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Scholastic 100 Best Read-Aloud Books

Description: http://www.scholastic.com/100bestreadaloudbooks/ 100 Best Read-Aloud Books from Scholastic
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LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, merrystar, hipdeep, Cam101

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1

by Ezra Jack Keats

12,893 members

737 reviews

4.2

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

2

The Monster at the End of This Book

4,590 members

101 reviews

½ 4.4

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

3

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

by Laura Joffe Numeroff

13,974 members

633 reviews

4.2

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

4

Guess How Much I Love You

by Sam McBratney

10,106 members

163 reviews

4.2

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

5

by P. D. Eastman

8,537 members

141 reviews

4.2

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

6

by Margaret Wise Brown

16,934 members

668 reviews

4.2

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

7

Winnie-the-Pooh / The House at Pooh Corner

5,604 members

47 reviews

½ 4.5

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

8

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

by Bill Jr. Martin

12,648 members

754 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: merrystar, LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

9

Harold and the Purple Crayon

by Crockett Johnson

6,985 members

203 reviews

½ 4.3

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

10

Moo, Baa, La La La!

by Sandra Boynton

3,345 members

47 reviews

4.1

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

11

The Little House

by Virginia Lee Burton

4,822 members

124 reviews

½ 4.3

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

12

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat

by Simms Taback

2,386 members

192 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: hipdeep, LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ahef1963

13

Tuck Everlasting

by Natalie Babbitt

13,795 members

536 reviews

3.9

4 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

14

by Hervé Tullet

2,690 members

179 reviews

½ 4.5

3 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027, Cam101

15

The Lion & the Mouse

by Jerry Pinkney

2,861 members

500 reviews

½ 4.4

4 Members: hipdeep, LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

16

by J. R. R. Tolkien

87,407 members

1,146 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

17

by Andrew Clements

8,460 members

201 reviews

4

4 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

18

The Night Before Christmas (Bruce Whatley)

by Clement C. Moore

425 members

1 review

½ 4.3

4 Members: merrystar, LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ahef1963

19

2,895 members

34 reviews

3.9

4 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

20

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

41,911 members

722 reviews

4.1

4 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

21

Ramona the Pest

by Beverly Cleary

6,888 members

106 reviews

4

4 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

22

by Sue Williams

2,414 members

41 reviews

3.8

3 Members: hipdeep, LeviSamJuno, cej1027

23

by Jules Feiffer

1,412 members

66 reviews

4.2

3 Members: hipdeep, LeviSamJuno, cej1027

24

The Stories Julian Tells

1,453 members

16 reviews

4

3 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

25

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

by J. K. Rowling

123,471 members

1,971 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ahef1963

26

The Adventures of Captain Underpants

5,078 members

129 reviews

3.8

3 Members: hipdeep, LeviSamJuno, ahef1963

27

The Napping House

5,974 members

281 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: merrystar, LeviSamJuno, cej1027

28

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

by Mercer Mayer

2,940 members

51 reviews

4

3 Members: LeviSamJuno, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

29

Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings

by Shel Silverstein

14,535 members

447 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ahef1963

30

Llama Llama Mad at Mama

by Anna Dewdney

2,796 members

70 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

12,935 members

527 reviews

4.1

3 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ahef1963

32

A Hat for Minerva Louise

by Janet Morgan Stoeke

487 members

10 reviews

3.8

3 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

33

Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories

3,343 members

74 reviews

4.1

3 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

34

The Day the Crayons Quit

by Drew Daywalt

5,204 members

521 reviews

½ 4.6

3 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

35

Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?

5,148 members

55 reviews

4

3 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ahef1963

36

The Lightning Thief

by Rick Riordan

27,406 members

1,192 reviews

4.1

3 Members: LeviSamJuno, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

37

The Polar Express

by Chris Van Allsburg

8,722 members

448 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ahef1963

38

Molly's Pilgrim

by Barbara Cohen

2,156 members

29 reviews

4

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, ManWithAnAgenda

39

The Bad Beginning

by Lemony Snicket

19,610 members

468 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027, ahef1963

40

There's a Wocket in my Pocket!

3,545 members

58 reviews

3.9

2 Members: merrystar, LeviSamJuno

41

Dear Zoo: A Lift-the-Flap Book

by Rod Campbell

2,745 members

51 reviews

4.1

3 Members: merrystar, LeviSamJuno, cej1027

42

by Maud Hart Lovelace

2,244 members

48 reviews

4.2

3 Members: merrystar, LeviSamJuno, cej1027

43

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

11,993 members

685 reviews

4

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, ManWithAnAgenda

44

Interrupting Chicken

by David Ezra Stein

2,710 members

193 reviews

4.1

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, ManWithAnAgenda

45

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile

by Bernard Waber

2,207 members

51 reviews

3.9

2 Members: hipdeep, LeviSamJuno

46

by Holly Hobbie

1,177 members

22 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027

47

Brown Girl Dreaming

by Jacqueline Woodson

3,958 members

345 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027

48

Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices

by Paul Fleischman

1,982 members

91 reviews

4.1

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027

49

We Are in a Book!

