Best Read-Alouds

The Adventures of Beekle: the Unimaginary Friend by Dan Santat

The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson; Rafael López (Illustrator); Rafael López (Illustrator)

How to Be a Lion by Ed Vere

The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld (Illustrator)

Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty; David Roberts (Illustrator)

The Bad Seed by Jory John; Pete Oswald (Illustrator)

Do Frogs Drink Hot Chocolate? by Etta Kaner; John Martz (Illustrator)

50 below Zero by Robert Munsch; Michael Martchenko (Illustrator)

365 Penguins by Joëlle Jolivet (Illustrator); Jean-Luc Fromental; Joëlle Jolivet (Illustrator)

Abuela by Arthur Dorros; Elisa Kleven (Illustrator)

Akimbo and the Snakes by Alexander McCall Smith

All Join In by Quentin Blake

Angry Arthur by Hiawyn Oram

Arthur's Baby by Marc Brown (Illustrator)

Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson; Jane Chapman (Illustrator)

Best Best Friends by Margaret Chodos-Irvine (Illustrator)

The Big Storm by Rhea Tregebov; Maryann Kovalski (Illustrator)

A Birthday for Bear by Bonny Becker; Kady MacDonald Denton (Illustrator)

Boo's Dinosaur by Betsy Byars ; Erik Brooks (Illustrator)

Carmine : A Little More Red by Melissa Sweet

Castaway Cats by Lisa Wheeler; Ponder Goembel (Illustrator)

Chato and the Party Animals by Gary Soto; Susan Guevara (Illustrator)

Chickens to the Rescue by John Himmelman (Illustrator)

Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell (Illustrator)

Diary of a Fly by Doreen Cronin; Harry Bliss (Illustrator)

Dinosaur Roar! by Paul Stickland; Henrietta Stickland

Dog and Bear : Two Friends, Three Stories by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (Illustrator)

The Elephant and the Bad Baby by Elfrida Vipont

Ella Sarah Gets Dressed by Margaret Chodos-Irvine

Farfallina and Marcel by Holly Keller (Illustrator)

Fred Stays with Me! by Nancy Coffelt; Tricia Tusa (Illustrator)

Go Away, Big Green Monster! by Ed Emberley

The Great Fuzz Frenzy by Janet Stevens; Susan Stevens Crummel

The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson; illustrated by Axel Scheffler

The Gruffalo's Child by Julia Donaldson

Grumpy Bird by Jeremy Tankard (Illustrator)

Hairy Maclary's Showbusiness by Lynley Dodd

Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Diary by Lynley Dodd

Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm by Jerdine Nolen; Mark Buehner (Illustrator)

Herman the Helper by Robert Kraus

I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! by Karen Beaumont; David Catrow (Illustrator)

If I Built a Car by Chris Van Dusen (Illustrator)

Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes (Illustrator)

Koala Lou by Mem Fox; Pamela Lofts (Illustrator)

A Library Book for Bear by Bonny Becker; Kady MacDonald Denton (Illustrator)

Little Malia's Big Poi Idea by Jocelyn Calma

Louise, the Adventures of a Chicken by Kate Dicamillo; Harry Bliss (Illustrator)

Max by Bob Graham (Illustrator); Bob B. Graham (Illustrator)

Mimmy and Sophie All Around the Town by Miriam Cohen; Thomas F. Yezerski (Illustrator)

More Bears! by Kenn Nesbitt; Troy Cummings (Illustrator)

Move over, Rover! by Karen Beaumont; Jane Dyer (Illustrator)

My Best Friend by Pat Hutchins (Illustrator)

My Name Is Yoon by Helen Recorvits; Gabi Swiatkowska (Illustrator)

Nini : Here and There by Anita Lobel

No Matter What by Debi Gliori

Not Afraid of Dogs by Susanna Pitzer; Larry Day (Illustrator)

Olivia by Ian Falconer

Once upon a Golden Apple by Jean Little; Maggie Devries; Phoebe Gilman (Illustrator)

One by Kathryn Otoshi

One Fine Day by Nonny Hogrogian (Illustrator)

One Smart Cookie by Amy Krouse Rosenthal; Jane Dyer (Illustrator); Brooke Dyer (Illustrator)

An Orange for Frankie by Patricia Polacco (Illustrator)

Our Tree Named Steve by Alan Zweibel; David Catrow (Illustrator)

Owl Babies by Martin Waddell; Patrick Benson (Illustrator)

The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark by Jill Tomlinson ; illustrated by Paul Howard

Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me by Eric Carle (Illustrator)

The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch; Michael Martchenko (Illustrator)

Pax by Sara Pennypacker; Jon Klassen (Illustrator)

Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin; James Dean (Illustrator)

Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert

Please, Baby, Please by Spike Lee; Tonya Lewis Lee; Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)

The Princess and the Pea in Miniature : After the Fairy Tale By Hans Christian Andersen by Lauren Child

Princess Hyacinth by Florence Parry Heide; Lane Smith (Illustrator)

The Puddleman by Ted Staunton; Brenda Clark (Illustrator)

Rosie's Walk by Pat Hutchins (Illustrator)

Skippyjon Jones Presto-Change-O by Judy Schachner

Snip Snap! : What's That? by Mara Bergman; Nick Maland (Illustrator)

The Squeaky Door by Margaret Read MacDonald; Mary Newell DePalma (Illustrator)

Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell; David Catrow (Illustrator)

That's Not My Puppy by Fiona Watt

The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr

A Visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker; Kady MacDonald Denton (Illustrator)

We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen; Helen Oxenbury (Illustrator)

When Dinosaurs Came with Everything by Elise Broach; David Small (Illustrator)

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (Illustrator)

Wild about Books by Judy Sierra; Marc Brown (Illustrator)

Winnie the Witch by Valerie Thomas; illustrated by Korky Paul

Zero by Kathryn Otoshi

The Balloon Tree by Phoebe Gilman

Charlie Needs a Cloak by Tomie dePaola (Illustrator)

Dig Dig Digging by Margaret Mayo; Alex Ayliffe (Illustrator)

Something From Nothing by Phoebe Gilman

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback

Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel; Blair Lent (Illustrator)

Wolves by Emily Gravett