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Centerville City Schools Up to Second Grade Reading List 2026 |
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Every Monday Mabel
by Jashar Awan
Every Monday Mabel takes her breakfast outside and waits for her favorite part of the week: the garbage truck.
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The Wild Robot on the Island
by Peter Brown
When a robot washes ashore, she adapts to her new home by making lifelong connections with the island's animal inhabitants.
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Fireworks
by Matthew Burgess
POP! As a hot day sizzles into evening, everyone on stoops and sidewalks looks skyward on this special summer night--the Fourth of July! Words and art blossom into flowers of fire across the sky, making this a perfect read for firework enthusiasts in cities and suburbs everywhere. POP! POP!
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Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
by Virginia Lee Burton
Due to industrial progress, Mike and his trusty steam shovel, Mary
Anne, are out of work, and they have one last chance to prove that
Mary Anne can dig faster than one hundred men in order to save her from the scrap heap.
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Goodnight, Bruce
by Ryan T. Higgins
It's bedtime in Soggy Hollow. But Bruce's family of mice and geese would rather watch late-night monster movies than go to sleep. There are so many more fun things to do like . . .build model airplanes and eat ice cream and keep up their correspondence. Will Bruce ever get them to sleep? What's a tired old bear to do?
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The Day the Books Disappeared
by Joanna Ho
Arnold didn't mean for the books to disappear--not exactly. It all started because his liked his book about airplanes best and wanted everyone else to read it, too. He couldn't understand why anybody would want to read about tomatoes or ostriches or submarines. And suddenly--POOF! The books are gone. It's up to Arnold to figure out how it all happened--and what it will take to bring them back.
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The Humble Pie
by Jory John
The Humble Pie likes to give others the spotlight. Aw, shucks!--they deserve it! But when he's paired with his best friend, Jake the Cake, for a school project, he soon realizes that staying in the shadows isn't always as sweet as pie.
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Sadie Mouse Wrecks the House
by Elliott Kalan
Sadie is tired of being the obedient mouse while her brother runs amok, but when she turns bad, Reggie has to think up a way to return his sister to being good--and fast.
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Buffalo Fluffalo and Puffalo
by Bess Kalb
Buffalo Fluffalo's prairie life is disrupted by Puffalo, a yelly and squigglish new addition to the family.
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Our Lake
by Angie Kang
Two grieving brothers visit the lake their father took them to for the first time.
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City Summer, Country Summer
by Kiese Laymon
Three African American boys, including one visiting from New York, form a meaningful connection during a summer trip to rural Mississippi.
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Cat Nap
by Brian Lies
In the warm, late afternoon sunlight, a girl sits on the couch reading a book. Her kitten dozes nearby. But when Kitten notices a mouse and dives after it through a framed poster on the wall, an epic chase through time, art, and history ensues. Is it a dream? That's up to the reader to decide, but for the kitten, every leap and bound is full of suspense and makes for a masterpiece.
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Popo the Xolo
by Paloma Angelina Lopez
Nana transitions from life to death through the nine levels of Mictlåan, accompanied by her beloved xoloitzcuintle, Popo.
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Fancy Nancy
by Jane O'Connor
A young girl who loves fancy things helps her family to be fancy
for one special night. See other titles in the Fancy Nancy series.
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Fox Is Coming!
by James Patterson
The chicks on the farm are in a hurried race to hide away as Fox gives chase.
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Sundust
by Zeke Peña
A look at the author's hometown of El Paso, where the sun reigns over the vast desert and shapes all that it touches.
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The Library in the Woods
by Calvin Alexander Ramsey
After a storm devastates the farm his parents have been renting, Junior moves with his family to Roxboro, North Carolina. The year is 1959, and the nine-year-old boy has to navigate the realities of the segregated South while adjusting to life in town. Instead of farming, his father works at the lumberyard, and his mother takes in laundry from the white people in town. Junior meets new friends who have a TV―and their own books! These new friends offer to take Junior to the library, and he’s surprised to discover that in a clearing in the forest, there’s a log cabin that houses a library for Black residents.
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A Bad Case of Stripes
by David Shannon
Follows the plight of Camilla Cream, who dreams of being popular
but who breaks out in "stripes" and is teased by the other kids until
an odd woman feeds her lima beans to cure her malady.
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Don't Trust Fish
by Neil Sharpson
A supposed nature guide humorously warns readers why they should never trust fish, exploring their mysterious and villainous nature.
