Best of
2nd-Grade

2019

Clark the Shark: Too Many Treats


Bruce Hale - 2019
    But when Clark decides to taste just one, the impulsive shark can’t stop eating! Yum-yum-YUM. Will the class treat be ruined?With easy-to-read text and Clark’s trademark rhymes, this chocolaty Level One tale will have beginning readers ready to take a bite out of reading! Also included are Clark the Shark’s Bite-Sized Facts, real facts on shark communication, behavior, and more!Clark the Shark: Too Many Treats is a Level One I Can Read, which means it’s perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences.

The Treasure Seekers


Thea Stilton - 2019
    Join the Thea Sisters on their search for the seven missing treasures.A Treasure Hunt Begins...While on vacation in Scotland the Thea Sisters find a secret map! It holds clues to the location of the first of seven treasures that were discovered hundreds of years ago by a young explorer.On the last day of their trip, the map is stolen! Can the mouselets find it before the thieves get their paws on the treasure?

Love the Fur You're in (Sesame Street)


Michael Frith - 2019
    Wise and witty advice from Sesame Street--perfect for graduation gifts, commencement speeches, or anyone looking to celebrate Sesame Street's 50th anniversary!Brought to you by Sesame Street and illustrated with 50 years of art from Sesame Street children's books, this is a wise and funny guide to life that's just right for fans of all ages, especially those who grew up with Sesame Street!Written with great heart and great humor, this hardcover book contains advice for being true to one's self and living life with a Sesame Street perspective--finding that sunny day! Inside you'll find treasures like: "Get out in the rain and dance!" "Don't hide your light under a trashcan lid." "Be someone's Super Grover!"--and much, much more.The rich, full-color art showcases classic characters such as Big Bird, Grover, Oscar, Ernie, Bert, Elmo, Cookie Monster, the Count--as well as Prairie Dawn, Betty Lou, Biff and Sully, Sherlock Hemlock, Guy Smiley, and others.The illustrations offer a look back across five decades of Sesame Street book art and give readers the opportunity to remember or discover a wide range of nostalgic art styles that took Sesame Street beyond television--and into the hands of generations of young book lovers.Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Sesame Street--a truly iconic part of our culture and an indelible part of growing up--with this gem of a book!

Be Kind: You Can Make the World a Happier Place! 125 Kind Things to Say & Do


Naomi Shulman - 2019
    Be Kind offers children aged 5 and up simple, actionable things they can do in their daily lives that help them cultivate kindness toward others and grow into people with the capacity to make the world a kinder place.In Be Kind, kids learn that kindness is a quality that can be expressed in ways other than merely being “nice,” including standing up for someone or something, engaging in a community, showing compassion toward other beings, and expressing gratitude. With joyful illustrations and kid-friendly writing, this idea book serves as a delightful, easy-to-read collection of 100 concrete activities kids and their families can pick and choose from and act out in their daily lives, whether it’s being the first person to say good morning, offering compliments, shoveling an elderly neighbor’s driveway, learning to say hello in different languages, or sending a card to someone — no special occasion required. On every page, Be Kind empowers kids to make the world a better, kinder place, one action at a time.

Pug Blasts Off


Kyla May - 2019
    Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!Baron von Bubbles, a.k.a "Bub," is the self-proclaimed cutest pug on the planet! Things he loves: fashion, peanut butter, and his human, Bella. Things he does NOT love: Nutz the squirrel, baths, and the rain. When Bella enters the Inventor Challenge, Bub helps her craft the best project ever. But what happens when Nutz gets on Bub's nerves and makes him ruin Bella's project? If Bub wants to make it up to Bella, he'll have to stand up to Nutz -- and the rain -- once and for all.With full-color artwork throughout, this funny and charming diary-format early chapter book is perfect for anyone who believes a furry pal is the best kind of friend.

