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2nd Grade

Naperville Public Library

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  • ANIMAL STORIES-Pupper, the new puppy is playful and messy, and turns the house upside down, so off he goes to puppy school. When Pupper comes back, he’s well-behaved. He’s not playful. He’s not messy. But Doggo soon realizes that Pupper…
    BookNew York : Feiwel & Friends, 2021. — J APPLEGAT
  • ANIMAL STORIES-Sneaky squirrels are after Fenway's new bone, but he won't let them get it.
    BookNew York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2022. — J COE
  • ANIMAL STORIES-After Mercy the pig snuggles to sleep with the Watsons, all three awaken with the bed teetering on the edge of a big hole in the floor.
    BookCambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2005. — J DICAMILL
  • ANIMAL STORIES-Having a Bloomtastic Festival at school to celebrate spring is a great idea--but Eva Wingdale, a young owl, discovers that it is also a lot of work, and there is nothing wrong with asking her friends for help.
    BookNew York : Branches/Scholastic Inc., 2015. — J ELLIOTT
  • Captain Pug

    the Dog Who Sailed the Seas

    James, Laura, 1979-
    ANIMAL STORIES-Pug is going on a seafaring adventure. He's had jam tarts for breakfast. He's wearing a smart sailor suit. There's just one problem. Pug is afraid of the water.
    BookNew York : Bloomsbury, 2017. — J JAMES
  • ANIMAL STORIES-Rat brothers Louie and Ralphie Ratso try to prove they can be as rough and tough as their father in the Big City, but every time they try to show how tough they are, they end up accidentally doing good deeds instead.
    BookSomerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2016. — J LAREAU
  • FANTASY-When King Viking and his evil robot army attack Animal Town, and kidnap Singing Dog, it is up to Super Rabbit Boy, with some help from Sunny and his video game console, to save the day.
    BookNew York : Branches/Scholastic Inc., 2017. — J FLINTHAM
  • FANTASY-Hiding her secret identity as a monster-fighting superhero, Princess Magnolia interrupts her fancy tea with the unsuspecting Duchess Wigtower to stop a big blue monster from endangering her kingdom's goats.
    BookSomerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2014. — J HALE
  • FANTASY-Kitty wants to be a superhero like her mother, once she gets over her fear of the dark, but when Figaro the cat needs help she springs into action.
    BookNew York, NY : Greenwillow Books, 2019. — J HARRISON
  • FANTASY-Eight-year-old Kwame is eager to start Nkonyaa School and learn calabash magic, yet none of the teachers can figure out what kind of magic is in his calabash--but when one of Kwame's new friends is possessed by an evil magic his…
    BookNew York : Scholastic, Inc., 2024. — J MENSAH
  • FANTASY-Eight-year-old Drake is snatched up by the King's soldiers and taken to the castle where he is told by the wizard Griffith that he has been chosen to be a Dragon Master like Ana, Rori, and Bo--and his first task will be to discover…
    BookNew York : Scholastic Inc., 2014. — J WEST
  • GRAPHIC NOVEL-Peter and Ernesto are sloths. Peter and Ernesto are friends. Peter and Ernesto are nothing alike. Peter loves their tree and never wants to leave, while Ernesto loves the sky and wants to see it from every place on earth. So…
    Graphic NovelNew York : First Second, 2018. — J GN ANNABLE
  • GRAPHIC NOVEL-Hugo, a young boy who changes the world around him, climbs, smashes and goes on adventures with his best friend, Dino.
    Graphic NovelNew York : RH Graphic, [2023] — J GN ROSELLO v. 1
  • GRAPHIC NOVEL-Best friends Pizza and Taco agree on nearly everything until Pizza declares himself the best of all, leading to debating, voting, competing, and finally defining what being the best really means.
    Graphic NovelNew York : Random House Children's Books, [2020]. — J GN SHASKAN v. 1
  • GRAPHIC NOVEL-Like all peas, Pea loves to roll. So when a no-good strawberry dares him to roll all the way off the farm, he swears he can do it--eazy me-zee! But along the way, a powerful thunderstorm strikes and bounces Pea off…
    Graphic NovelNew York, NY : Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020] — J GN SMITH v. 1
  • GRAPHIC NOVEL-When Norma, Belly, and their friend little B go into uncharted territory--the apple orchard--to find spy-master Pops, who has been squirrel-napped, they wonder if their adventure will end in tragedy--or apple pie!
    Graphic NovelNew York : RH Graphic, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2021] — J GN SONG v. 2
  • GRAPHIC NOVEL-Ghost siblings and best friends Fitz and Cleo go to the beach, fly paper airplanes, play baseball, and adopt a cat.
    Graphic NovelNew York : Henry Holt and Company, 2021. — J GN STUTZMAN v. 1
  • HISTORICAL FICTION-Filigree the Pomeranian, the smallest dog in Boston, and nine-year-old Frances Revere help her father, Paul Revere, on his mission to warn colonists that British soldiers are coming in 1775. Includes historical notes.
    BookNew York, New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2019. — J BERKMAN
  • HISTORICAL FICTION-On a visit to the Natural History Museum, Chase and Ava seem on the verge of finding out something important about the mysterious Randall, the missing scientist Finn, and the woman who gave them the suitcase filled with…
    BookNew York, NY : Scholastic Inc., 2019. — J MASS
  • HUMOR-The Bad Guys, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Shark, Mr. Snake, and Mr. Piranha, want to be heroes, and they decide that the way to do it is free the 200 dogs in the city dog pound--but their plan soon goes awry.
    BookNew York : Scholastic Press, 2017. — J BLABEY