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Youth Services Summer 2023 Reading Lists: 2nd Grade-3rd Grade

2nd-3rd Summer Reading Lists

Link to above the rim by Jen Bryant in the Catalog
Link to allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd in the Catalog
Link to Always Clementine by Carlie Sorosiak in the Catalog
Link to areli is a dreamer by areli morales in the Catalog
Link to Bailey School Kids Graphix series by Pearl Low in the Catalog
Link to Detective Gordon series by Ulf Nilsson in the Catalog
Link to Cranky Chicken Series by Katherine Battersby in the Catalog
Link to Dam keeper series by robert kondo in the Catalog
Link to Digestion the musical by adam rex in the Catalog
Link to dragons in a bag series by Zetta Elliott in the Catalog
Link to Harriet Spies by Elana Arnold in the Catalog
Link to Henry Heckelbeck series by Wanda Coven in the Catalog
Link to history smashers series by Kate Messner in the Catalog
Link to I want to be a vase by Julio Torres in the Catalog
Link to investigators series by John Patrick Green in the Catalog
Link to A Life of Service: The story of Senator Tammy Duckworth by Christina Soontornvat in the Catalog
link to little people big dreams series by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara in the catalog
Link to Marcel's Masterpiece How a Toilet Shaped the History of Art by Jeff Mack in the Catalog
Link to mia mayhem series by Kara West in the Catalog
Link to Never Give up Dr. Kati Kariko and the race for the future of vaccines by Debbie Dadey in the Catalog
Link to our friend hedgehog series by lauren castillo in the Catalog
Link to roar like a lion by charlie sorosiak in the Catalog
Link to Secret explorers series by SJ King in the Catalog
Link to Plum series by Matt Phelan in the Catalog
Link to Maybe Marison series by Erin Entrada Kelly in the Catalog
Link to that flag by Tameka Brown in the Catalog
Link to Too small tola series by stinuke in the Catalog
link to two friends, one dog, and a very unusual week by Sarah L. Thomson in the catalog
Link to until someone listens by Estela Juarez in the Catalog
Link to Violet and Jobie in the Wild by Lynne Rae Perkins in the Catalog
Link to Who Would Win series by Jerry Palotta in the Catalog
Link to Wonderful Hair by Eve Catarevas in the Catalog
Link to Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day in the Catalog
Link to word travelers series by raj haldar in the Catalog
Link to your pal fred series by Michael Rex in the Catalog
Elementary Nutmeg Nominees Grades 2-3
Link to Mellybean and the Giant Monster by Jen Marlin in the Catalog

2024 Winner

Link to Abdul's Story byJamilah Thompkins-Bigelow in the Catalog
Link to Ablaze with Color: a Story of Painter Alma Thomas by Jeanne Walker Harvey in the Catalog
Link to All the Way to the Top by Annette Bay Pimentel in the Catalog
Link to Brains! Not Just a Zombie Snack by Stacy McNulty in the Catalog
Link to Cornbread and Poppy by Matthew Cordell in the Catalog
Link to Dear Earth... from Your Friends in Room 5 by Erin Dealey in the Catalog
Link to The Elephants Come Home by Kim Tomsic in the Catalog
Link to The Fastest Girl on Earth! by Dean Robbins in the Catalog
Link to How to Find a Fox by Kate Gardner in the Catalog
Link to It fell from the sky by the Fan Brothers in the Catalog
Link to The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess by Tom Gauld in the Catalog
Link to Sir Ladybug by Corey R. Tabor in the Catalog
Link to Sugar in Milk by Thrity Umrigar in the Catalog
Link to Wind Riders #1: Rescue on Turtle Beach by Jen Marlin in the Catalog
Intermediate Nutmeg Nominees Grades 4-6
Link to Scritch Scratch by Lindsay Currie in the Catalog

2024 Winner

Link to The Accidental Apprentice by Amanda Foody in the Catalog
Link to American As Paneer Pie by Supiya Kelkar in the Catalog
Link to The Beast and the Bethany by Jack Meggitt-Phillips in the Catalog
Link to Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom by Matthew Swanson & Robbi Behr in the Catalog
Link to Get a Grip, Vivy Cohen! by Sarah Kapit in the Catalog
Link to Leonard (my life as a cat) by Charlie Sorosiak in the Catalog
Link to The Lion of Mars by Jennifer L. Holm in the Catalog
Link to Raising Lumie by Joan Bauer in the Catalog
Link to Witches of Brooklyn by Sophie Escabasse in the Catalog