Level Two Book List

Below you will find the complete book list for Into the Deep: Level Two. These books are completely optional and are not necessary to use the resource. If you want to extend the catechesis by reading living picture books and chapter books that touch on the story or theme from particular lessons, these are for you!

How It Works

Each lesson in the resource includes a short list of living books that would be a lovely addition to your time in the resource. Once you have your book, we recommend looking about a month ahead to check out or assemble the next month’s books. We recommend first looking at your library, then at your local Catholic bookstore or independent bookstore. Here, we have provided Amazon affiliate links if you prefer to shop that way.

We are so excited to read and learn with you!

Level Two Picture Books

• Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman
• The North Wind and the Sun by Jean de La Fontaine
• Patrick: Patron Saint of Ireland by Tomie de Paola
• The Life of St. Patrick: Enlightener of the Irish by Zachary Lynch
• Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
• The Story of Snow by Mark Cassino
• One Little Bag: An Amazing Journey by Henry Cole
• The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
• The End of the Fiery Sword by Maura Roan McKeegan
• Creation by Gennady Spirin 
• Paradise by Fiona French
• When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant
• The Napping House by Audrey Wood and Don Wood
• Into the Sea, Out of the Tomb by Maura Roan McKeegan
• Noah’s Ark by Jerry Pinkney
• Noah’s Ark by Peter Spier
• Jesus by Brian Wildsmith
• Building the Way to Heaven: The Tower of Babel and Pentecost by Maura Roan McKeegan
• The Tower of Babel by Willian Wiesner
• King Nimrod’s Tower by Leon Garfield
• Sarah Laughs by Jaqueline Jules
• Brother Bartholomew and the Apple Grove by Jan Cheripko
• Jacob and Esau by Mary Auld
• The Donkey’s Dream by Barbara Helen Berger
• Joseph by Brian Wildsmith
• Benjamin and the Silver Goblet by Jacqueline Jules
• The Coat of Many Colors by Jenny Koralek
• Moses by Margaret Hodges
• The Blackbird's Nest: Saint Kevin of Ireland by Jenny Schroedel
• Moses: The Long Road to Freedom by Ann Keay Beneduce
• Mary: The Mother of Jesus by Tomie dePaola
• Exodus by Brian Wildsmith
• Saved By the Lamb: Moses and Jesus by Maura Roan McKeegan
• The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
• The Little Brute Family by Russell Hoban
• Forest of Dreams by Rosemary Wells
• Saint Francis of Assisi by Demi
• The Saving Name of God the Son by Jean Ann Sharpe
• Just the Way You Are by Max Lucado
• Stone Soup by Marcia Brown
• Flossie and the Fox by Patricia C. McKissack
• The Squire and the Scroll by Jennie Bishop
• The Ink Garden of Brother Theophane by C.M. Millen
• Water Can Be by Laura Purdie Salas
• Water is Water by Miranda Paul
• Corduroy by Don Freeman
• Blessed Stanley Rother by Susan Rother Bond
• The Story Of Ruth by Maxine Rose Schur
• Ruth The Harvest Girl by Mackenzie Carine
• David and Goliath by Beatrice Schenk De Regniers
• The Lord is My Shepherd by Gennady Spirin
• Loaves and Fishes by Helen Caswell
• Miss Fannie’s Hat by Jan Karon
• Only You Can Be You by Nathan and Sally Clarkson
• The Thornbush by Michael Laughlin
• Jesus Speaks to Me about the Mass by Angela Burrin
• The Wisest Man in the World by Benjamin Elkin
• A Peek Into My Church by Wendy Goody
• Eucharistic Adoration for Little Ones by Kimberly Fries
• A House is a House for Me by Mary Ann Hoberman
• Take it to the Queen by Josephine Nobisso
• The Life of Mary by Inos Biffi
• The Bee Tree by Patricia Polacco
• Are You a Bee? by Judy Allen and Tudor Humphries
• Pascual and the Kitchen Angels by Tomie de Paola
• Seven Silly Eaters by Mary Ann Hoberman
• A Baby Born in Bethlehem by Martha Whitmore Hickman
• The Tale of Three Trees by Angela Elwell Hunt
• Mary by Brian Wildsmith
• Christina’s Carol by Tomie de Paola
• The Shepherd Boy by Kim Lewis
• I Wonder about the Good Shepherd by Jenny Luetkemeyer
• Queen Esther Saves Her People by Rita Golden Gelman
• Story of Esther: A Purim Tale by Eric A. Kimmel
• The Story of Hanukkah by David A. Adler
• Saint Valentine by Robert Sabuda
• Roses in the Snow by Dessi Jackson
• The Children of the King by Max Lucado
• The Night of Las Posadas by Tomie dePaola
• Little One, We Knew You’d Come by Sally Lloyd-Jones
• The Spider Who Saved Christmas by Raymond Arroyo
• Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
• Miracles of Jesus by Tomie de Paola
• Peter Claver, Patron Saint of Slaves by Julia Durango
• In Plain Sight by Richard Jackson
• Canticle of the Sun by Fiona French 
• King of the Shattered Glass by Susan Joy Bellavance
• Stations of the Cross for Kids by Regina Doman
• Easter by Fiona French
• Simon and the Easter Miracle by Mary Joslin
• This is the Church by Katie Warner
• The Gold Thread by Norman Macleod
• Full, Full, Full of Love by Trish Cooke
• The Lord's Prayer by Ingri & Edgar Parin D'Aulaire
• The Grumpy Old Ox by Anthony DeStefano
• Saint Bernadette and the Miracles of Lourdes by Demi
• Jesus Speaks to Me About My Baptism by Angela M. Burrin
• When You Were Baptized by Catherine Maresca
• First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
• Waiting by Kevin Henkes
• Swimmy by Leo Lionni
• Parable of the Vineyard by Helen Caswell
• The Wonderful Life of Saint Sergius of Radonezh by Alvin Alexsi Currier
• I Went to Mass: What Did I See? by Katie Warner
• Jesus Speaks to Me about Confession by Angela Burrin
• The Best-Loved Doll by Rebecca Caudill
• My Heart, Christ's Home: Retold for Children by Robert Boyd Munger
• If Only I Had a Green Nose by Max Lucado
• Boats for Papa by Jessixa Bagley
• The Sword and the Cape by Pamela Love
• A Saint and His Lion: The Story of Tekla of Ethiopia by Elaine Murray Stone
• Storm in the Night by Mary Stolz
• The Garden Wall by Jennie Bishop
• Saint George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges
• Love Is… by Wendy Anderson Halperin
• Parable of the Bridesmaids by Helen Caswell
• John Mary Vianney: The Holy Cure of Ars by Sophie De Mullenheim
• Max and Benedict: A Bird's Eye View of the Pope's Daily Life by Jeanne Perego
• Saint John Bosco and His Big Gray Dog by Hayley Medeiros
• Jack Giorgio: Future Priest by Katie Warner
• The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco
• Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran
• Adventures of Saint Paul by Oldrich Selucky
• Stephen’s Feast by Jean Richardson
• The Empty Pot by Demi
• Our Holy Father, the Pope by Don R. Caffery
• The Twelve Apostles by Marianna Mayer
• The Mitten by Jan Brett
• Lucia: Saint of Light by Katherine Bolger Hyde
• Saint Valentine by Ann Tompert
• Saint Felix and the Spider by Dessi Jackson
• The Sign in Mendel’s Window by Mildred Phillips
• I Believe: The Nicene Creed by Pauline Baynes
• Marian Consecration for Families with Young Children by Colleen Pressprich
• The Weight of a Mass by Josephine Nobisso
• The Holy Twins: Benedict and Scholastica by Kathleen Norris
• Two Travelers by Christopher Manson
• The Secret World Of Hildegard by Jonah Winter
• Francis Woke Up Early by Josephine Nobisso
• Saint Clare and Her Cat by Dessi Jackson
• Lectio Divina for Little Ones by Kimberly Fries
• The Story of the Call of Samuel by Bryn J. Brock and Karin A. Childs
• A Child’s Rule of Life by Robert Hugh Benson
• This Is What I Pray Today: Divine Hours Prayers For Children by Phyllis Tickle
• I’m a Saint in the Making by Lisa M. Hendey
• The Parables of Jesus by Tomie dePaola

