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...

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...

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

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

Cages are perhaps among the most detestable objects invented by humans. Nil finds one in his house and seeks at all costs to have a pet that lives ...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

Children will love this behind-the-scenes look at Little Red Riding Hood, as the main characters tell their side of the story and the reasons behin...

Paula and Beto live in an apartment with their parents, but they long to spend time outside the city. Sometimes their parents take them to a beach ...

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....

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...