2nd Grade Reading List


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Abigail, the breeze fairy
Meadows, Daisy.
New York: Scholastic, c2004.
J PBK SERIES RAI
Abigail the Breeze Fairy has lost her magic feather and the Summer Festival turns into a windy mess!

Amelia Bedelia
Parish, Peggy.
New York : Harper & Row, 1963.
J E PAR
A literal-minded housekeeper causes a ruckus in the household when she attempts to make sense of some instructions.

Anyone but me
Krulik, Nancy E.
New York : Grossett & Dunlap, c2002.
J PB KATIE
Katie Carew wishes she could be anyone but herself, and turns into a hamster.

Apples to Oregon : being the (slightly) true narrative of how a brave pioneer father brought apples, peaches, pears, plums, grapes, and cherries (and children) across the Plains
Hopkinson, Deborah.
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2004.
E HOPKINSON
A pioneer father transports his beloved fruit trees and his family to Oregon in the mid-nineteenth century. Based loosely on the life of Henderson Luelling.

Arthur plays the blues
Krensky, Stephen.
New York : Little, Brown and Co., c2003.
J FIC BROWN
When Arthur fails to show up for his second piano lesson, his music teacher dismisses him. Now Arthur has to decide how much he wants to learn to play the piano.

Attack on the high seas!
James, Brian, 1976-
New York : Grosset & Dunlap, c2007.
jT JAMES
A boring homework assignment involving knot tying proves invaluable when the student pirates help Captain Stinky Beard foil an attack by a rival pirate ship.

The awful pawful
Odgers, Darrel.
La Jolla, Calif. : Kane/Miller, 2007, c2006.
J ODG
Jack Russell investigates when all of the dogs who live in Doggeroo are hiding under their beds in fear.

Bad dog school
Joosse, Barbara M.
New York : Clarion Books, c2004.
J E JOOSSE
Harris's family decides that his dog Zippy should go to dog obedience school, but after he is trained, they miss the old Zippy.

Ben's dream : story and pictures
Van Allsburg, Chris.
Boston, Mass. : Houghton Mifflin, 1982.
J P VAN
On a terrifically rainy day, Ben has a dream in which he and his house float by the monuments of the world, half submerged in flood water.

The best pet of all
LaRochelle, David.
New York : Dutton Children's Books, c2004.
E LAROCHELLE
A child enlists the help of a dragon in trying to persuade his mother to let him have a dog.

The biggest test in the universe
Poydar, Nancy.
New York : Holiday House, c2005.
E POY
Sam and his classmates dread Friday, the day they are to take the infamous Big Test.

The blue ribbon day
Couric, Katie, 1957-
New York : Doubleday, c2004.
E COURIC
When Carrie is disappointed not to make the school soccer team, she turns her attention to creating a science fair project.

The boy who was raised by librarians
Morris, Carla D.
Atlanta, GA : Peachtree, c2007.
J P MOR
Melvin discovers that the public library is the place where he can find just about anything--including three librarians who help in his quest for knowledge.

Brave Irene
Steig, William, 1907-2003.
New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, c1986.
E STEIG
When her mother, the town dressmaker, falls ill, little Irene Bobbin braves a fierce snowstorm and other perils and pitfalls to deliver a beautiful ball gown to the duchess.

Brimhall turns detective
Delton, Judy.
Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, c1983.
J FIC DELTON
Huge footprints in the snow cause Brimhall the bear to try to identify and trap the "monster."

The Bully Blockers Club
Bateman, Teresa.
Morton Grove, Ill. : Albert Whitman & Company, c2004.
E BATEMAN
When Lotty is bothered by a bully at school, she helps start a club where everyone is welcome.

A camping spree with Mr. Magee
Van Dusen, Chris.
San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c2003.
JP VAN DUSEN
Mr. Magee and his dog Dee go camping and have an adventure with a hungry bear.

The cat who got carried away
Ahlberg, Allan.
Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, c2003.
E AHLBERG
It is an exciting couple of days for the Gaskitt family and their community--with missing pets, an unusual substitute teacher, and a special addition to their household.

