Family-Friendly Read-Alouds

New fiction arrives daily and it is a wonderful place to find the latest, most popular titles
and authors. But what about those enduring classics? The list below offers some suggestions for books to read aloud to younger children and page-turners that are excellent for shared reading.

*Indicates a book more appropriate for an upper elementary student.

The Book of Three

by Lloyd Alexander

Poppy

by Avi

The Indian in the Cupboard

by Lynne Reid Banks

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

by Judy Blume

The Secret Garden

by Frances Burnett

The Incredible Journey

by Sheila Every Burnford

Muggie Maggie

by Beverly Cleary

Frindle

by Andrew Clements

Bud, Not Buddy

by Christopher Paul Curtis

James and the Giant Peach

by Roald Dahl

Matilda

by Roald Dahl*

The Tale of Despereaux

by Kate DiCamillo*

Half Magic

by Edward Eager

The Thief Lord

by Cornelia Funke

My Father’s Dragon

by Ruth Stiles Gannett

The Wind in the Willows

by Kenneth Grahame

The Million Dollar Shot

by Dan Gutman

My Louisana Sky

by Kimberly Willis Holt*

Bunnicula

by James Howe

The Secret of Platform 13

by Eva Ibbotson

Babe: The Gallant Pig

by Dick King-Smith

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

by E.L. Konigsburg

Ella Enchanted

by Gail Carson Levine*

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

by C.S. Lewis*

Comeback Kids series

by Mike Lupica

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle

by Betty MacDonald

Sarah, Plain and Tall

by Patricia MacLachlan

Shiloh

by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Magic Tree House series

by Mary Pope Osbourne

Hatchet

by Gary Paulsen*

A Year Down Yonder

by Richard Peck

The Westing Game

by Ellen Raskin*

I, Freddy

by Deitlof Reiche

The Best School Year Ever

by Barbara Robinson

How to Eat Fried Worms

by Thomas Rockwell

Holes

by Louis Sachar*

Sideways Stories from Wayside School

by Louis Sachar

Chocolate Fever

by Robert Kimmel Smith

The Sign of the Beaver

by Elizabeth George Speare

Charlotte’s Web

by E.B. White

Little House in the Big Woods

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Niagra Falls or Does It?

by Hank Zipzer

Around the World in 80 Days

by Jules Verne

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