Read Aloud Picture Book List
Big Idea: Courage
Title
Grandfather’s Journey
The Life and Words of
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin’s Big Words
Oliver Button Is a Sissy
Recess Queen
Rosa Parks – From the Back of
the Bus to the Front of a
Movement
Scaredy Squirrel
Suki’s Kimono
Sheila Rae, The Brave
Where the Wild
Things Are
Harriet Tubman and the
Freedom Train
Thank You Mr. Falker
Barack Obama: Son of
Promise,Child of Hope
Brave Horace
Teammates
The Butterfly
Ruby Mae Has Something To
Say
Thundercake
Courage
Acts of Courage
Courage
John Henry
The Sign of the Beaver
Thundercake
The Lily Cupboard:A Story of
the Holocaust
A Picture Book of Martin Luther
King
A Picture Book of Rosa Parks
Author
Allen Say
Ira Peck
Division
(P/J/I)
(J/I)
ISBN#
0395570352
0590438271
Doreen Rappaport
(P/J/I)
1423106350
Tomie dePaola
Alexis O’Neill
Camilla Wilson
(P/J)
(P)
(J/I)
0152578528
0439206375
0613330102
Mélanie Watt
Chieri Uegaki
Kevin Henkes
Maurice Sendak
(P/J)
(P/J/I)
(P)
(P)
1553379594
1553370848
0688071554
0060254920
Sharon Gayle
(P/J)
0689854811
Patricia Polacco
Nikki Grimes
(J/I)
(J/I)
0399231668
1416971440
Holly Keller
Peter Golenbock
Patricia Polacco
David Small
(P/J)
(J/I)
(P/J/I)
(P/J)
0688154077
0152842861
0399231706
0517582481
Patricia Polacco
Bernard Waber
John Melady
Bernard Waber
Julius Lester
Elizabeth George
Speare
Patricia Polacco
Shulasmith Levey
Oppenheim
David A. Adler
(J/I)
(P/J)
(J)
(J/I)
(J/I)
(J/I)
0698115813
0618238557
0590124498
0618238557
0140566228
0440479002
(J/I)
(J/I)
0698115813
0064433935
(J/I)
0823407705
David A. Adler
(J/I)
0823410412
A Picture Book of Harriet
Tubman
A Picture Book of Frederick
Douglass
David A. Adler
(J/I)
0823409260
David A. Adler
(J/I)
0823410021
Author
William Steig
Ruth Krauss
Mary Hoffman
Watty Piper
Chris Van
Allsburg
Shel Silverstein
Dr. Suess
Tomie de Paola
Peter Reynolds
Tiki Barber
Dr. Suess
Patricia Polacco
Memm Fox
Tololwa M.
Mollel
Patricia Polacco
Jo Ellen Bogart
Margeree King
Mitchell
Marybeth
Lorbiecki
Patricia Polacco
Victoria Boutis
Chris Van
Allsburg
Patricia Polacco
Ken Mochizuki
Patricia
MacLachlan
Division
(P)
(P)
(P/J/I)
(P)
(J/I)
ISBN#
0374309477
0060233508
1845077490
0399244670
0395304482
(J/I)
(P)
(J/I)
(P)
(P/J)
(P)
(J/I)
(P/J)
(J/I)
0060256656
0394823370
0698115724
0763619612
0060740515
039480077X
0399231668
0152005021
0395751861
(J/I)
(P/J)
(J/I)
0399237542
0590249274
0613060997
(J/I)
0803720386
(J/I)
(P)
(P/J/I)
0399226710
1590786025
0395304482
(J/I)
(P/J)
(P/J)
0399218114
1880000016
0060241012
Big Idea: Perseverance
Title
Brave Irene
The Carrot Seed
Amazing Grace
The Little Engine That Could
Jumanji
The Giving Tree
The Lorax
The Art Lesson
The Dot
Winners Never Quit
Horton Hatches An Egg
Thank you, Mr. Falker
Koala Lou
My Rows and Piles of Coins
Mr. Lincoln’s Way
Jeremiah Learns To Read
Uncle Jed’s Barbershop
Sister Anne’s Hands
Pink and Say
Katy Did It
Jumanji
Picnic At Mudsock Meadow
Baseball Saved Us
Sarah Plain and Tall
Big Idea: Justice
Title
Skin Again
One Green Apple
Fly Away Home
The Composition
Let’s Talk About Race
Smoky Night
A Sweet Smell of Roses
Author
Bell Hooks
Eve Bunting
Eve Bunting
Antonio Skarmeta
Julius Lester
Eve Bunting
Angela Johnson
and Eric
Velasquez
Peter Golenbock
Teamamates
David A. Adler
A Picture Book of Rosa Parks
David A. Adler
A Picture Book of Martin Luther
King
Michael Tyler
The Skin You Live In
Wiles
Freedom Summer
E. Amado
Tricycle
Joan W. Blos
Old Henry
Daniel Manus
The Big Orange Splot
Pinkwater
Jeanette Winter
Follow the Drinking Gourd
David A. Adler
A Picture Book of Rosa Parks
Division
(P/J)
(J/I)
(J)
(J/I)
(J/I)
(P/J)
(J)
ISBN#
078680825X
0618434771
0395664152
0888995504
0060285966
0152699546
0689832524
(J/I)
(J/I)
(J/I)
0152842861
0823410412
0823407705
(P)
(J/I)
(J/I)
(J/I)
(P)
0975958003
0689830165
0888996144
0688099351
0803807775
(J/I)
(J/I)
0394896947
0823410412
Division
(J/I)
(P/J)
(J/I)
ISBN#
0803807775
0027081303
0439321093
(P/J)
(P/J)
0805058648
0805078002
(P/J)
0805078932
Big Idea: Peace
Title
Peace Begins With Me
School Isn’t Fair
Old Turtle and the Broken Truth
by
The Colors of Us
Peace Bell
Can You Say Peace?
