Lee-Ann Meredith​​​​​

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              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

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    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

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