Curious Picks for Grades K-2

Top picks for grades K-2 inspired by the Summer Reading Club 2024 theme: World of curiosities

Updated July 4, 2024
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What will I discover?
Kyi, Tanya Lloyd, 1973- author. 
Paper Book
Kids 3 to 6 will be inspired to ask their own big questions after reading about the mysteries that scientists have yet to discover. This celebration of curiosity is an excellent resource for fostering an interest in STEM. Sometimes, it seems as if...

Picturebook

Camp-out
Lyons, Kelly Starling
Paper Book
Ty makes his I Can Read Comic debut! Featuring a bold comic styling by New York Times bestselling illustrator Niña Mata and a compelling easy-to-read text by Kelly Starling Lyons, this Level One I Can Read Comic is the perfect summertime story for beginning readers! ...

Reader

See the ghost three stories about things you cannot see
LaRochelle, David 
Paper Book
The Geisel Award-winning creators of See the Cat and See the Dog return for a comical new spoof on primers--and this time the cat, the dog, and the book are grappling with some curious things they can't see. See...

Reader

Bad Kitty makes a movie
Bruel, Nick, author, illustrator. 
Paper Book
Bad Kitty achieves stardom -- and of course, a bit of trouble -- in this full color graphic novel in Nick Bruel's New York Times bestselling series. When a video of Kitty throwing a tantrum over green beans gets uploaded online, it goes viral, and Kitty accidentally...

Primary fiction

Ada Twist and the disappearing dogs
Beaty, Andrea 
Paper Book
Blue River Creek has a problem: There's a pet thief on the loose! Or at least, Sofia and Iggy are convinced that there is, once their pets go missing. But as a scientist, Ada knows it's important not to jump to conclusions and to follow the facts. How will they find out what really happened to the...

Primary fiction

The Teeny-Weeny Unicorn
Harris, Shawn
Paper Book
Meet this pint-sized unicorn in this funny, modern fairy tale about perception and self-confidence from a Caldecott-Honor winning creator. Once upon a time, in a land where horses were mythical beasts, there lived a unicorn-a Teeny-Weeny Unicorn. He lived with his family in a...

Picturebook

Iggy Peck and the mysterious mansion
Beaty, Andrea 
Paper Book
Iggy Peck is an architect at his very core: When he's not making houses out of food, his head is up in the clouds, dreaming of design. So he's totally blown away when Ada Twist's Aunt Bernice inherits an old house from ice-cream mogul Herbert Sherbert that is filled with countless rooms from all his...

Primary fiction

Seashell Key
Heuer, Lourdes 
Paper Book
Seashell Key is the first in author Lourdes Heuer and award-winning illustrator Lynnor Bontigao's young chapter book series--perfect for fans of Princess in Black and Mercy Watson, about a diverse community of kids living in a beautiful seaside town! Welcome to...

Primary fiction

Simon and Chester. 4, Super friends!
Atkinson, Cale, author, illustrator. 
Paper Book
Welcome to the world of Simon and Chester, ghost and boy duo extraordinaire. Chester lives with his Grandma, his cat Mr. Pickles and Simon the ghost. Simon and Chester are best friends. Their attic is the location for some of the best activities known to humankind: making up songs about passersby,...

Graphic novel

Scaredy Squirrel in a nutshell
Watt, Mélanie
Paper Book
Scaredy is happy to stay in his nut tree. Why would he ever leave? The outside is filled with dangers. Like aliens! And dust! And a certain fluffy bunny who likes to pop up! But things don't always go as planned, even for a super-prepared squirrel. When he must venture out of his tree and onto the...

Graphic novel


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