Class president
Sachar, Louis, 1954-
New York : Random House, c1999.
J FIC SAC
Even though they have all come to school in holey clothes, Marvin and his third grade class manage to impress their surprise visitor--the President of the United States.

Commander Toad and the voyage home
Yolen, Jane.
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c1998.
EZ YOLEN
Commander Toad leads the lean green space machine "Star Warts" to find new worlds but runs into trouble when he sets course for home.

Cork and Fuzz : short and tall
Chaconas, Dori, 1938-
New York : Viking, c2006.
EZ CHACONAS
The friendship between Cork, a muskrat, and Fuzz, a possum, is in trouble when Cork decides that since he is older, he has to be taller than Fuzz.

Cross-country cat
Calhoun, Mary.
New York : Morrow, c1979.
J P CAL
When he becomes lost in the mountains, a cat with the unusual ability of walking on two legs finds his way home on cross-country skis.

Dark day in the deep sea
Osborne, Mary Pope.
New York : Random House, c2008.
J FIC OSBORNE
When eight-year-old Jack and his seven-year-old sister, Annie, join a group of nineteenth-century explorers aboard the H.M.S. Challenger, they learn about the ocean, solve the mystery of its fabled sea monster, and gain compassion for their fellow creatures.

The dog that pitched a no-hitter
Christopher, Matt.
Boston : Little, Brown, c1988.
J FIC CHRISTOPHER
Mike's telepathic dog Harry is able to send him secret signals about the opposing players on the baseball field, but Mike's weak pitching arm requires them to find another plan to save the game.

Duck for President
Cronin, Doreen.
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2004.
E CRONIN
When Duck gets tired of working for Farmer Brown, his political ambition eventually leads to his being elected President.

Eddie : Harold's little brother
Koch, Ed, 1924-
New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, c2004.
J E KOCH
Eddie wants to be like his big brother, a very good athlete, but is not good at sports, so Harold helps him discover how to use his own special talent--talking.

Expedition down under
Carmi, Rebecca.
New York : Scholastic Inc., c2001.
J FIC CARMI
Miss Frizzle's class travels to Australia.

The field guide
DiTerlizzi, Tony.
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2003.
J FIC DITERLIZZI
When the Grace children go to stay at their Great Aunt Lucinda's worn Victorian house, they discover a field guide to fairies and other creatures and begin to have some unusual experiences.

The fourth floor twins and the disappearing parrot trick
Adler, David A.
New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Puffin Books, 1987, c1986.
J pbk ADL
Two sets of twins launch a wild chase when the "disappearing parrot" in their school talent show magic act really does disappear.

Fox all week
Marshall, Edward.
New York : Dial Bks for Young Readers, c1984.
EZ MARSHALL
Fox and his friends have a different adventure every day of the week.

Freckle juice
Blume, Judy.
New York : Four Winds Press : Macmillan, [1985], c1971.
J FIC BLU
Andrew wants freckles so badly that he buys Sharon's freckle recipe for fifty cents.

Frog and toad all year
Lobel, Arnold.
New York, N.Y. : HarperCollinsPublishers, c1976.
EZ LOBEL
Two friends share experiences in each season of the year.

George and Martha
Marshall, James, 1942-1992.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., c1972.
E MARSHALL
Relates several episodes in the friendship of two hippopotamuses.

George and Martha 'round and 'round
Marshall, James, 1942-1992.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1988.
E MAR
Five episodes chronicle the ups and downs of a special friendship.

Ghost ship : a Cape Cod story
Clark, Mary Higgins.
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2007.
CLARK
While visiting his grandmother on Cape Cod, nine-year-old Thomas encounters a ship's cabin boy from centuries past.

Giggle, giggle, quack
Cronin, Doreen.
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2002.
E CRO
When Farmer Brown goes on vacation, leaving his brother Bob in charge, Duck makes trouble by changing all his instructions to notes the animals like much better.

Gooney bird and the room mother
Lowry, Lois.
Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin, c2005.
J FIC LOWRY
Gooney Bird Greene, an entertaining second grader who introduces challenging vocabulary words and tells "absolutely true" stories, finds a surprise room mother to bring cupcakes for the Thanksgiving pageant.

