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As my kids move into fifth grade the read alouds, and even their independent reading, becomes deeper. In other words, books begin to deal with the difficult things in life such as death, divorce, injustice, even murder. While these books might seem dark and depressing, they have inspired amazing conversations between all of us about right and wrong, dealing with emotions, and making difficult choices. Of course they are still light-hearted books on this list, as well as classic literature that I feel are must reads. This list of read aloud books was inspired by Jim Trelease’s Read Aloud Handbook and also some personal favorites that I added to it. I have also gone back and updated my other read aloud lists with printables so that you can print out my lists to have handy in your teacher planners or to carry with you to the library. Happy reading!
As my kids move into fifth grade the read alouds, and even their independent reading, becomes deeper. In other words, books begin to deal with the difficult things in life such as death, divorce, injustice, even murder. While these books might seem dark and depressing, they have inspired amazing conversations between all of us about right and wrong, dealing with emotions, and making difficult choices. Of course they are still light-hearted books on this list, as well as classic literature that I feel are must reads. This list of read aloud books was inspired by Jim Trelease’s Read Aloud Handbook and also some personal favorites that I added to it. I have also gone back and updated my other read aloud lists with printables so that you can print out my lists to have handy in your teacher planners or to carry with you to the library. Happy reading!
Goin' Someplace Special
by Patricia McKissack (picture book)
Delivering Justice: W.W. Law and the Fight for Civil Rights
by Jim Haskins (picture book)
More Than Anything Else
by Marie Bradby (picture book)
Teammates by Peter Golenbock (picture book)
Run
by William Sleator (out of print)
Stars in My Crown
by Joe David Brown (out of print)
On My Honor
by Marion Dane Bauer
Ella Enchanted
by Gail Carson Levine
Adam Canfield of the Slash
by Michael Winerip
Good Old Boy: A Delta Boyhood
by Willie Morris
My Dog Skip
by Willie Morris
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain
The Great Brain
by John D. Fitzgerald (series)
Listening for Lions
by Gloria Whelan
Maniac Magee
by Jerry Spinelli
No Promises in the Wind
by Irene Hunt
My Brother Sam Is Dead
by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
The Fighting Ground
by Avi
Otto of the Silver Hand
by Howard Pyle
Matilda Bone
by Karen Cushman
The Pinballs
by Betsy Byars
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
by Mildred Taylor (series)
The Gold Cadillac
by Mildred Taylor
Christmas In The Big House, Christmas In The Quarters
by Patricia and
Fredrick McKissack
Rosa Parks: My Story
by Rosa Parks
The Ruby in the Smoke: A Sally Lockhart Mystery
by Philip Pullman (series)
The December Rose
by Leon Garfield
The Case of the Baker Street Irregular
by Robert Newman
Sara Bishop
by Scott O’Dell
Slake's Limbo: 121 Days
by Felice Holman
Stormbreaker (Alex Rider Series)
by Anthony Horowitz (series)
Raven's Gate (The Gatekeepers Series)
by Anthony Horowitz (series)
Thank You, Jackie Robinson
by Barbara Cohen
When the Tripods Came
by John Christopher (series)
Woodsong
by Gary Paulsen
Scary Stories, More Scary Stories, and Scary Stories 3
by Alvin Schwartz
Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt
Sounder by William H. Armstrong
The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (This is a gorgeous illustrated version!)
The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge
Hitty Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field
Ruby Holler
by Sharon Creech
Wonder
by R. J. Palacio
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
by Chris Grabenstein
A Tale Dark and Grimm
by Adam Gidwitz
Out of My Mind
by Sharon Draper
Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
The Expeditioners and the Treasure of Drowned Man's Canyon by S. S. Taylor (series)
Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo
Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
The Expeditioners and the Treasure of Drowned Man's Canyon by S. S. Taylor (series)
Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo
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Good list! Are you planning to read all of these books to your 5th grader? Just wondering how that works in your home and any tips you may have. That's a big pile of books. ��
ReplyDeleteSome of them I assign for her to read. Some listen to in the car. Some I read to her during our Lit for Lunch time. I usually go through the list and choose the books that I know she'd enjoy, and then divide them among the three options. We don't get through all of them, but we get through quite a few doing it this way.
DeleteI am curious- do you send out a warning to parents before some of these (like Tom Sawyer for language)?
ReplyDeleteNot usually. I don't find it part of my job description to parent grown-ups. They are certainly welcome to do an internet search of any book on these lists and research for themselves.
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