Little Reasoning: 2nd Grade

Literature
Art Appreciation
Poetry
History
Drawing
Science
Music

Literature

The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
Ugly Duckling by Jerry Pinkney
Nate the Great by Marjorie Sharmat
The Rose in My Garden by Arnold Lobel

The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck by Beatrix Potter
The Tale of Benjamin Bunny by Beatrix Potter
Little Toot by Hardie Gramatky

The Boy Who Held Back the Sea by Thomas Locker
The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge by Hildegarde Swift
Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
Madeline's Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans

Amadi's Snowman by Katia Novet Saint-Lot
Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne
Math Curse by Jon Scieszka

Humble Pie by Jennifer Donnelly
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox
Petrosinella by Diane Stanley
Cinderella by Charles Perrault

Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
Ola by Ingri and Edgar d'Aulaire
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman

The Story of Ferdinand by Munroe Leaf
The Magic Hill by A.A. Milne
Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel
The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes

Junie B. Jones and the Stupid, Smelly Bus by Barbara Park
Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business by Barbara Park
All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor
All-of-a-Kind Family Downtown by Sydney Taylor

Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lingren
Pippi Goes on Board by Astrid Lingren
Pippi in the South Seas by Astrid Lingren
Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi

Art Appreciation

Two books per month

Children: a First Art Book by Lucy Micklethwait
I Spy Colors in Art by Lucy Micklethwait

I Spy Shapes in Art by Lucy Micklethwait
Anna's Art Adventure by Bjorn Sortland

The First Starry Night by Joan Shaddox Isom
Camille and the Sunflowers: a Story about Vincent Van Gogh by Laurence Anholt

Katie and the Mona Lisa by James Mayhew
Katie and the Spanish Princess by James Mayhew

Katie Meets the Impressionists by James Mayhew
Katie's Sunday Afternoon by James Mayhew

Katie and the Sunflowers by James Mayhew
Katie and the Waterlily Pond by James Mayhew

The Magical Garden of Claude Monet by Laurence Anholt
Cezanne and the Apple Boy by Laurence Anholt

Matisse: the King of Color by Laurence Anholt
Leonardo and the Flying Boy: A Story about Leonardo da Vinci by Laurence Anholt

Degas and the Little Dancer by Laurence Anholt
Picasso and the Girl with a Ponytail by Laurence Anholt

Poetry

Grouped by months - one to three books each month.

The Big Book of Little compiled by Cooper Edens

Fold Me a Poem by Kristine O'Connell George

Tomie's Little Book of Poems by Tomie De Paola

Usborne Book of Poems for Little Children collected by Sam Taplin

A Child's Book of Poems by Gyo Fujikawa.

Silly Street by Jeff Foxworthy
Dirt on My Shirt by Jeff Foxworthy
Hide by Jeff Foxworthy

Eric Carle's Animals Animals compiled by Laura Whipple

Eric Carle's Dragons Dragons compiled by Laura Whipple

The Llama Who Had No Pajama by Mary Ann Hoberman
Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers by Mary Ann Hoberman

History

400-1600AD. One grouping per month.

Vikings

Yo, Vikings! by Judith Schachner
Hiccup the Seasick Viking by Cressida Cowell
Viking Ships at Sunrise by Mary Pope Osborne
The Mighty Thor by Billy Wrecks
(extra)
Leif Ericsson by Cynthia Amoroso

Castles

Castle: How It Works by David Macaulay [reader version]
Ms. Frizzle's Adventures: Medieval Castle by Joanna Cole
Cool Castles by Sean Kenney
Castles by Stephanie Turnbull

Knights

Days of the Knights: A Tale of Castles and Battles by Christopher Maynard
Knights and Castles by Seymour Simon
The Making of a Knight : How Sir James Earned His Armor by Patrick O'Brien
The Knight at Dawn by Mary Pope Osborne
(extra)
Castle Diary : the Journal of Tobias Burgess, Page by Richard Platt
Knights and Castles by Will Osborne

Medieval Life

The Elephant from Baghdad by Mary Holmes
The Medieval Plague by Sheri Johnson
King Bidgood's in the Bathtub by Audrey Wood
The Middle Ages : An Interactive History Adventure by Allison Lassieur
(extra)
(DVD) A History of the Middle Ages by Tremendous! Entertainment
1000 Years Ago on Planet Earth by Sneed Collard

Renaissance

Neo Leo by Gene Barretta
Anno's Medieval World by Mitsumasa Anno
[DVD] Leonardo da Vinci by Mike Venezia
[DVD] Michelangelo by Mike Venezia
[DVD] Rembrandt by Mike Venezia
(extra)
The Renaissance Art Book by Wenda O'Reilly
Johann Gutenberg and the Amazing Printing Press by Bruce Koscielniak
Alberic the Wise and Other Journeys by Norton Juster

Native Americans

Crazy Horse's Vision by Joseph Bruchac
The Northwest Indians: Daily Life in the 1700s by Judy Peterson
Longhouses by Karen Gibson
Tepees By June Preszler
(extra)
Many Nations: An Alphabet of Native America by Joseph Bruchac
(DVD) Native American Life by Rhonda Fabian

Columbus

Pocahontas: Princess of the New World by Kathleen Krull
Small Wolf by Nathaniel Benchley
Pocahontas by Caryn Jenner
A Picture Book of Christopher Columbus by David Adler
(extra)
Where do you Think You're Going, Christopher Columbus? by Jean Fritz

