A school’s objective should be to create lifetime readers—graduates who continue to read and educate themselves throughout their adult lives. But the reality is we create schooltime readers—graduates who know how to read well enough to graduate. And at that point the majority take a silent vow: If I never read another book, it’ll be too soon.
- During repeat readings of a predictable book, occasionally stop at a key phrase and allow the child to provide the words.
- Remember: The art of listening is an acquired one. It must be taught and cultivated gradually—it doesn’t happen overnight.
- Remember that reading aloud comes naturally to very few people. To do it successfully and with ease you must practice.
- The most common mistake in reading aloud—whether the reader is a seven-year-old or a forty-year-old—is reading too fast. Read slowly enough for the child to build mental pictures of what he just heard you read. Slow down enough for the children to see the pictures in the book without feeling hurried. Reading quickly allows no time for the reader to use vocal expression.
- Preview the book by reading it to yourself ahead of time. Such advance reading allows you to spot material you may wish to shorten, eliminate, or elaborate on.
Classics
§ The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
§ Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
§ Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus
§ Little Bear by Elsie H. Minarik
§ Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel
§ The Jolly Postman by Janet and Allan Ahlberg
§ Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss
§ Owl Moon Jane Yolen
§ Wemberly Worried Kevin Henkes
§ The Berenstain Bears by Stan and Jan Berenstain
§ Caps for Sale
§ The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
Animal Stories
§ Henry and Mudge by Cynthia Rylant
§ Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French
§ George and Martha: The Complete Stories of Two Best Friends by James Marshall
§ Little Rabbit’s Loose Tooth by Lucy Bate
§ Fredrick by Leo Lionni
§ Fish is Fish by Leo Lionni
§ Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathman
§ Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
§ The Day the Goose Got Loose by Reeve Lindbergh
§ Swimmy by Leo Lionni
§ Hooway for Wodney Wat! by Helen Lester
Nursery Rhymes, Folk and Fairy Tales
§ Heckedy Peg by Audrey Wood
§ And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon by Janet Stevens
§ The Three Pigs by David Wiesner
§ Strega Nona by Tomie de Paola
§ Little Red Riding Hood by Lisa Campbell Ernst
§ Somebody and the Three Blairs by Marilyn Tollhurst
§ The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Stories by Jon Scieska
§ Stone Soup by Marcia Brown
§ The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney
§ Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel
Alphabet, Numbers and Other Concept Books
§ AA is for Aardvark by Mark Shulman
§ One is a Snail, Ten is a Crab: A Counting Feet Book by April Pulley Sayre
§ Wild About Books by Judy Sierra
§ You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You by Mary Ann Hoberman
§ 100th Day Worries by Marjorie Cuyler
§ Math Curse by Jon Scieska
§ It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G. Shaw
§ The Boy Who Loved Words by Roni Schotter
§ Alphabatics by Suse MacDonald
Rhyming Stories/Language Play
§ Old Black Fly by Jim Ayelsworth
§ I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie by Alison Jackson
§ The Jacket I Wear in the Snow by Shirley Neitzel
§ The War Between the Vowels and Consonants by Priscilla Turner
§ Fancy Nancy
§ Max’s Words by Kate Banks
§ Inside a Barn in the Country by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
§ The Napping House by Don and Audrey Wood
Friends and Family
§ The Pain and The Great One by Judy Blume
§ Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber
§ Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus
§ The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant
§ Sheila Rae, the Brave Kevin Henkes
§ The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
§ The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant
§ A Chair for My Mother by Vera Williams
§ Wilfred Gordon MacDonald Partridge by Mem Fox
§ Margaret and Margarita: Margarita y Margaret by Lynn Reiser
Fantasy/Daydreams
§ Skippyjon Jones by Judith Byron Schachner
§ Tooth Fairy’s First Night by Anne Bowen
§ Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens
§ There’s a Monster Under My Bed by James Howe
§ The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
§ How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long
§ A Bad Case of the Stripes by David Shannon
§ Imogene’s Antlers by David Small
§ The Incredible Book Eating Boy by Oliver Jeffers
Informational Text
§ Actual Size by Steve Jenkins
§ Brave Norman
§ Dogs by Gail Gibbons
§ Emergency by Gail Gibbons
§ Teeth, Tails, and Tentacles by Christopher Wormell
§ The Beetle Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta
§ Chickens Aren’t the Only Ones by Ruth Heller
§ Stars! Stars! Stars! by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace
§ Amazing Bats! by Seymour
Silly Stories
§ Alice
§ Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
§ Bats at the Beach by Brian Lies
§ Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
§ Lilly’s Big Day by Kevin Henkes
§ Dan ny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff
§ There is a Bird on Your Head by Mo Williams
§ Today I Feel Silly by Jamie Lee Curtis
§ Old MacDonald by Amy Schwartz
§ Five Little Ducks by Ian Beck
School Stories and All About Me
§ Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
§ Knuffle Bunny Mo Willems
§ Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell
§ Miss Nelson is Missing by Harry Allard
§ A House is a House for Me by Mary Ann Hoberman
§ Ivy and Bean by Annie Barrows
§ The New Girl and Me by Jacqui Robbins
§ Big Bug Surprise by Julia Gran
§ Arthur’s Back to School Day by Marc Brown
§ Franklin
§ Ish by Peter H. Reynolds
§ Marvin One Too Many by Katherine Peterson
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