Grade 2

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The Liberty Bell: History's Silent Witness

From the Series Core Content Social Studies — Let's Celebrate America

From the British surrender in Yorktown to the Civil War to Women's Suffrage and the fight for Civil Rights, one powerful witness to American history played an important role. Discover why the Read More →

  • Lexile: 790
  • Dewey: 974.8
  • Copyright: 2018
Fall 2025

The Liberty Bell: Let Freedom Ring

From the Series Celebrate American Symbols (Early Bird Stories ™)

Who cracked the Liberty Bell? Learn the history of this US monument and discover what it means to have liberty. Read More →

  • Lexile: 510
  • ATOS: 2.6
  • Dewey: 974.811
  • Copyright: 2026
Fall 2025

The Library in the Woods

After a storm devastates the farm his parents have been renting, Junior moves with his family to Roxboro, North Carolina. The year is 1959, and the nine-year-old boy has to navigate the… Read More →

  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2025
Spring 2026

The Life Cycle of Frogs: Fluency Launch

From the Series Red Rocket ™ Readers Decodable Explorers

What is a life cycle? The growth of a frog from an egg to an adult is most unusual. A frog's egg hatches into a tiny animal that does not look at all like a frog! A tadpole is more like a… Read More →

  • Dewey: 428
  • Copyright: 2026
Spring 2026

The Life of a Butterfly: Fluency Launch

From the Series Red Rocket ™ Readers Decodable Explorers

What is a life cycle? A butterfly goes through four stages in its life. It changes into something different each time. It starts as a tiny egg, and later it becomes a chrysalis. More changes… Read More →

  • Dewey: 428
  • Copyright: 2026

The Lincoln Memorial

From the Series Lightning Bolt Books ® — Famous Places

How big is the statue of President Abraham Lincoln inside the Lincoln Memorial? It’s 19 feet (6 meters) high. That’s taller than three adults standing on one another’s shoulders! Whose idea… Read More →

  • Lexile: 630
  • ATOS: 3.9
  • Dewey: 975.3
  • Copyright: 2011

The Lincoln Memorial

From the Series Pull Ahead Books — American Symbols

The Lincoln Memorial looks like a Greek temple with thirty-six columns. Do you know why there are thirty-six of them? Or which of Lincoln's speeches are carved into the walls of the memorial? Read More →

  • Lexile: 610
  • ATOS: 3.9
  • Dewey: 973.7'092
  • Copyright: 2004
Fall 2025

The Lincoln Memorial: A Symbol of Fairness

From the Series Celebrate American Symbols (Early Bird Stories ™)

Why was the Lincoln Memorial built? Learn about the legacy of Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, and what it means to be free. Read More →

  • Lexile: 550
  • ATOS: 2.9
  • Dewey: 975.3
  • Copyright: 2026

The Lion and the Hare: [An East African Folktale]

From the Series On My Own Folklore

The animals of the grasslands have a problem. A very hungry lion wants to eat them all! To keep the lion happy, they agree to send one animal for him to eat every day. When the hare learns… Read More →

  • Lexile: 410
  • ATOS: 3.1
  • Dewey: 398.2
  • Copyright: 2009

The Little Island

There was once a farm where all the animals were friends. Together they looked after the farm and each other. It wasn’t perfect and they didn’t always agree (animals almost never do). But… Read More →

  • Lexile: 590
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2019

The Little Rock Nine Stand Up for Their Rights

From the Series History Speaks: Picture Books Plus Reader's Theater

Until 1957, two worlds existed in Little Rock, Arkansas: one for white Americans and another for African Americans. Whites and blacks went to separate schools, ate at separate restaurants,… Read More →

  • Lexile: 540
  • ATOS: 4.4
  • Dewey: 379.2'630976773
  • Copyright: 2011

The Little Row Boat: Skills Set 7

From the Series Red Rocket ™ Readers Decodable Explorers

Can you imagine what it would feel like to be a little row boat? Boats don't think or feel, but it can be fun to imagine what a boat would think about if it could. Introduces sound: long o… Read More →

  • Lexile: 420
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2023

The Littlest Levine

Hannah doesn't like being the littlest Levine. She's too short to hang fruit from the sukkah and too young to light the Hanukkah candles by herself. But when Passover comes, the littlest… Read More →

  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2014

The Littlest Mountain

God realizes that the people of the world need rules to live by, and decides to speak to them from a mountaintop. Beautiful Mount Carmel, tall Mount Hermon, and majestic Mount Tabor all vie… Read More →

  • Lexile: 680
  • ATOS: 4.1
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2011
Spring 2025

The Littlest Turtle

The Littlest Turtle by Lysa Mullady is a picture book about the importance of using your voice to speak up for what is fair and right. For years, the little turtles climbed on top of the big… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2023

The Little Tree

When the Little Tree sees the world around her narrowing, she worries about what life will be like for her Little Seed. She decides to take the biggest risk of all, and let Little Seed find a Read More →

  • Lexile: 520
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2015

The Little Tree: Book 10

From the Series Sustainability

Watch a little tree grow! This simple informational text describes how a little seedling grows into a tree, given the right conditions—soil, sun and water. Read More →

  • Copyright: 2023

The Lonely Beast

Have you heard of the Beasts? No? Well, I'm not surprised. Not many people have. That's because the Beasts are very rare. This is the tale of one Beast, the rarest of the rare, a Beast who… Read More →

  • Lexile: 530
  • ATOS: 3.7
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2011

The Lonely Giant

From the Series Red Rocket ™ Readers Fluency Level 3

This story is about two different giants. The Lonely Giant was sad and grumpy because he was tired of being alone. He wished he had some friends, but he was lonely until he watched the Gentle Read More →

  • Lexile: 610
  • ATOS: 3.9
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2006

The Long, Long Ride

From the Series Red Rocket ™ Readers Fluency Level 3

In this story, poor Dad had two problems. First, he made a mistake because he was thinking hard about his important work. Then a lot of noise stopped him from hearing an important message. He Read More →

  • Lexile: 480
  • ATOS: 2.5
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2005

The Love of the Moonlight

"If we loved, much like the moon, then would we be as kind?" On a sleepless night, while gazing up at the skies, a child realizes that the world would be a better place if we acted with… Read More →

  • Lexile: 960
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2023

The Lunar New Year Surprise

From the Series Holidays in Our Home

"It's the first day of the Lunar New Year—the biggest, yummiest, NOISIEST celebration of the year!" During the festivities, can Gege find the perfect moment to present his handcrafted… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2023

The Lunch Bunch

From the Series Real Kids Readers — Level 2

Who do you eat lunch with? Ann and Lee sit together at lunch. Meg is new at school and would like to make friends with them. Is there room for three? Read More →

  • Lexile: 480
  • ATOS: 2.2
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 1998

The Lute Player: A Tale from Russia

From the Series Tales of Honor

This is a story of love between an adventure-loving king and his queen who travels in disguise as a lute player to save the king after he is imprisoned during one of his journeys. Themes:… Read More →

  • Lexile: 580
  • ATOS: 4.1
  • Dewey: 398.2
  • Copyright: 2014