2nd-3rd Grade (7-9 year old) Favorites

Alpha by author; parentheses indicate likely section of your local library.

398.2 is common Dewey section for folk/fairy tales (even picture book forms)
398.8 is common Dewey section for poetry anthologies 

Aiken, Joan. Arabel and Mortimer
Andersen, Hans Christian. Fairy Tales (3982.)
Asbjornsen, P. C. The Squire’s Bride
Barrett, Judi. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (Picture book)
Bearn, Emily. Tumtum and Nutmeg: Adventures Beyond Nutmouse Hall. Talking animal fantasy/juvenile fiction.
Birch, David. The King’s Chessboard
Bulla, Clyde Robert. The Sword in the Tree
Cleary, Beverly. Beezus and Ramona (juvenile fiction)
Cleary, Beverly. Henry Huggins (juvenile fiction)
Clements, Andrew. Frindle (juvenile fiction)
Dahl, Roald. Fantastic Mr. Fox (juvenile fiction)
Estes, Eleanor. The Hundred Dresses (juvenile fiction)
Fisher, Dorothy Canfield. Understood Betsy (juvenile fiction)
Gannett, Ruth Stiles. My Father’s Dragon (juvenile fiction)
Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm Fairy Tales (398.2; anthologies and picture books)
Hodges, Margaret. St. George and the Dragon (398.2)
Johnson, Crockett. Ellen’s Lion
Julian, Nancy R. The Peculiar Miss Pickett
Lang, Andrew. Colored Fairy Books (Blue, Red, Lilac, etc.) (398.2)
Lester, Julius Tales of Uncle Remus (398.2; anthologies and picture bookes)
MacDonald, George. The Light Princess (juvenile fiction)
McCloskey, Robert. Lentil
Milne, A. A. Winnie-the-Pooh
Peet, Bill. Chester the Worldly Pig
Pennypacker, Sara. Clementine. 2006. (Juvenile fiction)
Perrault, Charles Fairy Tales (398.2; many picture book forms)
Polacco, Patricia. Pink and Say (picture book)
Robinson, Barbara. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (juvenile fiction)
Thurber, James. Many Moons
White, E. B. Charlotte’s Web (juvenile fiction)
Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Little House in the Big Woods (series) (juvenile fiction)
Williams, Jay. Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like