Best Books for 2nd Graders

Find decodable readers designed for 2nd graders (ages 6-7). These phonics-based stories help master digraphs and syllables. Explore picture books, PDF downloads, printables, and audiobooks. Build reading confidence with engaging stories perfect for developing readers.
Dragon School
Fantasy Adventure <oo>
Book Nook
Family <ew>
I Am Up
Animals Adventure Nature <igh>
Microbes
Science Suffix
The Best!
Life <oo>
The Dump
Friendship Adventure <le> <al> <el> <il>
There Are Ants!
Animals <ow>
Vines
Nature Science STEM <ee>
We All Help
Family SEL <oo>
Yap!
Animals Family Adventure Compound
A Special Flower
Nature SEL Prefix
I Love My Mom
Family SEL <ow>
In the Deep
Adventure Animals Nature <ee>
Pull the Twine
Life VC/CV-syllable-division
Rooster
Animals Family VC/CV-syllable-division
A Tall Tale
Life <es>
Bird in a Cage
Life <ew>
Farmer Ned Starts Off
Adventure Fantasy <es>
Girl of the Forest
Adventure <oo>
He Can Draw
Animals <aw> <au>
I Can Do it All
Family Open-syllable
Magnet Magic!
Science STEM Family <le> <al> <el> <il>
Make it Rain
Dinosaur Music Nature <ai> <ay>
Pumpkin Hunt
Adventure Fantasy Friendship <aw> <au>
Sad Tune
SEL Animals Music Open-syllable
Snow!
Minecraft <ew>
The Dog Got Out!
Animals Humor Adventure Prefix
The Lost Bee
Adventure Friendship Nature VC/CV-syllable-division
The Sea Dragon
Fantasy Adventure Music <ea>
Jill Has a Go
Minecraft VC/CV-syllable-division
Ned and His Cows
Minecraft Suffix
Ned and the Spooky Sniper
Adventure Fantasy Humor Minecraft <le> <al> <el> <il>
Ned, King of the Bees
Nature Animals Adventure Minecraft <ee>
Super Shooter Ned
Adventure Fantasy <le> <al> <el> <il>
The Quiet Hut
Minecraft Open-syllable
Wind!
Fantasy Mystery <ow>
You're Poor, Ned!
Adventure Fantasy Minecraft V/V-syllable-division
Yum!
Family Nature Open-syllable
All of Us
Family SEL <ou>
Extra! Extra!
STEM Adventure Minecraft <ew>
Flower Hunt
Nature Animals Family VC/CV-syllable-division
In My Life
Family Friendship SEL Prefix
In the Sky
Fantasy Family Nature <ou>
Let's Bee Friends
Friendship Nature Animals Minecraft <le> <al> <el> <il>
Mooshroom Madness
Animals Friendship Adventure <ow>
Ned Gets Blown Up
Adventure Fantasy Humor Minecraft <le> <al> <el> <il>
Ned Gets Too Hungry
Adventure Fantasy Humor Minecraft V/V-syllable-division
Ned Gets a Piggyback Ride
Adventure Animals Humor Minecraft <le> <al> <el> <il>
Ned Has Too Much Stuff
Minecraft <le> <al> <el> <il>
Ned Lights the Way
Adventure STEM Fantasy Minecraft <ou>
Ned Makes a Trade
Adventure Fantasy Friendship Minecraft Open-syllable
Ned Suits Up
Fantasy Adventure Animals Minecraft Suffix
Ned and the Evil Bunny
Adventure Humor Animals Minecraft <le> <al> <el> <il>
Ned and the Wolf Pack
Adventure Animals Friendship Minecraft VC/CV-syllable-division
Ned's Honey Problem
Fantasy Humor SEL Minecraft Suffix
No Pals
Animals Nature SEL <es>
Ride, Ned, Ride!
Adventure Fantasy Animals Minecraft <le> <al> <el> <il>
The Cat
Life Suffix
The Stars
Animals Adventure Nature <ew>
Tom's Creeper Trouble
Adventure Friendship Fantasy Minecraft <ie>
What’s Your Name?
Friendship Inclusion Sports <es>
You're Rich, Ned!
Adventure Fantasy Minecraft <igh>
A Hot Christmas
Christmas Family Humor Minecraft <igh>
A Ride on a Spell
Fantasy Adventure Family <es>
A Shed for Ned
Adventure Fantasy <ou>
A Spot to Nap
Animals Open-syllable
Best Pals
Friendship SEL Prefix
Cub
Animals Adventure Prefix
Don't Fall, Ned!
Adventure STEM Minecraft Open-syllable
Down by the Sea
Animals Friendship Family Open-syllable
Fill It Up!
