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Teacher classroom books
15
items I taught in the elementary school classroom for many years and these are some of my favorite books for read alouds
Sections
5
Beginning of the year
Halloween
Christmas
Groundhogs day
Earth day
Beginning of the year
A Bad Case of Tattle Tongue by Julia Cook is a children's book that teaches kids the difference between tattling and telling, using the story of a boy named Josh who tattles excessively and wakes up with a magical, long, yellow, spotty tongue. The bo...
A Bad Case of Tattle Tongue: Picture Book
Halloween
They live in spooky caves, in forests, even in the dark reaches of ordinary attics and bridges. They flock by the hundreds, and they sleep while hanging upside down! In this beautifully photographed Level 2 reader, kids learn about one of the most in...
Bats (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 2)
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Bats
a children's nonfiction book that provides a basic, engaging introduction to bats, part of the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science series, illustrated by Henry Cole. It covers where bats live, how they raise pups, hunt insects using echolocation, and dis...
Zipping, Zapping, Zooming Bats (Science 2)
You don’t have to look far to see a spider’s web—in the corner of the window, on a fence, or in a bush—spiders make their homes everywhere. And there are so many kinds of spiders! Some red, some blue, yellow, and more…all fascinating. Amazing photogr...
Spiders (Nat Geo Kids Readers, Level 1)
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Aaaarrgghh! Spider!
At the Old Haunted House by Helen Ketteman is a Halloween-themed rhyming picture book, illustrated by Nate Wragg, that follows a counting pattern similar to "Over in the Meadow". The story features various spooky creatures (witches, monsters, vampire...
At the Old Haunted House
Follow two children as they celebrate their ancestors in this bilingual introduction to el Día de los Muertos-- the Day of the Dead!
Day of the Dead: A Bilingual Celebration
In the Haunted House by Eve Bunting is a popular children's Halloween book, often a lift-the-flap or touch-and-feel novelty book, featuring rhyming text and illustrations by Susan Meddaugh that follow a father and daughter (seen only as sneakers) thr...
In the Haunted House
By the Light of the Halloween Moon is a popular children's Halloween book by Caroline Stutson, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes, featuring a cumulative, rhythmic story about a brave girl who outsmarts a group of spooky creatures (a cat, witch, ghoul, etc....
By the Light of the Halloween Moon
Christmas
This is a delightful reading of the favorite Italian Christmas story about an eccentric old woman and her never-ending search for the Baby King.
The Legend of Old Befana
This Mexican legend tells how the poinsettia came to be, through a little girl's unselfish gift to the Christ Child.
The Legend of the Poinsettia
Groundhogs day
In Groundhog Day!, children's nonfiction master Gail Gibbons delves into the history behind this unusual holiday, and examines the ancient traditions that evolved into our modern holiday.
Groundhog Day! (New & Updated)
Go To Sleep, Groundhog!
Earth day
What If Everybody Did That? by Ellen Javernick is a children's book that teaches about personal responsibility by showing the consequences of small misbehaviors if everyone did them, such as littering, talking out of turn, or feeding animals at the z...
What If Everybody Did That?