BOOKS TO READ ALOUD TO PRESCHOOL CHILDREN



Summer Book List for Students Entering Kindergarten

Fall 2009

June, 2009

Dear Parents,

I have prepared a list of read-alouds for you. I have included a number of recent award-winning choices as well as other titles suggested by reading experts. Reading for pleasure is a life-long habit we can nourish through daily summertime reading.

According to reading expert, Jim Trelease, the right read-aloud books can inspire children to become proficient readers who may choose to read those books on their own someday. Reading aloud entertains and reassures children, but it also arouses their curiosity, creates background knowledge, and builds their vocabulary. Reading research confirms that children who read the most, read the best and achieve the most. Have fun reading!

Suggestions of reading resources for parents:

• Calkins, Lucy and Lydia Bellino. Raising Lifelong Learners, A Parent’s Guide. Reading: Perseus Books, 1998.

• Codell, Esme Raji. How to Get Your Child to Love Reading. Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2003.

• Fox, Mem. Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever. New York: Harcourt, 2001.

• Haas, Laurie Joy and Monty Haas. Read It Aloud!: A Parent’s Guide to Sharing Books With Young Children. Mansfield: Atlas Books/The Reading Railroad, 2000.

• Silvey, Anita, Editor. The Essential Guide to Children’s Books and Their Creators. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002.

• Trelease, Jim. The Read-Aloud Handbook, 6th Edition. New York: Penguin Group, 2006.

• Zimmerman, Susan and Hutchins, Chryse. 7 Keys to Comprehension: How to Help Your Kids Read It and Get It! New York: Crown Publishing Group, 2003.

• GREAT WEBSITES FOR CHILDREN’S BOOKS AND PARENTS’ RESOURCES:



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I am happy to send this home and encourage you to make family reading time a habit this summer. It will give your child a wonderful foundation for kindergarten. (

Sincerely,

Meredith Alvaro

Tenafly Literacy Specialist/Staff Developer

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Suggested Books for Students

Who Will Be Entering Kindergarten in the Fall, 2009

Alphabet Books

Andrae, G. (2003). K is for Kissing a Cool Kangaroo. New York: Scholastic.

Fujiwaka, G. (2002). A to Z Picture Book. New York: Backpack Books.

Golding, K. (1998). Alphababies. New York: DK.

Martin, Bill Jr. (2000). Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks.

Mazollo, J. (2000). I Spy Little Letters. New York: Scholastic.

Number Books

Beaton, C. (2000). One Moose, Twenty Mice. Cambridge, MA: Barefoot Books.

Falconer, I. (2002). Olivia Counts. New York: Atheneum.

Strickland, P. (1997). Ten Terrible Dinosaurs. New York: Dutton Children’s Books.

Books about Colors

Ehlert, L. (1991). Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.

Hamanaka, S. (1994). All the Colors of the Earth. New York: Morrow.

Seuss, Dr. (1996). My Many Colored Days. New York: Knopf Publishers.

Favorites of Pre-School Children that Never Go Out of Style

Brown, Margaret Wise. (1991). The Runaway Bunny. New York: HarperCollins Publishers.

Eastman, P.D. (1960). Are You My Mother? New York: Random House Children’s Books.

Martin, Bill Jr. (1992). Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? New York: Henry Holt and Company.

Slate, Joseph. (2001). Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten. New York: Penguin Young Reader Group.

New Books for Preschool Children Recommended by The Horn Book Guide

Anderson, R.P. (2007). Curious George at the Aquarium. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company.

Andreasen, Dan. (2007). The Baker’s Dozen. New York: Holt, Henry Books for Young Readers.

Berkner, Laurie. (2007). The Story of My Feelings. New York: Scholastic.

Brown, Margaret Wise. (2009). Goodnight Moon 123: A Counting Book. New York: Harper Collins Children’s Books.

Cousins, Lucy. (2007). Maisy Big, Maisy Small. New York: Candlewick Press.

Cousins, Lucy. (2007). Maisy Goes to the Hospital. New York: Candlewick Press.

Daddo, Andrew. (2007). Goodnight Me. New York: Bloomsbury USA.

Dale, Penny. (2007). The Boy on the Bus. New York: Candlewick Press.

Gershator, Phyllis. (2007). Listen, Listen. Cambridge, MA: Barefoot Books.

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Hays, Anna Jane. (2007). Kindergarten Countdown. New York: Random House Children’s Books.

Jay, Alison. (2007). 1 2 3: A Child’s First Counting Book. New York: Penguin Young Readers Group.

Jocelyn, Marthe. (2007). Eats. Plattsburgh, NY: Tundra Books.

Johnston, Tony. (2007). Off to Kindergarten. New York: Scholastic.

Landry, Leo. (2007). Space Boy. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company.

London, Jonathan. (2007). A Train Goes Clickety-Clack. New York: Henry Holt and Company.

MacDonald, Suse. (2007). Fish, Swish! Splash, Dash!: Counting Round and Round. New York: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing.

McCarthy, Mary. (2007). A Closer Look. New York: HarperCollins Publishers.

Merz, Jennifer. (2007). Playground Day! Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin.

Mortensen, Denise Dowling. (2007). Wake Up Engines. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin.

Palatini, Margie. (2007). No Biting, Louise. New York: HarperCollins Publishers.

Saltzberg, Barney. (2007). Cornelius P. Mud, Are You Ready for School? New York: Candlewick Press.

Stoeke, Janet Morgan. (2007). The Bus Stop. New York: Penguin Publishers.

Thomas, Jan. (2007). What Will Fat Cat Sit On? Boston, MA: Harcourt Publishers.

Weninger, Brigette. (2007). Good Night, Nori. New York: Penguin Young Readers Group.

Wheeler, Lisa. (2007). Jazz Baby. Boston, MA: Harcourt Children’s Books.

Yolen, Jane. (2007). Baby Bear’s Big Dreams. Boston, MA: Harcourt Children’s Books.

Nursery Rhymes and Poems

Engelbreit, Mary. (2005). Mary Engelbreit’s Mother Goose: One Hundred Best-Loved Verses. New York: HarperCollins Publishers.

Opie, Iona. Editor (1999). Here Comes Mother Goose. New York: Candlewick Press.

Prelutsky, Jack. (1986). Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young. New York: Knopf Publishing Group.

Wright, Blanche Fischer. (1994). Real Mother Goose. New York: Scholastic Publishers.

Resources for Suggested Books: Developing Literacy in Preschool, Teaching Early Literacy, The Horn Book Guide – Spring, 2009, Valerie & Walter’s Best Books for Children – A Lively Opinionated Guide.

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