Best Read-Alouds

The Book by David W. Miles; Natalie Hoopes (Illustrator)

Bowwow Powwow by Brenda J. Child; Jonathan Thunder (Illustrator); Gordon Jourdain (Translator)

Carmela Full of Wishes by Matt de la Peña; Christian Robinson (Illustrator)

The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt; Oliver Jeffers (Illustrator)

Du Iz Tak? by Carson Ellis (Illustrator)

Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett; Jon Klassen (Illustrator)

Lubna and Pebble by Daniel Egnéus (Illustrator); Wendy Meddour

Mother Bruce (Mother Bruce, Book 1) by Ryan T. Higgins (Illustrator)

Sam and Dave Dig a Hole by Mac Barnett; Jon Klassen (Illustrator)

Sulwe by Vashti Harrison (Illustrator); Lupita Nyong'o

The Wall in the Middle of the Book by Jon Agee (Illustrator)

We Don't Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins (Illustrator)

Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing by Judi Barrett; Ron Barrett (Illustrator)

Anna's Goat by Janice Kulyk Keefer; Janet Wilson (Illustrator)

Baseball Bats for Christmas by Michael Kusugak; Vladyana Langer Krykorka (Illustrator); Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak; Vladyana Krykorka (Illustrator)

Boy, Were We Wrong about Dinosaurs! by Kathleen V. Kudlinski; S. D. Schindler (Illustrator)

Brothers by Yin; Chris K. Soentpiet (Illustrator)

Chester by Mélanie Watt (Illustrator); Mélanie Watt (Illustrator)

Chester's Back! by Mélanie Watt (Illustrator); Mélanie Watt (Illustrator)

Chester's Masterpiece by Mélanie Watt (Illustrator); Mélanie Watt (Illustrator)

Cheyenne Again by Eve Bunting; Irving Toddy (Illustrator)

Children Make Terrible Pets by Peter Brown

The Children Who Smelled a Rat by Allan Ahlberg; Katharine McEwen (Illustrator)

The Christmas Orange by Don Gilmore; Marie-Louise Gay (Illustrator)

Click, Clack, Moo by Doreen Cronin; Betsy Lewin (Illustrator)

The Curious Garden by Peter Brown

The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins : An Illuminating History of Mr. Waterhouse Hawkins, Artist and Lecturer by Barbara Kerley; Brian Selznick (Illustrator)

Do Not Open This Book by Michaela Muntean; Pascal Lemaitre (Illustrator)

Elephants Can Paint Too! by Katya R. Arnold (Photographer); Katya Arnold (By (photographer))

The Emperor and the Kite by Jane Yolen; Ed Young (Illustrator)

Flotsam by David Wiesner

Giggle, Giggle, Quack by Doreen Cronin; Betsy Lewin (Illustrator)

Hanne's Quest by Olivier Dunrea

Houndsley and Catina by James Howe; Marie-Louise Gay (Illustrator)

If You Give a Cat a Cupcake by Felicia Bond (Illustrator); Laura Numeroff

If You Give a Dog a Donut by Felicia Bond (Illustrator); Laura Numeroff

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff; Felicia Bond (Illustrator)

If You Give a Pig a Party by Felicia Bond (Illustrator); Laura Numeroff

If You Take a Mouse to School by Laura Joffe Numeroff; Felicia Bond (Illustrator)

If You Take a Mouse to the Movies by Laura Joffe Numeroff; Felicia Bond (Illustrator)

Liang and the Magic Paintbrush by Demi (Illustrator)

Little Lost Bat by Sandra Markle; Alan Marks (Illustrator)

Little Rooster's Diamond Button by Margaret Read MacDonald (Retold by); Will Terry (Illustrator)

Lizzy's Lion by Dennis Lee; Marie-Louise Gay (Illustrator)

Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride by Kate Dicamillo; Chris Van Dusen (Illustrator)

Mighty Jackie by Marissa Moss; C. F. Payne (Illustrator)

Mister Got to Go by Lois Simmie; Cynthia Nugent (Illustrator)

Mouse Cookies and More by Felicia Bond (Illustrator); Laura Numeroff

Mrs. Chicken and the Hungry Crocodile by Won-Ldy Paye; Margaret H. Lippert; Julie Paschkis (Illustrator)

Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Fleming; G. Brian Karas (Illustrator)

The Name of the Tree by Celia Barker Lottridge; Ian Wallace (Illustrator); C. Lottridge

Night School by Loris Lesynski (Illustrator)

Northern Lights: The Soccer Trails by Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak; Vladyana Krykora (Illustrator)

Once upon a Twice by Denise Doyen; Barry Moser (Illustrator)

One Duck by Hazel J. Hutchins; Ruth Ohi (Illustrator); Hazel Hutchins

One Green Apple by Eve Bunting; Ted Lewin (Illustrator)

The Orphan Boy by Tololwa M. Mollel; Paul Morin (Illustrator)

Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco (Illustrator)

Pirates Don't Change Diapers by Melinda Long; David Shannon (Illustrator)

A Place Where Sunflowers Grow by Amy Lee-Tai (Text by); Felicia Hoshino (Illustrator); Marc Akio Lee (Text by)

Probuditi! by Chris Van Allsburg

A Salmon for Simon by Betty Waterton; Ann Blades (Illustrator)

A Second is a Hiccup by H.J. Hutchins

Silent Music by James Rumford (Illustrator)

Sitting Ducks by Michael Bedard (Illustrator)

Stone Soup by Jon J. Muth

Tess by Hazel J. Hutchins; Ruth Ohi (Illustrator); Hazel Hutchins

Too Many Toys by David Shannon (Illustrator)

Tumtum and Nutmeg by Emily Bearn

The Ugly Duckling by Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator); Hans Andersen

What! Cried Granny by Kate Lum; Adrian Johnson; Skip Skwarek (Editor)

When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant; Diane Goode (Illustrator)

The Wish Wind by Peter Evyindson; Wendy Wolsak (Illustrator)

The Wolf Who Cried Boy by Tim Raglin (Illustrator); Bob Hartman

The Wolves in the Walls by Neil Gaiman; Dave McKean (Illustrator)

Wordsworth the Poet by Scott Goto (Illustrator); Francis Kakugawa

Yuck, a Love Story by Don Gillmor; Marie-Louise Gay (Illustrator)