The One and Only Wolfgang: From pet rescue to one big happy family


Steve Greig - 2019
    Greig looked for the most “unadoptable” animals and gave them a home—his home! Strange and unique, The One and Only Wolfgang will remind readers that no matter how old or how odd, everyone has a place where they belong. Families will enjoy the unique, whimsical art from Nadja Sarell combined with comical photographs of the Wolfgang.Perfect for children, ages 4-8Kids will love reading about the loveable animals featured on Steve Greig’s Instagram, @Wolfgang2242 - over 900k followersChildren will learn about love, friendship and family

Snow Place Like Home


Christina Soontornvat - 2019
    She lives in a massive palace in the clouds. Everyone in her family has the power to control the wind and weather. On a good day, she can even fly! She loves making lemons into lemon ice, riding wind gusts around the sky, and turning her bedroom into a real life snow globe.There's just one thing Lina wants: to go to regular, non-magical school with her best friend Claudia. She promises to keep the icy family secret under wraps. What could go wrong? (EVERYTHING!)

The Lost Book of Adventure: from the notebooks of the Unknown Adventurer


Unknown Adventurer - 2019
     If you are reading this, it means my notebooks have been found. I am leaving them here at camp for safekeeping along with a few other belongings that I won’t be taking with me. The notebooks are a lifetime’s worth of knowledge, which I’m passing on the you. So reads an excerpt from the weatherworn letter discovered by nature enthusiast Teddy Keen on a recent trip to the Amazon, along with sketchbooks filled with details of extraordinary adventures and escapades, expedition advice, and survival methods, annotated with captivating colored-pencil drawings. It is thought that the sketchbooks were created for two young relatives of the author. Drawing on Teddy’s knowledge of the outdoors, the pages of the sketchbooks have been carefully transcribed for young readers, as they were originally intended.   You’ll be transported by riveting adventure tales from around the globe, like being dragged off by a hyena in Botswana, surviving a Saharan dust storm, being woken by an intrepid emperor penguin in Antarctica, and coming face-to-face with a venomous bushmaster (one of the most dangerous snakes on the planet)—all told in lyrical prose and illustrations that wonder at the mysterious beauty of the wild.   Having inspired the adventurous spirit in you, the Unknown Adventurer encourages you to set out on your own adventure with information on wild camping, rafting, exploration, and shelters and dens, plus tips on first aid and tying knots. Expert instructions on wilderness basics, like building a fire, what to do if you get lost, and how to build various types of shelters are accompanied by more specific skills culled from many years of experience, like baking campfire bread, creating a toothbrush from a twig, making a suture from soldier ants, and even how to pan for gold.   Find your way back to your primal self with the immersive text and glorious color artwork of this one-of-a-kind adventure book.  REMEMBER: be good, be adventurous…and look after your parents.

Make This!: Building Thinking, and Tinkering Projects for the Amazing Maker in You


Ella Schwartz - 2019
    With thoughtful text and bright illustrations, kids get the tools and the know-how to tackle all kinds of exciting projects: building a kaleidoscope, designing a fidget spinner, planting a rain forest, creating a musical instrument, and more. Unconventional scenarios inspired by real National Geographic explorers give kids a chance to think outside the box and apply their maker skills to real life. Chapters are divided up by scientific principle, such as simple machines, energy, and forces. In each chapter, kids can start by following step-by-step activities, or get creative by tackling an open-ended challenge. Helpful sidebars explain the science behind what's happening every step of the way.Make This! is perfect for curious and STEM-loving kids, families looking for a fun way to play together, and anyone else who's ready to get creative and start tinkering!

Little Juniper Makes It Big


Aidan Cassie - 2019
    And her heart is dead-set on growing up and getting taller. She's tired of having to reach for the cookie jar or use a stepping stool for the toilet. Everything in Juniper's world seems to be made for adults. Ugh!Juniper is industrious, however, and builds several silly contraptions to help reach her goals. But it isn't until she makes a fun new friend at school, Clove, who is even smaller than Juniper, that she is able to see her world from a new perspective--and appreciate all sizes, big or small.

