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[quote=Anonymous]My reluctant reader loved non-fiction books with lots of pictures when he was in second grade. Even though there are pictures, the vocabulary can be quite complex and the reading was more interesting for him than the typical "Captain Underpants, "Magic Treehouse", etc. types of books. Even though some of these would be above his grade level, my son enjoyed reading them. I believe it was because the text wasn't so dense, and the pictures helped give him additional context to what he was reading.

In particular, he enjoyed:

The "You Wouldn't Want to Be Series"
http://www.scholastic.com/tbw/quickSearch.do?N=0+$&fq=Series:%5EYou+Wouldn%27t+Want+To...%5E&Ntk=TBW_QuickSearch_SI#cart/cleanup

Eyewitness Books - http://www.dk.com/uk1/eyewitness/index.html

Good Times Travel Agency
http://www.kidscanpress.com/series/good-times-travel-agency

He loves legos, so books like this were also a big hit:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/lego-star-wars-simon-beecroft/1117006699;jsessionid=95D39761E1C20342905607EC1C82780F.prodny_store01-atgap04?ean=9781465419217
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