Read Aloud America Book List 2007

Recommended books to read aloud to children, from infants to teens and beyond. The criteria for selecting the titles on this list are:
· Excellent read-aloud appeal
· Cross-section of male/female main characters, genres, and popular authors
· Strong development of characters, plot, themes, and subtle character- building messages
· Age group appropriateness

This list was compiled under the direction of Marci Prins, Book Committee Chair, and includes the following contributors:
Berry Andelin – Librarian, Kaimuki Public Library
Dan Bent – Board Chair, Read Aloud America
Arlene Ching, Librarian, Aiea Public Library
Marion Coste, Children’ book Author, Consultant
Jed Gaines – Founder and President, Read Aloud America
Marci Prins - Book Committee Chair

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Read-Alouds for Infants and Toddlers

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Featured books for 2007


Baby Cakes

Maisy's Fire Engine

 

Olivia Counts

Who's Under That Hat?

Baby Animals Black and White Tildes, Phyllis Limbacher
Baby Cakes Wilson, Karma
Belly Button Book! Boynton, Sandra
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Martin, Bill Jr.
Clifford’s Bedtime Bridwell, Norman
Eating the Alpahbet Ehlert, Lois
Good Dog, Carl Day, Alexandra
Green Eggs and Ham Suess, Dr.
How Do Dinosaurs Learn Their Colors? Yolen, Jane
In the Small, Small Pond Fleming, Denise
Maisy’s Fire Engine Cousins, Lucy
Max’s ABC Wells, Rosemary
Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? Suess, Dr.
Oh, Baby! Hathon, Elizabeth
Olivia Counts Falconer, Ian
Peekaboo Bugs Hide and Seek Book Carter, David A.
Ruby’s Rainy Day Wells, Rosemary
Snug as a Bug Ross, Michal Elsohn
Ten Apples Up on Top! Le Sieg, Theo
The Daddy Book Parr, Todd
The Grouchy Ladybug Board Book Carle, Eric
The Very Busy Spider Carle, Eric
Time For Bed Fox, Mem
Who’s Under That Hat? Weeks, Sarah and David A. Carter

Read-Alouds for Preschoolers

Duck and Goose

 

Fancy Nancy

 

Mary Engelbreit's Mother Goose: One Hundred Best-Loved Verses

 

Today I Will Fly: An Elephant and Piggie Book

Don’t Forget to Come Back! Harris, Robie H.
Dr. Seuss’s Sleep Book Seuss, Dr.
Duck and Goose Hills, Tad
Ella Sarah Gets Dressed Chodos-Irvine, Margaret
Fancy Nancy O’Connor, Jane
Fox in Socks Seuss, Dr.
Good Boy, Fergus! Shannon, David
Hondo & Fabian McCarty, Peter
How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? Yolen, Jane
Kiss Kiss Wild, Margaret, and B. Strevens-Marzo
Lilly’s Big Day Henkes, Kevin
Mary Engelbreit's Mother Goose: One Hundred Best-Loved Verses Engelbreit, Mary
Move! Page, Robin
Not a Box Portis, Antoninette
Richard Scarry’s What Do People Do All Day? Scarry, Richard
Silly Suzy Goose Horacek, Petr
The Feel Good Book Parr, Todd
The Gift of Nothing McDonnell, Patrick
The Hello, Goodbye Window Juster, Norton
Today I Will Fly Willems, Mo
Trouble on the Tracks Mallat, Kathy
Violet Comes to Stay Karon, Jon
Yellow Elephant Larios, Julie
 

Read-Alouds for Grades K –1

Cork and Fuzz: Short and Tall

 

 

Lilly's Big Day

 

 

Skippyjon Jones

 

The Yellow Balloon

Bebe Goes Shopping Elya, Susan
Bunnicula and Friends Howe, James
Cork and Fuzz: Short and Tall Chaconas, Dori
Cuckoo Feathers Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
Fast Food Freymann, Sexton
Hanne’s Quest Dunrea, Olivier
Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride (Caldecott Honor Book) Priceman, Marjorie
I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More! Beaumont, Karen
My Friend Rabbit Rohmann, Eric
Owen & Mzee, The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship Hatkoff, Isabella, Craig Hatkoff, and Dr. Paula Kahumbu
Pretend Soup, and other real recipes Katzen, Mollie and Ann Henderson
Sea Horse Butterworth, Chris
Skippyjon Jones Schachner, Judy
Suki’s Kimono Uegaki, Chieri
Superhero ABC McLeod, Bob
The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins Kerley, Barbara
The High-Rise Private Eyes: The Case of the Climbing Cat Rylant, Cynthia
The Red Book Lehman, Barbara
The Stray Dog (from a true story by Reiko Sassa) Simont, Marc
The Yellow Balloon Dematons, Charlotte
Three Good Deeds Velde, Vivian Vande
What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? Page, Robin

