Check out the best read aloud books for 4th grade that your students will love, all of which would make great mentor texts! Looking for the best read aloud books for 4th grade? Look no further! Here you'll find a wide variety of books specially picked for 4th grade. There are picture books for all occasions from back to school time to the end of the school year! A huge variety of diverse books that your fourth graders will love. If you’re a member of the Picture Book Brain Trust Community, you already have access to EVERY lesson plan and activity for these books! Just click on the Lesson Plans button in the menu! I Am Farmer by Miranda and Baptiste Paul Discover the true story of how environmentalist Farmer Tantoh is transforming the landscape in his home country of Cameroon. When Tantoh Nforba was a child, his fellow students mocked him for his interest in ... read more

Check out the best new read aloud books for 3rd grade that your students will love. Wide variety of diverse books for all year! Looking for the best read aloud books for 3rd grade? These are 50 of the most fun, diverse read aloud books chosen specially for 3rd grade. There are books for the whole year including all of the major holidays and heritage months. A great mix of diverse books to teach social justice, social emotional learning and more from the first days of school through the end of the school year! If you’re a member of the Picture Book Brain Trust Community, you already have access to EVERY lesson plan and activity for these books! Just click on the Lesson Plans button in the menu! Crown by Derrick Barnes The barbershop is where the magic happens. Boys go in as lumps of clay and, with princely robes draped around their shoulders, a dab of cool shaving ... read more

Check out the 50 best read aloud books for 2nd grade with suggestions for the whole year that 2nd graders love and so will you! Looking for the best read aloud books for 2nd grade? These fiction and nonfiction / informational text books are ones that your second graders will enjoy and want to talk about. A variety of books for every major holiday and time of year. From back to school to Halloween to the end of the year, you need these read aloud books for 2nd grade. If you’re a member of the Picture Book Brain Trust Community, you already have access to EVERY lesson plan and activity for these books! Just click on the Lesson Plans button in the menu! THE OLDEST STUDENT BY RITA LORRAINE HUBBARD In 1848, Mary Walker was born into slavery. At age 15, she was freed, and by age 20, she was married and had her first child. By age 68, she had worked numerous jobs, ... read more

Looking for the greatest read aloud books for 1st grade? I was a first grade teacher for many years, and these are some of the read aloud books that my students remembered years later. A wide variety of books including fiction and nonfiction / informational text as well as books for the back to school, Halloween, the end of the year and everything in between! These are the best read aloud books for your first graders! If you’re a member of the Picture Book Brain Trust Community, you already have access to EVERY lesson plan and activity for these books! Just click on the Lesson Plans button in the menu! Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie Thunder Boy Jr. wants a normal name…one that's all his own. Dad is known as big Thunder, but little thunder doesn't want to share a name. He wants a name that celebrates something cool he's done like Touch the Clouds, Not Afraid of Ten ... read more

Check out the greatest read aloud books for Kindergarten that your kindergarteners will love and you will too! Lesson plans and activities too! Looking for some of the best read aloud books for Kindergarten? These amazing read aloud books for kindergarteners will have them asking you to read them again and again! Diverse books, funny books, and books for every season of the year that every kindergartener should hear. If you’re a member of the Picture Book Brain Trust Community, you already have access to EVERY lesson plan and activity for these books! Just click on the Lesson Plans button in the menu! Mae Among the Stars by Roda Ahmed When Little Mae was a child, she dreamed of dancing in space. She imagined herself surrounded by billions of stars, floating, gliding, and discovering. She wanted to be an astronaut. Her mom told her, "If you believe it, and work ... read more