Great Family Read-Alouds:
Picture Books, Poetry, Fairy Tales
Recommended by Duluth Public Library Youth Services Staff
For Preschool
and Kindergarten:
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Casanova, Mary One-Dog Canoe A girl and her dog set out in their canoe one morning, only to be insistently joined by a series of animals, large and small. ( j ) Check the Library Catalog |
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Numeroff, Laura Joffe If You Give a Moose a Muffin Chaos can ensue if you give a moose a muffin and start him on a cycle of urgent requests! ( j ) Check the Library Catalog |
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Prelutsky, Jack. Beneath a Blue Umbrella: Rhymes A collection of short humorous poems in which a hungry hippo raids a melon stand, a butterfly tickles a girl's nose, and children frolic in a Mardi Gras parade. (j811.54) Check the Library Catalog |
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Rathmann, Peggy Officer Buckle and Gloria The children at Napville Elementary School always ignore Officer Buckle's safety tips, until a police dog named Gloria accompanies him when he gives his safety speeches. ( j ) Check the Library Catalog |
For Grades
1 and 2:
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Cooney, Barbara Miss Rumphius Great-aunt Alice Rumphius was once a little girl who loved the sea, longed to visit faraway places, and wished to do something to make the world more beautiful. ( j ) Check the Library Catalog |
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Hatkoff, Isabella Owen & Mzee: the True Story of a Remarkable Friendship When a baby hippo named Owen was stranded after the Dec 2004 tsunami, villagers in Kenya worked tirelessly to rescue him. Then, to everyone's amazement, the orphan hippo and a 130-yr-old giant tortoise named Mzee adopted each other. (j599.734) Check the Library Catalog |
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Long, Melinda How I Became a Pirate Jeremy Jacob joins Braid Beard and his pirate crew and finds out about pirate language, pirate manners, and other aspects of their life. ( j ) Check the Library Catalog |
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MacDonald, Margaret Read Fat Cat: a Danish Folktale A greedy cat grows enormous as he eats everything in sight, including his friends and neighbors who call him fat. (j398.2) Check the Library Catalog |
For Grades
3 and 4:
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Goble, Paul The Lost Children: the Boys Who Were Neglected A Blackfoot Indian legend in which six neglected orphaned brothers decide to go to the Above World where they become the constellation of the "Lost Children," or Pleiades. (j398.2) Check the Library Catalog |
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Kerley, Barbara. The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins: an Illuminating History of Mr. Waterhouse Hawkins, Artist and Lecturer The true story of Victorian artist Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, who built life-sized models of dinosaurs in the hope of educating the world about these awe-inspiring ancient animals and what they were like. (j560.9) Check the Library Catalog |
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Piley, Dav. Dogzilla A monstrous mutt terrorizes the residents of Mousopolis. ( j ) Check the Library Catalog |
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Scieszka, Jon. Math Curse. When the teacher tells her class that they can think of almost everything as a math problem, one student acquires a math anxiety which becomes a real curse. (j Reading Rainbow) Check the Library Catalog |
For Adults:
Books about Reading Aloud
These books contain tips and more
reading lists for people who read aloud to children.
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Horning, Kathleen T. From Cover to Cover: Evaluating and Reading Children's Books (j028.162 Parent-Teacher) Check the Library Catalog |
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Odean, Kathleen. Great Books about Things Kids Love (j028.162 Parent-Teacher) Check the Library Catalog |
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Pearl, Nancy Book Crush for Kids and Teens: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Interest Lists of recommended book titles for children and teenagers divided into three age groups and then further subdivided into more than 118 categories, including animals, folktales, girl power, autobiographies, comic books, and many others. (j028.55 Parent-Teacher) Check the Library Catalog |
