HIT: ELEM Principal's Read Alouds

[Cathy Rae <crae@ptdprolog.net>]

Thanks for  the many suggestions for books a principal can read to kids in
grades K - 5.  I will check out the titles I am not familiar with.  Thanks
go to the following people for their help:  Linda Slacum, Dale Copps, Marti
Anderson, Ira Tobak, Barb Ehlers, Cynthia Cassidy, Jody Newman, Mary J.
Konieczka, Georgia Richards, Irene Sprick, Linda Pennison, Kathleen M. Walsh.

Here is the list of suggestions:

Soap, Soap, Don't Forget the Soap.
It is an Appliachian folktale with lots of repetition....the little kids
will love it.

Check:   http://www.wcsu.k12.vt.us/~wardsboro/lists.htm#Readership
for some ideas already gathered by LM_NETters.

A quick search at Amazon.com, and found these titles in addition to the
ones you mentioned:
_Fabulous Principal Pie_ by Jim and Joan Hoffman [ages 4-8]
_The Jellybean Principal_ by Catherine McMorrow, illus. by Amy Wummer
[ages 4-8]
_Don't Go to the Principal's Office_ by M. T. Coffin [ages 9-12]
_My Mom Married the Principal_ by Margaret E. Bechard [ages 9-12]
_Will the Real Ms X Please Report to the Principal_ by Shirley Black
[ages 9-12]

Emily's Antlers
How about one of the Cormier short stories or even one of Poe's works.

Thomas' Snowsuit
There's also a Louis Sachar book, I believe, about being sent to the
principal's office.

A delightful book by Dav Pilkey called The Adventures of Captain Underpants

You might want to have your principal look at the poem books of Kalli Dakos.

Have you looked at the new Seuss about "Diffendoofer School".

For older students I like the Sideways school stories by Louis
Sachar, or I think Tood Strasser may have done a story like the
Help! I'm in my teacher's body ones.

My principal likes to read "The Cut Ups" by Marshall to the first or second
graders

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Cathy Rae, Library Media Specialist
Harry S Truman Elementary School
1400 Gaskill Ave.
Allentown, PA   18103
crae@ptdprolog.net
crae@stsd.org

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