Read-Alouds for Grades 2-3

 

 

Aldo Applesauce

 

Flotsam

 

Museum Trip

 

Three Good Deeds

 

Aldo Applesauce Hurwitz, Johanna
Boy, were we wrong about dinosaurs! Kudlinski, Kathleen, V.
Crossing Bok Chitto Tingle, Tim
Dirty Laundry Pile Janeczko, Paul
Do Not Open This Book Muntean, Michaela
Elephants can paint too! Arnold, Katya
Flotsam Wiesner, David
Hanne’s Quest Dunrea, Olivier
Horrible Harry and The Goof Kline, Suzy
Ivy and Bean Barrows, Annie
Little Lost Bat Markle, Sandra
Martin Bridge: Ready for Takeoff Kerrin, Jessica Scott
Merry Watson Goes for a Ride DiCamillo, Kate
Museum Trip Lehman, Barbara
Mysteries in Space, A Chapter Book Hansen, Rosanna
One Bright Penny McCaughrean, Geraldine
Pink and Say Polacco, Patricia
Probuditi Van Allsburg, Chris
Stink and the Incredible Super-Galactic Jawbreaker McDonald, Megan
Surf’s Up, Geronimo Stilton, Geronimo
The Children Who Smelled A Rat Ahlberg, Allan
The Most Beautiful Place in the World Cameron, Ann
Three Good Deeds Vande Velde, Vivian
Ugly Napoli, Donna Jo
 

Read-Alouds for Grades 4-5

All Alone in the Universe

 

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

 

Homework Machine

 

The Year of the Dog

 

A Barrel of Laughs, A Vale of Tears Feiffer, Jules
Across the Blue Pacific Borden, Louise
All Alone in the Universe Perkins, Lynne Rae
Barry, Boyhound Spearman, Andy
Bluish Hamilton, Virginia
Danitra Brown, Class Clown Grimes, Nikki
Fig Pudding Fletcher, Ralph
Invisible Allies, Microbes That Shape Our Lives Farrell, Jeanette
Jackie’s Bat Lorbiecki, Marybeth
Morning Girl Dorris, Michael
Mr. Chickee’s Funny Money Curtis, Christopher Paul
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh O’Brien, Robert C.
My Name is Bilal Mobin-Uddin, Asam
Rescues! Markle, Sandra
Room One Clements, Andrew
Shanghai Messenger Cheng, Andrea
Squirt Romanek, Trudee
The Ancestors: Snake Stone, Jeff
The Homework Machine Gutman, Dan
The Old African Lester, Julius
The Thief of Always Barker, Clive
The Wreckers Lawrence, Iain
The Year of the Dog Lin, Grace
Victory Susan Cooper
 

Read-Alouds for Grades 6-8

Boy at War: A Novel of Pearl Harbor

 

The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series #1)

 

Locomotion

 

Wright 3

Boy at War: A Novel of Pearl Harbor Mazer, Harry
Bras and Broomsticks Mlynowski, Sarah
Down the Rabbit Hole: An Echo Falls Mystery Abrahams, Peter
Fly By Night Hardinge, Frances
Go Figure! A totally cool book about numbers Ball, Johnny
Inkheart Funke, Cornelia
Invisible Allies, Microbes That Shape Our Lives Farrell, Jeanette
Journey to the Bottomless Pit Mitchell, Elizabeth
Locomotion Woodson, Jacqueline
Peter and the Starcatchers Barry, Dave and Ridley Pearson
Satch & Me Gutman, Dan
Skinny Melon and Me Ure, Jean
Skybreaker Oppel, Kenneth
Spy X: Hide and Seek Korman, Gordon
Strange Happenings Avi
The Falcon’s Malteser Horowitz, Anthony
The Hero Project Hatch, Robert and William Hatch
The Lightning Thief Riordan, Rick
The Naked Mole-Rat Letters Amato, Mary
The Shakespeare Stealer (Series) Blackwood, Gary
The Winter People Bruchac, Joseph
The Wright 3 Balliett, Blue
 

Read-Alouds for Grades 9-12

Code Talker: A Novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two
 

 

Mimus

 

Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return

 

Voyage of the Frog

 

Aleutian Sparrow Hesse, Karen
Beka Cooper. Terrier: A Tortall Legend Pierce, Tamora
Code Talker Bruchac, Joseph
Every Man for Himself, Ten Short Stories about being a guy Mercado, Nancy E., Ed.
Kiki Strike, Inside the Shadow City Miller, Kirsten
Looking for Alaska Green, John
Megan Meade’s Guide to the McGowan Boys Brian, Kate
Mimus Thal, Lilli
Mirror Mask (based on the Mirror Mask motion picture) Gaiman, Neil, author and Dave McKean, artist/illustrator
No Right Turn Trueman, Terry
One of those hideous books where the mother dies Sones, Sonya
Persepolis 2 Satrapi, Marjane
Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea Delisle, Guy
Scorpia Horowitz, Anthony
Sky Townley, Roderick
Special Topics in Calamity Physics Pessl, Marisha
Tending to Grace Dusco, Kimberly Newton
The Book Thief Zusak, Markus
The Uglies Westerfeld, Scott
The Voyage of the Frog Paulsen, Gary
True Notebooks Salzman, Mark
Who Am I Without Him? Flake, Sharon G.
 

