Grade 2

When Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg was picked first in the 2009 Major League Baseball (MLB) draft, some people called him the most-hyped young pitcher ever. Stephen quickly… Read More →

Is frosting the fluffiest food? Are pineapples the prickliest? Fun words meet tasty treats in this book of superlatives. Read More →

Stinker is a puppy stuck in the pound. He's playful and loving and wants more than anything to be adopted. Unfortunately, little Stinker is always making big smells. As family after family… Read More →

Stock cars are the cars that race in NASCAR races. They can drive more than 200 miles per hour! In case of crashes, there are special seat belts, steel bars, and padding to keep the drivers safe. Read More →

A little boy and his family gather at the cemetery for the unveiling of his grandpa’s gravestone, bringing stones to place on the grave, in the Jewish custom. They tell stories that help the… Read More →

The man in this story was very hungry because he had been lost in the forest with no food. He asked an old woman to give him some food, but she was too mean to share. The young man played a… Read More →

A funny picture book about Pod, a boy with a cold bottom! Will stone underpants suit him, or does he need to be more inventive? "I really do need something to keep my bottom warm," Pod told Read More →

Antonyms are opposites—/they're words like stop and go./See how different those words are?/They're just like yes and no. In this 20th anniversary edition of Stop and Go, Yes and No, author… Read More →

Fun with language! What is an antonym? You’ll find the answer inside this book—it’s all about antonyms! Author Brian P. Cleary and illustrator Brian Gable creatively clarify (not confuse) the Read More →

Come along with me and learn all about reading! Brian P. Cleary's wacky sentences and Jason Miskimins's colorful art will make phonics fun! Find activities, games, and more at www.brianpcleary.com. Read More →

Do you know that there are camps for dogs? Little puppies can be naughty and noisy. They have to learn how to behave. At Dog Camp they are taught to do what they are told. What things would a Read More →

Open this book and you're presented with three different animals with a poisonous bite or sting and this question: which creature would you sit and watch, back away slowly or which would make Read More →

Mike drums on any surface. Sara hums all day. Tom makes all kinds of odd sounds. They drive their families crazy and disturb their classmastes. How can their teacher stop that noise? Read More →

This simple informational text introduces students to batteries as a place where we store electricity. The text highlights batteries that come in many different sizes and shapes. Read More →

When a migrating stork gets tangled in a net in the fish ponds on Maya’s kibbutz, Maya wonders what to do. Can she and her father find a way to nurse it back to health and send it back into… Read More →

There are many kinds of storms, and they can be scary, but this overview helps readers understand how and why they happen—and shows the importance of weather in different parts of the world… Read More →

Laura and her father, who live on an island in the Caribbean, discover a dolphin who loves to be with people. They spend a lot of time playing in the ocean with the dolphin and other people… Read More →

Have fun with language! What Is an antonym? One book is never enough to explore the wide range of antonyms! In this follow up to Stop and Go, Yes and No, the zany (not ordinary) cats deliver Read More →

Whether it's growing new body parts or shedding body parts for defense—some of Earth's amazing animals have super-strange bodies that are almost beyond belief. Read More →

Get a close-up view of the life of a strawberry. Read More →