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Scholastic 100 Best Read-Aloud Books

Description: http://www.scholastic.com/100bestreadaloudbooks/ 100 Best Read-Aloud Books from Scholastic

Rank Title Author Added

1

by Ezra Jack Keats

14,796 members

759 reviews

4.2

6 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

2

The Monster at the End of This Book

5,191 members

105 reviews

½ 4.5

6 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

3

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

by Laura Joffe Numeroff

15,536 members

657 reviews

4.2

6 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

4

Guess How Much I Love You

by Sam McBratney

11,447 members

170 reviews

4.2

5 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ahef1963

5

by P. D. Eastman

9,796 members

149 reviews

4.1

6 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

6

by Margaret Wise Brown

18,880 members

695 reviews

4.2

5 Members: merrystar, LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

7

Winnie-the-Pooh / The House at Pooh Corner

6,094 members

47 reviews

½ 4.5

5 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, LeviSamJuno, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

8

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

by Bill Jr. Martin

14,345 members

783 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: merrystar, LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

9

Harold and the Purple Crayon

by Crockett Johnson

7,822 members

212 reviews

4.2

5 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

10

Moo, Baa, La La La!

by Sandra Boynton

3,824 members

49 reviews

4.1

5 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ahef1963

11

The Little House

by Virginia Lee Burton

5,441 members

129 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: merrystar, LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

12

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat

by Simms Taback

2,630 members

199 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: hipdeep, LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ahef1963

13

Tuck Everlasting

by Natalie Babbitt

15,303 members

548 reviews

3.9

4 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

14

by Hervé Tullet

3,116 members

187 reviews

½ 4.5

3 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027, Cam101

15

The Lion & the Mouse

by Jerry Pinkney

3,113 members

517 reviews

½ 4.4

4 Members: hipdeep, LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

16

by J. R. R. Tolkien

94,677 members

1,190 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

17

by Andrew Clements

9,645 members

214 reviews

4

4 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

18

The Night Before Christmas (Bruce Whatley)

by Clement C. Moore

482 members

1 review

4.2

4 Members: merrystar, LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ahef1963

19

3,292 members

38 reviews

3.9

4 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

20

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

45,919 members

767 reviews

4.1

4 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

21

Ramona the Pest

by Beverly Cleary

7,729 members

112 reviews

4

4 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

22

by Sue Williams

2,745 members

44 reviews

3.8

3 Members: hipdeep, LeviSamJuno, cej1027

23

by Jules Feiffer

1,550 members

70 reviews

4.2

3 Members: hipdeep, LeviSamJuno, cej1027

24

The Stories Julian Tells

1,691 members

17 reviews

4

3 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

25

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

by J. K. Rowling

134,156 members

2,057 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ahef1963

26

The Adventures of Captain Underpants

5,998 members

136 reviews

3.8

3 Members: hipdeep, LeviSamJuno, ahef1963

27

The Napping House

6,706 members

285 reviews

4.2

3 Members: merrystar, LeviSamJuno, cej1027

28

Just Go to Bed (Little Critter) (Pictureback(R))

by Mercer Mayer

3,324 members

51 reviews

4

3 Members: LeviSamJuno, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

29

Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings

by Shel Silverstein

15,853 members

482 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ahef1963

30

Llama Llama Mad at Mama

by Anna Dewdney

3,289 members

72 reviews

4.1

3 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

31

The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread

by Kate DiCamillo

14,401 members

549 reviews

4.1

3 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ahef1963

32

A Hat for Minerva Louise

by Janet Morgan Stoeke

577 members

9 reviews

3.8

3 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

33

Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories

3,732 members

78 reviews

4.1

3 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

34

The Day the Crayons Quit

by Drew Daywalt

6,144 members

539 reviews

½ 4.5

3 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

35

Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?

5,716 members

55 reviews

4

3 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ahef1963

36

The Lightning Thief

by Rick Riordan

31,857 members

1,250 reviews

4.1

3 Members: LeviSamJuno, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

37

The Polar Express

by Chris Van Allsburg

9,693 members

460 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ahef1963

38

Molly's Pilgrim

by Barbara Cohen

2,460 members

29 reviews

4

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, ManWithAnAgenda

39

The Bad Beginning

by Lemony Snicket

21,422 members

493 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ahef1963

40

There's a Wocket in My Pocket!

3,792 members

57 reviews

3.9

2 Members: merrystar, LeviSamJuno

41

Dear Zoo: A Lift-the-Flap Book

by Rod Campbell

3,075 members

54 reviews

4.1

3 Members: merrystar, LeviSamJuno, cej1027

42

by Maud Hart Lovelace

2,503 members

53 reviews

4.1

3 Members: merrystar, LeviSamJuno, cej1027

43

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

13,386 members

718 reviews

4

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, ManWithAnAgenda

44

Interrupting Chicken

by David Ezra Stein

3,158 members

200 reviews

4.2

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, ManWithAnAgenda

45

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile

by Bernard Waber

2,492 members

53 reviews

3.9

2 Members: hipdeep, LeviSamJuno

46

by Holly Hobbie

1,316 members

24 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027

47

Brown Girl Dreaming

by Jacqueline Woodson

4,454 members

376 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027

48

Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices

by Paul Fleischman

2,054 members

92 reviews

4.1

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027

49

We Are in a Book!

