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Great Books for Reading Aloud to Your Family
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items It can be challenging to find good books for family read-alouds. As a mom of two who has been doing this for years, I thought it could be helpful to share great books our family has enjoyed. If you make a purchase through our affiliate links, we may ...
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Picture Books
Easy Chapter Books
Children's Books with African-American Characters
Picture Books
Wonderful illustrations with good stories make excellent children's books. If you make a purchase through our links, we may earn a small commission at no cost to you.
Fantastic artwork accompanies this great story about finding purpose.
Miss Rumphius - Cooney, Barbara:
The story of book-loving Elizabeth Brown is told with charming rhyme. Find out how she solves her problem of having too many books.
The Library by Sarah Stewart
Illustrator Barbara Cooney won her second Caldecott medal for the lovely pictures in Ox-Cart Man. The ox-cart man and his family work hard all year so he can take their good to market in an ox-cart. Captures the spirit of a hard-working farm family o...
Ox-Cart Man - Donald Hall, Barbara Cooney
Beautifully illustrated, proud rooster Chanticleer learns a lesson about vanity. This is an adaptation of Chaucer's Nun's Priest Tale from the Canterbuy Tales.
Chanticleer and the Fox: Caldecott Winner
Pictures will help little ones understand Longfellow's famous poem about Paul Revere.
Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
In this delightful tale of perservance, it's time for young Earl to learn to find his own acorns. But will he be successful?
Earl the Squirrel
This is a wonderful story of a life well-lived. Matthias Tibbets' life exemplifies dedication to hard work and family. Beautiful pictures by award-winning illustrator Barbara Cooney. Spoiler alert: If you have sensitive little ones, be warned the sto...
Island Boy (Picture Puffins) - Books
Norman is a doorman at the art museum, but he's also an art lover and artist.
Norman the Doorman
Easy Chapter Books
These children's chapter books are well-written stories in simple language. If you make a purchase through our links, we may earn a small commission at no cost to you.
If you haven't read this classic about four orphaned siblings, you're in for a treat. Four children, two boys and two girls, arrive in a new town but no one knows who they are, where they've come from, or where they're going.
The Boxcar Children
Loveable Paddington's antics are sure to inspire laughs. This is the first book in the series.
A Bear Called Paddington: Bond, Michael, ...
Children's Books with African-American Characters
Children's books with awesome African-American main characters. If you make a purchase through our links, we may earn a small commission at no cost to you.
Moms, dads, brothers, and sisters hurry, but Grandfather walks, talks, and reads with his grandson just as long as they like.
Grandfather and I: Buckley, Helen E., Ormerod, Jan