Kids and Families

Great Read Alouds for All Ages

All Ages: Picture Books | Chapter Books
Kindergarten - Grade 3: Picture Books | Chapter Books
Grades 4 and 5: Picture Books | Chapter Books
Older Grades: Picture Books | Chapter Books

All Ages

Picture Books

• All the Colors of the Earth by Sheila Hamanaka
• Curious George by H.A. Rey
• Flossie and the Fox by Patricia McKissack
• Frederick by Leo Lionni
• Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss
• Little Red Hen by Jerry Pinkney
• Make Way For Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
• Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton
• A Million Dots by Andrew Clements
• The Napping House by Audrey Wood
• Once Upon a Time, the End: Asleep in 60 Seconds by Geoffrey Kloske and Barry Blitt.
• Something From Nothing by Phoebe Gilman
• The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
• Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
• When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson libretto by Pam Muñoz Ryan and staging by Brian Selznick
• Winston the Book Wolf by Marni McGee
• Zen Shorts by John J. Muth

Chapter Books

• The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
• A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond
• The Borrowers by Mary Norton
• Classics to Read Aloud to Your Children edited by William Russell
• Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
• Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel
• James and the Giant Peach by Road Dahl
• Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik
• Love That Dog by Sharon Creech
• Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers
• The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
• Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary
• Mrs. Piggle Wiggle by Betty MacDonald
• Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary
• Stuart Little by E.B. White
• Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo
• Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
• Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne

 

Kindergarten - Grade 3

Picture Books

• Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock retold by Eric A. Kimmel
• A Chair For My Mother by Vera B. Williams
• Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin
• Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
• Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin
• The Island of the Skog by Steven Kellogg
• Mabela the Clever by Margaret Read MacDonald
• Mirandy and Brother Wind by Patricia McKissack
• Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann
• Stone Soup, An Old Tale retold by Marcia Brown
• Swimmy by Leo Lionni
• Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
• The Three Silly Billies by Margie Palatini
• Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel
• The Toll-Bridge Troll by Patricia Rae Wolff
• Tuesday by David Wiesner
• Wait! I Want to Tell You a Story by Tom Willans
• Wild about Books by Judy Sierra

 

Chapter Books

• Babe: The Gallant Pig by Dick King-Smith
• Catwings by Ursula Le Guin
• Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
• Clementine by Sara Pennypacker
• Fudge-A-Mania by Judy Blume
• Go Fish by Mary Stolz
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
• My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
• The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
• Scooter by Vera B.Williams
• The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
• Socks by Beverly Cleary
• Soupy Saturdays with the Pain and the Great One by Judy Blume
• The Stories Julian Tells by Ann Cameron
• Toys Go Out: Being the Adventures of a Knowledgeable Stingray, a Toughy Little Buffalo, and Someone Called Plastic by Emily Jenkins
• The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry
• The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

 

Grades 4 and 5

Picture Books

• Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon by Mini Grey
• The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins by Dr. Seuss
• The Garden of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg
• Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm by Jerdine Nolen
• Heckedy Peg by Audrey Wood
• Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen Levine
• My Life with the Wave by Catherine Cowan
• Once Upon a Tomb: Gravely Humorous Verses by J. Patrick Lewis
• Owen & Mzee: The Language of Friendship told by Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff, and Paula Kuhumbu
• Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco
• Rumpelstiltskin by Paul Zelinsky
• Sector 7 by David Wiesner
• The Song of el Coqui and Other Tales of Puerto Rico by Nicholasa Mohr
• Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
• The Talking Eggs: A Folktale From the American South by Robert D. San Souci
• The Three Questions by John J. Muth
• The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
• The Whingdingdilly by Bill Peet

 

Chapter Books

• Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
• Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
• Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
• Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett
• City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
• The Friendship by Mildred Taylor
• Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
• Holes by Lois Sachar
• Journey to Topaz by Yoshiko Uchida
• The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
• Millions by Frank Cottrell Boyce
• Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
• Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
• Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan
• Soup by Robert Newton Peck
• Strudel Stories by Joanne Rocklin
• A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle

 

Older Grades

Picture Books

• Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
• Arnie the Doughnut cooked up by Laurie Keller
• The Faithful Friend by Robert San Souci
• Harlem: A Poem by Walter Dean Myers
• Hiroshima No Pika by Toshi Maruki
• The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq by Jeanette Winter
• The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein
• Nim and the War Effort by Milly Lee
• The Paper Bag Princess by Robert N. Munsch
• Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson
• The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
• Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold
• The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco
• Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
• William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet retold by Bruce Coville
• Wings by Christopher Myers
• Woolvs in the Sitee by Margaret Wild
• The Wretched Stone by Chris Van Allsburg

 

Chapter Books

• Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
• Airborn by Kenneth Oppel
• Baseball in April and Other Stories by Gary Soto
• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
• The Call of the Wild by Jack London
• Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
• The Dark Way: Stories from the Spirit World by Virginia Hamilton
• Dealing with Dragons by Patricia Wrede
• Favorite Folktales from Around the World by Jane Yolen
• The Great Brain by John D. Fitzgerald
• The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
• A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
• The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place by e.l. konigsburg
• The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales by Virginia Hamilton
• Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
• Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz
• The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
• Woodsong by Gary Paulsen

 

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