The following is a list of read aloud books that are a great accompaniment to many lessons. They are sorted by topic. Check back as the list will grow.
First Days of School:
Fidgety Fish by Ruth Galloway (Great book to make a point with little ones.)
A Very Special Critter by Gina and Mercer Meyer (The Critter books are great for teaching manners.)
Just Say Please by Gina and Mercer Meyer
Just a Bad Day by Gina and Mercer Meyer
Alphabet:
The Handmade Alphabet by Laura Rankin
Say It, Sign It by Elaine Epstein
The Disappearing Alphabet by Richard Wilbur
Autumn:
A Book of Seasons by Alice and Martin Provenson
Autumn Days by Ann Schweninger
Picking Apples and Pumpkins by Amy and Richard Hutchings
What Happens in Autumn by National Geographic Society
The Lonely Scarecrow by Tim Preston
Pancakes, Pancakes! by Eric Carle
Being Brave:
Harriet and the Roller Coaster by Nancy Carlson
Colonial/Thanksgiving:
Turkey’s Gift to the People
Thanksgiving on Thursday (Magic Tree House #27) by Mary Pope Osborne and Sal Murdocca
Thanksgiving is for Giving Thanks by Margaret Sutherland and Sonja Lamut
The Night Before Thanksgiving by Natasha Wing
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie by Alison Jackson and Judy Schachner
…If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 by Ann McGovern and Anna DiVito
A Plump and Perky Turkey by Teresa Bateman
Nine Days to Christmas: A Story of Mexico by Marie Hall Ets and Aurora Labastida
What Star is This? by Joseph Slate
Who is Coming to Our House? by Joesph Slate
A Child Was Born: A First Nativity Book by Grace Maccarone
Christmas Stories and Poems Illustrated by Lisa McCue
Classics:
The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Anderson
The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Susan Blaire
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
Colors:
Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young
Lunch by Denise Fleming
Counting:
Let’s Count It Out, Jesse Bear by Nancy White Carlstrom (Rhyming Book!)
One to Ten and Back Again by Ann Ferns (Rhyming Book!)
12 Ways to Get to 11 by Eve Merriam
The Best Bug Parade by Stuart J. Murphy
Days of the Week:
Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young
Earth Day:
The Earth and I by Frank Asch
Farm Life:
The Little Red Hen
Cock-a-doodle-d00 Barnyard Hullabaloo by Giles Andreae and David Wojtowycz (Rhyming book!)
The Cow That Went Oink by Bernard Most
Great Endings:
Doctor De Soto by William Steig
Individualism:
Something Special by David McPhail
Incredible You! by Dr. Wayne W. Dryer w/ Kristina Tracy
Mice:
Lunch by Denise Fleming
Scaredy Mouse by Alan McDonald
Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young
Mother and Child:
Harriet, You’ll Drive Me Wild! by Mem Fox
Just You and Me by Sam McBratney
Love You Forever by Robert Munsch
Ocean Life:
A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle
Life in the Sea by Maris Rius and J.M. Parramon
Fidgety Fish by Ruth Galloway
Science:
Tadpole to Frog by Elizabeth Roger/Scholastic (Pop-up!)
Silly:
Counting on Frank by Rod Clement
Nobody’s Mother is in Second Grade by Robin Pulver
Mooncake by Frank Asch
Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slbodkina
When the Fly Flew In…by Lisa Westberg Peters
Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin
The ____ from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler (series)
Spring:
The Baby Beebee Bird by Diane Redfield Massie
Our Two Gardens by Margaret Hebblethwaite and Peter Kavanagh
The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
The Honeybee and the Robber by Eric Carle
Spider’s Babysitting Job by Robert Kraus
Hungry Harry by Joanne Partis
Miss Spider’s New Car by David Kirk (Rhyming Book!)
When Will it be Spring? by Catherine Walters
Weather:
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
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