The World is Not a Rectangle
The Magic Treehouse series

How to solve a problem

Candymakers

Nancy Drew

Magic Treehouse

My Weird School

Flat Stanley series is entertaining for the kids

Junie B Jones

Oh and of course the Dog Man books, a huge hit

Depending on reading level, I would check out the Never Let the Unicorn (Scribble, etc.) and the A little SPOT of Kindness, etc. books.

At a higher level reading for 2nd - in addition to the Magic Treehouse series - look for My Father's Dragon, Beverly Cleary, Cat Ninja. Those are all great. My son also loved the My Weird School series. They are a bit repetitive book after book, but pretty funny for a 7 year old.

My Father's Dragon

Beverly Cleary books and don’t forget Pippi Longstocking?!

Isn’t Amelia Bedelia also good for that age group?

Copy of the list we received from school for summer reading. My son read the Magic School Bus and Magic Treehouse books all summer and Weird School. He couldn't put them down.

• The Magic School Bus, Eva Moore
• The Smallest Cow in the World, Katherine Paterson
• Magic Tree House, Mary Pope Osborne
• Nate the Great, Majorie Sharmat
• Ready Freddy, Abby Kline
• Horrible Harry, Suzy Kline
• Amelia Bedelia, Peggy Parish
• My Weird School, Dan Gutman

Try My Tooth is Loose and Nate the Great.

@Anonymous
How to Solve a Problem, Candymakers, Nancy Drew

I took my 2nd grader to Barnes & Noble yesterday. "How I Met My Monster" was her favorite read. Great pictures and a cute story. "Creepy Carrots" is another good one. Right now, she's reading the "Stick Dog" series.

@skibabe This is a GREAT list! Our kids loved so many of these books. Nice memories of when they really started to love reading. :)