Here is a list of over 60 wonderful read-aloud stories that I have enjoyed reading to my child and my students over the years. You will find many more as you visit book stores and your local library. Your child will enjoy reading them over and over!
Click here for a printable copy of the list. Read Aloud Books
| Book Title | Author | Celebrate the Letters |
| A Chair for My Mother | Vera B. Williams | M/m |
| A Hole is to Dig | Ruth Krauss | H/h, D/d |
| Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day | Judith Viorst | A/a |
| Bedtime for Frances | Russell Hoban | B/b, F/f |
| Biscuit | Alyssa Satin Capucilli | B/b |
| Caps for Sale | Esphyr Sobodkina | C/c |
| Chicka Chicka Boom Boom | Bill Martin, Jr. | B/b |
| Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Judi Barrett | C/c, M/m |
| Corduroy | Don Freeman | C/c |
| David Goes to School | David Shannon | D/d, S/s |
| Frog and Toad are Friends | Arnold Lobel | F/f, T/t |
| Goldilocks and the Three Bears | James Marshall | G/g, B/b |
| Goodnight Moon | Margaret Wise Brown | M/m |
| Green Eggs and Ham | Dr. Seuss | G/g, E/e, H/h |
| Gregory the Terrible Eater | Mitchell Sharmat | G/g, T/t |
| Harold and the Purple Crayon | Crockett Johnson | H/h, P/p |
| Harry the Dirty Dog | Gene Zion | H/h, D/d |
| Hattie and the Fox | Mem Fox | H/h, F/f |
| How Rocket Learned to Read | Tad Hills | R/r |
| Hurry! Hurry! | Eve Bunting | H/h |
| I can Read with my Eyes Shut! | Dr. Seuss | R/r |
| It Looked Like Spilt Milk | Charles G. Shaw | M/m |
| Kindergarten Rocks! | Katie Davis | K/k |
| Lemons are NOT Red | Laura Vaccaro Seeger | L/l |
| Leo the Late Bloomer | Robert Krauss | L/l |
| Letters from a Desperate Dog | Eileen Christelow | L/l, D/d |
| Library Lion | Michelle Knudsen | L/l |
| Little Bear | Else Holmelund Minarik | B/b, L/l |
| Llama Llama Red Pajama | Anna Dewdney | L/l |
| Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come! | Nancy Carlson | K/k |
| Lost and Found | Oliver Jeffers | L/l, F/f, P/p |
| Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile | Bernard Waber | L/l, C/c |
| Make Way for Ducklings | Robert McCloskey | M/m, D/d |
| Me I Am! | Jack Prelutsky | M/m |
| Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel | Virginia Lee Burton | M/m, S/s |
| Miss Nelson is Missing | Harry Allard, James Marshall | N/n, M/m, T/t |
| No Roses for Harry! | Gene Zion | R/r, H/h |
| No, David! | David Shannon | D/d |
| Pete’s a Pizza | William Steig | P/p |
| Regards to the Man in the Moon | Ezra Jack Keats | M/m |
| Sheep in a Jeep | Nancy E. Shaw | S/s, J/j |
| Snowballs | Lois Ehlert | S/s |
| Snowmen at Night | Caralyn Buehner | S/s |
| Stellaluna | Janell Cannon | S/s, B/b |
| Stone Soup | Marcia Brown | S/s |
| Strega Nona | Tomie DePaola | S/s |
| Swimmy | Leo Lionni | S/s |
| Sylvester and the Magic Pebble | William Steig | S/s, M/m, P/p |
| Tacky the Penguin | Helen Lester | T/t, P/p |
| The Carrot Seed | Ruth Krauss | C/c |
| The Kissing Hand | Audrey Penn | K/k, H/h |
| The Little Engine that Could | Watty Piper | E/e, T/t |
| The Little House | Virginia Lee Burton | H/h |
| The Mitten | Jan Brett | M/m |
| The Mysterious Tadpole | Steven Kellogg | M/m, T/t |
| The Pout-Pout Fish | Deborah Diesen | P/p, F/f |
| The Snowy Day | Ezra Jack Keats | S/s |
| The Story of Ferdinand | Munro Leaf | F/f, B/b |
| The Ugly Duckling | Hans Christian Andersen | U/u, D/d |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar | Eric Carle | C/c, V/v, H/h |
| Three Billy Goats Gruff | Paul Galdone | G/g, |
| Tikki Tikki Tembo | Arlene Mosel | T/t |
| Time out for Sophie | Rosemary Wells | T/t. S/s |
| Wemberly Worried | Kevin Henkes | W/w |
| Where the Wild Things Are | Maurice Sendak | W/h |
| Whistle for Willie | Ezra Jack Keats | W/h |
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