Great Read-Alouds

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Donaldson, Julia. What the Ladybug Heard. Illustrated by Lydia Monks. Henry Holt and Company, 2009. 978-0-8050-9028-7 $16.99Comments:

Ehrlich, Amy. Baby Dragon. Illustrated by Will Hillenbrand. Candlewick Press, 2008. 978-0-7636-2840-6 $16.99Comments:

Hanson, Warren. Bugtown Boogie. Paintings by Steve Johnson & Lou Fancher. Laura Geringer Books, 2008. 978-0-06-059937-9 $16.99Comments:

Hodgkinson, Leigh. Smile! Balzer + Bray, 2009. 978-0-06-185269-5 $16.99Comments:

Kay, Julia. Gulliver Snip. Henry Holt & Co., 2008. 978-0805079920 $16.95Comments:

Ketteman, Helen. The Three Little Gators. Illustrated by Will Terry. Albert Whitman & Company, 2009. 978-0-8075-7824-7 $16.99Comments:

Radzinski, Kandy. Where to Sleep. Sleeping Bear Press, 2009. 978-1-58536-436-7 $15.95Comments:

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Sauer, Tamm. Chicken Dance. Illustrated by Dan Santat. Sterling, 2009. 978-1-4027-5366-4 $14.95Comments:

Scieszka, Jon. Truckery Rhymes. Illustrated by David Shannon, Loren Long and David Gordon. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2009. 978-1-4169-4135-4 $17.99Comments:

Taylor, Sean. The Ring Went Zing! A Story that Ends with a Kiss. Dial Books for Young Readers, 2010. 978-0-8037-3311-4 $16.99 Comments:

Thomas, Jan. Rhyming Dust Bunnies. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2009. 978-1-4169-7976-0 $16.99Comments:

Van Dusen, Chris. The Circus Ship. Candlewick Press, 2009. 978-0-7636-3090-4 $16.99Comments:

Wild, Margaret. Puffling. Illustrated by Julie Vivas. Feiwel & Friends, 2009. 978-0312565701 $16.99Comments:

Willems, Mo. City Dog, Country Frog. Pictures by Jon J. Muth. Hyperion Books for Children, 2010. 978-1-4231-0300-4 $17.99Comments:

Wright, Maureen. Sleep, Big Bear, Sleep! Illustrated by Will Hillenbrand. Marshall Cavendish Children, 2009. 978-0-7614-5560-8 $16.99Comments:

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Bowen, Fred. No Easy Way: The Story of Ted Williams and the Last .400 Season. Illustrated by Chuck Pyle. Dutton Juvenile, 2010. 978-0525478775 $16.99Comments:

Deedy, Carmen Agra. 14 Cows for America. In collaboration with Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah. Illustrated by Thomas Gonzalez. Peachtree Publishers, 2009. 978-1-56145-490-7 $17.99Comments:

Engle, Margarita. Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Maria Merian. Pictures by Julie Paschkis. Henry Holt & Company, 2010. 978-0-8050-8937-0 $16.99Comments:

Florian, Douglas. Dinothesaurus. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2009. 978-1-4169-7978-4 $17.99Comments:

Florian, Douglas. Poetrees. Beach Lane Books, 2010. 978-1-4169-8672-0 $16.99Comments:

Guiberson, Brenda Z. Moon Bear. Illustrated by Ed Young. Henry Holt and Company, 2010. 978-0-8050-8977-6 $16.99Comments:

Hopkins, Lee Bennett, selector. Amazing Faces. Illustrated by Chris Soentpiet. Lee & Low Books, 2010. 978-1-60060-334-1 $18.99Comments:

Hopkinson, Deborah. Home on the Range: John A. Lomax and his Cowboy Songs. Illustrated by S. D. Schindler. Putnam Juvenile, 2009. 978-0399239960 $16.99Comments:

Jenkins, Steve & Robin Page. How to Clean a Hippopotamus: A Look at Unusual Animal Partnerships. Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2010. 978-0-547-24515-7 $16.00Comments:

Kerley, Barbara. What to Do about Alice? How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove Her Father Teddy Crazy!

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Illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham. Scholastic Press, 2008. 978-1-439-92231-9 $16.99Comments:

O’Brien, Patrick. You Are the First Kid on Mars. G. P. Putman’s Sons, 2009. 978-0-399-24634-0 $16.99Comments:

Pinkney, Andrea Davis. Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down. Illustrated by Brian Pinkney. Little Crown and Company, 2010. 978-0316070164 $16.99Comments:

Tavares, Matt. Henry Aaron’s Dream. Candlewick Press, 2010. 978-0-7636-3224-3 $16.99Comments:

Yolen, Jane. All Star! Honus Wagner and the Most Famous Baseball Card Ever. Illustrated by Jim Burke. Philomel, 2010. 978-0399246616 $17.99Comments:

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