Adults

A Hand to Guide Me

 

Teacher Man: A Memoir

 

The Shadow of the Wind

 

IZ: Voice of the People

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die Boxall, Peter
A Hand to Guide Me Washington, Denzel
A History of the American People Johnson, Paul M.
A Live Coal in the Sea L’Engle, Madeleine
Broken Trust King, Samuel and Randall Roth
Finding Noel Evans, Richard Paul
Iz, The Voice of the People Carroll, Rick
Luckiest Man, The life and death of Lou Gehrig Eig, Johnathan
Night Wiesel, Elie
Oblivion Abrahams, Peter
Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea Delisle, Guy
Suite Francaise Nemirovsky, Irene
Teacher Man McCourt, Frank
Team of Rivals Goodwin, Doris
The Innocent Man Grisham, John
The Shadow of the Wind Zafon, Carlos Ruiz
True Notebooks Salzman, Mark
Under and Alone Queen, William
Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy Eire, Carlos
Zorro Allende, Isabel
     

Family Favorites, Ageless Read-Alouds

Once I Ate a Pie

 

Bridge to Terabithia

 

Wrinkle in Time

 

Where the Wild Things Are

Brothers in Hope: The story of the lost boys of Sudan Williams, Mary
Mice, Morals, & Monkey Business: Lively Lessons from Aesop’s Fables Wormell, Christopher
Once I Ate a Pie MacLachlan, Patricia & Emily MacLachlan Charest
Sketches from a Spy Tree Zimmer, Tracie Vaughn
The Journey: Stories of Migration Rylant, Cynthia
The Sound of Colors, A Journey of the Imagination Liao, Jimmy
The Treasures of Tutankhamen and the Egyptian Museum of Cairo Amenta, Alessia
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Taylor, Mildred
Bridge to Terabithia Paterson, Katherine
The Giver Lowry, Lois
Horton Hears a Who Seuss, Dr.
The Frog and Toad Treasury Lobel, Arnold
The New Way Things Work Macaulay, David
The Giving Tree Silverstein, Shel
Chrysanthemum Henkes, Kevin
Where the Wild Things Are Sendak, Maurice
The Story of Ferdinand Leaf, Munro
The Complete Adventures of Curious George Rey, H.A.
The Five Chinese Brothers Bishop, Claire Huchet
A Wrinkle in Time L’Engle, Madeline
The Hobbit Tolkein, J.R.R.
 

 

Resources for Parents and Teachers

Mice, Morals, & Monkey Business: Lively Lessons from Aesop's Fables

 

Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever
 

 

Read-Aloud Handbook
 

 

How to Get Your Child to Love Reading: For Ravenous and Reluctant Readers Alike
 

A Garth Williams Treasury of Best-Loved Golden Books Williams, Garth
Best Books for Beginning Readers Gunning, Thomas G.
Best Books for Kids Who (Think They) Hate to Read: 125 Books That Will Turn Any Child Into a Lifelong Reader Backes, Laura
Great Books About Things Kids Love: More than 750 Recommended Books for Children 3 to 14 Odean, Kathleen
Great Books for Babies and Toddlers: More Than 500 Recommended Books for Your Child’s First Three Years Odean, Kathleen
How Reading Changed My Life Quindlen, Anna
How to Get Your Child to Love Reading
(for Ravenous and Reluctant Readers Alike)
Codell, Esme Raji
John Rosemond’s Six-Point Plan for Raising Happy, Healthy Children Rosemond, John K.
New York Times Parents’ Guide to the Best Books for Children Lipson, Eden Ross
Read All About It!: Great Read-Aloud Stories, Poems, and Newspaper Pieces for Preteens and Teens Trelease, Jim (ed.)
Read It Aloud! A Parent’s Guide to Sharing Books with Young Children Haas, Monty & Laurie Joy Haas
Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever Fox, Mem
The 20th Century Children’s Book Treasury: Picture Books and Stories to Read Aloud Schulman, Janet
The Call of Stories Coles, Robert
The Read- Aloud Handbook (sixth edition) Trelease, Jim
Why Read Edmundson, Mark
                                                                 

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