Great Read-Aloud Books for Every Age

Check out our curated list from Scholastic librarian Deimosa Webber-Bey, beginning with books for your toddler all the way up to your independent reader.

By Scholastic Parents Staff
Nov 28, 2016

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Nov 28, 2016

In the first installment of our new Facebook video series, Live From Our Library, Scholastic Librarian Deimosa Webber-Bey revealed her picks for great read-aloud books for kids of every age -- from toddlers to independent readers. Take a look at her list below. You can watch the video chat here.

Happy reading (and watching)! 

For Toddlers:


Llama Llama Mad at Mama written by Anna Dewdney


Where Did All the Dinos Go? by Jim Benton


Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site written by Sherri Duskey Rinker

For Ages 4 - 10: 


Tikki Tikki Tembo written by Arlene Mosel


Sam and Dave Dig a Hole written by Mac Barnett


Elephant in the Dark written by Mina Javaherbin


Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message written and narrated by Chief Jake Swamp


Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters written by John Steptoe


No Fair! No Fair! And Other Jolly Poems of Childhood written by Calvin Trillin


Joyful Noise: Poems in Two Voices by Paul Fleischman


Outside the Box: A Book of Poems written by Karma Wilson


A Light in the Attic written by Shel Silverstein


Where the Sidewalk Ends written by Shel Silverstein


Falling Up written by Shel Silverstein

For Ages 10 - 13: 

The Arabian Nights: Tales From a Thousand and One Nights, various translations


Slacker by Gordon Korman


The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano by Sonia Manzano


STAT (series) by Amar’e Stoudemire


The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales by Virginia Hamilton


The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling


Book of the Dead (TombQuest series) by Michael Northrop


Neon Aliens Ate My Homework and Other Poems by Nick Cannon


The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

For Ages 14 and Up: 


Moccasin Thunder: American Indian Stories for Today by Lori Marie Carlson


The Book Thief by Markus Zusak


The Underdogs by Mike Lupica 


Rules of Summer by Shaun Tan


Becoming Maria by Sonia Manzano

For Adults: 


Beyond Bedtime Stories by V. Susan Bennett-Armistead, Nell K. Duke, and Annie M. Moses


One-Hundred-And-One Read Aloud Classics: Ten-Minute Readings from the World’s Best-Loved Children’s Books edited by Pamela Horn

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