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media type="file" key="Thanksgiving Photostory_2.wmv"This Wiki is to share great read alouds for elementary K-5 library students.

Please list the author, subject and title, the grade the book is appropriate to read, any annotations, and other books to present with your read aloud (i.e. non-fiction books on same topic,poems, jokes,etc.)

Here's an example to start with:

Subject: Books to read at the beginning of the school year Sarah is afraid to start at a new school, but both she and the reader are in for a surprise when she gets to her class. k-1 ||  || A child describes all the colorful characters she met on her "very first school day" k-1 || In the tradition of "The Night Before Christmas," these rhymes outline the thoughts and emotions of children and their parents as they prepare for and attend the first day of kindergarten. || A first grader is frightened on her first day of school after hearing a rumor that her teacher is a 300-year-old alien with a purple tongue who steals baby teeth from her students. 1st and second grade ||
 * First day Jitters ||
 * || Julie Danneberg ; illustrated by Judy Love.
 * On my very first school day I met-- ||
 * || by Norman Stiles ; illustrated by Bill Mayer.
 * The night before kindergarten ||
 * || by Natasha Wing ; illustrated by Julie Durrell.
 * Mrs. Watson wants your teeth ||
 * || story by Alison McGhee ; pictures by Harry Bliss.
 * The bus for us by ||
 * || Suzanne Bloom. On her first day of school, Tess wonders what the school bus will look like. k-1 ||
 * || Suzanne Bloom. On her first day of school, Tess wonders what the school bus will look like. k-1 ||