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Books for First and Second Graders

Here are some of our children's librarians' favorite books for first and second graders.

Oakland Public Library

48 items

  • Mercy Watson

    Something Wonky This Way Comes

    DiCamillo, Kate
    BookSomerville, Mass : Candlewick Press, 2009. — J FIC DiCAMILLO
  • BookNew York : Disney Hyperion Books, [2013] — J FIC MONTIJO
  • BookNew York : Greenwillow Books, c2013. — J READER HENKES
  • Firebird

    Ballerina Misty Copeland Shows a Young Girl How to Dance Like the Firebird

    Copeland, Misty
    Kit[Fairfax, Virginia] : [Library Ideas, LLC], 2023. — J READALONG PICBK COPELAND
  • Ballet Cat

    Dance! Dance! Underpants!

    Shea, Bob
    BookLos Angeles ; New York : Disney-Hyperion, 2016. — J READER SHEA
  • BookNew York, NY : Scholastic Nonfiction, c2012. — J 597.96 BISHOP
  • Picture BookNew York : Balzer + Bray, c2013. — J PICBK WILLEMS
  • Alvin Ho

    Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things

    Look, Lenore
    BookNew York : Schwartz & Wade Books, c2008. — J FIC LOOK
  • Picture BookNew York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2012. — J PICBK REYNOLDS
  • BookNew York, New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, [2014] — J 306.76 HERTHEL
  • BookNew York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2016. — J 398.2 TONATIUH
  • BookNew York, NY : Scholastic Inc., [2015] — J 599.4 ARNOLD