Grandfather Tang's story
Tompert, Ann.
New York : Crown Publishers, c1990.
J E TOMPERT
Grandfather tells a story about shape-changing fox fairies who try to best each other until a hunter brings danger to both of them.

The great fuzz frenzy
Stevens, Janet.
Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, c2005.
E STEVENS
When a tennis ball lands in a prairie dog town, the residents find that their newfound frenzy for fuzz creates a fiasco.

The great Gracie chase : stop that dog!
Rylant, Cynthia.
New York : Blue Sky Press, c2001.
E RYLANT
A cumulative tale about a small dog named Gracie whose quiet life is disrupted by some noisy painters.

The great white man-eating shark : a cautionary tale
Mahy, Margaret.
New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 1990.
E MAHY
Greedy to have the cove where he swims all to himself, Norvin, who looks a bit like a shark, pretends to be one, scaring off the other swimmers and leaving him in happy aquatic solitude--until he is discovered by an amorous female shark.

Heckedy Peg
Wood, Audrey.
San Diego, CA : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1987.
E WOO PROFESSIONAL COLL
A mother saves her seven children from Heckedy Peg, a witch who has changed them into different kinds of food.

Henry and Mudge : the first book of their adventures
Rylant, Cynthia.
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c1987.
J ER RYLANT LEVEL 2
Henry, feeling lonely on a street without any other children, finds companionship and love in a big dog named Mudge.

Henry and the kite dragon
Hall, Bruce Edward.
New York : Philomel Books, c2004.
E HALL
In New York City in the 1920s, the children from Chinatown go after the children from Little Italy for throwing rocks at the beautiful kites Grandfather Chin makes, not realizing that they have a reason for doing so.

Here comes McBroom : three more tall tales
Fleischman, Sid, 1920-
New York : Greenwillow Books, 1998.
J FIC FLEISCHMAN
A collection of three previously published stories about the farmer who'd rather sit on a porcupine than tell a lie. Includes "McBroom the Rainmaker, " "McBroom's Zoo," and "McBroom's Ghost."

The hit-away kid
Christopher, Matt.
Boston, MA : Little, Brown, c1988.
FIC J Christo
Barry McGee, hit-away batter for the Peach Street Mudders, enjoys winning so much that he has a tendency to bend the rules; then the dirty tactics of the pitcher on a rival team give him a new perspective on sports ethics.

Horrible Harry and the triple revenge
Kline, Suzy.
New York : Viking, c2006.
J PB KLINE
When Sid, his annoying third-grade classmate, ruins Song Lee's origami praying mantis, Horrible Harry plots triple revenge on the troublemaker.

Hot day on Abbott Avenue
English, Karen.
New York : Clarion Books, c2004.
E ENGLISH
After having a fight, two friends spend the day ignoring each other, until the lure of a game of jump rope helps them to forget about being mad.

I wanna iguana
Orloff, Karen Kaufman.
New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, c2004.
JE KAU (YELLOW DOT)
Alex and his mother write notes back and forth in which Alex tries to persuade her to let him have a baby iguana for a pet.

Imogene's antlers
Small, David, 1945-
New York : Crown Publishers, 1986, c1985.
J P SMA
One Thursday Imogene wakes up with a pair of antlers growing out of her head and causes a sensation wherever she goes.

In the jungle
Greenburg, J. C. (Judith C.).
New York : Random House, c2007.
J PBK GRE v.15
Lost in an Australian rainforest, Andrew, Judy, and Thudd the robot, who are still the size of insects, must evade Rhinoceros beetles, tarantulas, flesh-eating plants, and a host of other threats as they make their way toward the village where Uncle Al will meet them.

The incredible book eating boy
Jeffers, Oliver.
New York : Philomel Books, 2007, c2006.
E JEFFERS
Henry loves to eat books, until he begins to feel quite ill and decides that maybe he could do something else with the books he has been devouring.

Jenny Archer, author
Conford, Ellen.
Boston, MA : Little, Brown and Company, c1989.
J CON
Stymied by an assignment to write her autobiography, Jenny decides to enhance her life story by using her considerable imagination.