Level Two Chapter Books

• The Golden Key by George MacDonald 
• Nate the Great by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
• The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli
• Begin by Philip and Erin Ulrich
• Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
• The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien 
• Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
• Crow and Weasel by Barry Lopez
• Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
• Many Moons by James Thurber
• A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
• Freckles by Gene Stratton Porter
• Tom Appleby, Convict Boy by Jackie French
• Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
• Looking-for-Something: The Story of a Stray Burro of Ecuador by Ann Nolan Clark
• The Call of the Wild by Jack London
• Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett
• Swiss Family Robinson by Johann D. Wyss
• Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
• The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
• Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
• A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus
• Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George
• Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back by Shel Silverstein
• Blue Willow by Doris Gates
• The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
• Heavenly Hosts: Eucharistic Miracles for Kids by Kathryn Griffin Swegart
• The King of the Golden City by Mother Mary Loyola
• The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss
• Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
• Winter Cottage by Carol Ryrie Brink
• The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis
• Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
• The Green Ember by S.D. Smith
• Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
• Portrait of the Son by Josephine Nobisso
• The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
• The Life of Our Lord for Children by Marigold Hunt
• Lost and Found by Andrew Clements
• The Way of the Cross by Inos Biffi
• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
• Treasures of the Snow by Patricia St. John
• Prince Martin Wins His Sword by Brandon Hale
• Did You Carry the Flag Today, Charley? by Rebecca Caudill
• A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond
• The Soldier of Christ: Talks before Confirmation by Mother Mary Loyola
• Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
• First Communion by Mother Mary Loyola
• Heavenly Hosts: Eucharistic Miracles for Kids by Kathryn Griffin Swegart
• The 13 Clocks by James Thurber
• The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis
• The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
• Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry
• Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorensen
• The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White
• At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald
• The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis
• Saints: Lives and Illuminations by Ruth Sanderson
• Saint Paul the Apostle: The Story of the Apostle to the Gentiles by Mary Fabyan Windeatt
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
• The Illustrated Acts of the Apostles for Children by Jean-Francois Kieffer and Christine Ponsard
• Listening for Lions by Gloria Whelan
• Saint Helena and the True Cross by Louis de Wohl
• Leading the Little Ones to Mary by Sr. Mary Lelia
• Saint Benedict: The Story of the Father of the Western Monks by Mary Fabyan Windeatt
• Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney
• Lepanto’s Lady by Laurie Schmitt
• Sisters of the Last Straw Series by Karen Kelly Boyce
• Pray Always: A Catholic Child's First Prayer Book by Conor Gallagher
• Redwall by Brian Jacques