2nd Grade Read Alouds

Celia is like other girls her age: she’s happy, she likes to have friends, and loves to learn and get to know new places. However, she has somethin...

El camino de Marwan is made out of courage and memory. Very far, in his land, live his memories. Marwan is a boy that, next to a million other huma...

Every Sunday after church, CJ and his grandma ride the bus across town. But today, CJ wonders why they don't own a car like his friend Colby. Why d...

Maomao’s father goes to work all year long. He builds houses far away from the city and he only returns for the Chinese New Year celebration. His f...

Neither the ducks nor the cats nor the bears have come to my party... Does anyone have a trick for making friends? Pocosmimos is a very small beave...

Carmen, Marcelino, Lupita, and Martín live in different countries of Latin America. Through verses and illustrations, they hold us by the hand and ...

It was Danilito's first day in America. His family has just made a long, exhausting move from the Caribbean to New York City. The ocean and the pal...

Natuk and White Bear are the very best of friends. But when a terrible catastrophe strikes the village, they might be separated forever. A winter t...

This is the story of a treasure thought to be lost in a batch of tamales; of a desperate and funny attempt by Maria and her cousins to eat their wa...

There are places that remind us of happy moments. Zoe, a little girl who has to flee from her city with her family because of a war, remembers them...

Two African-American boys and their Russian American 'sister' want to buy their 'gramma' that special Easter bonnet she admired at Mr. Kodinski's ...

A laugh-out-loud funny and charming picture book about being yourself and understanding others.

The sun lights the day and the moon lights the night, and morning seldom breaks to find them both up in the sky. But when the moon does stay up pas...

Set in an indigenous Mixtec village in the artist’s own Oaxaca, Mexico, the story involves an evil healer, a good healer and his extraordinary feli...

When Ping admits that he is the only child in China unable to grow a flower from the seeds distributed by the Emperor, he is rewarded for his hones...

According to this Nigerian legend, many, many years ago, the Sun and the Moon lived on Earth. Children will love seeing how they ended up living in...

Martina the beautiful cockroach doesn’t know coffee beans about love and marriage. That’s where her Cuban family comes in. While some of the Cucara...

Ten emotions, joy, sadness, jealousy, envy, fear, surprise, love, disgust and shame, and ten songs to help us understand them. Ah, and our favorite...

Everyone in the neighborhood misses Eva because she hasn’t been home for a long time, but nobody imagines what will happen on one very special day....

A child, her waitress mother, and her grandmother save dimes to buy a comfortable armchair after all their furniture is lost in a fire.

To complete a school project, Eric has to see the new exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum during his Christmas vacation. His grandmother promises to...

Disliking her name as written in English, Korean-born Yoon, or "shining wisdom," refers to herself as "cat," "bird," and "cupcake," as a way to fee...

Amelia hates traveling along the roads around her, until one day, she discovers an "accidental road” with a warm and comforting discovery at its en...

Kalak lives with his family in a part of the world where the nests are old, the roofs are all damaged, the earth is dry, and there is never enough ...