Free Books for 2nd Graders

Alana’s best socks have vanished! Not just any socks - her most treasured pair, pink with purple patches and the tiniest stitches in the world. Who would dare sneak into her room and take them? Armed with her trusty looking glass (much more professional than glasses), Alana checks couches, cupboards, and even peeks inside the toilet. Will she crack the case before bedtime? This decodable reader practises es plurals in words like ‘boxes,’ ‘patches,’ ‘stitches,’ and ‘matches.’

Ned the farmer has a problem - his new leather armour is plain, boring brown, and he wants to look AMAZING. Can red flowers help? What about yellow ones? When Ned crushes petals into dye, something surprising happens on his workbench, and soon The Book is helping him cook up a whole rainbow of colours for his fashion show. This decodable reader practises suffixes in words like ‘farmer,’ ‘handful,’ ’lovely,’ and ‘brightly.’

In the lake town of Oguta lives Adaeze, a princess who reads the weather in the water and solves every riddle she meets. So when a smooth-voiced suitor glides up to the palace gate, why does she alone feel that something is wrong? What secret hides beneath his sharp dark suit, and can one clever girl and a small disc of ash unmask him before the whole court? This Bookbot Level S9 story practises the /sh/ phonograms in ’tradition’, ‘ancient’, ‘accusation’, ‘attention’, and ‘aberration’.

Meet one very proud cat who knows - without a single doubt - that this cosy house belongs to him, not the noisy kids, the splashing dog, or the cheeky mouse sneaking across the kitchen tiles. Will he catch that crumb-stealing mouse? Will he show the mean boy next door who’s really in charge? And what happens when night falls and the whole household settles down together? This decodable reader practises the ‘ou’ sound in words like ‘mouse,’ ‘pounce,’ ‘proud,’ and ‘shout.’

Ted is heading to Ava’s birthday party, and he knows every step of the way - even though he cannot see. But when his neighbour Kim follows closely behind, worrying about every puddle and barking dog, can Ted show her that smells, sounds, and a trusty cane are all he needs? How does he find his way so boldly? Step along and find out! This decodable reader practises suffixes in words such as ‘boldly,’ ‘calmly,’ ‘proudly,’ ‘friendship,’ and ‘roughness.’

Walt sings to the sky every day, begging the clouds for rain on the dry, grey plain. But what happens when a giant, grinning dinosaur thumps down the trail and wants to join in? Can two loud voices and one silly song really call the clouds down to play? This decodable reader practises the ai/ay phonogram in words like ‘rain,’ ‘day,’ ‘plain,’ ’trail,’ and ‘sway.’

Pip the squirrel has tucked away forty-nine nuts for winter - but when she checks her secret stash, every single nut has vanished! Who could have taken them? The bluebird says no. The bees say no. Even a passing fly won’t help. Can Pip’s friend Liz help her work out what really happened before the first snowfall arrives? This decodable reader practises compound words such as ‘armchair,’ ‘beehive,’ ‘snowfall,’ ‘weekday,’ and ‘woodwork.’

Deep in the Ashanti forest lives Mmoatia, a fairy no bigger than your thumb, who owns a magical stirring-spoon that fills any pot with food. When greedy Anansi the spider snatches it away, why won’t the spoon work in his hands? Can a hungry trickster ever learn the secret hidden inside a giving heart? A warm West African tale about sharing something ‘precious’. This Bookbot story practises the /sh/ sound with words like ‘portion’, ’especially’, ’nutritious’, and ‘gracious’.

Anansi the spider loves figs, but this season a swarm of angry hornets has claimed every last one on the village’s great fig tree. Can a clever trickster with no muscle and no magic outwit a whole buzzing swarm? With a hollow drum, a whispered lie, and a wink, Anansi sets a trap that turns the hornets’ own pride against them. What happens when they finally ‘decode’ the trick? This Bookbot story practises two-syllable words with prefixes, like ‘declares’, ’explain’, ‘defend’, and ‘return’.

Anansi has a plan so big it makes all eight of his eyes shine: he’ll gather every scrap of wisdom in the world and lock it inside one pot, so everyone must come to him for answers. But how do you carry something that heavy up a tall, smooth tree? And what happens when his own small son, watching quietly from a rock nearby, offers an idea that isn’t in the pot at all? This Bookbot level practises ’es’ plurals with words like ’teaches’, ‘watches’, ‘wishes’, ‘branches’, and ‘splashes’.