Reading Roadmaps is a manual containing annotated reading lists for grades K-12 created by the Center for Lit. The manual summarizes the plot, themes, and other literary devices in each of the books. The following books are covered for 2nd grade.
Mouse Soup
by Arnold Lobel
Also: Veritas Press 2nd Grade Literature
The Frog and Toad Collection
by Arnold Lobel
Also: TIME: The 100 Best Children's Books of All Time
Days With Frog and Toad
by Arnold Lobel
Mercy Watson to the Rescue
by Kate DiCamillo
Also: Top 10 First Chapter Books for Preschoolers
My Father's Dragon
by Ruth Stiles Gannett
Also: Mater Amabilis Kindergarten Book List for Ages 5-6
Also: Sonlight Level A for Ages 5-7
Also: TIME: The 100 Best Children's Books of All Time
Also: Veritas Press 2nd Grade Literature
The Bears on Hemlock Mountain
by Alice Dalgliesh
Also: Sonlight Level D for Ages 8-11
The Minstrel in the Tower
by Gloria Skurzynski
Also: Sonlight Level C for Ages 7-9
Next Spring An Oriole
by Gloria Whelan
The Matchlock Gun
by Walter Edmonds
Recommended Age: 8
Also: Former Sonlight Books
Also: Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Grades 4-6
Also: Newbery Medal Winners
Alternate:
The Hundred Dresses
by Eleanor Estes
Also: Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Grades K-3
Also: Reading Roadmaps 3rd Grade
Also: Sonlight Level A for Ages 5-7
Also: Veritas Press 2nd Grade Literature
Alternate:
The Whipping Boy
by Sid Fleischman
Recommended Age: 9
Also: Moving Beyond the Page Age 7-9
Also: Newbery Medal Winners
Alternate:
The Reluctant Dragon
by Kenneth Grahame
Also: Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Grades K-3
Alternate:
Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin
by Marguerite Henry
Alternate:
Stuart Little
by E. B. White
Also: Reading Roadmaps 3rd Grade
Also: Veritas Press 3rd Grade Literature
Alternate:
A Bear Called Paddington
by Michael Bond
Also: Former Sonlight Books
Also: Mater Amabilis Kindergarten Book List for Ages 5-6
Also: TIME: The 100 Best Children's Books of All Time
Alternate:
Nate the Great
by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
Also: Reading Roadmaps 1st Grade
Also: Sonlight Grade 2 Readers
Also: Veritas Press 1st Grade Literature
Alternate:
Billy and Blaze Set
by C.W. Anderson