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Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 2 Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 2 books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 2 series? Start with "Falcons Nest on Skyscrapers (By: Priscilla Belz Jenkins)" (1900) and follow publication order through all 94 books.
The complete Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 2 reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Falcons Nest on Skyscrapers (By: Priscilla Belz Jenkins)
1900
The Moon Seems to Change (By: Franklyn Mansfield Branley)
1960
The Sun (By: Franklyn M. Branley)
1961
What Makes Day and Night (By: Franklyn Mansfield Branley)
1961
What the Moon is Like (By: Franklyn Mansfield Branley)
1963
Flash, Crash, Rumble, and Roll (By: Franklyn Mansfield Branley)
1964
Your Skin and Mine (By: Paul Showers)
1965
A Drop of Blood (By: Paul Showers)
1967
Hear Your Heart (By: Paul Showers)
1968
Why Frogs Are Wet (By: Judy Hawes)
1968
My Visit to the Dinosaurs (By: Aliki)
1969
Gravity Is a Mystery (By: Franklyn Mansfield Branley)
1970
What Happens to a Hamburger? (By: Paul Showers)
1970
The Skeleton Inside You (By: Philip Balestrino)
1971
Fossils Tell of Long Ago (By: Aliki)
1972
Where Does the Garbage Go? (By: Paul Showers)
1974
Sunshine Makes the Seasons (By: Franklyn Mansfield Branley)
1974
Milk (By: Aliki)
1974
Day Light, Night Light (By: Franklyn Mansfield Branley)
1975
Corn Is Maize (By: Aliki)
1976
The Sky Is Full of Stars (By: Franklyn M. Branley)
1981
Digging Up Dinosaurs (By: Aliki)
1981
The Planets in Our Solar System (By: Franklyn Mansfield Branley)
1981
Why I Sneeze, Shiver, Hiccup, & Yawn (By: Melvin A. Berger)
1983
Let's Go Rock Collecting (By: Roma Gans)
1984
How to Talk to Your Computer (By: Seymour Simon)
1985
Germs Make Me Sick! (By: Melvin A. Berger)
1985
Dinosaurs Are Different (By: Aliki)
1985
Volcanoes (By: Franklyn Mansfield Branley)
1985
Ant Cities (By: Arthur Dorros)
1987
Tornado Alert (By: Franklyn Mansfield Branley)
1988
Snakes Are Hunters (By: Patricia Lauber)
1988
Dinosaur Bones (By: Aliki)
1988
What Happened to the Dinosaurs? (By: Franklyn M. Branley)
1989
Feel the Wind (By: Arthur Dorros)
1989
Switch On, Switch Off (By: Melvin A. Berger)
1989
Earthquakes (By: Franklyn Mansfield Branley)
1990
An Octopus Is Amazing (By: Patricia Lauber)
1990
What Will the Weather Be? (By: Lynda DeWitt)
1991
Follow the Water from Brook to Ocean (By: Arthur Dorros)
1991
Look Out for Turtles! (By: Melvin A. Berger)
1992
How Do Apples Grow? (By: Betsy Maestro)
1992
Be a Friend to Trees (By: Patricia Lauber)
1993
Why Do Leaves Change Color? (By: Betsy Maestro)
1994
Elephant Families (By: Arthur Dorros)
1994
Who Eats What? (By: Patricia Lauber)
1994
Who Eats What? Food Chains and Food Webs (By: Patricia Lauber)
1994
How Mountains Are Made (By: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld)
1995
Zipping, Zapping, Zooming Bats (By: Ann Earle)
1995
How Do Birds Find Their Way? (By: Roma Gans)
1996
You're Aboard Spaceship Earth (By: Patricia Lauber)
1996
What Makes a Magnet? (By: Franklyn Mansfield Branley)
1996
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1996
Down Comes the Rain (By: Franklyn Mansfield Branley)
1997
Sponges Are Skeletons (By: Barbara Juster Esbensen)
1998
Floating in Space (By: Franklyn Mansfield Branley)
1998
What Is the World Made Of? (By: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld)
1998
Dinosaur Babies (By: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld)
1999
International Space Station (By: Franklyn M. Branley)
2000
Terrible Tyrannosaurs (By: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld)
2001
Penguin Chick (By: Betty Tatham)
2001
Mission to Mars (By: Franklyn Mansfield Branley)
2002
Energy Makes Things Happen
2002
Did Dinosaurs Have Feathers? (By: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld)
2003
Spinning Spiders (By: Melvin A. Berger)
2003
Dolphin Talk (By: Wendy Pfeffer)
2003
Wiggling Worms at Work (By: Wendy Pfeffer)
2003
Honey in a Hive (By: Anne Rockwell)
2005
Forces Make Things Move
2005
Why Are the Ice Caps Melting? (By: Anne Rockwell)
2006
Who Lives in an Alligator Hole? (By: Anne Rockwell)
2006
Almost Gone (By: Steve Jenkins)
2006
Dinosaur Tracks (By: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld)
2007
How People Learned to Fly (By: Fran Hodgkins)
2007
What's So Bad About Gasoline? (By: Anne Rockwell)
2009
Life in a Coral Reef (By: Wendy Pfeffer)
2009
Where Do Polar Bears Live? (By: Sarah L. Thomson)
2009
Where Did Dinosaurs Come From? (By: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld)
2010
Time to Sleep (By: Steve Jenkins,Robin Page)
2011
What Happens to Our Trash? (By: D. J. Ward)
2012
Light Is All Around Us (By: Wendy Pfeffer)
2014
In the Rainforest (By: Kate Duke)
2014
Sharks Have Six Senses (By: John F. Waters)
2015
Hurricane Watch (By: Melissa Stewart)
2015
Simple Machines (By: D.J. Ward)
2015
Flood Warning (By: Katharine Kenah)
2016
How Deep Is the Ocean? (By: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld)
2016
Phones Keep Us Connected (By: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld)
2017
Droughts (By: Melissa Stewart)
2017
Pinocchio Rex and Other Tyrannosaurs (By: Steve Brusatte,Melissa Stewart)
2017
Running on Sunshine (By: Carolyn Cinami Decristofano)
2018
What Makes a Blizzard? (By: Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld)
2018
How a City Works (By: D.J. Ward)
2018
A Pandemic Is Worldwide (By: Sarah L. Thomson)
2022
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