Life Suffix
Flip, Flop!
Animals Friendship SEL VC/CV-syllable-division
Gifts For Tip
Friendship Animals SEL Minecraft <es>
I Think I Can Help!
Animals Friendship VC/CV-syllable-division
My Hair
Girls SEL <ai> <ay>
Ned Digs and Digs
Adventure STEM Minecraft Compound
Ned Lives by the Sword
Adventure Fantasy <es>
Ned Makes Fuel
STEM Nature Fantasy Minecraft Suffix
Ned Reels One In
Minecraft <ci> <si> <ti>
Ned is a Wizard
Minecraft VC/CV-syllable-division
Ned's Birthday Cake
Adventure Animals Nature Minecraft <es>
Ned's Metal Pal
Adventure Fantasy Prefix
Nether Portal
Adventure Fantasy Friendship Minecraft <oi> <oy>
No One Like Me
SEL Animals Nature <oo>
No Sleep For Jill
Mystery Humor Minecraft <oo>
Not the Same
Science Nonfiction <es>
The Best Tube
Fantasy Girls Suffix
The Door
Adventure Fantasy Humor Minecraft Prefix
The Flame
Fantasy Animals SEL Open-syllable
The Need for Seed
Humor Friendship <ie>
The Little Fish Goes Deep
Animals Suffix
A Big Pot
Nature Family STEM <es>
A Green Thumb for Ned
Adventure Fantasy Minecraft Compound
A Mess!
Family Humor <es>
A Rod
Friendship Adventure Minecraft Open-syllable
A Strange Day
Fantasy Humor Mystery Minecraft Suffix
Animal Friends
Animals Nature Science V/V-syllable-division
Archie Can Invent!
STEM Humor Adventure <ee>
Art Day
Animals Humor Family Suffix
Axolotl
Adventure Animals Minecraft <le> <al> <el> <il>
Ballerina
Music Girls Sports <oa>
Bat Box
Nature Animals <es>
Big Fish and Little Fish
Friendship Adventure Animals V/V-syllable-division
Birds
Animals Nature Science Nonfiction <ea>
Birthday Pet
Animals Family Humor VC/CV-syllable-division
Callum Can Speed!
Sports STEM Family <oo>
Caterpillars!
Nature Science Animals <ew>
Cats!
Animals Nature <le> <al> <el> <il>
Clip and Trim!
Family Nature Prefix
Curly or Not
Science Nature <ou>
Dan and the Big Fish
Adventure Animals Family Compound
Dark Blocks
Minecraft <le> <al> <el> <il>
Dig!
Adventure Humor Mystery Minecraft <le> <al> <el> <il>
Dogs!
Animals Nature V/V-syllable-division
Dolphin Dilemma
Adventure Friendship Animals Minecraft <ee>
Dot and the Cat
Animals Humor Suffix
Down on the Farm
Fantasy Humor Animals Minecraft Suffix
Dr. Can Do Makes a Rail
STEM Adventure Minecraft Prefix
Dr. Can Do Makes a Rail
STEM Adventure Minecraft <ai> <ay>
Dr. Can Do Turns it On
STEM Adventure Science Minecraft <igh>
Dragon!
Minecraft VC/CV-syllable-division
Dragons of Europe!
Mythology Fantasy <ea>
Drip, Drop!
Nature Family <le> <al> <el> <il>
Ella Can Trek!
Adventure Animals Fantasy <ea>
Ella Can Trek!
Adventure Suffix
Eloise can Swim!
Fantasy Adventure Open-syllable
Emma can Roll!
Adventure Girls <oo>
Enchantments
Fantasy Humor Adventure Minecraft <aw> <au>
Enderman Scream
Mystery Friendship Fantasy Minecraft VC/CV-syllable-division
First?
Animals SEL Friendship <le> <al> <el> <il>
Fly!
Nature Science Adventure <ea>
Forbidden Book Club Issue Eight: Toadpocalypse
Adventure Fantasy Science Open-syllable
Forbidden Book Club Issue Five: The Gimp-pee Gimp-pee Tree
Adventure Suffix
Forbidden Book Club Issue Four: The Yowie and the Bunyip
Adventure <es>
Forbidden Book Club Issue Nine: The Belly of the Beast
Mystery Adventure Animals VC/CV-syllable-division
Forbidden Book Club Issue Six: Lyre, Lyre, Pants on Fire
Adventure Suffix
Forbidden Book Club Issue Ten: Cassowary Country
Adventure Prefix
Forbidden Book Club Issue Twelve: All Good Things
Adventure Friendship Mystery V/V-syllable-division
Forester Can Protect!
