2019-2020 Read Aloud List

(This is my annual saving of the Read-Aloud sidebar.)


Teen Read Alouds
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Harriet Tubman: The Moses of her People by Sarah H. Bradford
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Sagebrush Surgeon by Florence Crannel Means
A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter
The Odyssey by Homer
The Histories by Herodotus
The Oresteia by Aeschylus
Parallel Lives by Plutarch (2/3 of it)

Elementary Read Alouds
Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss
Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin by Marguerite Henry
Toliver's Secret by Esther Wood Brady
Willa of the Wood by Robert Beatty  (not great)
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Jane of Lantern Hill by L.M. Montgomery  (an absolute favorite!)
Mustang: Wild Spirit of the West by Marguerite Henry
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
The Great Brain by John D. Fitzgerald
Moominland Midwinter by Tove Jansson
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place by e.l. konigsburg  (this one really spoke to my kids)
The Story of Science: Aristotle Leads the Way by Joy Hakim
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin
The Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by e.l. konigsburg
Mathematicians Are People, Too by Luetta and Wilbert Reimer
Walk the World's Rim by Betty Baker (incredibly powerful for my kids)

Little Kid Read Alouds
The Milly-Molly-Mandy Storybook by Joyce Lankester Brisley
Beatrix Potter: The Complete Tales
Jame's Herriot's Treasury of Inspirational Stories for Children
The Littles by John Peterson
Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary
Little Pear by Eleanor Francis Lattimore
The Matchlock Gun by Walter D. Edmonds
The Bears on Hemlock Mountain by Alice Dalgliesh
All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor
Mountain Born by Elizabeth Yates
The Enormous Egg by Oliver Butterworth
Pollyanna by Anna Sewell   (This was a total fail for the young ones!)
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
Gooney Bird Greene by Lois Lowry
Betsy-Tacy by Maud Hart Lovelace
Little Eddie by Carolyn Haywood
Tales From the Brother's Grimm collected by Cooper Edens
Eddie the Dog Holder by Carolyn Haywood
The Apple and the Arrow by Conrad Buff
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo  (This was one of the best read aloud experiences we've ever had!)

Audiobooks
The Story of the Amulet by Edith Nesbit
Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary
Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary
Ramona the Brave by Beverly Cleary
Ramona and her Father by Beverly Cleary
Ramona and her Mother by Beverly Cleary
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
Ramona Forever by Beverly Cleary
Ramona's World by Beverly Cleary
Gone Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright

Comments

  1. JenniferJuly 15, 2020 at 7:24 AM

    What a great read aloud list!!!!! Still so many on there that I want to read but haven't gotten to yet. It is a great feeling to know that there are still so many good ones out there. Thanks for reminding me I REALLY want to read A Girl of the Limberlost . . . . and while I already knew our library doesn't have it as a book, I just checked and it is available as an ebook. Yay!

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    1. AflyonmyhomeschoolwallJuly 16, 2020 at 5:09 AM

      A Girl of the Limberlost is one of our family's favorite reads. It is so excellent!

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  2. DawnJuly 17, 2020 at 5:34 AM

    What a wonderful list!!
    Blessings, Dawn

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