|
|
Elementary Read Alouds
2019 |
|
|
|
The wall in the middle of the book
by Jon Agee
A silly knight, standing firmly on one side of a wall, believes his side to be the safe one and fails to notice crocodiles and a growing sea of water before he is rescued by someone from the other side of the wall who is not as scary as he thought, in a metaphorical tale by the award-winning creator of It's Only Stanley.
|
|
|
|
|
The Princess and the pit stop
by Tom Angleberger
When a Princess learns from her Fairy Godmother that she is in last place in a car race against such fairy tale notables as Humpty Dumpty, the Three Bears, and Rumpelstiltskin, she boldly rebuffs defeat and steps on the gas
|
|
|
|
Rot, the cutest in the world!
by Ben Clanton
A mutant potato suffers from low self-esteem after entering a "Cutest in the World Contest" against an adorable bunny, kitten and jellyfish before discovering that he is "pear-fect" just the way he is.
|
|
|
|
Field-trip fiasco
by Julie Danneberg
Carefully organizing a class trip to the zoo after the chaotic events recounted in First Year Letters, Mrs. Hartwell changes her plans to save the day when strict rules prevent the students from enjoying the trip.
|
|
|
|
The legend of rock paper scissors
by Drew Daywalt
The award-winning author of The Day the Crayons Quit and the best-selling illustrator of Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich present a laugh-out-loud tribute to the fictional warriors who invented a classic childhood game.
|
|
|
|
Meanwhile back at the ranch
by Anne Isaacs
In 1870, Tulip Jones, a wealthy, self-reliant widow from England, acquires the By-Golly Gully Ranch in Texas and soon finds herself saddled with 1000 suitors.
|
|
|
|
Horse meets dog
by Elliott Kalan
In this uproarious new collaboration from a writer for The Daily Show With Jon Stewart and the acclaimed illustrator of Moo Moo in a Tutu, hilarity ensues when Horse and Dog meet--and mistake each other for the wrong animal!
|
|
|
|
Zombies don't eat veggies
by Megan Lacera
Although Mo's parents insist he eat zombie cuisine, Mo craves vegetables and strives to get them to taste recipes made from his hidden garden. Includes recipes
|
|
|
|
The book with no pictures
by B. J. Novak
The Emmy Award-winning actor best known for his performances in The Office presents a silly read-aloud book that combines a deliberately image-free format with wacky nonsense text, goofy song lyrics and more.
|
|
|
|
Hey black child
by Useni Eugene Perkins
The six-time Coretta Scott King Award winner and four-time Caldecott Honor recipient presents a celebration of the wonder and potential of black children, applying his signature evocative cultural imagery to Perkins' inspirational poem.
|
|
|
|
Creepy pair of underwear!
by Aaron Reynolds
The celebrated team behind Caldecott Honor-winning Creepy Carrots! presents a humorous story about what happens when a decidedly brave Jasper Rabbit becomes spooked when he turns out the light and discovers that his new big-rabbit undies glow in the dark.
|
|
|
|
Dragons love tacos
by Adam Rubin
Explores the love dragons have for tacos and the dangers of feeding them anything with spicy salsa.
|
|
|
|
This is not a normal animal book
by Julie Segal-Walters
An author and illustrator try to work together to create a book about animals, but have very different ideas about what it should look like.
|
|
|
|
Rattlestiltskin
by Eric A Kimmel
In this Southwestern version of Rumplestiltskin, Rosalinda is in debt to the strange little snake man Rattlestiltskin after he teaches her how to make tortillas so light they float in the air, but can she outsmart the trickster and keep her freedom?
|
|
|
|
A bucket of blessings
by Kabir Sehgal
A sumptuous picture book adaptation of a lesser-known Indian myth finds Monkey and his friends searching for water in their drought-stricken jungle before Monkey remembers that peacocks can perform rain dances.
|
|
|
|
The three billy goats Gruff
by Jerry Pinkney
Three billy goats must outwit the big, ugly troll that lives under the bridge they have to cross on their way up the mountain.
|
|
|
|
Mirror mirror : a book of reversible verse
by Marilyn Singer
An irreverent volume of versed fairy tales invites children to read each in its classic form and then to re-read the lines in a reversed order that gives the tales whimsical and modern twists.
|
|
|
Somerset County Library System of New Jersey1 Vogt Drive
P.O. Box 6700
Bridgewater, New Jersey 08807
(908) 526-4016www.sclsnj.org/ |
|
|