Monster Mike Wohnoutka

Little Rat series Monika Bang-Campbel

Little Rhino Ryan Howard

Llama Llama series Anna Dewdney

Look at Lucy Ilene Cooper

Looking at Lincoln Maira Kalman

Lost in the woods: A Photographic Fantasy Carl R. Sams

Lottie's New Beach Towel Petra Mathers

Louise Loves Art Kelly Light

Louise Takes Charge Stephen Krensky

Love Monster (series) Rachel Bright

Lucky Stars Phoebe Bright

Lucy on the Loose Ilene Cooper

Luke on the Loose Harry Bliss

Maggie and Milo Julie Brenning

Magic Animal Friends Daisy Meadows

Magic Bunny series Sue Bentley

Magic Kitten Series Sue Bentley

Magic Pony - Nightime Adventure Elizabeth Lindsay

Magic Puppy Series Magic School Bus Series

Sue Bentley

Magic Tree House Series Mary Pope Osborne

Martha Speaks Series Susan Meddaugh

Martha Walks the Dog Susan Meddaugh Marvin Redpost series Louis Sachar Max and Mo (series) Patricia Lakin

Max Spaniel series David Catrow Meet the Bobs and Tweets Pepper Springfield

Mercy Watson series Kate Dicamillo

Mermaid Tales Debbie Dadey

Millions of Cats Wanda Gag

Minions Jr. Novel Sadie Chesterfield

Minnie and Moo (series) Denys Cazet

Miss Nelson is Missing (series) Harry Allard

Miss Rumphius Barbara Cooney

Molly the Muffin Fairy Tim Bugbird

Monkey and Duck Quack Up! Jennifer Hamburg

Monkey Me and the Golden Monkey Timothy Roland

Monsters Love Underpants Claire Freedman

Mother Bruce Ryan Higgins

Mouse Soup Arnold Lobel

Mouse Tales Arnold Lobel

Mouse Views: What the Class Pet Saw Bruce McMillan

Mr. Duck Means Business Tammi Sauer

Mr. Putter and Tabby (series) Cynthia Rylant

My Pet Human

My Readers series

Yasmin Surobec

Nancy Clancy Jane O'Connor

Next to You Lori Houran

Nick Plays Baseball Rachel Isadora

Night of the Living Worms Dave Coverly

Nightime Ninja Barbara DaCosta

No Jumping on the Bed Ted Arnold

No, David David Shannon

Not Your Typical Dragon Notebook

of Doom series Dan Bar-el

Nugget & Fang Tammi Sauer

Number One Sam Greg Pizzoli

Officer Buckle and Gloria Peggy Rathman

Ogre Eats Everything Bethany Roberts

Old Thunder and Miss Raney Sharon Darrow

Oliver the Mighty Pig Jean Van Leeuwen

Olivia Series Ian Falconer

One Afternoon Yumi Heo

One Big Pair of Underwear Laura Gehl

One Cool Friend Toni Buzzeo

One Smart Cookie John Nez

Owen Foote series Stephanie Green

Owl Diaries Sue Bentley

Owl Diaries Rebecca Elliott

Owl Moon Jane Yolen

Paddywack

Party Time! (Step Into Reading)

Passport to Reading series

Stephanie Spinner

Paulette the Pinkest Puppy in the World Tim Bugbird

Peanut Butter and Cupcake Terry Border

Pee Wee Scouts series

Penguin Young Reader series

Judy Delton

Penguins Love Colors Sarah Aspinall

Perfectly Princess series Alyssa Crowne

Pete the Cat series Eric Litwin

Pete's A Pizza William Steig

Pig Kahuna series Jennifer Sattler

Ping Pong Pig Caroline Church

Pinkalicious (series) Victoria Kann

Pinky and Rex (series) James Howe

Pirates Love Underpants Claire Freedman

Please, Mr. Panda Steve Antony

Pony Mysteries - Penny and Pepper Jeanne Betancourt

Pony Pals series Jeanne Betancourt

Ponyella Laura Numeroff

Popcorn at the Palace Emily McCully

Poppleton (series) Cynthia Rylant

Pout Pout Fish series Deborah Diesen

Princess Pink and the Land of Fake-Believe series Noah Jones

Princess Ponies Series Chloe Ryder

Princess Posey and the Next-door Dog Stephanie Greene

Puppy Pirates series Erin Soderberg

Puppy Place series Ellen Miles

Puppy Tales Holly Webb

Race the Wild Series Kristin Earhart

Rainbow Magic Fairy series Daisy Meadows

Raising Sweetness Diane Stanley

Ranger in Time Series Ready

to Read series Kate Messner

Red: A Crayon's Story Michael Hall

Rescue Princessess series Paula Harrison

Ricky Ricotta Series Dav Pilkey

Ricky Vargas - funniest kid in the world Alan Katz

Rosie's Walk Pat Hutchins

Round Trip Ann Jonas

Rufus Goes to School Kim Griswell

Russell and the Lost Treasure Rob Scotten Sam Gets Lost Mary Ann Labatt Sammy the Classroom Guinea Pig Alix Berenzy

Sammy the Seal Syd Hoff Saturday Triplets series Katharine Kenah

Say What? Scholastic Readers series

Angela DiTerlizzi

Scrambled States of America Laurie Keller

Sea Surprise Leo Landry

Secret Agent Jack Stalwart Elizabeth Singer Hunt Secret Kingdom series

Rosie Banks

Shark School Davy Ocean

Shark Vs. Train Chris Barton

She'll be Comin' Round the Mountain Philemon Sturges Shelter Pet Squad Cynthia Lord

