Second & Third Grades

J ABBOTT Abbott, Tony. The Hidden Stairs and the Magic Carpet: Underneath the steps leading down to Eric’s basement is a hidden storage space, but when Eric and his friends huddle inside the gray room, something unbelievable happens. (Part of the Secrets of Droon series) J ADLER Adler, David. Cam Jansen and the Ghostly Mystery: Cam uses her photographic memory to catch a thief disguised as a ghost (Cam Jansen series)  

J BAKER Baker, Keith. Lucky Days With Mr. and Mrs. Green: Mr. and Mrs. Green, a loving alligator couple, have three separate adventures in one book. They try their hands at being detectives, enter a gumball guessing contest, and participate in a talent show. (Third book in the Mr. and Mrs. Green series) E BANG Bang-Campbell, Monika. Little Rat Makes Music: Little Rat loves the violin but hates to practice, until her teacher suggests she perform a duet with one of the advanced students at the holiday concert. J BANKS Banks, Lynne Reid. The Fairy Rebel: A rebellious fairy named Tiki, already in trouble for breaking the rule against wearing jeans, risks the further wrath of the Fairy Queen by trying to fulfill a human's special request for help. J BLUME Blume, Judy. Freckle Juice: Andrew wants freckles so badly that he buys Sharon's freckle recipe for fifty cents. J BROWN Brown, Marc Tolon. Arthur and the Nerves of Steal: When Buster impulsively drops a Cybertoy into Arthur’s backpack in the drugstore one day, he feels so guilty that he finally confesses to his friend and they try to return the popular toy before anyone else finds out. J BROWN Brown, Jeff. Flat Stanley: After a bulletin board fell on Stanley and made him flat, he could do things no one else could do. (Flat Stanley Series)

 

E CAZET Cazet, Denys. Minnie and Moo: The Attack of the Easter Bunnies: Cow friends Minnie and Moo enlist the other farm animals to dress up as Easter bunnies to surprise the farmer's grandchildren. J CHRISTO Christopher, Matt. The Captain Contest: Dewey loves to draw and wants to enter the soccer team logo contest, but he does not want to win the grand prize--being team captain. (Soccer Cats series) J CHRISTO Christopher, Matt. Catcher with a Glass Arm: Jody is a catcher who is afraid to throw the ball hard. After getting beaned by the ball one day when he is at bat, he is also afraid of a pitched ball, and must struggle to overcome his fears and humiliation. J CLEARY Cleary, Beverly. Henry Huggins: When Henry adopts a dog of no particular breed, humorous adventures follow. J CLEARY Cleary, Beverly. Muggie Maggie: Maggie resists learning cursive writing in the third grade, until she discovers that knowing how to read and write cursive promises to open up an entirely new world of knowledge for her. J CLEARY Cleary, Beverly. Ramona’s World: About the adventures of Ramona with big sister Beezus and baby sister Roberta and at school in Mrs. Meacham’s class. J COX Cox, Judy. Third Grade Pet: Fearing for the safety of the third grade’s class pet, Cheese the rat, Rosemary takes him home in her backpack and creates chaos in the household. E DANZIGE    Danziger , Paula. It’s Justin Time: Unlike her best friend Justin, Amber Brown loves to measure time and hopes to receive a watch on her seventh birthday. (Amber Brown series) J DEUTSCH    Deutsch, Stacia. Ben Franklin’s Fame: After Babs convinces Benjamin Franklin to quit before he becomes famous, Abigail and her friends must try to change his mind. (Blast from the Past Mysteries) J DICAMIL   DiCamillo, Kate. Mercy Watson to the Rescue: After Mercy the pig snuggles to sleep with the Watsons, all three awaken with the bed teetering on the edge of a big hole in the floor J ERICKSO Erickson, John R. The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog: Hank the Cowdog, Head of Ranch Security, is framed for the murder of a chicken and becomes an outlaw with the coyotes. J GUTMAN Gutman, Dan. Miss Daisy is Crazy: My weird school series #1: Unusual teaching methods surprise her second grade students, especially reluctant learner A.J

