Elementary School Read Alouds
Librarian's Choice
Read Alouds provides an opportunity to share favorite stories, novels, and poems.
Back To School
First Day Jitters
by Julie Danneberg
All Are Welcome Here
by Alexandra Penfold
The Pigeon Has To Go To School
by Mo Willems
A Tiger Tail
by Mile Boldt
My Mouth is A Volcano
by Julia Cook
Do Unto Otters
by Laurie Keller
Race, Racism, and Resistance
Something Happened in Our Town
by Marianne Celano
Henry's Freedom Box
by Ellen Levine
Malcolm Little The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X
by Ilyasah Shabazz
The Day You Begin
by Jacqueline Woodson
Separate Is Never Equal
by Duncan Tonatiuh
My Hair is a Garden
by Cozbi A. Cabrera
Let The Children March
by Monica Clark-Robinson
Harlem's Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills
by Renée Watson
Ruth and the Green Book
by Calvin Alexander Ramsey
PreK-3 | PreK-4 | Grade 1 | Grade 2 | Grade 3 | Grade 4
PreK-3 | PreK-4
Knuffle Bunny
by Mo Willems
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?
by Bill Martin Jr.
The VERY Impatient Caterpillar
by Ross Burach
The Rainbow Fish read by Ernest Borgnine
The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog by Mo Willems
The Kissing Hand read by Barbara Bain
Froggy Gets Dressed
by Jonathan London
Llama Llama Loves to Read
by Ann Dewdney
I Am Me!
(A Poem for Preschoolers)
SHIMMER: Songs of Night
Poems for Kids
Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons
by Eric Litwin
Bit & Pieces
by Judy Schachner
Grade 1
Flower Garden
by Eve Bunting
Dragons Get Colds Too
by Rebecca Roan
The Day the Crayons Quit
by Drew Daywalt
It’s Okay to Be Different
by Todd Parr
Jacob's New Dress
by Sarah and Ian Hoffman
I Love My Hair!
by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley
Grade 2
May I Please Have A Cookie
by Jennifer E. Morris
I Am Helen Keller
by Brad Meltzer
I Am Rosa Parks
by Brad Meltzer
Grade 3
Nanette’s Baguettes
by Mo Willems
If You Give a Mouse an iPhone
by Ann Droyd
Sarah, Plain and Tall
by Patricia MacLachlan
Zombies Don't Eat Veggies!
by Megan and Jorge Lacera
The Bravest Fish
by Matt Buckingham
Going Down Home With Daddy by Kelly Starling Lyons
Grade 4
Charlotte the Scientist Is Squished
by Camille Andros
Yes, I Can Listen
by Steve Metzger
The Sneetches
by Dr. Seuss
The Market Mystery ~ Where Food Comes From
A Drop of Blood
by Paul Showers
What Was I Scared Of?
by Dr. Seuss
Flossie and the Fox
by Patricia McKissack
In the Small, Small Pond
by Denise Fleming
Daniel's Good Day
by Micha Archer
Camp Tiger
by Susan Choi
The Little Guys
by Vera Brosgol
Summer
by Cao Wenxuan