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I asked for your favourite guides for selecting read-alouds for elementary 
students.  Thank you for
your responses - they will be included in the article.  Below is a summary of the 
titles that were
suggested - most were recommended more than once. Certainly, there is no shortage 
of guidance!
Barbara

Hey! Listen to This: Stories to Read Aloud by Jim Trelease 

The Read-Aloud Handbook: Sixth Edition (Read-Aloud Handbook) by Jim Trelease Read 
All About It!: 

Great Read-Aloud Stories, Poems, and Newspaper Pieces for Preteens and Teens by Jim 
Trelease

How to Get Your Child to Love Reading: For Ravenous and Reluctant Readers Alike by 
Esmi Raji Codell 

www.trelease-on-reading.com.

VALERIE & WALTER'S BEST BOOKS FOR CHILDREN: A LIVELY, OPINIONATED GUIDE (2nd 
edition, HarperCollins
2004) by Valerie V. Lewis and Walter M.
Mayes

A- Zoo (no further details were supplied)

Peggy Sharp http://www.peggysharp.com/nbn.html

Eyeopeners II: Children's Books to Answer Children's Questions about the World 
Around Them.
(non-fiction)

BOOKS KIDS WILL SIT STILL FOR: The Complete Read-Aloud Guide
by Judy Freeman
Libraries Unlimited, C1990. 

MORE BOOKS KIDS WILL SIT STILL FOR: A Read-Aloud Guide
by Judy Freeman
Libraries Unlimited, C1995. 

BOOKS KIDS WILL SIT STILL FOR 3: A Read-Aloud Guide
by Judy Freeman
Libraries Unlimited, C2006. 



Barbara Braxton
Teacher Librarian
PALMERSTON ACT 2913
AUSTRALIA

E. barbara@iimetro.com.au
"Together we learn from each other." 

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