Shoe-la-la Karen Beaumont

Shortest Kid in the World Corinne Bliss

Side by Side Rachel Bright

Silly Doggy Adam Stower

Silly Goose's Big Story Keiko Kasza

Silver Pony Ranch Series D.L. Green Skippyjon Jones (series) Judy Schachner

Sleepover Squad Series P.J. Denton

Soccer Cats (series) Matt Christopher Some Dog Mary Casanova

Someday Eileen Spinelli Sparky and Eddie: The first Day of School Tony Johnston

Splat the Cat Series Robert Scotten

Stagestruck Tomie DePaola

Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon Patty Lovell

Stanley's Party Linda Bailey Steam Train, Dream Train Step Into Reading Series Stepping Stones Readers

Sherri Duskey Rinker

Stink! The Incredible Shrinking Kid series Megan McDonald

Story about Ping Marjorie Flack

Surfer Chick Kristy Dempsey

Surprising Sharks Nicola Davies

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble William Steig Talk Oscar, Please! Karen Orloff Tea for Ruby Sarah Ferguson

Ten Apples Up on Top Theo Leseig

The Adventures of Bailey School Kids series Debbie Dadey

The Adventures of Beekle Dan Santat

The Amazing World of Stuart Sara Pennypacker

The Ant Bully John Nickle The Bad Guys Aaron Blabey The Best Story Eileen Spinelli

The Biggest Bear Lynd Ward The Black Lagoon series Mike Thaler

The Busy Tree Jennifer Ward The Chicken Squad Doreen Cronin

The Children Who Smelled A Rat Allan Ahlberg

The Cow Loves Cookies Karma Wilson

The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash Trina Hakes Noble

The Day the Crayons Came Home Drew Daywalt The Dog That Pitched a No-Hitter

Matt Christopher

The Doorbell Rang Pat Hutchins

The Dot Peter Reynolds The Duck Says Troy Wilson The Duckling Wants a Cookie Mo Willems

The Farmyard Cat Christine Anello The Gingerbread Kid Goes to School Joan Holub

The Gingerbread Man Various Authors The Great Fuzz Frenzy Janet Stevens

The Great Graph Contest Loreen Leedy

The Great Greene Heist Varian Johnson

The Greatest Potatoes Penelope Stowell

The Green Lion of Zion Street Julia Fields

The Gumazing Gum Girl! Rhode Montijo

The Hello, Goodbye Window Norton Juster

The High Rise Private Eyes: series Cynthia Rylant The Honest-To-Goodness Truth Patricia McKissack

The Lion Inside Rachel Bright The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and the Don Wood

The Little Red Ant and the Great Big Crumb Shirley Climo The Little Scarecrow Boy Margaret Wise Brown The Little Shop of Monsters R.L. Stine

The Little White Owl Tracey Corderoy

The Monster of the Woods Claire Freedman

The Monster Who Lost his Mean Tiffany Strelitz Haber

The Napping House Audrey Wood

The Ninjabread Man C.J. Leigh The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog (series) Mo Willems

The Pirate Jamboree Mark Teague

The Pout-Pout Fish Far, Far From Home Deborah Diesen The Pout-Pout Fish Goes to School Deborah Diesen

The Pout-Pout Fish in the Big Big Dark Deborah Diesen The Princess in Black Shannon Hale

The Rainbow Fish Marcus Pfister

The Rooser Who Would Not Be Quiet Carmen Deedy

The Seed and the Giant Saguaro Jennifer Ward

The Snatchabook Helen Docherty

The Stray Dog Marc Simont

The Three Little Aliens and the Big Bad Robot Margaret McNamara

The Three Little Pigs and the Somewhat Bad Wolf Mark Teague

The Three Ninja Pigs Corey Rosen Schwartz

The Tortoise and the Hare Jerry Pinkney

The Very Beary Tooth Fairy Arthur Levine

The Yeti Files Thea Stilton (series)

Kevin Sherry

There was a Bold Lady Who Wanted a Star Charise Mericle Harper

There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly Simms Taback

There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Rose! Lucille Colandro

There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Shell! Lucille Colandro

There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Trout There

was an Old Lady Who Swallowed series Teri Sloat

There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed some Books! Lucille Colandro

There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe Jane Cabrera

There's a Nightmare in My Closet Mercer Mayer

Think Big Liz Garton Scanlon

Third Grade Mermaid Peter Raymundo

Three Cheers for Catherine the Great Three

D Thrillers (Science) Cari Best

Three Stories You Can Read to Your Teddy Bear Sara Swan Miller

Tiny Goes to the Library Cari Meister

Tony Baloney Series Pam Munoz Ryan

Too Many Toys Toon Book Reader Series

David Shannon

Town Mouse, Country Mouse Jan Brett

Train of States True or False books (series) (Scholastic)

Peter Sis

Tub People (series) Pam Conrad

Turtle Dreams Marion Bauer

Ugly Cat & Pablo Isabel Quintero

Wait! No Paint Bruce Whatley

We Found A Hat (series) Jon Klassen

Weird School Series Dan Gutman

We're going on a Bear Hunt Michael Rosen

We're going on a Lion Hunt Margery Cuyler

What if a Shark Had a Party? Alek Seibits Koff

What If You Had an Animal Nose? Sandra Markle

What if You Had Animal Ears? Sandra Markle

What If You Had Animal Hair? Sandra Markle

What If You Had Animal Teeth? Sandra Markle

Whatever After series Sarah Mlynowski What's New? The Zoo Kathleen Krull

When Sophie Gets Angry--Really,Really Angry Molly Bang

When Spring Comes Kevin Henkes

Who Wants A Dragon? James Mayhew

Who Wants A Hug? Jeff Mack

Wolfie the Bunny World of Reading Series

Ame Dyckman

Yeti Files Kevin Sherry

You Read to me, I'll Read to You: Mary Ann Hoberman

Z is for Moose Kelly Bingham Zen Shorts (series) Jon Muth

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