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Step into Reading: Step 2 Books in Order

Step into Reading: Step 2 contains 127 books, published between 1965 and 2025. The first book is Beef Stew (1965) and the newest is 100 Days! (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
127
Published
1965–2025
Confirmed
1 of 127 titles
Pages on record
2,306 in 75 of 127 books
Reading time
38–58 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,306 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 75 of 127 titles with a page count on record.

See all 127 books in order Printable Step into Reading: Step 2 checklist

Step into Reading: Step 2 is a graded reader line for children beginning to read alone. The level holds 127 books published between 1965 and 2025, from Beef Stew (1965) to 100 Days! (2025). Titles mix original stories in rhyme with licensed characters, among them Barbie, Dora the Explorer and Sesame Street. The median book runs 32 pages, and new Step 2 readers are still appearing.

How many Step into Reading: Step 2 books are there?

Step into Reading: Step 2 has 127 books, released between 1965 and 2025.

Step into Reading: Step 2 Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 127 Step into Reading: Step 2 books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Beef Stew by Barbara Brenner, book 1 of the Step into Reading: Step 2 series (1965)
  2. Cover of Big Bird's Copycat Day by Sharon Lerner, book 3 of the Step into Reading: Step 2 series (1984)
  3. Cover of Big Bird Says... by Sharon Lerner, book 4 of the Step into Reading: Step 2 series (1985)
  4. Cover of Tiger Is a Scaredy Cat by Joan Phillips, book 5 of the Step into Reading: Step 2 series (1986)
  5. Cover of My New Boy by Joan Phillips, book 6 of the Step into Reading: Step 2 series (1986)
  6. Cover of Wake Up, Sun! by David L. Harrison, book 7 of the Step into Reading: Step 2 series (1986)
  7. Cover of The Teeny Tiny Woman by Jane O'Connor, book 8 of the Step into Reading: Step 2 series (1986)
  8. Cover of Lucky Bear by Joan Phillips, book 9 of the Step into Reading: Step 2 series (1986)
  9. Cover of David and the Giant by Emily Little, book 10 of the Step into Reading: Step 2 series (1987)
  10. Cover of Five Silly Fishermen by Roberta Edwards, book 11 of the Step into Reading: Step 2 series (1989)
  11. Cover of Bully Trouble by Joanna Cole, book 12 of the Step into Reading: Step 2 series (1989)
  12. Cover of All Stuck Up by Linda Hayward, book 13 of the Step into Reading: Step 2 series (1990)
  13. Cover of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bug by Katharine Ross, book 15 of the Step into Reading: Step 2 series (1991)
  14. Cover of P. J. Funnybunny Camps Out by Marilyn Sadler, book 16 of the Step into Reading: Step 2 series (1994)
  15. Cover of The Statue of Liberty by Lucille Recht Penner, book 17 of the Step into Reading: Step 2 series (1995)
  16. Cover of The Berenstain Bears by the Sea, book 18 of the Step into Reading: Step 2 series (1998)
  17. Cover of The Worst Helper Ever by Richard Scarry, book 19 of the Step into Reading: Step 2 series (1998)
  18. Cover of Two Princesses by Bill Gordh, book 22 of the Step into Reading: Step 2 series (1998)
  19. Cover of My New Pet is the Greatest, book 23 of the Step into Reading: Step 2 series (1998)
  20. Cover of Cat on the Mat, book 24 of the Step into Reading: Step 2 series (1998)
  21. Cover of Little Critter Sleeps Over by Mercer Mayer, book 25 of the Step into Reading: Step 2 series (1999)
  22. Cover of Bones: A Science Book for Kids by Stephen Krensky, book 26 of the Step into Reading: Step 2 series (1999)
  23. Cover of My Loose Tooth by Stephen Krensky, book 27 of the Step into Reading: Step 2 series (1999)
  24. Cover of Pizza Pat by Rita Golden Gelman, book 28 of the Step into Reading: Step 2 series (1999)
  1. 1
    Beef Stew1965 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    196532
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  2. 2
    Lowly Worm Meets the Early Bird1968 · confirmed 2/4
    1968–
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  3. 3
    Big Bird's Copycat Day1984 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    198432
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  4. 4
    Big Bird Says...1985 · 31 pages · confirmed 2/4
    198531
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  5. 5
    Tiger Is a Scaredy Cat1986 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    198632
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  6. 6
    My New Boy1986 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    198632
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  7. 7
    Wake Up, Sun!1986 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    198632
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  8. 8
    The Teeny Tiny Woman1986 · 30 pages · confirmed 2/4
    198630
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  9. 9
    Lucky Bear1986 · 30 pages · confirmed 2/4
    198630
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  10. 10
    David and the Giant1987 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    198732
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  11. 11
    Five Silly Fishermen1989 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    198932
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  12. 12
    Bully Trouble1989 · 48 pages · confirmed 2/4
    198948
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  13. 13
    All Stuck Up1990 · 30 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199030
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  14. 14
    Happy Birthday, Thomas!1990 · confirmed 2/4
    1990–
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  15. 15
    Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bug1991 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199132
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  16. 16
    P. J. Funnybunny Camps Out1994 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199432
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  17. 17
    The Statue of Liberty1995 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199532
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  18. 18
    The Berenstain Bears by the Sea1998 · 27 pages · confirmed 3/4
    199827
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  19. 19
    The Worst Helper Ever1998 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199832
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  20. 20
    My Best Friend Is Out of This World1998 · confirmed 2/4
    1998–
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  21. 22
    Two Princesses1998 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199832
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  22. 23
    My New Pet is the Greatest1998 · 29 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199829
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  23. 24
    Cat on the Mat1998 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199832
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  24. 25
    Little Critter Sleeps Over1999 · confirmed 2/4
    1999–
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  25. 26
    Bones: A Science Book for Kids1999 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199932
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  26. 27
    My Loose Tooth1999 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199932
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  27. 28
    Pizza Pat1999 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199932
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  28. 29
    Mice Are Nice1999 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199932
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  29. 30
    Cat at Bat2000 · 31 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200031
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Where to start with Step into Reading: Step 2

Start with Beef Stew (1965), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Step into Reading: Step 2 book?

100 Days! (2025) is the newest Step into Reading: Step 2 book released so far.

Is there a new Step into Reading: Step 2 book coming?

No next Step into Reading: Step 2 book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Step into Reading: Step 2 at a glance

Still running
Step into Reading: Step 2 is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Step into Reading: Step 2 books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
2,306 pages across the 75 of 127 books with a recorded length, a median of 32 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Step into Reading: Step 2 books, 50 of 127, were published in the 2010s.
Attribution
Of the 127 titles, 14 are credited to Kristen L. Depken, 8 to Apple Jordan, 8 to Melissa Lagonegro and 5 to Mary Man-Kong. A further 64 writers are credited. 17 titles carry no credit.

What the Step into Reading: Step 2 books are about

102 of the 127 Step into Reading: Step 2 books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 64 of 102. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.