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Great Classroom Read-Aloud Picture Books

Looking for a fun and engaging picture book to share in a classroom setting? Perhaps you are the mystery reader for your child's class, or maybe you're a guest reader for an after school program. Whatever the scenario, check out these recommendations for read-alouds for early elementary school-aged children.

Princeton Public Library

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  • One perfect rhyming story. One interrupting sister. A totally ruined rhyme! Or is it? Adventure might be made more fun together, rhyme by daring rhyme.
    Picture Book, 2024New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2024. — Ju E Abe
  • Kids will love avoiding Mr. Fox's clever traps in this hilarious interactive story.
    Picture Book, 2024Somerville : Candlewick Press, 2024. — Ju E LaR
  • This sweetly illustrated tale about a couple welcoming more and more pets into their home gets sillier and sillier as it goes on. Sure to both delight and exasperate young readers!
    Picture Book, 2023New York : A Paula Wiseman Book, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2023] — Ju E Bat
  • This charmingly illustrated Caribbean retelling of the folktale "The Cat and the Parrot" is a rollicking read aloud from start to finish.
    Picture Book, 2023New York : Scholastic Press, 2023. — Ju E Dee
  • A hilarious read-aloud that gets sillier with every turn of the page!
    Picture Book, 2023New York : The Dial Press, 2023. — Ju E LaR
  • Go ahead. Just try to make this duck blink first.
    Picture Book, 2023New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2023. — Ju E Lat
  • How to Count to One

    (and Don't Even Think About Bigger Numbers!)

    Salmon, Caspar, 1981-
    Picture Book, 2023Lincoln, MA : Nosy Crow, 2023. — Ju E Sal
  • A story within a story! And a deliciously fun read aloud.
    Picture Book, 2023[United States] : Hippo Park, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, 2023. — Ju E Sal
  • This beautifully illustrated tale is reminiscent of classic children's books and has a heartwarming message.
    Picture Book, 2023New York, NY : WorthyKids, [2023] — Ju E San
  • Does your classroom have a class pet? Well, what about a class PLANT? A perfect classroom read-aloud that's full of humor and heart.
    Picture Book, 2023New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2023. — Ju E Sca
  • Book, 2022New York : Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., ©2022. — Ju Folk & Fairy Tales 398.2 Bar
  • Picture Book, 2022New York, New York : Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2022] — Ju E Fal
  • I Walk With Vanessa

    a Story About a Simple Act of Kindness

    Kerascoët,
    Picture Book, 2018New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, 2018. — Ju E Ker
  • Picture Book, 2017Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2017. — Ju E Cor