[CASL-L] Current Chapter Books to read aloud to K-2 students

Karen LeFevre lefevrekl at mansfieldct.org
Mon Nov 5 12:47:55 PST 2018


Thank you all!  This is a great list to get everyone started on something
new to go along with 'the classics'.

Karen

On Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 3:13 PM Valerie DiLorenzo <vdilorenzo at rumseyhall.org>
wrote:

> One of my absolute favs from last year is *When Mischief Came to Town* by
> Katrina Nannestad
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> Currently reading:
> *Monstrous Beauty* by Elizabeth Fama (audio)
> *Black Wings Beating* by Alex London
> *Amal Unbound *by Aisha Saeed (rereading for Global Read Aloud '18)
> Recently finished:
> *Outrun the Moon* by Stacey Lee
> *Me, Frida, and the Secret of the Peacock Ring* by Angela Cervantes
> *A Study in Charlotte* by Angela Cervantes (audio)
> *Harbor Me* by Jacqueline Woodson
> *Lead with Literacy: A Pirate Leader's Guide to Developing a Culture of
> Readers *by Mandy Ellis
> *Bob* by Wendy Mass & Rebecca Stead
> *The Curse of Crow Hollow* by Billy Coffey (audio)
> *Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine* by Gail Honeyman
> *Love, Hate and Other Filters* by Samira Ahmed
> *Breakout* by Kate Messner
> *Slider* by Pete Hautman
> *The Compassionate Achiever: How Helping Others Fuels Success *by
> Christopher L. Kukk
> *Wild Blue Wonder* by Carlie Sorosiak
> *You're Welcome Universe* by Whitney Gardner
> *A Handful of Stars *by Cynthia Lord
> *Unbound* by Ann E. Burg
> *Solo* by Kwame Alexander
> *On Two Feet and Wings *by Abbas Kazerooni (audio)
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> On Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 7:37 AM Christina O'Neill <coneill at region15.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Karen,
>> Here are a few suggestions:
>> Slug Days by Sarah Leach
>> Lola Levine is Not Mean by Monica Brown
>> Dory Fantasmagory, The real true friend by Abby Hanlon
>> Weekends with Max and His Dad by Linda Urban
>> Wolfie and Fly by Cary Fagan
>> My Life in Pictures (Bea Garcia) by Deborah Zemke
>> Mercy Watson books by Kate DiCamillo
>> Lulu's Mysterious Mission by Judith Viorst (there are a couple of Lulu
>> books)
>> The Story of Diva and Flea by Mo Willems
>> Phineas L. MacGuire Gets Cooking by Frances O'Roark Dowell
>> Gone Fishing: A Novel in Verse by Tamera Will Wissinger
>> Waiting for the Magic by Patricia MacLachlan
>>
>> Christina O'Neill
>> coneill at region15.org
>> LMES Library/Media Specialist
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 7:18 AM Karen LeFevre <lefevrekl at mansfieldct.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>  Hi! I’m looking to put together a list of some more current chapter
>>> book read-alouds for K-2 classrooms. Every teacher I polled says they read
>>> Charlotte’s  Web, The Mouse and the Motorcycle, My Father’s Dragon, etc.
>>> The most current literature was The Giants and the Joneses by Julia
>>> Donaldson (2004).
>>>
>>> Can you suggest some other  amazing chapter books to read aloud to K-2
>>> students that was written this century?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Karen
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