The selected titles in this 28-book Grade 2 collection provide students with an opportunity to gain adequate exposure to a range of appropriately complex texts and are aligned to the Common Core State Standards. Titles include: Traveling on a Train (Math); Gases (Science); Clara Barton (Social Studies); Animal Mothers and Babies (Science); Our Trip to the City (Math); Melting and Freezing (Science); Amelia Earhart (Social Studies); Harriet Tubman (Social Studies); Earthquakes! (Science); Next Stop: Mexico (Social Studies); Police Officers Then and Now (Social Studies); Our Harvest Lunch (Math); Sanitation Workers Then and Now (Social Studies); Next Stop: Canada (Social Studies); Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (Math, Science); Look Inside: Your Brain (Science); Oceans (Science); George Washington (Social Studies); Our School Garden (Math, Science); Eagles Up Close (Science); Our Earth (Science); Count Me In! School Carnival (Math); Craft It: Hand-Blown Glass (Social Studies); Tornadoes and Hurricanes! (Science); Make It: Chocolate (Social Studies); Make It Healthy (Science); How Amusement Parks Work (Math, Science); and Step into the Forest (Science).