Featuring fiction and nonfiction books, students will gain adequate exposure to a range of appropriately complex texts that are aligned to the Common Core State Standards. Each book in this Grade 2 30-book collection will keep readers interested and engaged through vibrant images, vivid illustrations, supportive diagrams, and easy-to-read text. Titles in this collection include (titles may vary):

• The Human Calculator
• Families Through Time
• I'll Lead the Way!
• Melting and Freezing
• Mapping Our Nation
• George Washington
• Our Earth
• Step into the Rainforest
• Money and Trade in Our Nation
• Footprints on the Moon: Poems About Space
• Coming to America
• You Can Count on Me!
• Why Anansi Has Eight Thin Legs: A Tale from West Africa
• Gases
• Harriet Tubman
• The Solar System
• How Amusement Parks Work
• Step into the Forest
• Tornadoes and Hurricanes!
• Count Me In! What's for Lunch?
• Declaring Our Independence
• You and the Law
• Cuckoo, Cuckoo: A Folktale from Mexico
• Earthquakes!
• Susan B. Anthony
• Make It Healthy
• Step into the Desert
• Count Me In! School Carnival
• Outer Space
• Look Inside: Your Skeleton and Muscles