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