Featuring fiction and nonfiction books, students will gain adequate exposure to a range of appropriately complex texts that are aligned to the Common Core State Standards. Each book in this Grade 2 30-book collection will keep readers interested and engaged through vibrant images, vivid illustrations, supportive diagrams, and easy-to-read text. Titles in this collection include: The Human Calculator; Families Through Time; I'll Lead the Way!; Melting and Freezing; Mapping Our Nation; George Washington; Our Earth; Step into the Rainforest; Money and Trade in Our Nation; Footprints on the Moon: Poems About Space; Coming to America; You Can Count on Me!; Why Anansi Has Eight Thin Legs: A Tale from West Africa; Gases; Harriet Tubman; The Solar System; How Amusement Parks Work; Step into the Forest; Tornadoes and Hurricanes!; Count Me In! What's for Lunch?; Declaring Our Independence; You and the Law; Cuckoo, Cuckoo: A Folktale from Mexico; Earthquakes!; Susan B. Anthony; Make It Healthy; Step into the Desert; Count Me In! School Carnival; Outer Space; Look Inside: Your Skeleton and Muscles.