Interactive Read Aloud Yearly Calendar
August/September
Animals and Habitats
1. How Animals See Things by Allan Fowler
2. Exploring Land Habitats by Margaret Y. Phinney
3. Bugs, Beetles, and Butterflies by Harriet Ziefert
4. Thinking About Ants Barbara Brenner
5. Seashore Babies by Tara and Kathy Darling
6. Beekeepers by Linda Oatman High
7. Where Butterflies Grow by Joanne Ryder
8. Frogs and Toads, And Tadpoles, Too by Allan Fowler
9. What Happened To The Dinosaurs? By Franklyn M. Branley
10. Gentle Giant Octopus by Karen Wallace
11. The Life And Times Of The Honeybee by Charles Micucci
12. Under One Rock: Bugs, Slugs And Other Ughs by Anthony Fredericks
October
Health and Safety
1. A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon
2. Rotten Teeth by Laura Simms
3. Buz by Richard Egielski
4. Get Well, Good Knight by Shelley Moore Thomas
5. Watch Out, Ronald Morgan! By Patricia Reilly Giff
6. The Bear’s Toothache by David McPhail
7. Parts by Tedd Arnold
8. Itchy, Itchy Chicken Pox by Grace Maccarone
9. Tubes in My Ears: My Trip To The Hospital by Virginia Dooley
10. Here Are My Hands by Bill Martin
11. Open Wide: Tooth School Inside by Laurie Keller
November
Alphabet Books
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A Gardener’s Alphabet by Mary Azarian
B is For Bulldozer: A Construction ABC by June Sobel
ABC I Like Me! By Nancy Carlson
Cassie’s Word Quilt by Fith Ringgold
SuperHero ABC by Bob McLeod
6. I Am The Dog I Am The Cat by Donald Hall
7. A My Name is Alice by June Bayer
8. Firefighters A to Z by Chris Demarest
9. The Letters Are Lost! By Lisa Campbell Erns
10. The Accidental Zucchini by Max Grover
11. What Pete Ate From A-Z by Maira Kalman
December
Diversity
1. It’s Okay To Be Different by Todd Parr
2. Black Is Brown Is Tan by Arnold Arnold
3. The Family Book by Todd Parr
4. Bright Eyes, Brown Skin by Cheryl Willis Hudson
5. Be My Neighbor by Maya Ajmera
6. Hats, Hats, Hats by Ann Morris
7. Ming Lo Moves The Mountain by Arnold Lobel
8. Bein’ With You This Way by W. Nikola-Lisa
9. I’m Like You, You’re Like Me by Cindy Gainer
10. Ashanti To Zulu by Margaret Musgrove
11. Moses Goes To A Concert by Isaac Millman
12. This Is The Way We Go To School by Edith Baer
January
Math and Counting
1. 1,2,3 To The Zoo by Eric Carle
2. Quack And Count by Keith Baker
3. Five Silly Fishermen by Roberta Edwards
4. Feast For Ten by Cathryn Falwell
5. Bunny Money by Rosemary Wells
6. Clocks And More Clocks by Pat Hutchins
7. Telling Time by Jules Older
8. Grandma’s Button Box by Linda Aber
9. Adding It Up b Rosemary Wells
10. 26 Letters And 99 Cents by Tana Hoban
11. Counting Crocodiles by Judy Sierra
12. Big Fat Hen by Keith Baker
February
Folktales and Fairy Tales
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Baby Beluga by Ashley Wolff
The Wheels On The Bus by Maryann Kovalski
The Enormous Turnip by Alexei Tolstoy
Baa Baa Black Sheep by Iza Trapani
5. Chickerella by Mary J. Auch
6. Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young
7. Who Stole The Cookies? By Judith Moffatt
8. I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Pie by Alison Jackson
9. The Gingerbread Boy by Richard Egielski
10. The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Peter Asbjornsen
11. The Tortoise And The Hare by Angela McAllister
12. Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Done Gone? By Iza Trapani
March
Science
1. Our Earth by Anne Rockwell
2. What Color Is Nature? By Stephen R. Swinburne
3. A Tree Is A Plant by Clyde R. Bulla
4. I Am An Apple by Jean Marzollo
5. The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
6. How Groundhog’s Garden Grew by Lynne Cherry
7. Vegetable Garden by Douglas Florian
8. Rockets And Spaceships by Karen Wallace
9. Clouds by Marion D. Bauer
10. Pop! A Book About Bubbles by Kimberly B. Bradley
11. Sun Up, Sun Down by Gail Gibbons
April
Poetry
1. The Seals On The Bus by Lenny Hort
2. Peanut Butter And Jelly by Nadine B. Westcott
3. Miss Mary Mack And Other Children’s Sweet Rhymes by Joanna Cole
4. Barn Dance! By Bill Martin
5. Sheep In A Jeep by Nancy Shaw
6. The Happy Hippopotami by Bill Martin
7. Dinosaur Roar! By Paul Strickland
8. Anna Banana: 101 Jump Rope Rhymes by Joanna Cole
9. Will Moses’ Mother Goose by Will Moses
10. There’s A Zoo In Room 22 by Judy Sierra
May
Historical Fiction
1. Liberty! By Allan Drummond
2. Birdie’s Lighthouse by Deborah Hopkinson
3. Babe Ruth And The Ice Cream Mess by Dan Gutman
4. Gold Fever by Verla Kay
5. The Cello Of Mr. O by Jane Cutler
6. Fannie In The Kitchen by Deborah Hopkinson
7. George’s Washington’s Mother by Jean Fritz
8. Johnny Appleseed by Reeve Lindbergh
9. Paul Revere And The Bell Ringers by Jonah Winter
10. The Secret To Freedom by Marcia Vaughan