Lists and Suggestions for Kids
List: Classroom Read Alouds for Grades K-2
Count the Monkeys
Barnett, Mac.
The reader is invited to count the animals that have frightened the monkeys off the pages. ...
Z is For Moose
Bingham, Kelly L.
Moose, terribly eager to play his part in the alphabet book his friend Zebra is putting together, th...
A Bike Like Sergio's
Boelts, Maribeth
Ruben feels like he is the only kid without a bike. His friend Sergio reminds him that his birthday ...
The Day the Crayons Quit
Daywalt, Drew.
Also available in Overdrive. When Duncan arrives at school one morning, he finds a stack of letters,...
The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors
Daywalt, Drew.
Also available in Hoopla. You've played the game. Now read the legend of how it all began...Lon...
The Princess and The Pig
Emmett, Jonathan.
When a new baby princess accidentally changes places with a piglet, both of their lives are forever ...
Ribbit!
Folgueira, Rodrigo
When a pig visits a frog pond, sits on a rock, and says only "Ribbit!", news spreads fast ...
Chrysanthemum
Henkes, Kevin.
Also available in Overdrive. Starting school can be a real test of one's mettle, especiall...
The Green Umbrella
Azua Kramer, Jackie
When Elephant takes a quiet stroll with his green umbrella, he is hindered by Hedgehog, Cat, Bear, a...
The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School
Murray, Laura.
A gingerbread man searches all over the school for the group of children that made him and then left...
Open Very Carefully
O'Byrne, Nicola.
A crocodile falls into a quiet storybook and wreaks havoc on the characters, in a tale that invites ...
11 Experiments that Failed
Offill, Jenny
Also available in Overdrive. A hyper-curious young girl tries a series of wacky experiments, such as...
Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude
O'Malley, Kevin.
Cooperatively writing a fairy tale for school, a girl imagines a beautiful princess whose beloved po...
I Wanna Iguana
Orloff, Karen Kaufman.
Alex and his mother write notes back and forth in which Alex tries to persuade her to let him have a...
The Cheese
Palatini, Margie.
After they all agree to ignore the story of "The Farmer in the Dell," the rat, cat, dog, c...
It's Okay to Be Different
Parr, Todd.
Also available in Overdrive. Illustrations and brief text describe all kinds of differences that are...
Memoirs of a Goldfish
Scillian, Devin.
Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. A goldfish gives a personal account of his experiences while...
Unicorn Thinks He's Pretty Great
Shea, Bob.
Also available in RB Digital. Envy turns to admiration and finally to friendship for Goat and Unicor...
Interrupting Chicken
Stein, David Ezra.
Also available in RB Digital. Little Red Chicken wants Papa to read her a bedtime story, but interru...
Take Away the A: An Alphabeast of a Book!
Escoffier, Michael
What happens when you subtract just one letter from a word? Beginning with "without the A the b...