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K-2 Read Alouds Great stories to share one-on-one or with a class! All titles are geared toward early elementary students.
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Are we there yet?
by Dan Santat
A boy goes on a long car ride to visit his grandmother and discovers time moves faster or slower depending on how bored he is.
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Are you a horse?
by Andy Rash
When Roy gets a saddle for his birthday, he goes in search of a horse.
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Count the monkeys
by Mac Barnett
The reader is invited to count the animals that have frightened the monkeys off the pages.
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Creepy carrots!
by 1970- Reynolds, Aaron
The carrots that grow in Crackenhopper Field are the fattest and crispiest around and Jasper Rabbit cannot resist pulling some to eat each time he passes by, until he begins hearing and seeing creepy carrots wherever he goes.
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Did you take the B from my _ook?
by Beck Stanton
When the letter B goes missing from the story, the reader must find a way to bring it back into the book for good.
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Don't blink
by 1983- Booth, Tom
A girl and her animal friends challenge the reader to a staring contest in this interactive picture book.
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Doodleday
by Ross Collins
Despite his mother's warning, young Harvey draws on Doodleday, but when his drawings come to life in frightening ways, only his mother can help.
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Falling for Rapunzel
by Leah Wilcox
To rescue Rapunzel from her tower, a prince yells for her to throw down her hair; but being too far away to hear clearly, she tosses out various items from her room, including her maid.
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Manana Iguana
by Ann Whitford Paul
Iguana, Conejo, Tortuga, and Culebra are excited about having a spring party, but only Iguana is willing to do any of the work. Includes a glossary of Spanish words used.
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More bears!
by Kenn Nesbitt
When an author starts writing, children yell that they want more bears in the story.
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Not a box
by Antoinette Portis
To an imaginative bunny, a box is not always just a box.
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Open very carefully
by Nick Bromley
A crocodile falls into a quiet storybook and wreaks havoc on the characters, in a tale that invites youngsters to slam the book shut or find the courage to take a peek inside.
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Red
by 1954- Hall, Michael
Red's factory-applied label clearly says that he is red, but despite the best efforts of his teacher, fellow crayons and art supplies, and family members, he cannot seem to do anything right until a new friend offers a fresh perspective.
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Seven blind mice
by Ed. Young
In this retelling of an Indian fable, The Blind Men and the Elephant, seven blind mice discover different parts of an elephant and argue about its appearance.
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Snip snap!
by Mara Bergman
Three siblings are frightened by the wide mouth, long teeth, and strong jaws of the alligator who has crept up the stairs--until they decide they have had enough.
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Stuck
by Oliver Jeffers
When Floyd's kite gets stuck in a tree, he tries to knock it down with increasingly larger and more outrageous things.
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The Black and White Factory
by Eric Telchin
Panda, Zebra, and Penguin invite the reader to tour a factory where messes, color, and surprises are forbidden but an accident occurs and the reader must help clean it up.
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The Little Shop of Monsters
by R. L. Stine
An illustrated, interactive story with a narrator who invites the reader to meet a vast array of pet monsters, such as the Yucky Mucky twins, and choose one to take home.
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The book with no pictures
by 1979- Novak, B. J.
"In this book with no pictures, the reader has to say every silly word, no matter what"--.
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The branch
by 1971- Messier, Mireille
A broken branch spurs a little girl's creativity.
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The day the crayons quit
by Drew Daywalt
When Duncan arrives at school one morning, he finds a stack of letters, one from each of his crayons, complaining about how he uses them.
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The great fuzz frenzy
by Janet Stevens
When a tennis ball lands in a prairie dog town, the residents find that their newfound frenzy for fuzz creates a fiasco.
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The legend of Rock Paper Scissors
by Drew Daywalt
This laugh-out-loud hilarious picture book is a about the fictional warriors who invented a classic childhood game.
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The little old lady who was not afraid of anything
by 1948- Williams, Linda
A little old lady who is not afraid of anything must deal with a pumpkin head, a tall black hat, and other spooky objects that follow her through the dark woods trying to scare her.
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The paper bag princess
by 1945- Munsch, Robert N.
When Ronald, the prince she was to marry, was stolen from her by a fierce dragon, Elizabeth donned a paper bag to cover her singed body, and set off to rescue him.
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The twelve dancing princesses
by Rachel Isadora
A retelling, set in Africa, of the story of twelve princesses who dance secretly all night long and how their secret is eventually discovered.
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They all saw a cat
by Brendan Wenzel
In simple, rhythmic prose and stylized pictures, a cat walks through the world, and all the other creatures see and acknowledge the cat.
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What do you do with an idea?
by Kobi Yamada
A boy has an idea which makes him uncomfortable at first but he discovers it is magical and that, no matter what other people say, he should give it his attention.
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Wild about us!
by Karen Beaumont
From Elephant's long nose to Kangaroo's huge feet to Monkey's stick-out ears, everyone is worth celebrating, no matter what they look like.
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Xander's panda party
by Linda Sue Park
Xander's plan to host a panda party falls through, since he is the only panda at the zoo, but when he extends the invitation to all of the bears, complications ensue. Includes author's note on the wonders of the animal kingdom and the international effort to save pandas from extinction.
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