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A quick thread of my 5 favourite books I’ve read aloud with a class during 2020.
Books made for reading aloud spark conversation or debate. Rich in their material, they allow the reader the chance to immerse themselves in a world with complex characters & moving storyline.
Books made for reading aloud spark conversation or debate. Rich in their material, they allow the reader the chance to immerse themselves in a world with complex characters & moving storyline.
Up first, How to be a Lion by @ed_vere
After hearing @TeresaCremin read it to a room of teachers hanging on her every word, I knew I needed this book.
I love the quiet courage and determination of Leonard as well as the poetic prose.
This book even got me a job this year!
After hearing @TeresaCremin read it to a room of teachers hanging on her every word, I knew I needed this book.
I love the quiet courage and determination of Leonard as well as the poetic prose.
This book even got me a job this year!
Look Up! next by @NathanBryon & @DapsDraws
I committed the cardinal sin of reading this book aloud to a class having not personally read it before! It caught me off-guard sparking great conversation, deeply moving both me & my head who was listening too!
It’s now a class fave.
I committed the cardinal sin of reading this book aloud to a class having not personally read it before! It caught me off-guard sparking great conversation, deeply moving both me & my head who was listening too!
It’s now a class fave.
This year I think I discovered my new favourite book to read aloud- @KateDicamillo Louisiana’s Way Home.
Part of a trilogy, this book is full of absolute gems in the form of vivid & hilarious characters and those sentences that just make you stop to alter your whole world view.
Part of a trilogy, this book is full of absolute gems in the form of vivid & hilarious characters and those sentences that just make you stop to alter your whole world view.
I sat & read I Talk Like A River in my classroom a few weeks ago after a colleague let me borrow a copy.
The beauty that @jordanscottpoet & @Sydneydraws have created moved me to tears. A beautiful narrative about a boy growing up unable to speak like his friends. Just stunning.
The beauty that @jordanscottpoet & @Sydneydraws have created moved me to tears. A beautiful narrative about a boy growing up unable to speak like his friends. Just stunning.
And finally, Boy 87 by @EleFountain
I read this with a group of Year 6’s earlier in the year. I could not believe the maturity & interest with which they listened to Shif’s story be read aloud each day.
Such a vital insight into the refugee crisis through historical fiction.
I read this with a group of Year 6’s earlier in the year. I could not believe the maturity & interest with which they listened to Shif’s story be read aloud each day.
Such a vital insight into the refugee crisis through historical fiction.
I’ve read a lot of books aloud to classes this year. These are just 5 of my favourites.
Reading aloud to your class not only allows them to hear an expert reader in action but also gives them the breathing space to create their own worlds, to build the characters in their heads.
Reading aloud to your class not only allows them to hear an expert reader in action but also gives them the breathing space to create their own worlds, to build the characters in their heads.
Reading aloud gives each child the chance to imagine, to question, to debate, to fall in love.
I truly believe reading aloud is one of the greatest gifts we can give to the children in our classrooms.
What’s your favourite book to read aloud?
I truly believe reading aloud is one of the greatest gifts we can give to the children in our classrooms.
What’s your favourite book to read aloud?
