2nd Grade Read Alouds

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...

In this tale from a Spanish duo, a good-natured young man struggles to say no to things he’d rather not do.

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 the...

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 ...

During the Great Depression Lydia was sent to live with her uncle Jim in the city. Through her exchange of letters with her family back home we le...

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

It's the day before her older sister's birthday, and five-year-old Lori is determined to find her own gift to give. This year, Lori decides, she 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 ...

He could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day... He went to sleep with gum in his mouth and woke up with gum in his...

Irene bravely faces a snowfall to bring the suit that her mother created for the Duchess. Although she finds herself in terrible danger, everythin...

Berta is sad. She does not believe anyone could ever love her. Her neighbor Edmundo likes her, but she is too shy to say anything. One day, their ...

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 somethi...

Ferdinand is the world's most peaceful--and--beloved little bull. While all of the other bulls snort, leap, and butt their heads, Ferdinand is con...

This bestselling modern classic features a princess who rescues a very snooty—and ungrateful—prince.

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 pa...

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 fel...

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 hone...

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 i...

That’s where her Cuban family comes in. While some of the Cucarachas offer her gifts to make her more attractive, only Abuela, her grandmother, gi...

A mosquito annoyed the iguana, who frightened the python, who scared the rabbit?and now the whole jungle is in an uproar because the sun won’t ris...

No one wants to play with Lucy on her first day of school, so the teacher gives her some chalk. Lucy begins to draw animals in the patio and doesn...

  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 bea...

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