Must Have Read Alouds

My fourth grade team and I were fortunate enough that we were able to order many quality picture books for read alouds during reading and writing workshop for the upcoming school year. We ordered a copy of each book for each teacher.  Each of these books are very rich and allow you to implement Common Core Standards in reading and writing. 

You will notice there are several books by Jane Yolen, Patricia Polacco and Patricia MacLachlan. (You can't go wrong with any other these ladies!) We received most of the books before the school year ended, so I have not had alot of time to look at them. There are a few that I have already used because I borrowed them from my local library. Building a quality library of read alouds to use as mentor texts is vital to language arts instruction. 

Here are the books:
The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
Water Sings Blue: Ocean Poems by Kate Coombs
The Paperboy by Dave Pilkey
Enemy Pie by Derek Munson
Stand Tall, Molly Lou Mellon by Patty Lovell
Switch on the Night by Ray Bradbury
River Friendly, River Wild by Jane Kurtz
Water Hole Waiting by Jane Kurtz
A. Lincoln and Me by Louise Borden
Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky by Faith Ringgold
Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man by David A. Adler
The Babe & I by David A. Adler
Bat Boy And His Violin by Gavin Curtis
No Mirrors in My Nana's House :Musical CD and book by Ysaye M. Barnwell
Faithful Elephants: A True Story of Animals, People and War by Yukio Tsuchlya
Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say
 Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella by Robert D. San Souci
Sootface: An Ojibwa Cinderella Story by Robert D. San Souci
At Break of Day by Nikki Grimes
Sadako by Eleanor Coerr
Crow Boy by Tara Yashima
Follow the Drinking Gourd by Jeanette Winter
Back Home by Gloria Jean Pinkney
When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant
Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold
Anasai the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti by Gerald McDermott
Arrow to the Sun: A Pueblo Indian Tale by Gerald McDermott
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale by Verna Aardema
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood from China by Ed Young
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad by Ellen Levine
The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson
Coming on Home Soon by Jacqueline Woodson
Tuesday by David Wiesner
June 29, 1999 by David Wiesner
The Talking Eggs by Robert D. San Souci
Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust by Eve Bunting, Stephen Gammell
Twilight Comes Twice by Ralph Fletcher
Hello, Harvest Moon by Ralph Fletcher
Westlandia by Paul Fleischman
Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back by Joseph Bruchac
The Scarecrow's Dance by Jane Yolen
Piggins by Jane Yolen
Letting Swift River Go by Jane Yolen, Barbara Cooney
Encounter by Jane Yolen
The Seeing Stick by Remy Charlip, Jane Yolen
The Memory Coat by Elvira Woodruff
January's Sparrow by Patricia Polacco
The Plot Chickens by Mary Jane Auch
Nothing Ever Happens On 90th Street by Roni Schotter
Babushka's Doll by Patricia Polacco
The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco
Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco
My Rotten Red Headed Older Brother by Patricia Polacco
Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco
Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco
Bully by Patricia Polacco
Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orcheestra by Andrea Davis Pinkney
How The Stars Fell into the Sky: A Navajo Legend by Jerrie Oughton
Knots on a Counting Rope by John Archambault, Bill Martin
What You Know First by Patricia MacLachlan
Through Grandpa's Eyes by Patricia MacLachlan
The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown
All The Places to Love by Patricia MacLachlan, Mike Wimmer
A Place for Fish by Melissa Stewart
Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne
Train to Somewhere by Eve Bunting
Smoky Night by Eve Bunting
Bigmama's by Donald Crews
John Henry by Julius Lester