The John Hancock Club
Borden, Louise.
New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, c2007.
J BORDEN (T)
Third-grader Sean McFerrin wants to be part of the good penmanship club, but it all depends on how well he learns the new cursive writing.

John Henry
Lester, Julius.
New York : Dial Books , c1994.
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Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.

Jumanji
Van Allsburg, Chris.
Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin Co., c1981.
E VAN ALLSBURG
Left on their own for an afternoon, two bored and restless children find more excitement than they bargained for in a mysterious and mystical jungle adventure board game.

June 29, 1999
Wiesner, David.
New York : Clarion Books, c1992.
E WIESNER
While her third-grade classmates are sprouting seeds in paper cups, Becky has a more ambitious, innovative science project in mind.

Junie B., first grader (at last!)
Park, Barbara.
New York : Random House, c2001.
J FIC PARK
Junie B. thinks first grade is a flop when her kindergarten friend Lucille prefers the company of twins Camille and Chenille and Junie B. needs glasses.

Junie B. Jones loves handsome Warren
Park, Barbara.
New York : Random House, c1996.
J FIC PARK
Unable to compete with her friends' fancy clothes and running ability, irrepressible six-year-old Junie B. finds her own way to make the new boy at school like her.

Just a dream
Van Allsburg, Chris.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c1990.
E VAN ALLSBURG
When he has a dream about a future Earth devastated by pollution, Walter begins to understand the importance of taking care of the environment.

The king's equal
Paterson, Katherine.
New York : HarperCollins Publishers, c1992.
E PAT
In order to wear the crown of the kingdom, an arrogant young prince must find an equal in his bride. Instead, he finds someone far better than he.

Late for school
Reiss, Mike.
Atlanta, Ga. : Peachtree Publishers, c2003.
JE REI
A boy who has never been late to school runs into some very strange obstacles as he hurries on his way, only to discover when he arrives that he is a day early.

Like Jake and me
Jukes, Mavis.
New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, c1984.
E JUKES
Alex feels that he does not have much in common with his stepfather Jake until a fuzzy spider brings them together.

Little Bear
Minarik, Else Holmelund.
New York : HarperTrophy, c1985.
EZ MINARIK
Meet Little Bear, a friend to millions of children. And meet Mother Bear, who is there whenever Little Bear needs her. When it is cold and snowy outside, she finds just the right outfit for Little Bear to play in. When he goes to the moon, she has a hot lunch waiting for him on his return. At night she helps him get to sleep. And, of course, she never forgets his birthday.

The magic school bus and the electric field trip
Cole, Joanna.
New York : Scholastic Press, c1997.
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Ms. Frizzle takes her class on a field trip through the town's electrical wires so they can learn how electricity is generated and how it is used.

Meet M & M
Ross, Pat, 1943-
New York : Puffin Books, c1980.
J E Ross
Best friends Mandy and Mimi do everything together until they have a falling out.

Minnie and Moo, wanted dead or alive
Cazet, Denys.
New York : HarperCollinsPublishers, c2006.
E CAZ
Trying to help Mr. Farmer with his finances, Minnie and Moo go to the bank to ask for money and are mistaken for the Bazooka sisters, dangerous outlaws.

Mirandy and Brother Wind
McKissack, Pat, 1944-
New York : Knopf, c1988.
E MCKISSACK
To win first prize in the Junior Cakewalk, Mirandy tries to capture the wind for her partner.

Miss Daisy is crazy!
Gutman, Dan.
New York : HarperCollins, c2004.
J FIC GUTMAN
Miss Daisy's unusual teaching methods surprise her second grade students, especially reluctant learner A.J.

Miss Smith's incredible storybook
Garland, Michael, 1952-
New York : Dutton Children's Books, c2003.
E GARLAND
When the new teacher, Miss Smith, reads to her class, Zack and his classmates are amazed to find that the storybook characters come to life.

Mouse in the house
Hassett, John.
Boston, Mass. : Houghton Mifflin, c2004.
J E HASSETT
When Nana Quimby is upset by the mouse in the house, Father gets an owl, which also upsets Nana, so Mother gets a dog ... until the family ends up with an elephant in the house.