Animals Nature Mystery Suffix
Foxes
Animals Nature Science <es>
Get a Pot!
Adventure Prefix
Got it!
Family Nature STEM <ie>
Hens
Animals Nature <es>
Here and There
Adventure Family STEM Suffix
How to Step Up From Your Hut
Adventure STEM Compound
I Can Do Magic
Fantasy Friendship Humor <ow>
I Want to Go Home
Animals Friendship Adventure <aw> <au>
I am a Crow
Animals Nature Family <aw> <au>
If Dinos Did Not Die...
Dinosaur Humor Science Open-syllable
Inès can Twirl!
Music Girls Sports Open-syllable
Jack Attack
Mystery Humor Fantasy Minecraft <oa>
Kites
Life <oa>
Kittens!
Animals Nature V/V-syllable-division
Lava Bridge
Minecraft 3+-syllables
Let Go!
Animals Adventure Humor <le> <al> <el> <il>
Litterbug
SEL Nature <oi> <oy>
Little Book of Big Facts Football
Sports Inclusion Nonfiction <le> <al> <el> <il>
Little Book of Big Facts: Javan Leopard
Animals Nature Science Open-syllable
Little Book of Big Facts: Komodo Dragon
Animals Science Nature Nonfiction <ee>
Little Book of Big Facts: Orangutan
Animals Nature Science <oo>
Little Book of Big Facts: Sumatran Elephant
Animals Science Nature Nonfiction 3+-syllables
Little Book of Big Facts: Sumatran Tiger
Animals Nature Science Nonfiction Suffix
Little Book of Big Facts: Sun Bear
Animals Nature Science 3+-syllables
Llama Drama
Animals Humor Adventure Minecraft V/V-syllable-division
Lost Toy
Family Humor <igh>
Lost!
Animals Adventure Nature V/V-syllable-division
Lots of Pots
Family Humor VC/CV-syllable-division
May and the Sea
Adventure Nature <igh>
Meow and the Ocelot
Minecraft 3+-syllables
Min Wants Help
Family <ow>
Mirror Magic
Fantasy SEL Family VC/CV-syllable-division
Mouse!
Animals Family Humor <ou>
My Dog
Animals Family Adventure Minecraft V/V-syllable-division
My Old Wand
Fantasy Humor Adventure <ai> <ay>
Nakita Can Help!
Animals SEL Nature Compound
Ned Gets Metal
Minecraft Compound
Ned Makes a Home
STEM Adventure Minecraft <es>
Ned in a New World
Adventure Fantasy Friendship Minecraft Compound
Ned the Bookworm
Fantasy Adventure STEM Minecraft VC/CV-syllable-division
Nuts!
Animals Mystery Friendship Compound
Otter and Her Pups
Animals Family Nature VC/CV-syllable-division
Pals or Not?
Friendship SEL <le> <al> <el> <il>
Pillager!
Adventure Fantasy Minecraft <es>
Pranks
Minecraft <oa>
Pups!
Animals Humor Prefix
Red
Friendship Adventure <oi> <oy>
Ren Can Zoom!
Adventure STEM Science <ea>
Roar Roar Dinosaurs
Dinosaur Science STEM V/V-syllable-division
Skel Gets a Dog
Humor Animals Friendship Minecraft Suffix
Spencer Can Advance!
Adventure SEL Nature VC/CV-syllable-division
Spots to Live
Inclusion Family Nonfiction <es>
Spring
Nature Family <le> <al> <el> <il>
Starfang's Big Night Out
Adventure Animals Friendship Minecraft <oi> <oy>
Stop the Raid
Adventure Fantasy Minecraft Prefix
Swim, Red, Swim!
Adventure Animals Friendship <oo>
Tame the Wolf
Adventure Animals Fantasy Minecraft 3+-syllables
The Butterfly Garden
SEL Friendship Nature <le> <al> <el> <il>
The Cap
Humor Adventure <oi> <oy>
The Cuckoo's Call
Animals Nature SEL Open-syllable
The Cursed Emerald Part Four
Minecraft 3+-syllables
The Cursed Emerald Part Six
Minecraft 3+-syllables
The Cursed Emerald Part Three
Minecraft 3+-syllables
The Fish and Chip Shop!