2,349 members

128 reviews

½ 4.5

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027

50

Where Is the Green Sheep?

1,514 members

88 reviews

4

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027

51

The Princess in Black

by Shannon Hale

1,363 members

55 reviews

4.1

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027

52

874 members

22 reviews

4

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027

53

Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!

by Candace Fleming

850 members

27 reviews

3.9

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027

54

by Cornelia Funke

16,791 members

499 reviews

3.9

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, ahef1963

55

by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

3,101 members

40 reviews

3.8

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027

56

by Arthur Dorros

2,081 members

116 reviews

4.1

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027

57

Flora and the Flamingo

777 members

106 reviews

4

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027

58

Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale

5,154 members

350 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027

59

Boy: Tales of Childhood

7,049 members

132 reviews

4

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027

60

The Book with No Pictures

2,729 members

169 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027

61

Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site

by Sherri Duskey Rinker

2,403 members

71 reviews

4.1

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027

62

by Peter H. Reynolds

2,435 members

181 reviews

½ 4.5

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027

63

Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm

by Jerdine Nolen

564 members

31 reviews

4.2

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027

64

by David Shannon

6,090 members

567 reviews

4.1

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027

65

by Kelly Bingham

1,206 members

102 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027

66

by Sara Pennypacker

3,492 members

160 reviews

4.2

2 Members: LeviSamJuno, cej1027

67

by Jane O'Connor

2,207 members

102 reviews

4.2

Member: LeviSamJuno

68

1,452 members

167 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: LeviSamJuno

69

The Name of This Book Is Secret

by Pseudonymous Bosch

2,790 members

94 reviews

3.8

Member: LeviSamJuno

70

by Andrea Pinkney

300 members

5 reviews

4

Member: LeviSamJuno

71

by Langston Hughes

361 members

58 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: LeviSamJuno

72

My Colors/ Mis Colores (English and Spanish Edition)

by Rebecca Emberley

213 members

7 reviews

3.8

Member: LeviSamJuno

73

When Mama Comes Home Tonight

by Eileen Spinelli

422 members

48 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: LeviSamJuno

74

Ruby the Red Fairy

by Daisy Meadows

1,057 members

8 reviews

3.1

Member: LeviSamJuno

75

One Green Apple

561 members

89 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: LeviSamJuno

76

Dinosaur vs. Bedtime

356 members

20 reviews

4.1

Member: LeviSamJuno

77

767 members

28 reviews

3.8

Member: LeviSamJuno

78

by Tony Bonning

50 members

9 reviews

4

Member: LeviSamJuno

79

by Lorna Balian

104 members

8 reviews

4

Member: LeviSamJuno

80

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

277 members

½ 3.3

Member: LeviSamJuno

81

Fin M'Coul: The Giant of Knockmany Hill

by Tomie DePaola

717 members

14 reviews

3.8

Member: LeviSamJuno

82

The Great Fuzz Frenzy

by Janet Stevens

1,098 members

46 reviews

4.1

Member: LeviSamJuno

83

My Brother Charlie

by Holly Robinson Peete

646 members

247 reviews

½ 4.5

Member: LeviSamJuno

84

The Doll People

by Ann M. Martin

1,906 members

54 reviews

3.9

Member: LeviSamJuno

85

An Elephant in the Garden

by Michael Morpurgo

658 members

28 reviews

4.1

Member: LeviSamJuno

86

by Sara Pennypacker

1,983 members

108 reviews

4

Member: LeviSamJuno

87

by Lulu Delacre

538 members

9 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: LeviSamJuno

88

103 members

10 reviews

½ 4.5

Member: LeviSamJuno

89

My Name is Yoon

by Helen Recorvits

1,165 members

92 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: LeviSamJuno

90

I Kissed the Baby!

251 members

15 reviews

3.9

Member: LeviSamJuno

91

by Paul Stickland

1,441 members

24 reviews

3.8

Member: LeviSamJuno

92

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

by Doreen Rappaport

3,326 members

208 reviews

½ 4.5

Member: LeviSamJuno

93

Leo: A Ghost Story

315 members

19 reviews

3.9

Member: LeviSamJuno

94

The Night Gardener

by Jonathan Auxier

1,122 members

56 reviews

4

Member: LeviSamJuno

95

Super Hair-o and the Barber of Doom

65 members

6 reviews

3.8

Member: LeviSamJuno

96

by Doreen Cronin

1,429 members

71 reviews

3.9

Member: LeviSamJuno

97

by Annie Barrows

2,462 members

76 reviews

3.9

Member: LeviSamJuno

98

Peter and the Starcatchers

5,547 members

155 reviews

4

Member: LeviSamJuno

99

by Jewell Parker Rhodes

266 members

5 reviews

3.9

Member: LeviSamJuno

100

The One and Only Ivan

by Katherine Applegate

6,525 members

370 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: LeviSamJuno

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