2,886 members

133 reviews

½ 4.5

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027

50

Where Is the Green Sheep?

1,712 members

91 reviews

4

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027

51

The Princess in Black

by Shannon Hale

1,696 members

60 reviews

4

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027

52

1,031 members

23 reviews

4

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027

53

Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!

by Candace Fleming

938 members

33 reviews

3.9

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027

54

by Cornelia Funke

18,274 members

521 reviews

3.9

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, ahef1963

55

by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

3,595 members

41 reviews

3.8

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027

56

by Arthur Dorros

2,280 members

104 reviews

4.1

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027

57

Flora and the Flamingo

836 members

109 reviews

4

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027

58

Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale

5,692 members

356 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027

59

Boy: Tales of Childhood

7,800 members

133 reviews

4

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027

60

The Book with No Pictures

3,305 members

176 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027

61

Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site

by Sherri Duskey Rinker

2,792 members

76 reviews

4.1

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027

62

Ish (Creatrilogy)

by Peter H. Reynolds

2,822 members

184 reviews

½ 4.5

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027

63

Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm

by Jerdine Nolen

631 members

31 reviews

4.2

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027

64

by David Shannon

6,651 members

592 reviews

4.1

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027

65

by Kelly Bingham

1,333 members

105 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027

66

by Sara Pennypacker

4,022 members

164 reviews

4.2

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027

67

by Jane O'Connor

2,485 members

104 reviews

4.2

Member: LeviSamJuno

68

1,598 members

168 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: LeviSamJuno

69

The Name of This Book Is Secret

by Pseudonymous Bosch

3,089 members

96 reviews

3.8

Member: LeviSamJuno

70

by Andrea Pinkney

353 members

5 reviews

4

Member: LeviSamJuno

71

by Langston Hughes

384 members

59 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: LeviSamJuno

72

My Colors/ Mis Colores (English and Spanish Edition)

by Rebecca Emberley

243 members

7 reviews

3.8

Member: LeviSamJuno

73

When Mama Comes Home Tonight

by Eileen Spinelli

448 members

48 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: LeviSamJuno

74

Ruby the Red Fairy

by Daisy Meadows

1,203 members

8 reviews

3.1

Member: LeviSamJuno

75

One Green Apple

617 members

89 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: LeviSamJuno

76

Dinosaur vs. Bedtime

393 members

20 reviews

4

Member: LeviSamJuno

77

858 members

28 reviews

3.8

Member: LeviSamJuno

78

by Tony Bonning

54 members

9 reviews

4

Member: LeviSamJuno

79

by Lorna Balian

112 members

8 reviews

4

Member: LeviSamJuno

80

Let's Get Cracking!: A Branches Book (Kung Pow Chicken #1)

338 members

1 review

½ 3.4

Member: LeviSamJuno

81

Fin M'Coul: The Giant of Knockmany Hill

by Tomie dePaola

825 members

17 reviews

3.9

Member: LeviSamJuno

82

The Great Fuzz Frenzy

by Janet Stevens

1,218 members

47 reviews

4.1

Member: LeviSamJuno

83

My Brother Charlie

by Holly Robinson Peete

733 members

257 reviews

½ 4.5

Member: LeviSamJuno

84

The Doll People

by Ann M. Martin

2,133 members

57 reviews

4

Member: LeviSamJuno

85

An Elephant in the Garden

by Michael Morpurgo

795 members

30 reviews

4.1

Member: LeviSamJuno

86

by Sara Pennypacker

2,499 members

116 reviews

4

Member: LeviSamJuno

87

by Lulu Delacre

642 members

9 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: LeviSamJuno

88

110 members

10 reviews

½ 4.5

Member: LeviSamJuno

89

My Name is Yoon

by Helen Recorvits

1,334 members

95 reviews

4.2

Member: LeviSamJuno

90

I Kissed the Baby!

269 members

15 reviews

3.9

Member: LeviSamJuno

91

by Paul Stickland

1,582 members

25 reviews

3.9

Member: LeviSamJuno

92

Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

by Doreen Rappaport

3,757 members

211 reviews

½ 4.5

Member: LeviSamJuno

93

Leo: A Ghost Story

360 members

20 reviews

3.9

Member: LeviSamJuno

94

The Night Gardener

by Jonathan Auxier

1,261 members

62 reviews

4.1

Member: LeviSamJuno

95

Super Hair-o and the Barber of Doom

70 members

7 reviews

3.8

Member: LeviSamJuno

96

by Doreen Cronin

1,639 members

71 reviews

3.9

Member: LeviSamJuno

97

by Annie Barrows

2,891 members

80 reviews

3.9

Member: LeviSamJuno

98

Peter and the Starcatchers

6,092 members

162 reviews

4

Member: LeviSamJuno

99

by Jewell Parker Rhodes

305 members

5 reviews

3.8

Member: LeviSamJuno

100

The One and Only Ivan

by Katherine Applegate

7,908 members

391 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: LeviSamJuno

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