Favorite+Read-Alouds

=List your favorite elementary school read-alouds here. They are organized by theme. Be sure to list the author's name if there is one!=

__First Week of School__
> __We're Going on a Book Hunt__ by Pat Miller
 * __The Kissing Hand__ by Audrey Penn
 * __Stella Luella's Runaway Book__ by Lisa Campbell Ernst
 * __But Excuse Me That Is My Book__ by Lauren Child
 * __Mr. Wiggle's Book__ by Paula M. Craig et al.
 * __The Shelf Elf__ by Jackie Mims Hopkins
 * __Wemberly Worried__ by Kevin Henkes
 * __The Library Dragon__ by Carmen Agra Deedy
 * __If You Take a Mouse to School__ by Laura Numeroff
 * __Sideways Stories from Wayside School__ by Louis Sachar
 * __Wild About Books__ by Judy Sierra
 * __The Boy Who Was Raised by Librarians__ by Carla Morris
 * __What Do Teachers Do After You Leave School?__ by Anne Bowen
 * __How I Spent My Summer Vacation__ by Mark Teague

__**Olympics**__

 * __Koala Lou__ by Mem Fox
 * __Tacky and the Winter Games__

__**Election**__

 * __Duck for President__ by Doreen Cronin
 * __Grace for President__ by Kelly Dipucchio
 * __Otto for President__ by Rosemary Wells
 * __My Dad, John McCain__ by Megan McCain and Dan Andreasen
 * __Woodrow for President: A Tail of Voting, Campaigns, and Elections by Peter W. Barnes and Cheryl Shaw Barnes__
 * __Capital Mysteries #10: The Election-Day Disaster__ (A Stepping Stone Book (TM)) by Ron Roy and Timothy Bush
 * __If I Were President__
 * __My Teacher for President__
 * __Dilly for President__ by Cynthia L. Copeland
 * __Vote for Isaiah!: A Citizenship Story__ by Anastasia Suen
 * __Pete For President__ by Daisy Alberto
 * __Elect Me!__ By Fran Manushkin
 * __Mac & Cheese, Pleeeeze__! By Eleanor May

__Halloween__

 * __Hallo-wiener__ by Dave Pilkey
 * __Skeleton Hiccups__ by Margery Cuyler
 * __Scary Stories to Read When It's Dark__ from Reading Rainbow
 * __Shake Dem Halloween Bones__ by W. Nikola-Lisa
 * __The Little Old Lady who was not Afraid of Anything__ by Linda Williams
 * __Pumpkin Moon__ by Tim Preston
 * __Piggie Pie__ by Margie Palatini
 * __Where's My Mummy?__ by Carolyn Crimi
 * __[|Halloween]__ by Jerry Seinfeld
 * __Pumpkin Soup__ by Helen Cooper
 * __Spookley the Square Pumpkin__ by Troiano
 * __Tell Me a Scary Story... but Not Too Scary__ and __Tell Me Another Scary Story... but Not Too Scary__ by Carl Reiner (use the CDs that come with these!)
 * __Big Pumpkin__ by Erica Silverman

__Winter__

 * __Thomas' Snowsuit__ by Robert Munsch
 * __The Snowy Day__ by Ezra Jack Keats

__Christmas__

 * __The Polar Express__ by Chris Van Allsburg
 * __Little Match Girl__ adapted by Jerry Pinkney
 * __The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree__ by Gloria Houston
 * __Christmas Tapestry__ by Patricia Polacco
 * __Are You Grumpy Santa?__ by Gregg and Evan Spiridellis
 * __All I Ever Want Christmas Doll__ by Patricia McKissack
 * __Bear Stays Up for Christmas__ by Karma Wilson
 * __Wish to be a Christmas Tree__ by Colleen Monroe (my favorite)
 * __Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree__ by Robert E. Barry

__Valentine's Day__
=**__Library Month__**=
 * __Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch__ by Eileen Spinelli

__Earth Week__

 * __Wump World__ by Bill Peet
 * __Farewell to Shady Glade__ by Bill Peet
 * __The Lorax__ by Dr. Seuss
 * __Just a Dream__ by Chris Van Allsburg
 * __Hey! Get Off Our Train__ by John Burningham
 * __Michael Recycle__ and __Michael Recycle Meets Litterbug Doug__ by Ellie Bethel

__Last Week of School__

 * __Last Day of School__ by Poydar
 * __Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the Last Day of Kindergarten__ by Slate
 * __No More Pencils, No More Books__ by DeGroat
 * __When It's the Last Day of School__ by Boelts
 * __How I Spent My Summer Vacation__ by Mark Teague

__Poetry__

 * __Shout: Little Poems that Roar__ by Brod Bager
 * __Insectlopedia__ by Douglas Florian
 * __Nathaniel Talking__ by Eloise Greenfield
 * __Lunch Money__ by Carol Diggory Shields
 * __Almost Late for School__ by Carol Diggory Shields
 * __Giraffe and a Half__ by Shel Silverstein

__Fairy Tales and Folk Tales__

 * __Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock__ by Eric A. Kimmel
 * __How Turtle Set the Animals Free: An Okanagan Legend__
 * __Clever Beatrice__ by Margaret Willey
 * __The Tale of Tricky Fox__ by Jim Aylesworth
 * __Heckety Peg__ by Audrey Woods

__Colors__

 * __Blue Goose__ by Nancy Tafuri

__Counting__

 * __My Truck Is Stuck__ by Kevin Lewis

__Progression/ Repetition Books__

 * __The Bridge Is Up__ by Babs Bell
 * __The Napping House__ by Audrey Wood
 * __Silly Sally__ by Audrey Wood
 * __The Very Busy Spider__ by Eric Carle
 * __The Mitten__ by Jan Brett
 * __If You Give a Mouse a Cookie__ by Laura Numeroff

__Chapter Books__

 * __Al Capone Does My Shirts__ by Gennifer Choldenko
 * __A Long Way From Chicago__ by Richard Peck
 * __Trumpet of the Swan__ by E.B. White
 * __The Secrets of Ms. Snickle's Class__ by Hornik
 * __Bunnicula__ by James Howe
 * __The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School__ by Candace Fleming
 * __The Dream Stealer__ by Sid Fleischman

__Other Favorites__

 * __Willa and the Wind__ by Janice DelNegro
 * __Thunder Rose__ by Jerdine Nolan
 * __The Legend of Windigo__ by Gayle Ross
 * __Tuesday__ by David Weisner
 * __Frederick__ by Leo Lionni
 * __Diary of a Wombat__ by Jackie French
 * __Gingerbread Baby__ by Jan Brett
 * __Stella Luna__ by Janell Cannon
 * __Jamberry__ by Bill Degen
 * __Titch__ by Pat Hutchins
 * __Muncha Muncha Muncha__ by Candace Fleming
 * __The Relatives Came__ by Cynthia Rylant
 * __Quick as a Cricket__ by Audrey Wood
 * __Knuffle Bunny__ by Mo Willems
 * __Bear Snores On__ by Karma Wilson
 * __Barn Dance!__ by Bill Martin
 * __Hooway for Wodney Wat__ by Lynn Munsinger
 * __The Stray Dog__ by Marc Simont
 * __Henry and the Kite__ Dragon by Bruce Hall
 * __Traction Man is Here__ by Mini Grey