Read-Aloud Books Too Good To Miss
The
Indiana Library Federation publishes this project of
AIME
(Association for Indiana Media Educators).
PICTURE BOOKS: GRADES K - 3
NOTE: All call numbers are for the Allen County Public Library, Fort
Wayne, Indiana
| CALL # |
AUTHOR |
TITLE |
DATE |
| J629.454 FLOCA |
Floca, Brian |
Moonshot
Space flight to the moon. |
2009 |
| JE BOTTN |
Bottner, Barbara |
Miss Brooks Loves Books (and I don't)
A first-grade girl who does not like to read stubbornly resists her school librarian's efforts to convince her to love books until she finds one that might change her mind. |
2010 |
| JE DENIS |
Denise, Anika |
Bella and Stella Come Home
A little girl tries to reassure her favorite doll when they moved to a new, and very different, home. |
2010 |
| JE ORLOF |
Orloff, Karen Kaufman |
I Wanna New Room
Through a series of brief letters to his parents, Alex presents all the reasons why he should not have to share a room with his younger brother. |
2010 |
| JE ROSEN |
Rosenthal, Amy Krouse |
Spoon
Spoon's always been a happy little utensil. But lately, he feels like life as a spoon just isn't cutting it. He thinks Fork, Knife, and The Chopsticks all have it so much better than him. But do they? And what do they think about Spoon? |
2009 |
| JE THOMA |
Thomas, Jan |
Rhyming Dust Bunnies
As three dust bunnies, Ed, Ned, and Ted, are demonstrating how much they love to rhyme, a fourth, Bob, is trying to warn them of approaching danger. |
2009 |
| JE WARDL |
Wardlaw, Lee |
Won Ton
A cat arrives at a shelter, arranges to go home with a good family, and settles in with them, all the while letting them know who is boss and, finally, sharing his real name. |
2011 |
INTERMEDIATE: GRADES 4-5
NOTE: All call numbers are for the Allen County Public Library, Fort
Wayne, Indiana
| CALL # |
AUTHOR |
TITLE |
DATE |
| J BROAC |
Broach, Elise |
Masterpiece
After Marvin, a beetle, makes a miniature drawing as an eleventh birthday gift for James, a human with whom he shares a house, the two new friends work together to help recover a Durer drawing stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
2008 |
| J COULO |
Couloumbis, Audrey |
Jake
When ten-year-old Jake's widowed mother breaks her leg just before Christmas while her sister and best friend are both away, a grandfather Jake barely remembers must come to Baltimore, Maryland, to help a neighbor take care of him. |
2010 |
| J LOWRY |
Lowry, Lois |
The Willoughbys
In this tongue-in-cheek take on classic themes in children's literature, the four Willoughby children set about to become "deserving orphans" after their neglectful parents embark on a treacherous around-the-world adventure, leaving them in the care of an odious nanny. |
2008 |
| J PAULS |
Paulsen, Gary |
Lawn Boy
Things get out of hand for a twelve-year-old boy when a neighbor convinces him to expand his summer lawn mowing business. |
2007 |
| J TASHJ |
Tashjian, Janet |
My Life as a Book
Dubbed a "reluctant reader" by his teacher, twelve-year-old Derek spends summer vacation learning important lessons even though he does not complete his summer reading list. |
2010 |
| J WESTO |
Weston, Robert Paul |
Zorgamazoo
Imaginative and adventurous Katrina eludes her maniacal guardian to help Morty, a member of a vanishing breed of zorgles, with his quest to uncover the fate of the fabled zorgles of Zorgmazoo as well as of other creatures that seem to have disappeared from the earth. |
2008 |
| JE POLAC |
Polacco, Patricia |
Just in Time, Abraham Lincoln
When two brothers visit a museum in Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, with their grandmother, they find themselves in a very realistic Civil War setting where they see the Antietam battlefield and meet historical figures from the aftermath of that momentous battle. Includes author's note on the Battle of Antietam. |
2011 |
AGELESS
NOTE: All call numbers are for the Allen County Public Library, Fort
Wayne, Indiana
| CALL # |
AUTHOR |
TITLE |
DATE |
| J BENED |
Benedictus, David |
Return to the Hundred Acre Wood
Collects the further stories of Christopher Robin and his imaginary animal friends in the Hundred Acre Wood, where the animals anticipate Christopher Robin's return, meet a new friend, and solve the mystery of missing bees. |
2009 |
| J808.8 EVERY |
Silvey, Anita |
Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Children's Book
What children's book changed the way you see the world? Anita Silvey asked this question to more than one hundred of our most respected and admired leaders in society, and she learned about the books that shaped their lives. |
2009 |
| J811.54 SINGE |
Singer, Marilyn |
Mirror, Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse
A collection of short poems which, when reversed, provide new perspectives on the fairy tale characters they feature. |
2010 |
| JB SCI27K |
Scieszka, Jon |
Knucklehead
How did Jon Scieszka get so funny? He grew up as one of six brothers with Catholic school, lots of comic books, lazy summers at the lake with time to kill, babysitting misadventures, TV shows, and jokes told at family dinner. |
2008 |
| JE DEEDY |
Deedy, Carmen Agra |
14 Cows for America
Master storyteller Carmen Agra Deedy hits all the right notes in this elegant story of generosity that crosses boundaries, nations, and cultures. |
2009 |
If you need help finding these or other Library materials, please
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you at the Library!
This list is maintained by Children's Services Librarians.
Comments and suggestions can be sent to Becky White at bwhite@acpl.info,
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