Sticks and Stones: A Kid's Guide to Building and Exploring in the Great Outdoors


Melissa Lennig - 2019
    This comprehensive guide features tools, toys, and games kids can create right outside their door. Kids will love building cabins, bridges, dams rock gardens, and more. They’ll discover that creating art is more fun outdoors as they learn to make making stone pendants, ochre paint, and weaving. A variety of large and small-scale activities boost engineering, creative, and problem-solving skills, all while promoting fun. With simple tools and materials a branch becomes a fishing pole, and logs turn into a simple seesaw. Opportunities and materials for productive play exist everywhere in nature. Author Melissa Lennig (of the blog Fireflies and Mud Pies) introduces today’s screen-overloaded kids to a world of exploring and adventure. Whether camping in the woods or hanging out in the back yard, children will marvel at the wonderful, useful tools and playthings they can create with natural objects. They’ll also learn about STEAM principles, campfire chemistry, why building with blocks is so powerful, and how mindfulness techniques can reduce stress. The book also includes:Ideas for taking activities further, with fun variations and ideasSafety tips for kids and adultsDesign challenges that can be done solo or in groupsStep-by-step instructions and helpful photosSticks and Stones was named to the longlist for the 2020 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books in the Hands-On Science Book category. The prize honors outstanding science writing and illustration for children and young adults. This book is an essential resource for every junior outdoor adventurer.

Idriss and His Marble


René Gouichoux - 2019
    He clutches his lucky charm--a single marble--throughout their journey, walking over hazardous terrain, crawling under barbed wire, and sailing on a fragile little boat. Will the marble's luck help them avoid capture and bring them to the safety of a new world? A heartfelt tale exploring the perilous path refugees often walk to find a new home and the hope it takes to get them there.-- "Journal"

Florence Nightingale (DK Life Stories)


Kitson Jazynka - 2019
    She saved many lives both on and off the battlefield through implementing a new standard of medical care, and by leading groups of nurses to improve conditions. In this biography for kids ages 8-12, learn all about the inspiring story of Florence Nightingale--social reformer, statistician, and mother of modern nursing who bucked the social norms of her day and changed the world.

The Good and the Beautiful Level One Reader


Jenny Phillips - 2019
    Beautiful, diverse illustrations, as well as new and revised stories, are incorporated into the Level 1 Reader which is now an integrated part of the course. Phonics, Reading, & SpellingGrammar & PunctuationLiterature & WritingArt Appreciation

Math Art and Drawing Games for Kids: 40+ Fun Art Projects to Build Amazing Math Skills


Karyn Tripp - 2019
    C. Escher’s tessellations, Wassily Kandinski’s abstractions, and Alexander Calder’s mobiles.Make pixel art using graph paper, grids, and dot grids.Explore projects that teach symmetry with mandala drawings, stained glass rose window art, and more.Use equations, counting, addition, and multiplication to create Fibonacci and golden rectangle art.Play with geometric shapes like spirals, hexagrams, and tetrahedrons.Learn about patterns and motifs used by cultures from all over the world, including Native American porcupine quill art, African Kente prints, and labyrinths from ancient Crete.Cook up some delicious math by making cookie tangrams, waffle fractions, and bread art.Take a creative path to mastering math with Math Art and Drawing Games for Kids!

Who Am I?: A Peek-Through-Pages Book of Endangered Animals


Tim Flach - 2019
    With its engaging and timely message, this beautifully crafted picture book is perfect for the youngest animal enthusiasts.

The Good and the Beautiful Language Arts & Literature Level One Course Book


Jenny Phillips - 2019
    Beautiful, diverse illustrations, as well as new and revised stories, are incorporated into the Level 1 Reader which is now an integrated part of the course. Phonics, Reading, & SpellingGrammar & PunctuationLiterature & WritingArt Appreciation

You are Not an Otter: The Story of How Kids Become Adventurous Eaters


Melanie Potock - 2019
    Do YOU carry a rock, dip and drizzle or gather in the jungle to eat with your family? No, you are not an otter, nor a flamingo and most definitely not a gorilla. But there is one thing you can do that other creatures can't. Find out what makes children so special in this creative book on how kids learn to become adventurous eaters. Parents will benefit from the expert tips on how to encourage children to try new foods and the importance of pretend play in early childhood. Written by the award-winning author, Melanie Potock, with whimsical illustrations from StacyMooreStudios.com, You are Not an Otter will turn even the pickiest eaters into food explorers! Professional tips from pediatric feeding expert Melanie Potock, MA, CCC-SLP include how to: Use pretend-play to encourage kids to try new foods Teach kids to be ok if something doesn't taste good, at first! Spark conversations about healthy eating Help kids come to the table hungry and ready to try new foods Encourage kids to eat mindfully For more award-winning & creative books by Melanie Potock, visit Melanie's author page or www.MelaniePotock.com.

