Mary Lee and Frankie, elementary school teachers who write the blog A Year of Reading, are also the authors of three books between them: Reconsidering Read-Aloud , Beyond Leveled Books and Still Learning to Read. They graciously recommended these books for "read alouds" with elementary schoolers:
Scaredy Squirrel and Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend by Melanie Watt ("fun picture books even for 5th graders")
An Egg Is Quiet and A Seed Is Sleepy by Dianna Aston ("gorgeous literary/poetic science books")
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo ("great story, fabulous conversation-starter")
Gossamer by Lois Lowry ("another great story and conversation-starter")
Blood on the River: James Town 1607 by Elisa Lynn Carbone ("historical fiction with primary source material included")
