This list only includes chapter books and novels over 50 pages. Each day we also read several other books, such as picture books, five in a row books, story of the world books and so on, that will not make this list. These are the ones I simply read-aloud for pure enjoyment over several days or weeks.

Read-Aloud Book list for 2010

  1. Matilda by Roald Dahl – 240 pages. Satori is loving Matilda! Started 2/18
  2. When We Were Very Young & Now We Are Six by A.A. Milne, audiobook version. Started 2/17.
  3. Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll – audiobook. Finished February 17.
  4. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson – unabridged version , we are actually reading the Kindle edition. (family read-aloud with Dad. I thought this would be tough for her to listen to at age 5, but she really enjoys it. We did switch to an audiobook version halfway through.) Finished February.
  5. Boy of the Painted Cave by Justen Denzel – 160 pages. Reading the Kindle edition. Finished February.
  6. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl – 160 pages. (she pleads with me every night to keep reading!) Finished 1/19/10.
  7. Tales of Ancient Egypt by Roger Lancelyn Green – 256 pages. Still ongoing.

Read-Aloud Book list for 2009 (started July)

  1. Elmer and the Dragon, by Ruth Stiles Gannet – 96 pages. (12/16- ?) #2 out of 3 in this series, they are very quick reads, might as well finish them all.
  2. My Father’s Dragon, by Ruth Stiles Gannet – 68 pages. (12/11- 12/15 ) second start on this one, it’s going much better now, she loves the part about the lion and his ribbons!
  3. Poppy by Avi – 176 pages. (September through December 2009) Got off to a slow start, now the whole family wants to hear about Poppy’s adventures! We’ll be getting the rest of this series for sure. Satori even read the other book titles out loud to me and surprised me, that’s how much she enjoyed Poppy.
  4. Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
  5. Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus by Barbara Park – 80 pages. Satori got a kick out of this, but ugh, what a bad influence Junie B. Jones could be!
  6. Crispin: At the Edge of the World by Avi – probably not for the 4-8 age group, but we got this audio CD from the library and fell in LOVE with the narrator’s voice! Definitely going to get more audio books from now on. :)
  7. Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard Atwater – 139 pages. (August) Neither Satori nor myself really liked this one, but it’s a classic.
  8. Wonderland by Tommy Kovac – 160 pages. (August) Wouldn’t recommend this as a must-have read-aloud or necessarily for kids, but it caught my eye at the library (comic book format) and we enoyed it.
  9. The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling – 128 pages. (August)
  10. Dinotopia by James Gurney – 160 pages.  (July) The illustrations are amazing. Satori is really into dinosaurs, so that’s why we read these.
  11. Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo – 272 pages. (read in July) First read-aloud was a success, which is surprising, this is a long book!

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Read-aloud Books To Be Read…

  • James and the Giant Peach
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox
  • Ramona the Pest
  • Aesop’s Fables    Aesop
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory    Dahl, Roald
  • Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator    Dahl, Roald
  • Charlotte’s Web    White, E. B.
  • Chocolate Fever    Smith, Robert Kimmel
  • Cricket in Times Square, The    Selden, George
  • Dragons of Blueland, The    Gannett, Ruth Stiles
  • Ella Enchanted    Levine, Gail Carson
  • Elmer and the Dragon    Gannett, Ruth Stiles
  • Family Under the Bridge, The
  • Holes    Sachar, Louis
  • Hundred Dresses, The    Estes, Eleanor
  • Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The    Lewis, C. S.
  • Little House on the Prairie    Wilder, Laura Ingalls
  • Matilda    Dahl, Roald
  • Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, The    Dicamillo, Kate
  • Mouse and the Motorcycle, The    Cleary, Beverly
  • Mr. Popper’s Penguins    Atwater, Richard
  • My Father’s Dragon    Gannett, Ruth Stiles
  • Poppy    Avi
  • Stuart Little    E. B. White
  • Tale of Desperaux, The    DiCamillo, Kate
  • Treasure Island    Stevenson, Robert Louis
  • Water Horse, The    King-Smith, Dick
  • Wizard of Oz, The    Baum, L. Frank
  • Wrinkle in Time, A    L’Engle, Madeleine
  • Ragweed by Avi
  • Poppy and Rye by Avi
  • Ereth’s Birthday by Avi