Up and Down Mom


Summer Macon - 2019
    At times, she is excited and full of energy, but at others, she is tired and withdrawn. But she's always my mom, and we're sharing the ride. For children who grow up in the care of a parent who has bipolar disorder, life can be filled with anxiety and uncertainty. With the aid of a clear and simple information spread, this story helps us to understand the causes of bipolar disorder and how we can learn to live with someone who has it. Developed in close consultation with families who have a parent with bipolar disorder, and created in collaboration with the Wellcome Trust.

Surviving in Space


Ellen Lawrence - 2019
    Each book is expertly crafted to meet early elementary and science curriculum standards, as well as introduce young space enthusiasts to the latest space technology. Innovative, grade-appropriate activities and experiments, critical-thinking questions, and fascinating fact boxes will give kids a chance to think like an astronaut.

Peanuts Ready-to-Read Value Pack: Time for School, Charlie Brown; Make a Trade, Charlie Brown!; Lucy Knows Best; Linus Gets Glasses; Snoopy and Woodstock; Snoopy, First Beagle on the Moon!


Charles M. Schulz - 2019
    This set also includes two sheets of stickers!“In the book of life, the answers aren’t in the back.” —Charlie Brown But for the Peanuts gang, the books you need are definitely in this value pack! Read along with Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Peppermint Patty, Linus, Lucy, Marcie, Schroeder, Franklin, Woodstock, Sally, and all your favorite Peanuts pals in this value pack that includes six paperback books, perfect for beginning and early readers. Included in this Ready-to-Read value pack are: Linus Gets Glasses Lucy Knows Best Make a Trade, Charlie Brown Snoopy, First Beagle on the Moon! Snoopy and Woodstock: Best Friends Forever! Time for School, Charlie Brown © 2019 Peanuts Worldwide LLC

Princess Ponies 11: Season's Galloping


Chloe Ryder - 2019
    Her task complete, Pippa has returned to our world . . . but her friends in Chevalia are never far away.On Christmas, Pippa receives a surprise visit from flying pony Cloud, who shares bad news--someone has stolen the beautiful silver horseshoes from Chevalia's big Christmas tree! Pippa rushes to Chevalia and teams up with her best friend, Princess Stardust, to track them down. But when the search for the thief starts to make Stardust suspicious of her own friends and family, Pippa realizes that listening to and helping others might be more important than the missing decorations. Can the friends come together to return the true spirit to the holiday?Pippa's adventures in magical Chevalia continue, brought to life with delightful illustrations--and the book includes a special collectible charm.Collect all of the books in the Princess Ponies series:A Magical FriendA Dream Come TrueThe Special SecretA Unicorn Adventure!An Amazing RescueBest Friends Forever!A Special SurpriseA Singing StarThe Lucky HorseshoeThe Pumpkin Ghost

Sea View Star: Book 1


Ali Bovis - 2019
    Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Calico is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.

Minions Banana / Evil Panic Omnibus


Renaud Collin - 2019
    Jump inside their underground secret lair and laugh along at the zany comic adventures as the not-so-dastardly henchmen show the lighter side of evil and investigate everything from crazy new inventions to man-eating plants - always with hilarious results!

Handimals: Animals in Art and Nature


Silvia López - 2019
    This awe–inspiring collection showcases sixteen creatures ranging from polar bears to alpacas to Komodo dragons and provides factual information about the various species.Silvia Lopez brings her sharp eye to these important animals with insightful facts to raise awareness and appreciation for Earth’s precious wildlife. A perfect choice for artists and environmentalists of all ages.Christy Ottaviano Books

Wild Cats! (Wild Kratts)


Chris Kratt - 2019
    Along the way, they encounter incredible creatures while combining science education with fun. Boys and girls ages four to six can learn all about cats--from ferocious big cats like lions and tigers that live in the wild to adorable house cats. Stickers add to the fun.Step 2 readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories for beginning readers who recognize familiar words and can sound out new words with help.

Minecraft: I, the Slime


Books Kid - 2019
    In the pages of this unofficial Minecraft illustrated diary, you’ll read about this and other obstacles Bert must overcome in pursuit of his dream, including some dangerous spiders and a witch who drives a hard bargain.