Mr. Macky is wacky!
Gutman, Dan.
New York : HarperCollinsPublishers, c2007.
J FIC GUTMAN
It's Presidents' Day! And Mr. Macky, the reading specialist, actually expects A.J. and his friends to read stuff about the presidents! Not only that, but he lives in a log cabin and thinks he's Abraham Lincoln! Is he for real?

Mr. Peabody's Apples
Madonna, 1958-
New York : Callaway : Distributed in the U.S. by Viking Children's Books, c2003.
J POR MAD
A boy learns a lesson about the destructive power of gossip.

Muggie Maggie
Cleary, Beverly.
New York, N.Y. : Avon Books, 1991, c1990.
J FIC CLEARY
Maggie resists learning cursive writing in the third grade, until she discovers that knowing how to read and write cursive promises to open up an entirely new world of knowledge for her.

My feet are laughing
Norman, Lissette.
New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, c2006.
JE NORMAN
Sadie, an imaginative young Dominican American, relates her experiences growing up in her grandmother's brownstone house in Harlem.

My pops is tops!
Krulik, Nancy E.
New York : Grosset & Dunlap, c2007.
J PB KATIE
Fourth-grader Katie secretly believes that her grandfather is too old to be her partner in the school Olympics until she trades places with him for a day--thanks to the magic wind.

My sister the sausage roll
Holmes, Barbara Ware.
New York : Hyperion Books for Children, c1997.
J HOLMES
Although she does not like having a new baby sister, Eloise keeps an eye on her while their father is away and finds herself learning to love her.

Mystery on the docks
Hurd, Thacher.
New York : Harper & Row, c1983.
J P HUR
Ralph, a short order cook, rescues a kidnapped opera singer from Big Al and his gang of nasty rats.

Nate the great
Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman.
New York : Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, G.P. Putnam's Sons, c1972.
EZ SHARMAT
Nate the Great solves the mystery of the missing picture.

The old woman and her pig : an Appalachian folktale
MacDonald, Margaret Read, 1940-
New York : HarperCollins, c2007.
J 398.2097402 MACDONALD
Worried that Little Boy will be frightened if she fails to return home before dark, an old woman enlists the aid of some passing animals to coax her new pig across the bridge.

On the dog
Greenburg, J. C. (Judith C.).
New York : Random House, c2002.
J PB GREENBURG
When ten-year-old Andrew invents a shrinking machine, he does not expect to be sucked into the machine along with his cousin Judy, only to end up in a dog's nose.

Out of the ballpark
Rodriguez, Alex, 1975-
New York : HarperCollins, c2007.
E RODRIGUEZ
Although Alex is nervous about his role in the approaching baseball playoffs and championship game, he soon figures out how to fix his mistakes and become a better player.

Pajama party
Hest, Amy.
New York : Morrow Junior Books, c1992.
J FIC HES
Casey, Jenny, and Kate have a pajama party complete with sleeping bags, chocolate chip cookies, and scary stories.

A picture book of Abraham Lincoln
Adler, David A.
New York : Holiday House, c1989.
J B LINCOLN ADL
Follows the life of the popular president, from his childhood on the frontier to his assassination after the end of the Civil War.

Pinduli
Cannon, Janell, 1957-
New York : Harcourt, c2004.
E CANNON
Pinduli, a young striped hyena, is hurt by the unkind words of Dog, Lion, and Zebra, but her clever trick in return promotes her clan's survival and spreads harmony throughout the savannah. Includes backmatter notes about hyenas and other animals of the African savannah.

Pinky and Rex
Howe, James, 1946-
Atheneum 1990.
J FIC HOW
Rex and her best friend Pinky, each the proud possessor of twenty- seven stuffed animals or dinosaurs, find their visit to the museum and its gift shop complicated by Pinky's little sister Amanda.

Pish and Posh
Bottner, Barbara.
[New York] : HarperCollins Publishers, c2004.
EZ BOTTNER
When Pish and Posh discover fairy magic, they face a series of wacky surprises.

