The following books are included in the Memoria Press 2nd Grade Read-Aloud Program. These books can be purchased as a package from Memoria Press or directly from Amazon or another retailer. You may also be interested in the complete Memoria Press 2nd Grade Curriculum.
Johnny Appleseed
by Reeve Lindbergh
The Boy Who Drew Birds: A Story of John James Audubon
by Jacqueline Davies
McElligot's Pool
by Dr. Seuss
The Monkey and the Crocodile: A Jataka Tale from India
by Paul Galdone
Also: What We Read: India
The Ant and the Elephant
by Bill Peet
One Morning in Maine
by Robert McCloskey
Also: Mater Amabilis Pre-K Book List for Ages 4-5
Amos & Boris
by William Steig
Also: Reading Roadmaps 1st Grade
Cinderella
by Marcia Brown
A Picture Book of Amelia Earhart
by David A. Adler
The Five Chinese Brothers
by Claire Huchet Bishop
Also: Mater Amabilis Kindergarten Book List for Ages 5-6
Also: Reading Roadmaps 1st Grade
Wee Gillis
by Munro Leaf
Recommended Age: 5
Also: Five in a Row Book List for Ages 4-8
Also: What We Read: Scotland and Wales
The Thanksgiving Story
by Alice Dalgliesh
Also: Sonlight Level D for Ages 8-11
Also: Top 10 Thanksgiving Picture Books
Lucy's Christmas
by Donald Hall
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
by Susan Wojciechowski
Also: Top 10 Christmas Audiobooks
Also: Top 25 Christmas Picture Books
The Velveteen Rabbit
by Margery Williams
Also: Former Sonlight Books
Also: Mater Amabilis Pre-K Book List for Ages 4-5
Also: Reading Roadmaps 1st Grade
Also: Reading Roadmaps Kindergarten
Also: Veritas Press 1st Grade Literature
Also: Veritas Press 2nd Grade Literature
The Big Snow
by Berta & Elmer Hader
Recommended Age: 6
Also: Caldecott Medal Winners
Also: What We Read: Winter and Snow
The Emperor's New Clothes
by Hans Christian Andersen; illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton
Also: Reading Roadmaps Kindergarten
The Gardener
by Sarah Stewart
Recommended Age: 5
Also: New York Public Library’s List of 100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know
Also: Reading Roadmaps 1st Grade
Saint Valentine
by Robert Sabuda
George Washington's Breakfast
by Jean Fritz
Farewell to Shady Glade
by Bill Peet
Cyrus the Unsinkable Sea Serpent
by Bill Peet
Emily
by Michael Bedard
Sam, Bangs & Moonshine
by Evaline Ness
Recommended Age: 7
Also: Caldecott Medal Winners
Also: Reading Roadmaps 1st Grade
Island Boy
by Barbara Cooney
The Easter Egg
by Jan Brett
Paul Revere's Ride
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, illustrated by Ted Rand
Recommended Age: 6
Also: Five in a Row Book List for Ages 4-8
Also: Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Grades K-3
Verdi
by Janell Cannon
The Gift of the Tree
by Alvin Tresselt
Maybelle the Cable Car
by Virginia Lee Burton
Also: What We Read: Trucks and Construction
Also: Sonlight Preschool Book List for Ages 3-4 (in Mike Mulligan and More)
A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers
by Nancy Willard
Recommended Age: 2
Also: Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards for Excellence in Children's Literature
Also: Newbery Medal Winners
The Fourth of July Story
by Alice Dalgliesh
Also: Picture Books for Minor Holidays
Lucy's Summer
by Donald Hall
A Child's Book of Poems
by Gyo Fujikawa
Also: Memoria Press 1st Grade Read-Aloud Program
Also: Memoria Press Kindergarten Read-Aloud Program
Also: Top 10 Poetry Collections for Children
Eric Carle's Animals Animals
Compiled by Laura Whipple; Illustrated by Eric Carle
Recommended Age: 4
Also: Memoria Press 1st Grade Read-Aloud Program
Also: Memoria Press Kindergarten Read-Aloud Program
Also: Sonlight Pre-K Book List for Ages 4-5