GRADE 2 BOOKS
This Rising Voices Library offers empowering and engaging fiction, poetry, and informational texts that celebrate girls of color. By fostering a classroom community that supports positive representation and equity, children of all backgrounds will benefit as they build respect and understanding. Your Grade 2 library includes 50 books in all: two copies of each theme’s anchor text, plus two copies of each of the additional titles listed below. †
Sofia Martinez: My Family Adventure by Jacqueline Jules and illustrated by Kim Smith
SOMEONE LIKE ME/MEMORABLE CHARACTERS
Sofia wants nothing more than to stand out from the crowd, but that’s hard to do when she looks so much like her two sisters, Elena and Luisa. Wanting
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Ten Ways to Hear Snow by Cathy Camper* and illustrated by Kenard Pak*
to see if anyone will notice, Sofia switches the pictures around in their labeled picture frames on the piano and consistently draws attention to the pictures. When no one notices, Sofia must find a different way to stand out. What Will You Be? by Yamile Saied Méndez* and illustrated by Kate Alizadeh*
The morning after a blizzard, Lina ventures out into the snowy city for a visit with her grandmother Sitti to
When the world grows quiet, we learn to listen.
Cathy Camper is the author of the Lowriders in Space graphic novel series. She is a founding member of the Portland Women of Color Zine Collective, and she loves making stuffed grape leaves like her Lebanese grandma did—with family and friends. Cathy also works as an outreach librarian, serving schools and kids grades K–12. Visit her online at cathycamper.com. Kenard Pak is a picture book and book cover illustrator. He’s illus- trated several children’s books, including Have You Heard the Nesting Bird? by Rita Gray and The Dinner That Cooked Itself by J. C. Hsyu. He is the author/illustrator of Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn and Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter . He lives in San Francisco with his wife and their cat. Visit him online at pandagun.com.
14/12/21 10:59 AM do something they love to do together: cook. Sitti has limited eyesight and as Lina makes her way to Sitti’s building, she listens to the sounds around her and wonders if these sounds are ways in which her grandmother now experiences snow. Lina and Sitti connect with each other and to the world around them through what they hear and what they do. The author’s use of language also helps readers feel they are right there alongside Lina experiencing this special day.
When sitting in class one day, a young girl is asked a simple yet inevitable question: What will you be when you grow up? At first, she thinks of silly answers, but she can’t figure out what she really wants to
King & Kayla and the Case of the Gold Ring by Dori Hillestad Butler and illustrated by Nancy Meyers
do. With her abuela’s help, she learns the real answer to the question: everything. She dreams about all the things she could become, each one blending into the next. She really can be anything so long as she puts her mind to it!
It’s a snow day, and King and Kayla play with their friend Asia outside. When they all go inside to warm up, Asia realizes she’s missing her grandmother’s gold ring! Now Kayla and her dog King are on the case to find this precious family heirloom.
is King. I’m a dog. Kayla. She is my human. detectives.
and the Case of the Gold Ring
HEROES AND ROLE MODELS
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Written by Dori Hillestad Butler Illustrated by Nancy Meyers Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Award-winning creators
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More than Peach by Bellen Woodard* and illustrated by Fanny Liem*
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Mindy Kim and the Yummy Seaweed Business by Lyla Lee* and illustrated by Dung Ho* Mindy and her dad are trying to get settled into their new life in Florida. Although she has always wanted a dog, her family has never had the space for it back in California, so now Mindy is working extra hard to prove to her dad that she is ready for one! As part of this “proof,” Mindy and her new friend Sally start a business at school selling seaweed to raise money for taking care of a dog.
More than Peach is the true story of a young girl, Bellen, who advocated for embracing diversity, even in the things that seem small. Bellen realized that her classmates kept calling the “peach” colored crayon the “skin color” crayon, which sparked an idea: there are way
more skin tones than just peach, and they are all equally beautiful, so why not try to get crayons that match more skin colors? And so she did!
Scholastic Rising Voices: Celebrating Girls of Color: Grade 2 Books | Back to Top | 11 *Denotes an author or illustrator of color † Comparable substitutes will be provided for titles no longer available.
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