Juvenile Easy Readers, Level 2
This list is designed to help you find beginning reading material for your young reader. Level 2 titles, which are geared towards students reading on a kindergarten to 1st grade level, include more words, short and simple sentences, and many visual clues provided by the illustrations. Simple sight words and phonics patterns continue to be emphasized.

A baby bird is hatched while his mother is away. Fallen from his nest, he sets out to look for her.

Small Bear has a new bike, but before he can ride it, his dad teaches him about bike safety.


Although Digby the dog is getting old, his owners still love him.

Mo is teased by rival football players about being small, but his coach has a plan to win the game.
Rat tries to get the fat cat off the mat and back to his usual resting place in the vat.

A retelling of the tale in which five fishermen, unable to count properly, are convinced one of their group has drowned.

When Mr. and Mrs. Bird discover a strange egg in their nest, they try to hatch it.

Fox wishes he were a tiger, so he decides to become one.

A boy becomes "mother" to a goose, who becomes "mother" to a duck, as they learn about the rhythms of nature.

Children set out looking for insects, and they find all kinds.

A boy thinks he's found the perfect pet, but now he has to convince everyone else.

Unhappy being a bunny, P.J. Funnybunny tries living with bears, birds, beavers, pigs, moose, possums, and skunks.

Julius, an African gorilla, finds a home in an American circus.

After observing a boy's football game, a group of animals organizes its own teams and game.

Little Bear's thank-you kiss from Grandmother gets passed on to him by many animals and greatly aids the skunks' romance.


Bessey finally cleans up her messy room.

On a very hot day, Min, a budding engineer, builds a machine to fill up a swimming pool.

Determined to prove the cow he meets is a moose, Morris the moose enlists the help of a deer and horse.