Author
Jill Bennett
Patricia Beahr
Douglas Wood
and
Jon Muth
Karen Katz
Margi Preus and
Hideko Takahashi
Karen Katz
Big Idea: Friendship
Title
Big Al
Big Al and Shrimpy
Franklin’s New Friend
I Like You the Way You Are
What Do You Say, Dear?
Fly Away Home
Thank you Mr. Falker
Days Like This
The Gift
Something Beautiful
Ugly Fish
Friends
Across the Alley
The Other Side
Pink and Say
Swimmy
A Week-end with Wendell
Charlotte’s Web
Author
Andrew Clements
Andrew Clements
Paulette Bourgeois
Eve Bunting
Sesyle Joslon
Eve Bunting
Patricia Polacco
Simon James
Aliana Brodmann
Sharon Dennis
Wyeth
Kara LaReau and
Scott Magoon
Helme Heine
Richard
Michelson
Jacqueline
Woodson
Patricia Polacco
Leo Lionni
Kevin Henkes
E.B. White
Division
(P/J)
(P/J)
(P)
(P/J)
(J)
(J/I)
(J/I)
(J)
(J/I)
(J/I)
ISBN#
0590444557
0689842473
1550743619
0395890667
0060230746
0395664152
0399231668
0763608122
0671751107
0440412102
(P)
0152050825
(J)
(J/I)
0689710836
0399239707
(J/I)
0399231161
(J/I)
(P)
(P)
(J)
0399226710
0394817133
0688140246
0061124958
Division
(P/J)
(P)
(P)
(P/J)
(P)
(P)
(P/J/I)
(P)
(J)
(P/J)
ISBN#
0152005021
0968849407
0590930028
Big Idea: Love/ Kindness/Caring/Sharing
Title
Koala Lou
That Chickadee Feeling
No David!
Louie
When Grandma Came
On Mother’s Lap
Something From Nothing
Peter’s Chair
What is Love?
The Velveteen Rabbit
Author
Memm Fox
Frank Glew
David Shannon
Ezar Keats
Jill P. Walsh
Ann H. Scott
Phoebe Gilman
Ezra Keats
E. Boritzer
Margery Williams
and William
Nicholson
0670835811
0395629764
0590472801
0140564411
0963759728
0385077254
I Like You
Love Flute
Guess How Much I Love You
The Doorbell Rang
Be Good To Eddy Lee
Wilfred Gordon McDonald
Partridge
Betty Doll
Sandol Stoddard
and Jacqueline
Chwast
Paul Goble
Sam McBratney
Pat Hutchins
Virginia Fleming
Mem Fox
(P)
0395071763
(J/I)
(P)
(P/J)
(J/I)
(J/I)
0027362612
1564024733
0688052517
0399219935
0140505865
Patricia Polocca
(J/I)
0399236384
Division
(J/I)
(P/J)
ISBN#
1559712252
1600102247
(J)
(J/I)
0152004432
155143346X
(J)
0399237224
(J/I)
0763627534
(P/J)
(P)
(J/I)
(J/I)
(J/I)
(P/J/I)
(J/I)
(J/I)
(P/J)
(J/I)
(J/I)
0394823370
0152010130
015200520X
155143217X
068980539X
0618194576
0439309085
0439309085
015200520X
1553379543
1553379675
Big Idea: Environmental Awareness
Title
Dear Children of the Earth
Michael Recycle
Author
Schim Schimmel
Alexandra
Colombo and Ellie
Bethel
Frank Asch
The Earth and I
Diane Leger and
Who’s In Maxine’s Tree
Darlene Gait
Alan Zweibel and
Our Tree Named Steve
Catrow David
Jonathan London
Giving Thanks
and Gregory
Manchess
Dr. Suess
The Lorax
Dick Gackenbach
Mighty Tree
Lynne Cherry
The Great Kapok Tree
Andrea Spalding
Solomon’s Tree
Corinne Demas
The Disappearing Island
David Wiesner
Flotsam
Douglas Wood
Old Turtle
Douglas Wood
Old Turtle and the Broken Truth
Lynne Cherry
The Great Kapok Tree
