My favorite "Read Aloud"

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  • Carolyn
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    I was reading aloud to my oldest ds 5yo today during naptime.  He let me choose the first book and I of course went to ‘A Vistor For Bear’ by Bonny Becker.  Most of the books I read aloud to him are not as fun for me the upteenth time. However, this book is just a delight to read.  Do others have books that mommy just loves to read over and over?

    Janell
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    Burt Dow, Deep-Water Man by Robert McCloskey (actually anything by McCloskey)

    nerakr
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    Madeline books

    Frances the Badger books

    The Real Hole by Beverly Cleary

    Blueberries for Sal and Make Way for Ducklings by McCloskey

    The Very Hungry Caterpillar

    Millions of Cats

    Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel and Katy and the Big Snow (Burton)

    Caps for Sale

    Wilfrid Gordon Macdonald Partridge by Mem Fox (makes me cry every time)

    The Snowy Day and Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats

    Love You Forever by Robert Munsch (another crier)

    Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett

    The Big Green Pocketbook by Candice Ransom (dd’s favorite right now; unfortunately, it’s a library book, not one I own, so we can’t get it as often as she would like)

    MamaSnow
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    I was going to saw anything by Mc Closkey too. Actually I have a list here of all of our favorites on my blog here, but if I had to be pressed to name my very favorites McCloskey would be it. http://snowfallacademy.blogspot.fr/p/favorite-read-alouds.html

    Happy Reading,

    Jen

    missceegee
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    Another mcCloskey fan here! Blueberries for Sal is any the top of the list. I also like many of the ones mentioned. Others – Katy No Pocket, Danny’s Duck, Dogger, I like to Be Little.

    AprilMayJune75
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    The Raft – Jim LaMarche

    Mailing May – Michael O. Tunnel

    Blueberries for Sal – Robert McCloskey

    Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel – Virginia Lee Burton

    and in the winter . . .

    Stopping By the Woods on a Snowy Evening – Robert Frost

    andream
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    Just wanted to say I checked out some of these books from the library and cried when I read “dogger” we also enjoyed Danny’s duck. Thanks for the recommendations.

    TailorMade
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    “Kerplink, kerplank,, kerplunk!”

    These all look like picture books though. Thought I’d throw in The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint Exupery!

    Becca<><

    joyfulfarmgirl
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    For more of a picture book…Ox Cart man~~ I love this one!

    Also, for a child who can really listen….Mountain Born!

    JFG

    AngieG
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    The Ant and The Elephant, and  Rosalie, the bird market turtle.

    MissusLeata
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    Jamberry, Blueberries for Sal, My Red Wagon can Take Me Anywhere, We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, Books by Don Freeman.

    cnp
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    My older ds just turned 3, but he is a very advanced and attentive listener – at least when it comes to books.  We read a combination of picture and chapter books to him, and he likes practically everything. Here are some that we (dh and I) have read multiple times to him and we all still enjoy.

    Poems:

    All the World – Liz Garton Scanlon

    Bear Snores On – Karma Wilson

    Wherever You Are My Love Will Find You – Nancy Tillman

    The Frogs Wore Red Suspenders – Jack Prelutsky (lots of great poems that kids really enjoy)

    Prose:

    Peter Rabbit – Beatrix Potter

    The Velveteen Rabbit – Margery Williams

    The Whale’s Song – Dyan Sheldon

    Stuart Little – E. B. White

    Charlotte’s Web – E. B. White

    Room for a Little One – Martin Waddell

    The Mitten – Jan Brett

    Ox-cart Man – Derrell Hall

    Jingle the Brass – Patricia Newman (about trains)

    The Tale of Three Trees – Angela Elwell Hunt

    Rikki Tikki Tavi – Rudyard Kipling

    and stories from Hilda Boswell’s Treasury of Children’s Stories (I’ve had my copy almost 40 years, but it is out of print for over 30 years now. It’s a great find if you can get it, I got 2 copies on Amazon for my sisters’ kids for about $10 each, but I had to check frequently for them, you might have better luck if you check Amazon.UK )

    SueinMN
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    The Frances books by Russell Hoban.  Jim Trelease who wrote the Read Aloud Handbook says: if you like Jane Austen you will love the Frances books. I have voices for the characters and tunes for her little songs. My children grew up hearing Frances and now I’ve been reading them to the grandchildren. I just finished a college writing class where I had to write an emulation paper. I rewrote Bedtime  for Frances to be Naptime for Biella which is about my youngest granddaughter who never wants to take a nap. One of my daughters read it and said, “I could hear your Frances voice while I read it.”

    TailorMade
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    Ok, that explains why I love Frances so much. Favorite is Best Friend!

    And, I have to say, if you’ve missed All of a Kind Family, by Sydney Taylor, you’ve missed the best!!!

    Becca<><

    Kate Mom of 1
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    Goodnight Moon is a big favorite–we read it every single night for at least 4 years! 

    Velveteen Rabbit 

    Peter Rabbit and all the others like it 

    The Very Hungry Caterpillar

    Anything by Roald Dahl 

    Most anything from “A Child’s Garden of Verses” 

    Bear Snores On 

    Stopping By the Woods on a Snowy Evening 

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