Rip-roaring Russell
Hurwitz, Johanna.
New York : Morrow, c1983.
J FIC HUR
Summary: Five-year-old Russell's adventures involve his nursery school, his baby sister, and his friends in his apartment building.

Rude giants
Wood, Audrey.
San Diego, CA : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1993.
E WOOD
Beatrix the butter maid saves Gerda the cow and transforms two rude giants into good neighbors.

The shelf elf
Hopkins, Jackie.
Fort Atkinson, Wis. : Upstart Books, c2004.
J P Hopkins
Skoob the Shelf Elf learns all about the proper way to handle books and behave in the library.

Snow dude
Kirk, Daniel.
New York : Hyperion Books for Children, c2004.
J E KIRK
When Nick and Kara Candlewick build the snowman of their dreams, their wish for a real live playmate comes true.

Starring Rosie
Giff, Patricia Reilly.
New York : Viking, 1998, c1997.
J FIC GIF
Rosie volunteers to provide the prince and the props for her ballet class production of Sleeping Beauty.

The stranger
Van Allsburg, Chris.
Boston,Mass. : Houghton Mifflin, c1986.
E VAN
The enigmatic origins of the stranger Farmer Bailey hits with his truck and brings home to recuperate seem to have a mysterious relation to the changing season.

Super fast, out of control!
Sachar, Louis, 1954-
New York : Random House, c2000.
J PBK SERIES MAR
Afraid of his new mountain bike, third-grader Marvin finds himself in a desperate situation when he accepts a challenge to ride down Suicide Hill.

Swamp Angel
Isaacs, Anne.
New York Dutton Children's Books, c1994.
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Summary: Along with other amazing feats, Angelica Longrider, also known as Swamp Angel, wrestles a huge bear, known as Thundering Tarnation, to save the winter supplies of the settlers in Tennessee.

Switch play!
Peters, Stephanie True, 1965-
New York : Little, Brown and Company, c2003.
J PB CHRISTOPHER
When Ted's twin sister Lisa, a fullback on the 'Cats soccer team, gets attention for her special move on the field, Ted determines to come up with an outstanding play also.

Tadpole's promise
Willis, Jeanne.
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2005, c2003.
E WILLIS
When a caterpillar meets her perfect love, a tadpole, she begs him never to change, but their relationship is doomed.

Tattercoats
Watts, Bernadette.
New York : North-South Books : Distributed in the U.S. by Holt, c1989.
JE WAT
A once proud scarecrow becomes more and more bedraggled as the children neglect him during the winter months, and he loses hope of ever feeling happy again.

The tear thief
Duffy, Carol Ann.
Cambridge, MA : Barefoot Books, c2007.
JP DUF
In the evening, between supper and bedtime, an invisible fairy slips into homes to steal tears of shame, fear, pain, and sadness, then climbs to the moon where she transforms the sackful of droplets into something wonderful.

Tikki Tikki Tembo
Mosel, Arlene.
New York : Henry Holt, c1968.
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When the eldest son fell in the well and most of the time getting help was spent pronouncing the name of the one in trouble, the Chinese, according to legend, decided to give all their children short names.

Treasure trouble
James, Brian, 1976-
New York : Grosset & Dunlap, c2008.
jT JAMES
When, after finding buried treasure guarded by giant sand crabs, the crew of the Sea Rat comes down with a mysterious illness, the pirate students suspect that the treasure is cursed.

Trouble with trolls
Brett, Jan, 1949-
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c1992.
E BRETT
While climbing Mt. Baldy, Treva outwits some trolls who want to steal her dog.

The widow's broom
Van Allsburg, Chris.
Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin, c1992.
E VAN ALLSBURG
A witch's worn-out broom serves a widow well, until her neighbors decide the thing is wicked and dangerous.

Winnie & Ernst
Freschet, Gina.
New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, c2003.
EZ FRESCHET
Winnie the possum and Ernst the otter go to a birthday party, bake for a bake sale, hold a garden party, and turn bad luck into good luck.

Young Cam Jansen and the lions' lunch mystery
Adler, David A.
New York : Viking, c2007.
EZ ADLER
On a field trip to the zoo, Cam Jansen uses her photographic memory to help solve what happened to Danny's lunch.