Rochelle Strauss
One Well
Herb Shoveller
Ryan and Jimmy’s Well
Big Idea: Acceptance
Title
The Rag Coat
The Memory String
Train to Somewhere
Stand Tall , Molly Lou Melon
The Other Side
Appelemando’s Dreams
My Rotten Red Headed Older
Brother
Mr. Lincoln’s Way
Author
Lauren A. Mills
Eve Bunting
Eve Bunting
Patty Lovell
Jacqueline
Woodson
Patricia Polacco
Patricia Polacco
Division
(P/J/I)
(J/I)
(J/I)
(P)
(J/I)
ISBN#
0316574074
0395861462
0395713250
0399234160
0399231161
(J/I)
(J/I)
0613017641
0689820364
Patricia Polacco
(J/I)
0399237542
Author
Gary Soto
Demi
Robert Munsch
Alice McGill
Hazel Hutchins
Eve Bunting
Nancy Carlson
Margery Williams
Eve Bunting
Steven Kroll
Division
(J/I)
(J)
(P/J)
(J/I)
(J)
(J)
(P)
(P)
(P/J)
(J)
ISBN#
0399221468
0805012176
0590711261
039572287X
0807506257
0395845181
1575057107
0385077254
0395845181
0027511715
Big Idea: Integrity
Title
Too Many Tamales
The Empty Pot
The Paper Bag Princess
Molly Bannaky
Believing Sophie
A Day’s Work
Harriet and the Garden
The Velveteen Rabbit
A Day’s Work
Annabelle’s Un-Birthday
Big Idea: Compassion
Title
The Three Questions
Jeremiah Learns to Read
Alexander and the Terrible,
Horrible, No Good, Very Bad
Day
The Great Kapok Tree
The Lorax
Ugly Duckling
Author
Jon Muth
Jo Ellen Bogart
Judith Viorst and
Ray Cruz
Division
(J/I)
(P/J)
(P/J)
ISBN#
0439199964
0590249274
0689300727
Lynne Cherry
Dr. Suess
Hans Christian
Andersen
Tomie de Paola
Maggie Rugg
Herold and
Catherine Stock
(J/I)
(P/J)
(P)
015200520X
0394823370
0688159338
(P/J)
(P/J)
0399207740
0688130658
Title
The Wolf’s Chicken Stew
Author
Keiko Kasza
Division
(P/)
ISBN#
0399214003
Franklin Helps Out
Paulette
Bourgeois
David McPhail
Steven Kellogg
Robert Kraus
(P)
1550748238
(P)
(P/J)
(P/J)
0805078827
0808596195
0671662708
Author
Denise Brennannelson
Ezra Jack Keats
David Mckee
Arnold Lobel
Tomi de poala
Division
(P)
ISBN#
1886947821
(P)
(P)
(P)
(J/I)
0140564411
1842707310
0437901319
0399215344
Peggy rathmann
Gary Soto
(P/J)
(P/J)
0590767151
0679880305
Now One Foot, Now the Other
A Very Important Day
Big Idea: Helping
The Teddy Bear
Chicken Little
Herman the Helper
Big Idea: Problem-Solving
Title
Buzzy the Bumble Bee
Peter’s Chair
Elmer
Days with Frog and Toad
Legend of the Indian Paint
Brush
Ruby the Copycat
Big Bushy Mustache
Big Idea: Working Together / Cooperation
Title
The Great Enormous Turnip
The Biggest Pumpkin Ever
The Wednesday Surprise
Just a Little Bit
Stone Soup
Hannah
Farmer Duck
Swimmy
City Green
Uncle Willie and the Soup
Kitchen
Author
Alexi Tolstoy
Steven Kroll
Eve Bunting
Anne Tompert
Marcia Brown
Gloria Whelan
Martin Waddell
Leo Lionni
Anne DisalvoRyan
Anne DiSalvoRyan
Division
(P)
(P)
(P/J)
(P)
(J/I)
(J/I)
(P)
(P)
(J/I)
ISBN#
0434966800
0823405052
0899197213
039577876X
0684922967
0679913971
1564025969
0394817133
068812786X
(J)
0613023706