2nd Grade

A peddler's nap under a tree leads to a perfectly repeatable showdown with a troop of mischievous monkeys.

In an old Paris house covered in vines, an unforgettable small girl turns routine, bravery, and style into storybook legend.

Creatures of the rainforest and an Indigenous child plead with a logger to spare a towering kapok tree and the life around it.

Cut-paper art and compact definitions introduce landforms and bodies of water from around the world.

Maria Merian's artwork and close study of insects become a vivid portrait of careful looking and scientific artistry.

Children and trees are compared through a lyrical meditation on growth, rootedness, change, and interdependence.

An inviting nonfiction voice introduces tides, currents, creatures, and the power of the ocean to young readers.

A very old rock tells younger natural neighbors what he has witnessed across ages of geologic time.

Lyrical language shows how the natural world moves through walls, windows, habits, and bodies even when we think we are indoors.

Minimal text and clear visuals trace the patient changes that carry a seed into flower and then into new seed again.