For 11 years, World Read Aloud Day has called attention to the importance of sharing stories by challenging participants to grab a book, find an audience, and read aloud! The global effort is now celebrated in over 173 countries and counting! Here are 20 books, perfect for reading aloud to the whole family!
The Paperboy
Pre-K – 3
In the still before dawn, while the rest of the world is sleeping, a boy and his dog leave the comfort of their warm bed to deliver newspapers. As the boy pedals his bike along a route he knows by heart, his dog runs by his side, both enjoying a world that, before sunrise, belongs only to them.
Big Dreams Collection
Pre-K – 3
Pig the Pug
K
Future Baby: Future Engineer
K
Baby Shark
K
The Wonky Donkey
Children will be in fits of laughter with this perfect read aloud tale of an endearing donkey. By the book’s final page, readers end up with a spunky, hanky panky, cranky, stinky, dinky, lanky, honky tonky, winky wonky donkey!
Pre-K – K
The Dinky Donkey
K
Baby Faces: Splash!
K
Peppa Pig: Chinese New Year
K-3
It’s Spring!
Pre-K – K
I Am a Big Sister
Early Childhood – Pre-K
Lego City: Wrecking Valentine’s Day
Pre-K – 3
Baby Faces: Eat!
Early Childhood – Pre-K
Are You Ready to Play Outside
Pre-K – 3
Brown Bear, Brown Bear What do you see?
Pre-K – K
The Giving Tree
“Once there was a tree
and she loved a little boy.” So begins Shel Silverstein’s beloved story about a tree that literally gives her entire self to the person she loves
K-2
Down by the Cool of the Pool
Pre-K – K
Red Pepper, Yellow Squash: A Book of Colors
Early Childhood – Pre-K
The Snowy Day
Pre-K – 3
Perfect
Pre-K – K
Grab your favorite read aloud book, find a buddy, and start celebrating World Read Aloud Day!