Aztecs

Aztec Warriors by Charlotte Guillain
The Secret World of the Aztecs by Ferdinand Anton [for looking at pictures]
(DVD) Ancient Aztec Empire by JWM Productions
Montezuma and the Fall of the Aztecs by Eric Zimmel
(extra)
What the Aztecs Told Me by Libura
Musicians of the Sun by Gerald McDermott

Misc

The Hunchback of Notre Dame by L. L. Owens
The Story of Robin Hood by Rob Lloyd Jones
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table by M.C. Hall
Saint George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges
(extra)
Merlin & the Making of the King by Margaret Hodges

Drawing

D is for Doodle by Deborah Zemke
Ed Emberley's Big Green Drawing Book by Ed Emberley
Ralph Masiello's Dragon Drawing Book by Ralph Masiello
Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Weirdos by Ed Emberley
How to Draw 101 Funny People by Dan Green
Ralph Masiello's Ocean Drawing Book by Ralph Masiello
Draw with-- Pablo Picasso by Ana Salvador and Draw with-- Joan Miró by Ana Salvador
Ralph Masiello's Robot Drawing Book by Ralph Masiello
Ed Emberley's Big Orange Drawing Book by Ed Emberley

Science

Earth/Space Science. One category per month.

Earthquakes

Earthquakes by Ellen Prager
Earthquakes! by the Editors of TIME for Kids
Earthquake by Milly Lee
The Earth-shaking Facts about Earthquakes with Max Axiom, Super Scientist by Katherine Krohn

Volcanoes

Hill of Fire by Thomas Lewis
Volcanoes by David L. Harrison
The Island That Moved by Meredith Hooper
The Explosive World of Volcanoes with Max Axiom, Super Scientist by Christopher L. Harbo

Rocks

Rocks: Hard, Soft, Smooth, and Rough by Natalie Rosinsky
Let's Go Rock Collecting by Roma Gans
Rocks and Minerals by Kathleen Zoehfeld
Magic School Bus Inside the Earth by Joanna Cole
(extra)
Rocks and Minerals by Ronald Bonewitz
The Quicksand Book by Tomie de Paola

Water Cycle

Down Comes the Rain by Franklyn Branley
Why Does It Rain? by Judith Jango-Cohen
Investigating Why It Rains by Ellen Rene
Water by Natalie Rosinsky
(extra)
The Cloud Book by Tomie de Paola

Weather/Wind

I Face the Wind by Cobb Gorton
How Does the Sun Make Weather by Judith Williams
My Light by Molly Bang
The Magic School Bus Rides the Wind by Anne Capeci
(extra)
Little Cloud by Eric Carle [If you want something very light.]

Weather/Storms

Yesterday We Had a Hurricane by Dierdre Mercier
Storms by Miriam Goin
Tornadoes by Gail Gibbons
Thunderstorms by Arthur Geisert
(extra)
Twisters by Lucille Penner [Warning: may be scary, pictures deaths from tornadoes]

Earth (Planet)

What's So Special About Planet Earth? by Robert E. Wells
On Earth by G. Brian Karas
A Look At Earth by Mary Dunn
Earth and the Universe by Ian Graham
(extra)
The Reasons for Seasons by Gail Gibbons

Sun & Moon

Sun by Franklyn Branley
The Sun by Michael Picray
On The Moon by Anna Milbourne
What the Moon Is Like by Franklyn Branley
(extra)
Moon by Steve Tomacek

Planets & Stars

Planets! by the Editors of TIME For Kids
Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System by Joanna Cole
The Sky Is Full of Stars by Franklyn Branley
(DVD) The Magic School Bus Space Adventures
(extra)
Scholastic True or False: Planets by Melvin Berger
Black Holes by Ker Than

Music

International.

African

Attentat by Koffi Olomide
African Queen by 2Face Idibia
Pata Pata by Miriam Makeba
Malaika by Miriam Makeba
Yeke Yeke by Mory Kante

Arabic

Nari Narien by Hisham Abbas
Habibi wenta b3eed by Tamer Hosny
Asr El Shoe by Marwan Khoury
ini khyartok by Kathem el Sahir
Bakhaf min Almai by Najwa Karam

Chinese

Song of Four Seasons by Si Ji Ge
Return by Han Hong (Tibetan Song)
Chinese Opera
A Tea Ballad
Maiden of Alishan by ? A Li Shan de Gu Niang (Taiwan Folk Song)
Green Island Serenade by Vienna Teng

Russian

Russian Folk Song by Red Army Choir
Russian Folk Instrumental by Moscow Nights Trio
Holy God by Georgy Sviridov/ Credo Chamber Choir of Kiev
Russian Orthodox Music by Valaam's Brethren Choir
Chechen rock (as in, from Chechnya)

Indian

Aankhon mein Raho by Sowmya Rao
Main Jahaan Roon by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
Live Carnatic Concert by Sarvam Brahmamayam
Raga Bhimpalas by Smita Bellur (Hindustani Classical Vocal)
Silsila Ye Chaahat Ka

Jewish

Oseh Shalom and Am Israel Chai by Sam Glaser
Hava Nagila
Chasidim wedding dance
Halleluyah
Shalom Aleichem by Siman Tov