Favorite Read-Aloud Stories
for Children ages 3 to 8

*Children’s librarians from Brooklyn Public Library, The New York Public Library and Queens Library selected these much-loved books for ages 3 to 8, listed in alphabetical order by title. Find them at your local library and come to the Quad at Columbia University to hear them come to life.

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	Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School and Other Scary Things by Lenore Look Illustrated by LeUyen Tham
	Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman and Caroline Binch
	Bark, George by Jules Feiffer
	Bee-bim Bop! by Linda Sue Park Illustrated by Ho Baek Lee
	Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
	Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
	The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County by Janice N. Harrington Illustrated by Shelley Jackson
	Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems
	Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel
	Jazz Baby by Lisa Wheeler Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
	Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback
	Just in Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book by Yuyi Morales
	Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
	Meet Danitra Brown by Nikki Grimes Illustrated by Floyd Cooper
	Miss Nelson is Missing! by Harry Allard and James Marshall
	Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young
	When Dinosaurs Came with Everything by Elise Broach Illustrated by David Small
	Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears by Verna Aardema Illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon
	Wild About Books by Judy Sierra Illustrated by Marc Brown
	Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard