Our Favorite Read Alouds - Local Library Bums Alert!!!

The Emporia Public Library has great inter-library loan connections: if you live near Emporia and enjoy reading, you have a great resource available to you! Below are some of the titles that we read this year and most of them are available through the Emporia Library, one way or another, and the process to request a book that is not on site is very simple, I promise!! First, you'll need to make an account at https://emporia.biblionix.com/catalog/ with your library card number, then head to "Account" and "Reserves/Requests" where there are prompts for you to follow in order to request an item that you're looking for!  We have read and enjoyed all the titles included below, which are just our very favorites. I am currently itching to get to town so that we can pick up The Children's Christmas Carol that is waiting for us; nothing like the anticipation of the start of a new title!! 
Enjoy,
Sam









Margaret Wise Brown		The Big Red Barn
Margaret Wise BrownThe Little Fur Family
Cynthia RylantPoppleton Series
Peter BentlyKing Jack and the Dragon
Ludwig BemelmansMad About Madeline (the complete tales)
Dawn ApperleyFlip and Flop
Else Holmelund MinarikThe Adventures of Little Bear
Barbara CooneyMiss Rumphius
Gianna MarinoJust Like My Brother
Gianna MarinoIf I had a Horse
Ezra Jack KeatsThe Snowy Day
Jan BrettBerlioz The Bear
Jan BrettGoldilocks and the Three Bears
Jan BrettGingerbread Baby
Laura Purdie SalasWater Can Be
Ruth KraussGoodnight, Goodnight Sleepyhead
Margaret Bloy GrahamBenjy's Dog House
Eric CarlBrown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See
Don FreemanCorduroy
Alice B. McGintyA Story for Small Bear
Munro LeafFerdinand
Linda JenningsLost in the Snow
Sue BuchananMud Pie Annie
Barbara CooneyThe Ox Cart Man
Barbara CooneyRoxaboxen
Ruth SandersonMother Goose
Jill BarklemThe Complete Brambly Hedge
Jan BrettTown Mouse Country Mouse
Tomie dePaolaMother Goose
Robert Louis StevensonA Child's Garden of Verses
Robert McCloskeyBlueberries for Sal
Varsha BajajThe Home Makers
Sheila HamanakaGrandparents Song
Jan BrettWho's That Knocking On Christmas Eve
Jan BrettMossy
Jan BrettThe Wild Christmas Reindeer
Jan BrettArmadillo Rodeo
Jan BrettThe First Dog
Jim ArnoskyEvery Autumn Comes the Bear
Sarah StewartThe Gardener
Tomie dePaolaStrega Nona
Matt TavaresRed and Lulu
Margaret HodgesSaint George and the Dragon
James HerriotTreasury for Children
D'aulaire, Ingri and EdgarD'Aulaire's Book of Trolls
Beatrix PotterThe Tale of Peter Rabbit
Julius LesterJohn Henry
Elisha CooperFarm
Will MosesJohnny Appleseed: The story of a legend
Judy SterraNursery Tales Around the World
R.C SproulThe Priest with Dirty Clothes
R.C SproulThe Lightlings
R.C SproulThe Prince's Poison Cup
Lio LionniFrederick
Paul GobleThree Native American Stories
Sophie BlackallFarmhouse
Jan BrettThe Umbrella
Margaret Wise BrownTwo Little Trains
Margaret Wise BrownThe Little Island
CS LewisThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
CS LewisPrince Caspian
CS LewisThe Voyage of the Dawn Treader
CS LewisThe Silver Chair
CS LewisThe Horse and His Boy
CS LewisThe Magician's Nephew
CS LewisThe Last Battle
Laura Ingalls WilderThe Little House on the Prairie series
D'Aulaire's BiographiesGeorge Washington
D'Aulaire's BiographiesBenjamin Franklin
D'Aulaire's BiographiesBuffalo Bill
D'Aulaire's BiographiesLeif the Lucky
Marianna MayerPegasus
Jean De BrunhoffBabar Series
Margaret Wise BrownThe Find it Book
Howard PyleBearskin
George MacDonaldThe Light Princess
Hans Christian AndersonThe Snow Queen
E.B. WhiteCharlotte's Web
Kenneth GrahamThe Wind in the Willows
JRR TolkienThe Hobbit
JRR TolkienLetters From Father Christmas
Angela Burke KunkelMake Way
Sarah MackenzieBecause Barbara
Patricia MaclachlanSnow Horses
Bernadette WattsSnow White (Grimm)
Claire A. NivolaPlanting the Trees of Kenya
Rudyard KiplingThe Jungle Book





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