Younger Readers

Choosing a Great Read Aloud

Classics For Every Young Child’s Bookshelf

Brown, Margaret Wise. Goodnight Moon. Illus. Clement Hurd. 1947.
Burton, Virginia Lee. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel. 1939.
Campell, Rod. Dear Zoo. 1982.
Carle, Eric. The Hungry Caterpillar. 1969.
De Reginier, Beatrice Schenk. May I Bring a Friend? Illus. Beni Montresor. 1964.
Dr. Seuss. The Cat in the Hat. 1957.
Freeman, Don. Beady Bear. 1954.
Freeman, Don. Corduroy. 1968.
Freeman, Don. Dandelion. 1964.
Freeman, Don. A Rainbow of My Own. 1966.
Krauss, Ruth. A Hole is to Dig. Illus. Maurice Sendak. 1952.
Leaf, Munro. The Story of Ferdinand. Illus. Robert Lawson. 1936.
Martin, Bill. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Illus. Eric Carle. 1967.
McClosky, Robert. Blueberries for Sal. 1948.
McClosky, Robert. Make Way for Ducklings. 1941.
Mother Goose. Mother Goose’s Nursery Rhymes. 1700s.
Piper, Watty. The Little Engine that Could. Illus. George and Doris Hauman. 1930.
Slobodkina, Esphyr. Caps for Sale. 1940.
Sendak, Maurice. Nutshell Library [Alligators all Around, Chicken Soup With Rice, One Was Johnny, Pierre]. 1962.
Sendak, Maurice. Where the Wild Things Are. 1963.