A book list for year 2.

Book Title / Author
Mr Majeika / Humphrey Carpenter
Flat Stanley / Jeff Brown
The Tales of Olga da Polga / Michael Bond
The Snowman / Raymond Briggs
The Fairytale Hairdresser / AbieLongstaff
Gracie the Lighthouse Cat / Ruth Brown
Albert the Bear / Nick Butterworth
The Enormous Crocodile (and others) / Roald Dahl
Dear Greenpeace / Simon James
Brother Eagle, Sister Sky / Susan Jeffers
Clarice Bean series / Lauren Child
Glitterwings Academy / Titania Woods
Funny Bones / Allan Ahlberg
A Series of Unfortunate Events / Lemony Snicket
Laura’s Star / Klaus Baumgart
I will not ever NEVER eat a tomato / Lauren Childs
Winnie the Pooh / A A Milne
Peace at Last / Jill Murphy
The Tunnel (and others) / Anthony Browne
Judy Moody / Megan McDonald
Please Mrs Butler (and other poems) / Allan Ahlberg
The Monster Crisp Guzzler / Malorie Blackman
Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp / Philip Pullman
The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark / Jill Tomlinson
Winnie the Witch / Laura Owen
Spy Dog / Andrew Cope
The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig / Eugene Trivizas
Cup Final Kid / Martin Waddell
Horrid Henry / Francesca Simon
The Rainbow Fish / Marcus Pfister
PippiLongstocking / Astrid Lingdren
The Great Pet Sale / Mick Inkpen
Usbourne Illustrated Fairy Tales / Sarah Courthauld
Captain Underpants / DavPilkey
The Tiger Who Came to Tea / Judith Kerr
J is for Jamaica / Benjamin Zephaniah
Eat Your Peas / KesGray
The Emperor of Absurdia / Chris Riddell
The Gruffalo (and others) / Julia Donaldson
Seriously Silly Stories / Laurence Arnholt
Mr Wolf’s Pancakes / Jan Fearnley
Lady Lollipop / Dick King Smith
Where the Wild Things Are / Maurice Sendak
Dinosaur Pox / Jeremy Strong
Once upon an Ordinary School Day / Colin McNaughton
The Promise / Nicola Davies
Edward Lear’s Book of Nonsense / Edward Lear
Not Now Bernard / David McKee
The Worst Witch / Jill Murphy
Angelina Ballerina / Katherine Holabird
Aesop’s Fables / Beverley Naidoo
Star Girl / Karin Littlewood
The Dragon Dentist / Jon McLay
Help! We Need a Title / HerveTullet
The Cat in the Hat (and others) / Dr Seuss
The Egg / M. P. Robertson
Until I Met Dudley / Roger McGough
The Pirate’s Picnic / Angela McAllister
Algy’s Amazing Adventures in the Jungle / Kaye Umansky
This is Not my Hat / Jon Klassen
Eat Your Greens, Goldilocks / Steve Smallman
Choosing Crumble / Michael Rosen
The Pirates Next Door / Jonny Duddle
Precious and the Monkeys / Alexandra McCall Smith
My Naughty Little Sister / Dorothy Edwards
Cudweed’s Time Machine / Marcus Sedgewick
Stuart Little / E B White
The World According to Humphrey / Betty G Birney
Mozart’s Banana / Gillian Cross
The Day the Crayons Quit / Oliver Jeffers
Cakes in Space / Philip Reeve
Rats! / Allan McDonald
Deadly Letter / Mary Hoffman
Dogger / Shirely Hughes
Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf / Catherine Storr
The Spaghetti Yeti / Kate Pankhust
All Sorts to Make a World / John Agard
The Night Before Christmas / Tony Ross

This list comprises of books recommended for, and by, previous year 2 classes. Some are picture books and others are chapter books. Some of the books on this list will be challenging for your child; others they will be able to read on their own.

If your child likes a book by an author, do look for others but do also encourage variety in in their reading choices.

This website is very useful for finding books: