Read Aloud Books
Grades K-3
Title Author
The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse Aesop
The Story of Johnny Appleseed Aliki
Miss Nelson series Allard
Jumanji Allsburg
The Polar Express (Christmas) Allsburg
Mr. Popper’s Penguins Atwater
Mooncake Bach
Animals Should Not Wear Clothing Barrett
Madeline’s Rescue Bemelmans
The One in the Middle Blume
Is a Green Kangaroo (Families)
A Bear Called Paddington Bond
Jim and the Beanstalk Briggs
The Big Wave Buck
Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel Burton
Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me Carle
The Chocolate Touch Catling
Did You Carry the Flag Today, Charlie? Caudill
Henry Huggins and Ramona series Cleary
Frindle Clements
Miss Rumphius Cooney
The Enormous Crocodile Dahl
The Fantastic Mr. Fox Dahl
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The Courage of Sarah Noble Dalgliesh
Helen Keller Davidson
Journey from Peppermint Street DeJong
The Popcorn Book DePaola
Because of Winn Dixie DiCamillo
The Hundred Dresses Estes
Corduroy Freeman
Jack and the Beanstalk Galdone
and other Fairy Tales
Cinderella Galdone
My Father’s Dragon Gannett
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses Goble
The Wind in the Willows Grahame
The Best of Grimm’s Fairy Tales Grimm
The People Could Fly Hamilton
Bedtime for Frances Hoban
A House is a House for Me Hoberman
One Fine Day Hogrogian
Aldo series Hurwitz
The Doorbell Rang Hutchins
Aseop’s Fables Jacobs
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Jarrell
The Gingerbread Rabbit Jarrell
Blackberries in the Dark Jukes
Whistle for Willie Keats
John Henry: an American Legend Keats
The Elephant’s Child Kipling
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Ben and Me Lawson
Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse Lionni
Frog and Toad are Friends Lobel
Beauty and the Beast Mayer
There’s a Nightmare in My Closet Mayer
Blueberries for Sal McCloskey
Make Way for Ducklings McCloskey
Shark Lady McGovern
Stone Soup McGovern
Winnie-the-Pooh Milne
Little Bear Minarik
Tikki Tikki Tembo Mosel
Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine Ness
The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash Noble
If You Give…series Numeroff
Amelia Bedelia series Parish
No More Monsters for Me Parish
Amelia Bedelia series Park
Junie B. Jones series Park
Koko’s Kitten Patterson
The Whingdingdilly Peet
Chester the Worldly Pig Peet
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency Pinkwater
Tar Beach Ringgold
Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie Roop
How to Eat Fried Worms Rockwell
The Cricket in Times Square Selden
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Dr. Seuss series Dr. Seuss
The Giving Tree Silverstein
Where the Sidewalk Ends Silverstein
Encyclopedia Brown series Sobol
Brave Irene Steig
What’s Under My Bed? Stevenson
Many Moons Thurber
Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Viorst
Last Sunday
I’ll Fix Anthony Viorst
The House on 88th Street Waber
Ira Sleeps Over Waber
The Biggest Bear Ward
Timothy Goes to School Wells
Charlotte’s Web White
Stuart Little White
Little House series Wilder
Cherries and Cherry Pits Williams
King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub Wood
Old Woman and the Willy Willy Man Wright
Crow Boy Yashima
Rumplestiltskin Zelinsky
It Could Always be Worse Zemach
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