The best, best, best part of any day was reading aloud to my class. I had hundreds of favorite books: poetry, fiction chapter books a.k.a. novels, and picture books, both fiction and non-fiction. I read books with wonderful illustrations or books with no pictures with zeal. My class just rolled their eyes when I said, “This is one of my all time favorite books!” I said that about nearly every book I read. After all, what’s the point of sharing a book you don’t love?
The class would fall silent when I read. Even the wigglers listened. I read aloud everyday! When one of my lowest students ever said, “It’s like listening to a dream,” I knew I had reached him. How great is that?
I couldn’t begin to list every read aloud book I love but here are some favorites. Some are no longer in print but check out your public library.
Duck! Rabbit!
by Amy Krouse Rosenthal & Tom Lichtenheld
Wempires
by Daniel Pinkwater
Sandy’s Circus
by Tanya Lee Stone
The Bicycle Man
by Allen Say
Abe Lincoln: The Boy Who Loved Books
by Kay Winters and Nancy Carpenter
Come A Tide
by George Ella Lyon
The Summer My Father Was Ten
by Pat Brisson
Molly’s Pilgrim
by Barbara Cohen
Dear Mr. Blueberry
by Simon James
The Elves and the Shoemaker
retold by Jim LaMarche
Skippyjon Jones Lost in Spice
by Judy Schachner
Interrupting Chicken
by David Ezra Stein
Cookies: Life Lessons
by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Stone Soup
by Jon J Muth
Roger’s Umbrella
by Daniel Pinkwater
Hooway for Wodney Wat
by Helen Lester
Ish by Peter H. Reynolds
Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like
by Jay Williams
A You’re Adorable
by Martha Alexander
Frank Was a Monster Who Wanted to Dance
by Keith Graves
The Wednesday Surprise
by Eve Bunting
Yours Truly, Goldilocks
by Alma Flor Ada and Leslie Tyron
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
by Judith Viorst
Halloweiner
by Dav Pilkey
The Monster at the End of the Book
by Jay Stone
The Paperbag Princess
by Robert Munsch
The Hatseller and the Monkeys
by Baba Waque Diakite
17 Kings and 42 Elephants
by Margaret Mahy and Patricia Mc Carthy
PICTURE BOOKS
Wow! There are a lot of these. Don't say I didn't warn you.
CHAPTER BOOKS
READ ALOUDS
NON-FICTION
There are tons of these, too. I'll post up more soon.
Pop: A Book About Bubbles
by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley and Margaret Miller
One Giant Leap: The Story of Neil Armstrong
by Don Brown
If You Find a Rock
by Peggy Christian
POETRY
The Dragons Are Singing Tonight
by Jack Prelutsky
The Tale of Custard the Dragon
by Ogden Nash
Kids Pick the Funniest Poems
by Bruce Lansky
The Light in the Attic
by Shel Silverstein
Heartsongs
by Mattie J.T. Stepanek
Sideway Stories from Wayside School
by Louis Sacher
Because of Winn Dixie
by Kate DiCamillo
The Tale of Despereaux
by Kate DiCamillo
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
by Kate DiCamillo
The Phantom Tollbooth
by Norton Juster
The House Above the Trees
by Ethel Cook Eliot
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
by Frank L. Bam
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
by Beverly Cleary
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
by C.S. Lewis
Matilda
by Roald Dahl
Mary Poppins
by Dr. P.L. Travers
Harriet the Spy
by Louise Fitzhugh
Alice in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll
The Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
by Bette Bao Lord and Marc Simon
Winnie the Pooh
by A.A. Milne
The Wheel on the School
by Meindert DeJong