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Elvis & Romeo
by David Soman
Elvis loves to sleep and doesn't like running around or playing hide and seek. He can't wait to go the dog park and have a nice, quiet nap. Romeo loves to rush and race around, howl, and fetch sticks. He can't wait to go to the dog park and make a new friend. Elvis and Romeo's burgeoning friendship doesn't exactly get off to the most promising start when they meet. But little by little, these polar-opposite pooches may just become the closet of canines after all.
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A Snow Day for Amos McGee
by Philip C. Stead
Zookeeper Amos McGee passes out warm knits to the animals in anticipation for snow that never arrives, but when a surprise snowfall blankets the zoo, the zookeeper and his animal friends enjoy the snowy day together.
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Scaredy Squirrel
by Melanie Watt
Frightened of the world that exists beyond the high limbs of his
tree-top home, Scaredy Squirrel keeps himself well prepared for
any harm that could come his way, but when he is suddenly forced
out from his branches, Scaredy Squirrel is pleasantly surprised with
what he discovers on the ground below.
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Braided Roots
by Pasha Westbrook
As a little girl's father loving braids her hair, he shares with his daughter the strength and resilience of their ancestors, Freedmen who walked the Trail of Tears from Mississippi to Oklahoma.
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Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale
by Mo Willems
After a fun day with Daddy at the local laundromat, Trixie quickly
notices that her cherished Knuffle Bunny is missing and turns to her father to help her get him back, in a quirky tale about a special daddy-daughter adventure.
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Meet Yasmin!
by Saadia Faruqi
Pakistani American second grader Yasmin learns to cope with the
small problems of school and home, while gaining confidence in her
own skills and creative abilities.
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Stop That Mop!
by Jonathan Fenske
Tired of mopping slop, this Mop wants to run away, and challenges anyone who wants to stop it.
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Owl and Penguin: Best Day Ever
by Vikram Madan
Two best friends, Owl and Penguin, are opposites, but solve their conflicts with creative play, from conquering fears to flying a runaway kite.
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Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa
by Erica Silverman
Accompanied by her devoted horse Cocoa, Cowgirl Kate tends to
her many tasks during her busy day on the range and, despite a
few arguments between the two, gets them done with time to spare.
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Doggo and Pupper Save the World
by Katherine Applegate
Doggo likes routine: napping, eating, and more napping. Life is good. Life is good for Pupper, too, even though he worries a lot, about things like giant squirrels. If he were braver, he might even be a hero. Maybe even a hero who can fly! But heroes aren't afraid of giant squirrels. When Doggo and Pupper meet a baby bird who also has worries, they are determined to help. Doggo and Pupper may not know how to fly, but they are very good helpers. Maybe they are even heroes!
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Lucy Lancaster Has a Secret
by Willow Coven
Lucy Lancaster develops a mysterious case of magical hiccups with the power to make her dreams and nightmares come true and then learns how to cast a spell to control them.
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Dory Fantasmagory
by Abby Hanlon
Craving attention from her older sister and brother, youngest
family member Dory uses her wild imagination and indefatigable
energy to outsmart monsters, escape from a time-out, and exact
revenge on her sister's favorite doll.
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Dinosaurs Before Dark
by Jenny Laird
A graphic-novel adaptation of the first entry in the best-selling
chapter-book series features illustrations by twin sibling comic
artists and depicts Jack and Annie's adventures as they are
swept into the prehistoric past by the Magic Tree House.
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Pizza and Taco: Wrestling Mania!
by Stephen Shaskan
Pizza's and Taco's moms want them to join a sports team, so when they see the wrestling sign-up sheet at school they choose their wrestling names and create signature moves, hoping to join the club.
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Hurricane
by Jason Chin
The community of Hatteras Island, North Carolina, prepares to weather a category three hurricane, aided by cutting-edge science.
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In the World of Whales
by Michelle Cusolito
A free diver witnesses the birth of a sperm whale and experiences a moment of connection with the pod.
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Alberto Salas Plays Paka Paka Con La Papa
by Sara Andrea Fajardo
What can a potato do? To Peruvian scientist Alberto Salas, they have the power to change the world. Go on the hunt with Alberto for for wild potatoes before they go extinct in this playful picture book biography.
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Wanda Hears the Stars: A Blind Astronomer Listens to the Universe
by Amy S. Hansen
Growing up in Puerto Rico, Wanda Dâiaz Merced wanted to study the stars. But when she lost her sight, she had to find a new way to work. Through the use of sonification, which turns data into sound, she was able to make a path for herself and other scientists with disabilities.
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Centerville Library
111 W. Spring Valley Rd.
Centerville, OH 45458
(937) 433-8091
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Woodbourne Library
6060 Far Hills Avenue Centerville, OH 45459
(937) 435-3700 |
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