My favorite books for primary readers...
Big Al by Andrew Clements
The Book With No Pictures by B.J. Novak
Blueberries for Sal by robert McClosky (I tell children of my memories picking blueberries with my mother on Kodiak Island in the summers when I read this book.)
Come On, Rain! by Karen Hesse (Great for personal narrative.)
The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Dawalt
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems
Edward the Emu by Sheena Knowles
Egg: Nature's Perfect Package by Robin Page and Steve Jenkins
Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann (My own children loved this book to be read over and over and over...you get my point!)
If Everybody Did by Jo Ann Stover (Great for the first day of school.)
I Wish You More by Amy Krouse Rosenthal (Great for the last day of school.)
Knuffle Bunny:A Cautionary Tale by Mo Willems (And of course the sequels..)
No, David! by David Shannon (Readers love hearing that this is a book David Shannon first wrote when he was a child.)
Pete the Cat by Eric Litwin
The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes (Really, ANYTHING by Kevin Henkes!)
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox
I promise to update this page as I come across new titles! These are just a few of many, many, books I love to read aloud to children for both reading and writing purposes.
The Book With No Pictures by B.J. Novak
Blueberries for Sal by robert McClosky (I tell children of my memories picking blueberries with my mother on Kodiak Island in the summers when I read this book.)
Come On, Rain! by Karen Hesse (Great for personal narrative.)
The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Dawalt
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems
Edward the Emu by Sheena Knowles
Egg: Nature's Perfect Package by Robin Page and Steve Jenkins
Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann (My own children loved this book to be read over and over and over...you get my point!)
If Everybody Did by Jo Ann Stover (Great for the first day of school.)
I Wish You More by Amy Krouse Rosenthal (Great for the last day of school.)
Knuffle Bunny:A Cautionary Tale by Mo Willems (And of course the sequels..)
No, David! by David Shannon (Readers love hearing that this is a book David Shannon first wrote when he was a child.)
Pete the Cat by Eric Litwin
The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes (Really, ANYTHING by Kevin Henkes!)
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox
I promise to update this page as I come across new titles! These are just a few of many, many, books I love to read aloud to children for both reading and writing purposes.
