Recommended Read-Aloud Books
Spring-boards to discussion of the court system
Doctor DeSoto by William Steig
Finders Keepers by Will and Nicholas
A More Perfect Union: The Story of Our Constitution by Betsy and Giulio Maestro
Humorous books that also teach
John, Paul, George & Ben by Lane Smith
So You Want to Be President? By Judith St. George
Serious Books
Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by Doreen Rappaport
Richard Wright and the Library Card by William Miller
Books About West Virginia
Missing May by Cynthia Rylant. A chapter book.
The Great Bridge-Building Experiment by Bo Zaunders
A Read-Aloud List compiled by Darlene Reynolds for the Kanawha County Public Library:
Oh, How I Wish I Could Read by John Piles
Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp! By Carol Shields
Henny Penny by Jane Wattenberg
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin
Underwear by Mary Monsell
Rockabye Crocodile by Jose Aruego
Rattlesnake Dance by Jim Aronsky
Racoon’s on His Own by Jim Aronsky
Tiffany Dino Works Out by Marjorie Sharmat
Mean Jean the Recess Queen by Alexis O’Neill
The Great Pig Escape by Eileen Christlelow
More Pies by Robert Munsch
Charlie Drives the Stage by Eric Kimmel
Visiting Day by James Ransome
Gregory Cool by Caroline Binch
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
Loretta: Ace Pinky Scout by Keith Graves
Max the Stubborn Little Wolf by Marie-Odile Judes
Practically Perfect Pajamas by Eric Brooks
Saving Sweetness by Diane Stanley
No Place for a Pig by Suzanne Bloom
Thomas Christmas Delivery by Tommy Stubbs
All the Froggy Books by Jonathan London
Stranger in the Woods by Carl Sams
Arrowhawk by Lola Schaefer
Puss in Cowboy Boots by Jan and Phil Huling
Joe Cinders by Marianne Mitchell and Bryan Langdo
George Washington’s Teeth by Deborah Chandra, Madeline Comora and Brock Cole
The Girl Who Wore Too Much by Margaret MacDonald
Wiley and the Hairy Man by Judy Sierra
Fat Cat: A Danish Folktale by Margaret MacDonald
You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer by Shana Corey and Chelsey McLaren
The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene Trivizas and Helen Oxenbury
Peter and the Blue Witch Baby by Robert D. San Souci and Alex Natcher
She’ll be Comin’ Round the Mountain by Philemon Sturges and Ashley Wolff The Time Warp Trio by Jon Scieszka
Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
Red Cap by Clifton G. Wisler
Bug Boy by Carol Sonenklar
I Was a Rat by Philip Pullman
The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
The Minpins by Ronald Dahl
Amelia and Eleanor Go For a Ride by Pam Munoz Ryan
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