J HAAS    Haas, Jessie. Runaway Radish: When Radish the horse grows too big for the girls who own him he goes to live at a horse camp where there are always new children for him to train. J KOLLER    Koller, Jackie French. Dragonling: After finding a baby dragon accidentally left alive after his older brother's dragon quest, Darek risks death and the anger of his people in trying to return it to the Valley of the Dragons. J LOWRY    Lowry, Lois. Gooney Bird Greene: An unusual new student entertains her class and teacher telling true stories of how she got her name. J MCDONAL    McDonald, Megan. Judy Moody Gets Famous!: When a fellow student gets her picture in the paper for winning a spelling bee, Judy is determined to find a way to become famous herself. J MCDONAL    McDonald, Megan. Judy Moody, MD: Judy is excited about becoming a doctor, especially when class 3T starts a new unit on the human body. But she learns more about being a patient when she catches tonsillitis from her little brother. J PARK    Park, Barbara. Junie B., First Grader: Boo - and I Mean It!: With Halloween approaching, Junie B. needs to find a costume that will scare off the real witches and ghosts that she believes will be out on the holiday. (Junie B Jones series) J PILKEY Pilkey, Dave. Ricky Ricotta’s Giant Robot: an Epic Novel: Ricky Ricotta, a small mouse, saves a giant robot from his evil creator, Dr. Stinky. In turn, the robot protects Ricky from the bullies at school and saves the city from Dr. Stinky’s plan to destroy it. (Ricky Ricotta Series) E PINKWAT    Pinkwater, Daniel. Second Grade Ape: Flash Fleetwood finds a very quiet gorilla which he names Phil, and, to the delight of the second grade students, their teacher Mrs. Hotdogbun says he may attend school along with them. J PRELLER Preller, James. The Case of the Double Trouble Detectives: Jigsaw Jones finds himself in competition with Reggie for the title of the best detective in town. Reggie relies on technology and charm to solve mysteries. Can Jigsaw prove that he is better? (Jigsaw Jones series)  

J ROY    Roy, Ron. The Absent Author: Dink Duncan and his two friends investigate the apparent kidnapping of famous mystery author Wallis Wallace. (A to Z Mystery series) P RYLANT    Rylant, Cynthia. The Bookshop Dog: When Martha Jane's owner falls ill and has to go to the hospital, the inhabitants of her small town bicker over who will care for the beloved dog.

E RYLANT    Rylant, Cynthia. Henry and Mudge in Puddle Trouble: For Henry and his big dog Mudge, spring means admiring the first show glory, playing in puddles in the rain, and watching the five new kittens next door. (Henry and Mudge series) E RYLANT    Rylant, Cynthia. Mr. Putter and Tabby: books Adventure stories about Mr. Putter and his cat, Tabby, their neighbor, Mrs. Teaberry, and her dog, Zeke. J SACHAR    Sachar, Louis. Wayside School is Falling Down: More humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, where students learn to tango, face the cafeteria's dreaded Mushroom Surprise, and study a hobo during Show and Tell. (Sequel to Sideways Stories from Wayside School, part of the Wayside series) P SCHACHN    Schachner, Judith Byron. Yo, Vikings!: Emma’s research on Erik the Red soon extends beyond the classroom. E SHARMAT    Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman. Nate the Great Talks Turkey: Nate the Great and his cousin Olivia are on the case of a runaway turkey, but unfortunately the clues appear to contradict each other. E SILVERM    Silverman, Erica. Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa, Partners: Cocoa the horse herds the cows with Cowgirl Kate, helps her practice her roping skills, and wishes he could wear boots instead of horseshoes. J WARNER Warner, Gertrude Chandler. The Boxcar Children: Introduces the orphaned Alden family children, who make an abandoned boxcar their home and demonstrate their independence and ability to "make do." (Part of the Boxcar Children Mystery Series) J WHYBROW    Whybrow, Ian. Little Wolf’s Book of Badness: Little Wolf has been behaving too courteously, so his parents send him to Big Bad Wolf school to learn how to be a proper wolf. J WILLIAM Williams, Vera B. Amber was Brave, Essie was Smart: Poems tell how two sisters help each other out while their mother works and their father is in jail.