Chapter books we have loved reading together in 2nd grade:

-The Tale of Despereaux

-Chocolate Fever

-Sideways Stories from Wayside School

-The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

-Charlotte’s Web

-Gooney Bird Greene

Fun chapter book series for 2nd grade readers:

-Magic Treehouse

-Junie B. Jones

-Cam Jansen

-A-Z Mysteries

-Horrible Harry

-Nate the Great

-Ready Freddy!

-Magic School Bus

Authors and Illustrators worth checking out:

-Tomie DePaola

-Eric Carle

-Lio Lionni

-Mark Teague

-Gregory Tang (fun math related books)

-Maurice Sendak

-Mem Fox

-David Shannon

-David Catrow

-Karen Beaumont

-Kevin Henkes

-Roald Dahl

-Shel Silverstein

-Dr. Seuss!

-Louis Sachar (Wayside School Series)

-Timothy Basil Erring

-Jon Scieszka

-Lane Smith

-Laura Numeroff

-Bill Martin Jr.

-Janelle Cannon

Parents:  For more great ideas about books for children, the research behind read alouds, and many helpful strategies I recommend The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease.  I have found it very useful.