SEL VC/CV-syllable-division
The Flame
Fantasy SEL <igh>
The Giraffe Who Ate the Sun
Family Humor Animals <ea>
The Good Lamp
SEL <ow>
The Guide
Adventure Fantasy Minecraft <le> <al> <el> <il>
The Haunted Village
Adventure Mystery Fantasy Minecraft Prefix
The Internet
Science V/V-syllable-division
The Little Fish Goes Deep
Adventure Animals Family <ee>
The Magic Loom
Life VC/CV-syllable-division
The Nest
Animals Nature Family Prefix
The Odd Egg
Minecraft V/V-syllable-division
The Old Mine
Adventure Animals Mystery Minecraft <ea>
The Princess and the Dragon!
Adventure <le> <al> <el> <il>
The Pumpkin Patch
Mystery Fantasy Humor Minecraft <ci> <si> <ti>
The Quest
Adventure Animals Family <es>
The Wool Shop
STEM Friendship Minecraft <oo>
Tin Man
Adventure Inclusion Friendship <le> <al> <el> <il>
Tire Trouble
Adventure <es>
Wares From Afar
Fantasy Humor Adventure <ow>
Where Is My Shoe?
Mystery Humor Friendship V/V-syllable-division
Zom Moves In
Minecraft V/V-syllable-division
Zom and the Husks
Minecraft V/V-syllable-division
Zom and the Rainbow Rabbits
Minecraft V/V-syllable-division
Zom is Sick of Brains
Humor Fantasy Minecraft VC/CV-syllable-division
A Boy and His Hat
Adventure Animals Family <ai> <ay>
A Goat Home
Animals Nature V/V-syllable-division
Allie's Haircut
Family Humor SEL <oo>
Bub Goes Up
Family Adventure Nature <ow>
Cam Can Fly?
Fantasy Adventure Family <igh>
Cat's House
Animals Humor Family <ou>
Cats Need to Sleep
Animals SEL <ee>
Cats and Crabs
Animals Nature <oi> <oy>
Flower Hunt
Animals <ee>
Foxes!
Animals Nature Science Nonfiction <oi> <oy>
Full Metal Ned
Adventure Fantasy Minecraft <oo>
Hantu
Humor Fantasy <oo>
Heat It Up, Ned!
STEM Adventure Minecraft <ou>
Hop Finds the King
Adventure Animals Mystery <ow>
I Can Spot …
Life <ai> <ay>
I Won't Give Up
SEL Suffix
I am a Train!
Adventure Fantasy Music 3+-syllables
If You Lived...
Science <igh>
In the Pit
Adventure Fantasy <ee>
Is This the Sea?
Science Nature <ea>
Jack's Cat
Minecraft Compound
Little Book of Big Facts: Help! I Need Money
SEL Family Nonfiction 3+-syllables
Little Vet
Animals Friendship Adventure <es>
Market Fun
Family Adventure Music <oi> <oy>
Mine!
Life <ai> <ay>
Mining School
Friendship Adventure <le> <al> <el> <il>
My Cat
Family Animals Prefix
My Comb
Life <ow>
Ned Gives a Haircut
Adventure Animals Humor Minecraft <ou>
Ned Protects His Wheat
Adventure Nature STEM Minecraft <es>
Ned the Swordsman
Adventure Fantasy <es>
Ned's Fashion Show
Fantasy Humor Suffix
Ned's Piggy Tale
Adventure Animals Fantasy Minecraft Suffix
Pat the Cat
Animals Humor <oo>
Pig
Animals Compound
Puppy's Birthday
Animals Friendship Family <es>
Rock and a Feather
Science STEM Maths <ow>
Sun?
Life <ow>
Tag
Friendship Humor Minecraft <ow>
Tears
Life <oo>
The Big Red Flower
Life <es>
The Dragonfly Net
STEM Friendship Nature <ee>
The Dump
Life <oo>
The Giant Wants to Play
Adventure <es>
The Iron Golem
Fantasy Adventure Minecraft <le> <al> <el> <il>
The Mouse Who Reads
Animals Family Humor <le> <al> <el> <il>
The Princess and the Dragon
FairyTales Fantasy Humor <ci> <si> <ti>
The Town Square
Fantasy Friendship Minecraft <igh>
Where's Jane?
Animals <ci> <si> <ti>
White Calf
Animals Friendship <ow>
Chuck it!
STEM Humor <ow>
Come Back, Rex!
