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

How do you become friends with the Moon?
Baygdilū, Ghazālah, author, illustrator. 
Paper Book
"Readers will delight in this enchanting book...and be eager to befriend the moon themselves." - Kirkus Reviews (Starred review) Silver Medal Winner of the 2022 Key Colors Competition, the two-yearly national contest for illustrators of children's books. When three...

Picturebook

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

Reina Ramos tour guide
Otheguy, Emma
Paper Book
Reina Ramos is a tour guide in this Level Two I Can Read story. Perfect for social emotional learning. Features Spanish vocabulary! Reina Ramos is the creation of Emma Otheguy, a children's author who writes about Latin identity. The Reina I Can Read stories have engaging...

Reader

The Princess in Black and the mermaid princess
Hale, Shannon 
Paper Book
There's trouble under the sea! Can the Princess in Black and her new mermaid friend put a stop to a big blue kraken's shenanigans? The Princess in Black and her friends are enjoying a day of sun and sea on Princess Sneezewort's royal boat when a real, live mermaid princess...

Primary fiction

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
Ada Twist and the Disappearing Dogs is the fifth story in author Andrea Beaty and illustrator David Roberts's New York Times bestselling Questioneers chapter book series following Ada Twist, the star of the Netflix TV show! Blue River...

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
The New York Times bestselling Questioneers series continues with Iggy Peck and the Mysterious Mansion,from author Andrea Beaty and illustrator David Roberts. Watch Iggy Peck in the Netflix television series Ada Twist,...

Primary fiction

Doggo and Pupper save the world
Applegate, Katherine 
Paper Book
The second book in #1 New York Times-bestselling-author Katherine Applegate's fun new series with a brightly colored palette from Charlie Alder. Doggo likes routine: napping, eating, and more napping. Life is good. Life is good for...

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

Scaredy Squirrel in a nutshell
Watt, Melanie 1975-
Paper Book
The time is now for this anxious little guy: Meet Scaredy Squirrel in his brand-new graphic novel series! He's funnier (and scared-ier) than ever, and perfect for readers of Narwhal and Jelly. Scaredy is happy to stay in his nut tree. Why would he ever leave? The outside is...

Graphic novel

Viewfinder
Chung, Christine D. U.
Paper Book
A young space traveler happens upon Earth in the future in this gorgeous wordless adventure for fans of Shaun Tan. A transportive graphic novel for ages 6 to 9, perfect for Earth Day. A young space traveler visits Earth on a whim and finds a planet empty of people. She happens...
Graphic novel (wordless)
Be thankful for trees
Ziefert, Harriet 
Paper Book
What gives you a seat, a floor for your feet?A place you can sit with your family to eat? The pum-pum of a drum, a guitar's twangy strum . . .Tree wood makes music zing, ping, and hum. Using lilting, rhyming couplets, this book...

Non-fiction


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