PRC K-2 Read aloud suggestions
While helping a friend add PRC stickers to books in her library I noticed lots of favourite titles among the picture books.
Some teachers and Teacher-Librarians like to read PRC books to their K-2 students as a way to assist the children to complete their Premier's Reading Challenge. The challenge for this age group involves listening to thirty books. I have looked through the list of 157 titles and picked out books I have talked about here on this blog and other books which I think would make good read aloud titles for this group.
Along with reading some PRC titles in your library, and in classrooms I also think it is important to encourage parents and caregivers to share books each week with their child/children. Early in the year some (not all) of these shared books could come from the PRC list. You might consider sharing the Mem Fox ten reading commandments with parents.
For class teachers I think it important to only share books the teacher loves. AND - Why not just enjoy the book - no worksheets; no comprehension questions; no 'time filling' craft or colouring pages - just enjoy heaps of reading.
Please note I may have shared a different cover image to the copy in your library collection. Also my grouping of the books is just random - these are not intended to be "sets" of books. Kindergarten will enjoy very different books to those you share with Grade One or Two. Teachers and Teacher-Librarians will easily decide which books will work best with their group and this is why I always suggest reading a book for yourself first just to see how the story works, any tricky words or ideas etc.
Murgatroyd's garden by Julie Zavos
The Little mouse, the red ripe strawberry, and the big hungry bear
Another important book by Margaret Wise Brown
Chatterbox by Margaret Wild
Wombat stew by Marcia Vaughan
Miss Lily's fabulous pink feather boa
Ugliest dog in the world and The Little white dogs can't jump by Bruce Whatley
Frances series
Can't you sleep, Little Bear and Let's go home, Little Bear by Martin Waddell
Amelia Ellicott's garden by Liliana Stafford
Caps for sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
Bear and Chook Bear and Chook by the sea
Gary by Leila Rudge
Bob the builder & the elves by Emily Rodda
Harris finds his feet Catherine Rayner
Dreadful David by Sally Odgers illustrated by Craig Smith
Annie's chair by Deborah Niland
Peace at last by Jill Murphy
On the way home by Jill Murphy
The Man whose mother was a pirate
Edward the emu and Edwina the emu by Sheena Knowles
Good-night, Owl by Pat Hutchins
Greetings from Sandy Beach by Bob Graham
Koala Lou by Mem Fox
Ella Kazoo will not brush her hair by Lee Fox
The Jolly postman or other peoples' letters by Allan Ahlberg
Jeremy by Chris Faille
Stickybeak by Hazel Edwards
There's a hippopotamus series
Unfortunately by Alan Durant
The Terrible plop by Ursula Dubosarsky
Papa, please get the moon for me
Avocado baby by John Burningham
Through the magic mirror by Anthony Browne
A Dark Dark tale by Ruth Brown
The Wrong book by Nick Bland
Mister Magnolia by Quentin Blake
Thelma the unicorn by Aaron Blabey
Jeremy's tail by Duncan Ball
Herbert and Harry by Pamela Allen
Two left feet by Stacey Apeitos
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