Recommended book list: K-2

Go on a global adventure with books! The KERA Education team curated this list of recommended titles for children in kindergarten through second grade.

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▸ National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of the Ocean, by Catherine Hughes

▸ Snakes / Las Serpientes, by Melissa Stewart

▸ Gran Atlas de Los Animales del Mundo (Spanish Edition), por Equipo Editorial

▸ Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt, by Kate Messner

▸ The Big Book of Bugs / El gran libro de los bichos, by Yuval Zommer

▸ Nature All Around: Bugs, by Pamela Hickman

▸ One Bee Too Many / La Abeja de Más, by Andrés Pi Andreu

▸ Do You Know About Insects? / ¿Sabes algo sobre insectos?, by Buffy Silverman

▸ This is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from Around the World, by Matt Lamothe

▸ A gift for Amma: Market day in India / Un regalo para Amma: Día de mercado en India, by Meera Sriram

▸ Islandborn / Lola: edición en español de Islandborn, by Junot Diaz

▸ Mommy’s Khimar, by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow

▸ Waiting for the Biblioburro / Esperando el Biblioburro, by Monica Brown

▸ How Did That Get in My Lunchbox?: The Story of Food / Y eso, ¿cómo llegó a tu lonchera?, by Chris Butterworth

▸ The Perfect Pet / La mascota perfecta, by Samantha Bell

▸ Queen of Physics: How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom, by Teresa Robeson

▸ Look Up with Me: Neil deGrasse Tyson: A Life Among the Stars, by Jennifer Berne

▸ The Vast Wonder of the World: Biologist Ernest Everett Just, by Mélina Mangal

▸ The World is Not a Rectangle: A Portrait of Architect Zaha Hadid, by Jeanette Winter

▸ Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer, by Traci Sorell

▸ Rosie Revere, Engineer / Rosa Pionera, ingeniera, by Andrea Beaty

▸ Seven Golden Rings: A Tale of Music and Math, by Rajani LaRocca

▸ Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You / ¡Solo pregunta!: Sé Diferente, Sé Valiente, Sé Tú, by Sonia Sotomayor

▸ The Day You Begin / El día en que descubres quién eres, by Jacqueline Woodson

▸ Have You Filled a Bucket Today?: A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids, by Carol McCloud