2nd Grade Reading List | Exploring Habitats

See our Teacher Tool Independent Reading (K-5) for guidance on how to use the suggested texts below.

Fiction Texts with Aligned Themes and Topics

Along the Tapajós by Fernando Vilela (730L)
Beyond the Pond by Joseph Kuefler (660L)
In the Woods by David Elliott
On Duck Pond by Jane Yolen (680L)
Orangutan: A Day in the Rainforest Canopy by Rita Goldner
Over and Under the Pond by Kate Messner (660L)
Over and Under the Rainforest by Kate Messner (810L) **
The Brilliant Deep by Kate Messner (830L) **
The Home Builders by Varsha Bajaj (660L)
The Salamander Room by Anne Mazer (440L)
Woodland Dreams by Karen Jameson

Informational Texts to Build Content Knowledge

A Grassland Habitat by Bobbie Kalman (450L)
Desert Giant by Barbara Bash (980L) **
Deserts by Gail Gibbons (710L) **
Habitats: Arctic Tundra by Michael H. Forman (830L) **
Habitats: City Park by Wendy Davis (840L) **
In the Forest (National Geographic Kids) by Shira Evans (450L)
Land Habitats by Bobbie Kalman (500L)
Ocean Animals (Look & Find Out) by Alice B. McGinty (480L)
Rain Forests (Explore My World) by Marfe Ferguson Delano (660L)

* lower Lexile or qualitative measures than core text.

** higher Lexile or qualitative measures than core text.

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Independent Reading Suggested Books for Exploring Habitats