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Five Faves: Chapter Books for Second Graders

Second grade can be a hard time to find books on your reading level, let alone ones that you are excited about! Here are some of our favorite beginner chapter books that would be great to read as a second grader:

Kitty and the Moonlight Rescue
Written by Paula Harrison
Illustrated by Jenny Lovile
New York: Greenwillow Books, 2019. Intermediate. 118 pages.

Kitty wants to be a superhero, just like her mom. But, maybe when it's not so dark and scary outside. When one of her cat friends needs help, Kitty overcomes her fears to be a hero! This book is a great transitional chapter book with a couple of pictures on the action-packed pages.

The School is Alive!
Written by Jack Chabert
Illustrated by Sam Ricks
New York: Branches/Scholastic Inc, 2014. Intermediate. 90 pages.

Sam Graves takes his job as the school's hall monitor very seriously. So when he discovers that the school is alive and is plotting against the students, he must do everything he can to protect them. With the fast-paced plot and pictures on every page, this is a great beginner chapter book.

The Birthday Castle
By Dee Romito
New York: Aladdin Quix, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, 2020. Intermediate. 88 pages.

Best friends Caleb and Jax are starting a fort-building business! Their first job is to build a castle for Analise's birthday party. This is a short and sweet chapter book that would be perfect for your little engineers.

Happy Paws
Written by Vicky Fang
Illustrated by Christine Nishiyama
New York, NY: Scholastic Inc. 2020. Intermediate. 71 pages.

Layla and her robot rock band have decided to turn the old Happy Days Amusement Park into and amusement park for dogs! This book reads a little more like a comic book than a chapter book, so it would be a great transitional book.

Monster and Boy
Written by Hannah Barnaby
Illustrated by Anoosha Syed
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2020. Intermediate. 132 pages.

Monster lives under Boy's bed. Monster loves Boy, but unfortunately Boy does not believe in monsters. That is until Monster pops out from under the bed, and the two become friends. This cute chapter book is so much fun! Your little reader will love the story.

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