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Best Read-Alouds

Recent Best Read-Alouds

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Call Number: 811.6 Woo

Publication Date: 2014-08-28

2015 E.B. White Read-Aloud Award - Middle Reader
Chirp by Kate Messner
Call Number: Juv Mes

Publication Date: 2020-02-04

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Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Call Number: YA Rho

Publication Date: 2018-04-17

2019 E.B. White Read-Aloud Award - Middle Reader
The Girl Who Drank the Moon (Winner of the 2017 Newbery Medal) by Kelly Barnhill
Call Number: Juv Bar

Publication Date: 2016-08-09

Read Aloud America 2020 Reading List
2017 E.B. White Read-Aloud Award - Middle Reader
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Call Number: YA Ace

Publication Date: 2018-03-06

Read Aloud America 2020 Reading List
The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart
Call Number: Juv Gem

Publication Date: 2019-01-08

Read Aloud America 2020 Reading List
The Thing about Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
Call Number: Juv Ben

Publication Date: 2015-09-22

2016 E.B. White Read-Aloud Award - Middle Reader
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
Call Number: YA Gre

Publication Date: 2017-10-10

Read Aloud America 2020 Reading List
Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
Call Number: YA Kho

Publication Date: 2018-08-28

Penguin Random House Read Aloud Suggestions

Adam Canfield of the Slash by Michael Winerip
Call Number: YA Win

Publication Date: 2011-09-12
Airborn by Kenneth Oppel
Call Number: YA Opp

Publication Date: 2004
Alabama Moon by Watt Key
Call Number: Juv Key

Publication Date: 2006-09-05
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
Call Number: YA Cho

Publication Date: 2004-03-30
Back of Beyond : Stories by Sarah Ellis
Call Number: Juv Ell

Publication Date: 1996
The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
Call Number: Juv Rio

Publication Date: 2008-05-06
Being with Henry by Martha Brooks
Call Number: YA Bro

Publication Date: 1999-01-01
The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z. by Kate Messner
Call Number: Juv Mes

Publication Date: 2010-10-29
A Bushel of Light by Troon Harrison
Call Number: Juv Har

Publication Date: 2000
The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
Call Number: YA DuP

Publication Date: 2003-05-13
Cowboy's Don't Cry by Marilyn Halvorson
Call Number: YA Hal

Publication Date: 1994-08-01
Cracker! by Cynthia Kadohata
Call Number: YA Kad

Publication Date: 2007-02-06
Crazy Lady! by Jane Leslie Conly
Call Number: YA Con

Publication Date: 1995-01-19
A Darker Magic by Michael Bedard
Call Number: YA Bed

Publication Date: 1987-10-01
Darkwing by Kenneth Oppel
Call Number: YA Opp

Publication Date: 2007
The Day of the Djinn Warriors by P. B. Kerr
Call Number: YA Ker

Publication Date: 2008-01-01
Dusk by Kenneth Oppel
Call Number: YA Opp

Publication Date: 2007
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
Call Number: Juv Cur

Publication Date: 2007-09-01
Firewing by Kenneth Oppel
Call Number: YA Opp

Publication Date: 2003-02-01
Flush by Carl Hiaasen
Call Number: YA Hia

Publication Date: 2005-09-13
Flying Solo by Ralph Fletcher; Ralph J. Fletcher
Call Number: Juv Fle

Publication Date: 1998-09-21
Ghost Boy by Iain Lawrence
Call Number: YA Law

Publication Date: 2002-03-12
The Grave Robbers of Genghis Khan by P. B. Kerr
Call Number: YA Ker

Publication Date: 2011-11-01
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman; Dave McKean (Illustrator); Margaret Atwood (Foreword by)
Call Number: YA Gai

Publication Date: 2008-09-30
The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages
Call Number: Juv Kla

Publication Date: 2006-10-19
Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson
Call Number: YA Lar

Publication Date: 2006-09-26
Holes by Louis Sachar
Call Number: Juv Sac

Publication Date: 2008-09-02
Inkling by Kenneth Oppel
Call Number: Juv Opp

Publication Date: 2018
Into the Dark by Peter Abrahams
Call Number: YA Abr

Publication Date: 2008
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (Illustrator)
Call Number: Juv Sel

Publication Date: 2007-03-01
Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson
Call Number: YA Ibb

Publication Date: 2011
The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
Call Number: Juv Rio

Publication Date: 2009-05-05
Listening for Lions by Gloria Whelan
Call Number: Juv Whe

Publication Date: 2006-10-10
Loser by Jerry Spinelli
Call Number: Juv Spi

Publication Date: 2018-05-01
The Magic Thief by Sarah Prineas; Antonio Javier Caparo (Illustrator)
Call Number: Juv Pri

Publication Date: 2008-06-03
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart; Carson Ellis (Illustrator)
Call Number: Juv Ste

Publication Date: 2007-03-07
The Only Outcast by Julie Johnston
Call Number: Juv Joh

Publication Date: 1998-08-29
The Planet of Junior Brown by Virginia Hamilton
Call Number: Hist. F Ham

Publication Date: 2006-05-01
Raven's Gate by Anthony Horowitz
Call Number: Juv Hor

Publication Date: 2006-10-01
Red Ridin' in the Hood by Patricia Santos Marcantonio; Renato Alarcão (Illustrator)
Call Number: Juv Mar

Publication Date: 2005-05-02
Redwork by Michael Bedard
Call Number: Juv Bed

Publication Date: 1990
The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman
Call Number: Juv Pul

Publication Date: 2004
Rules by Cynthia Lord
Call Number: Juv Lor

Publication Date: 2006-04-01
The Secret Under My Skin by Janet McNaughton
Call Number: YA McN

Publication Date: 2000
Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel
Call Number: YA Opp

Publication Date: 2010
Skybreaker by Kenneth Oppel
Call Number: YA Opp

Publication Date: 2005
Sunwing by Kenneth Oppel
Call Number: YA Opp

Publication Date: 2010
Sword of the Rightful King by Jane Yolen
Call Number: YA Yol

Publication Date: 2004-08-01
Tales from the Brothers Grimm and the Sisters Weird by Vivian Vande Velde; Brad Weinman (Illustrator)
Call Number: 398.2 Van

Publication Date: 2005-08-01
Tanglewreck by Jeanette Winterson
Call Number: Juv Win

Publication Date: 2006
Things Hoped For by Andrew Clements
Call Number: YA Cle

Publication Date: 2008-04-17
Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements
Call Number: YA Cle

Publication Date: 2004-02-24
The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan
Call Number: Juv Rio

Publication Date: 2007-05-01
The Tuesday Cafe by Don Trembath
Call Number: YA Tre

Publication Date: 1996-01-01
The Underneath by Kathi Appelt; David Small (Illustrator)
Call Number: Juv App

Publication Date: 2008-05-06
Up to Low by Brian Doyle
Call Number: YA Doy

Publication Date: 1982
Weedflower by Cynthia Kadohata
Call Number: YA Kad

Publication Date: 2006-04-01
The Wreckers by Bella Bathurst
Call Number: 909.09 Bat

Publication Date: 2005-07-14
Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy
Call Number: Juv Roy

Publication Date: 2006-04-01

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