BOOKS FOR FAMILY READ-ALOUDS
Looking for a good book to share with your child? This book list, compiled by a children’s librarian with 15 years experience, aims to provide you with a quick list of kid-friendly books that the children ask for and listen to time and time again.
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Avi. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle.
215 p. Ages 9-12.
Barry, Dave. Peter & the Starcatchers.
451 p. Ages 8-12.
Birdsall, Jeanne. The Penderwicks.
262 p. Ages 7-12.
Choldenko, Gennifer. Al Capone Does My Shirts.
228 p. Ages 10-14.
Clements, Andrew. Frindle.
105 p. Ages 6-12.
Clements, Andrew. The Janitor’s Boy.
160 p. Ages 7-10.
Clements, Andrew. The Landry News.
138 p. Ages 8-12.
Collins, Suzanne. Gregor the Overlander.
311 p. Ages 6-12.
Coville, Bruce. The Monster’s Ring: A Magic Shop Book.
105 p. Ages 8-12.
Curtis, Christopher Paul. The Watsons go to Birmingham: A Novel.
210 p. Ages 8-12.
DiCamillo, Kate. Because of Winn-Dixie.
182 p. Ages 6-12.
DiCamillo, Kate. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.
198 p. Ages 6-12.
DuPrau, Jeanne. The City of Ember.
270 p. Ages 8-12.
Erdrich, Louise. The Birchbark House.
244 p. Ages 8-12.
Gantos, Jack. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key.
160 p. Ages 9-12.
Hobbs, Will. Jason’s Gold.
221 p. Ages 8-12.
Levine, Gail Carson. Ella Enchanted.
232 p. Ages 8-12.
Lin, Grace. The Year of the Dog.
134 p. Ages 6-10.
Lubar, David. Punished!
96 p. Ages 7-11.
MacLachlan, Patricia. Sarah, Plain and Tall.
67 p. Ages 6-10.
Park, Barbara. Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus.
69 p. Ages 4-8.
Paulsen, Gary. Hatchet.
195 p. Ages 10-14.
Robinson, Barbara, 1927-. The (Worst) Best School Year Ever.
117 p. Ages 6-10.
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.
512 p. Ages 8-14.
Ryan, Pam Munoz. Esperanza Rising.
262 p. Ages 10-14.
Sachar, Louis. Holes.
233 p. Ages 10-14.
Sachar, Louis, Sideways Stories from Wayside School.
124 p. Ages 6-10.
Spinelli, Jerry. Loser.
218 p. Ages 9-12.
Van Draanen, Wendelin. Secret Identity.
138 p. Ages 6-10.
Winkler, Henry 1945-. I got a D in Salami.
167 p. Ages 6-10.