YS Staff Picks Grades 1 & 2
Our Favorite Reads
suggested grades 1 & 2 titles
- We’re All Wonders by R.J. Palacio
- Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin
- This is Not That Kind of Book by Christopher Healy
- Take Your Pet to School Day by Linda Ashman
- Llama Destroys the World by Jonathan Stutzman
- Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff (series – Danny and the Dinosaur)
- Don’t Throw it to Mo by David AdlerItchy
- Book! By Mo Willems
- Do You Like My Bike by Norman Feuti
- Meet Yasmin by Saadia Faruqi (series – Yasmin)
- Humphrey’s Really Wheely Racing Day by Betty C. Birney (series- Humphrey’s Tiny Tales)
- Rise of the Earth Dragon by Tracey West (series – Dragon Masters)
- Eva’s Treetop Festival by Rebecca Elliott (series – Owl Diaries)
- Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey (series – Bad Guys)
- Trouble with Chickens by Doreen Cronin
- Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters by Andrea Beaty
- Rabbits’ Rebellion by Ariel Dorfman
- Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea by Ben Clanton
- Insect Superpowers: 18 real bugs that smash, zap, hypnotize, sting, and devour! By Kate Messner
- Boy Who Invented the Popsicle by Anne Renaud