Adventure <ci> <si> <ti>
Fast
Humor SEL <ci> <si> <ti>
Forbidden Book Club Issue Eleven: The Drop Bears
Adventure Fantasy Friendship <le> <al> <el> <il>
Bop
Animals <ai> <ay>
Colour Mix
STEM Science V/V-syllable-division
Forbidden Book Club Issue Seven: The Strangler
Adventure Open-syllable
Fox in the Night
Animals Adventure Suffix
The Cat is to Blame
Animals Humor Family <ea>
The Hungry Hen
Minecraft <oo>
Fig Pig Takes a Trip
Adventure Animals <oa>
Jill Lost it All
Friendship SEL Inclusion Minecraft <ai> <ay>
Little Book of Big Facts: Irrawaddy Dolphin
Animals Nature Science Nonfiction <ea>
Prickly
Adventure STEM Friendship Open-syllable
The Elf
Fantasy Friendship Music VC/CV-syllable-division
Dogs and Cats
Animals Friendship SEL VC/CV-syllable-division
In Mum's Pouch
Animals 3+-syllables
Skel's Squiggles
Animals Fantasy Compound
Trap
Animals Friendship Adventure Minecraft <ie>
Apam Cake
Family Humor Inclusion V/V-syllable-division
Forbidden Book Club Issue Three: The Min Min Lights
Mystery Adventure Fantasy <es>
He Can Spy…
Animals Humor Suffix
Inès can Twirl!
Girls Music <ou>
Mer
Fantasy Friendship Adventure Minecraft <oa>
The Cursed Emerald Part Five
Minecraft 3+-syllables
The Cursed Emerald Part Two
Minecraft 3+-syllables
The Monster
Family SEL <es>
What's the Scoop on Pee and Poop?
Adventure Science Animals <oo>
Zom's Deep Dive
Adventure Animals Fantasy Minecraft <le> <al> <el> <il>
A Puppet Can...
Humor Friendship Suffix
A Small Boat in a Big Lake
Adventure Friendship Prefix
Bones and the Wolves
Adventure Animals Friendship Minecraft Compound
Can You Help?
Family SEL <oo>
Forbidden Book Club Issue Two: The Bowerbird Blues
Adventure Compound
Hats!
Humor Nature STEM Nonfiction V/V-syllable-division
Hot or not?
Minecraft Prefix
How To Farming Basics
Minecraft 3+-syllables
Insects!
Nature Science STEM Nonfiction Prefix
Mindfulness
SEL 3+-syllables
My Choices
Life Nonfiction <oo>
Pencil Box
Life <aw> <au>
Time for a Bite
Animals 3+-syllables
Tug
Adventure Fantasy <oo>
Banana Hunt
Animals Humor Mystery VC/CV-syllable-division
Cod
Animals Nature Adventure V/V-syllable-division
Cured
Minecraft <es>
I Want Fans
Adventure Compound
I am a Bot
Friendship STEM Humor <oi> <oy>
Minecraft Ecology: Deserts
Minecraft <igh>
Minecraft Ecology: Oceans
STEM Adventure Nature Minecraft <ea>
Off!
Life Nonfiction Prefix
Rot
Humor Science Minecraft V/V-syllable-division
The Cursed Emerald Part One
Minecraft 3+-syllables
Two Mice
Animals Friendship Humor <ou>
Where is Pluto?
Science Friendship SEL <aw> <au>
Bat Mob
Adventure Animals <ee>
Be a Tree
Nature Family Adventure <ee>
Forbidden Book Club Issue One: The Machine
Adventure Mystery Fantasy Compound
Little Book of Big Facts: Football
Sports STEM Nonfiction 3+-syllables
Lonely Golem
Friendship Fantasy Inclusion Minecraft <ie>
Minecraft Ecology: Forests
STEM Nature Science Minecraft <ee>
Minecraft Ecology: Plains
Science Nature Animals Minecraft <ai> <ay>
Ted
Humor Friendship SEL Compound
The Laughing Fruit Adventure
Adventure 3+-syllables
Time to Code: Fill the Sky
STEM Animals Minecraft <aw> <au>
In My Garden
Science <ci> <si> <ti>
In My Tum
Friendship Humor Sports <ci> <si> <ti>
Clean the Rainbow
Life Compound
Count and Say
Maths Animals Nature <ai> <ay>
Dive!
Animals Nature Science <aw> <au>
Flip and Toss
Family Humor <igh>
Got to Go!
Adventure Animals Nature Compound
Monster Pile
Adventure Animals Fantasy <ew>
Mud
Animals <ea>
Mum Needs a Bike
Family Animals SEL <es>
Pep Likes To Mix
Friendship Humor Suffix
Run!
Adventure Animals Family <igh>
Save Our Sea
Nature Adventure <ea>
Smog
Adventure STEM Nature <ai> <ay>
The Big Sheep
Animals Humor <ee>
The Sea Egg
Adventure Animals Fantasy <ea>
This is the Way
Inclusion Friendship <es>
Time to Go Home
Animals Family <ow>
Turn!
STEM Science <le> <al> <el> <il>
Umbrella
Animals Adventure Family <aw> <au>

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