*
A Chair For My Mother Vera Williams
* Amelia Bedelia (series) ,
Peggy Parish
* Arthur
(series) ,
Marc Brown
Blueberries for Sal, Robert
McCloskey
Bread and Jam for Frances,
Russell
Hoban
* Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See Bill Martin, Jr.
* Charlotte's Web , E. B. White
Clifford's Manners, Norman Bridwell
* Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs , Judi Barrett
*
Comet's Nine Lives , Jan Brett
Corduroy, Don Freeman
Days With Frog And Toad, Arnold Lobel
Dealing with Dragons,
Patricia C. Wrede
Harry Potter, J. K. Rowling
Harry the Dirty Dog,
Gene Zion
* Junie B. Jones (series), Barbara Park
Leo the Late Bloomer, Robert Kraus
Love You Forever,
Robert Munsch
Make Way for Ducklings, Robert McCloskey
* Miss Rumphius, Barbara Cooney
* Rifles for Watie, Harold Keith
Sorcerer's Stone, J. K. Rowling
*
Stellaluna, Janell Cannon
Swimmy, Leo Lionni
The Adventures of King Midas, Lynne Reid Banks
The Giving Tree, Shel Silverstein
* The Important Book, Margaret Wise Brown
The Magic Tree House (series), Margaret Pope Osborne
The Random House Book of Poetry for Children,
Jack
Prelutsky
The Relatives Came, Cynthia Rylant
The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle
*
Trumpet of the Swan, E.B. White
When I Was Young in the Mountains,
Cynthia Rylant
Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak
Comments, June 2001:
Annie: One of my old favorites is Bendomelina, The Cat Who Wore A Pot On Her
Head. The kids think it is very funny. She wears a pot on her head to keep out
the noise of her big family. But then she misunderstands everything her mother tells her.
This leads to some hilarious mistakes. We discuss how we feel when we make mistakes and
that it is ok. This book may be out of print.
Donna Manery (Gr. 1/2), Surrey, British Columbia: Two favorite read alouds I've
used recently are Camille and the Sunflowers and Degas and the
Little Dancer both by Laurence Anholt. They are beautiful stories about VanGogh
and Degas. The kids call them by first name - Vincent and Edward. Great writing, using the story bits strategy I got
from the ring on Sylvester and the Magic Pebble. The bits are sunflower
seeds and a small ball of plasticine. The artwork-sunflowers were gorgeous. A grade 4/5
colleague used the same books and art follow-up.
Beth/SPED/CO:I love to read Rikki Tikki Tavi by Rudyard Kipling. I
read it to any grade level. All the kids have enjoyed it tremendously. Lots of inferential
and literal questions can apply. I am careful about the vocabulary difficulty at any grade
level, but if I think the book is a good read aloud I will justify it and prepare ahead. I
just want kids to enjoy good literature.
Teresa/2/OK: Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White - my favorite read aloud!
The kids always think it is going to be some boring nature bird story. What a surprise
when they find out about Louis, the young trumpeter with a speech defect. Surprises in
every chapter. I love Charlotte's Web, but in my opinion, this is E. B.
White's crowning achievement.
