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Youth Services Summer 2024 Reading Lists: 2nd Grade-3rd Grade

2nd-3rd Grade Reading Lists

Link to The Adventures of Invisible Boy by Doogie Horner in the Catalog
Link to Amazing Animals by Valerie Bodden in the Catalog
Link to The Apartment House on Poppy Hill by Nina LaCour in the Catalog
Link to The Bedtime Book of Incredible Questions by Isabel Thomas in the Catalog
Link to Bunny and Clyde by Megan McDonald in the Catalog
Link to Cat on the Run by Aaron Blabey in the Catalog
Link to Detecitve Duck by Henry Winkler in the Catalog
Link to Diary of a Pug by Kyla May in the Catalog
Link to Drag and Rex by Susan Lubner in the Catalog
Link to Duck and Moose by Kirk Reedstrom in the Catalog
Link to The Fire of Stars by Kirsten Larson in the Catalog
Link to Fitz and Cleo Put a Party on It by Jonathan Stutzman in the Catalog
Link to Frankie and Friends Breaking News in the Catalog
Link to The Good Sports League by Tommy Greenwald in the Catalog
Link to The Great Puptective by Alina Tysoe in the Catalog
Link to Henry and the Something New by Jenn Bailey in the Catalog
Link to Henry Heckelbeck by Wanda Coven in the Catalog
Link to Investigators by John Patrick Green in the Catalog
Link to Pigeon Private Detectives by Christee Curran-Bauer in the Catalog
Link to The Little Book of Words That Matter by Joanne Ruelos Diaz in the Catalog
Link to Little People Big Dreams by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegarain the Catalog
Link to Miles Lewis by Kelly Lyons in the Catalog
Link to Monsters in the Briny by Lynn Becker in the Catalog
Link to My Antarctica by G Neri  in the Catalog
Link to Nothing John Cage and 4 33 by Nick Day in the Catalog
Link to On the Corner of Chocolate Avenue How Milton Hershey brought Milk Chocolate to America by TziporahCohen in the Catalog
Link to One Smart Sheep by Gary Schmidt in the Catalog
Link to Orris and Timble by Kate Dicamillo in the Catalog
Link to Pedal Balance Steer Annie Londonderry The First Woman to Cycle around the world by Vivian Kirkfield in the Catalog
Link to The Skull by Jon Klassen in the Catalog
Link to Spirited by Liv Livingston in the Catalog
Link to The Story of Sojourner Truth by Anita Crawford Clark in the Catalog
Link to Sweet Justice Georgia Gilmore and the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Mara Rockliff in the Catalog
Link to Tales of Whimsy Verses of Woe by Tim DeRoche in the Catalog
Link to Teeny Houdini by Katrina Moore in the Catalog
Link to Things in the Basement by Ben Hatke in the Catalog
Link to Jake Maddox in the Catalog
Link to Wednesday Wilson Connects the Dots by Bree Galbraith in the Catalog
Link to Who Would Win  by Jerry Pallotta in the Catalog
Link to Wombats Go to Wizard's Wharf by Maddie Frost in the Catalog

Link to Adventures of the Bailey School Kids by Angeli Rafer in the Catalog
Link to A Kitten in Gooseberry Park by Cynthia Rylant in the Catalog
Link to Hardy Boys Clue Book by Franklin Dixon in the Catalog
Link to Heidi Heckelbeck by Wanda Coven in the Catalog
Link to The Wild Robot Protects by Peter Brown in the Catalog
2025 Elementary Nutmeg Nominees Grades 2-3
Link to Anglerfish The Seadevil of the Deep by Elaine Alexander in the Catalog
Link to Aven Green Sleuthing Machine by Dusti Bowling in the Catalog
Link to Batcat by Meggie Ramm in the Catalog
Link to The Best of Iggy by Annie Barrows in the Catalog
Link to Big Truck Little Island by Chris Van Dusen in the Catalog
Link to Dear Beast by Dori Hillestad Butler in the Catalog
Link to Ducks Overboard A True Story of Plastic in Our Oceans by Markus Motum in the Catalog
Link to Evergreen by Matthew Cordell in the Catalog
Link to Everything in its Place A Story of Books and Belonging by Pauline David-Sax in the Catalog
Link to Fauja Singh Keeps Going The True Story of the Oldest Person to Ever Run a Marathon by Simran Jeet Singh in the Catalog
Link to The Great Stink How Joseph Bazalgette solved London's Poop Pollution Problem by Colleen Paeffin the Catalog
Link to My Two Border Towns by David Bowles in the Catalog
Link to Wombats Go Camping by Maddie Frost in the Catalog
Link to Yoshi's Big Swim One Turtle's Epic Journey Home by Mary Wagley Copp in the Catalog
2025 Intermediate Nutmeg Nominees Grades 4-6
Link to Anybody Here Seen Frenchie? by Leslie Connor in the Catalog
Link to The Canyon's Edge by Dusti Bowling in the Catalog
Link to Chester Keene Cracks the Code by Keika Magoon in the Catalog
Link to Cookies and Milk by Shawn Amos in the Catalog
Link to Falling Short by Ernesto Cisneros in the Catalog
Link to Invisible: a Graphic Novel by Christina Diaz Gonzalez in the Catalog
Link to Loki A Bad God's Guide to Being Good by Louie Stowell in the Catalog
Link to A Rover's Story by Jasmine Warga in the Catalog
Link to Tumble by Celia C. Perez in the Catalog
Link to Wayward Creatures by Dayna Lorentz in the Catalog