50 Perennial #ClassroomBookADay Favorites to Kick Off the Year

Jillian — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 02:05:17 +0000

Kicking off the school year when you will read aloud a picture book every day can feel daunting. There are SO MANY choices and also SO MANY books you will need to read. To help with this, I have curated back-to-school recommendations the last several years to support your efforts in building community, supporting students, and setting the right tone from the start; as well as getting discussions going and growing excitement and buy-in around your #ClassroomBookADay goal for the year.

{Links to previous year’s back-to-school recommendation lists 2021 / 2020 / 2019 / 2018}

This year, as I attempted to narrow down the list, I realized just how many “old” favorites I wouldn’t have space for. So I decided to share a list of newer choices as well as a second list of perennial favorites that many educators doing #ClassroomBookADay have found successful in varying circumstances and communities so they aren’t forgotten. And it was still SO difficult to have to condense these lists!

I still ended up with 50(!!) titles on the Favorites list! We are incredibly lucky to have a wealth of high-quality, inclusive, engaging, impactful picture books available to use in recent years. So get your hold requests ready as we head back-to-school soon (or maybe you already have – starting in a new district this year I was much later in getting this post done than I anticipated)!!

PERENNIAL #ClassroomBookADay FAVORITES to Kick Off the Year

The Rabbit Listened
Allie All Along
Not Quite Narwhal
Strictly No Elephants
Jabari Jumps
There Might Be Lobsters
Mixed: A Colorful Story
Pipsqueaks, Slowpokes, and Stinkers: Celebrating Animal Underdogs
Alma and How She Got Her Name
Can I Give You a Squish?
The Field
I’m Trying to Love Spiders
Always Anjali
After the Fall
It’s Not All Rainbows
Where Oliver Fits
My Teacher is a Monster! No, I Am Not.
When Aidan Became a Brother
The Name Jar
When We Are Kind
Our Skin
My Friend Maggie
I Walk With Vanessa
The Perfect Seat
We Don’t Eat Our Classmates
Prince & Knight
The Many Colors of Harpreet Singh
Drawn Together
The Day You Begin
Your Name Is a Song
All Are Welcome
Be a Friend
Adrian Simcox Does NOT Have a Horse
Be Kind
The Big Umbrella
Under My Hijab
Wild About Us
Bernice Gets Carried Away
Flight School
Pardon Me!
Meet My Family! Animal Babies and their Families
A Friend For Henry
One
Explorers of the Wild
Stick & Stone
Too Tall Houses
Bluebird
Claymates
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
Don’t Touch My Hair!

#ClassroomBookADay – Heise Reads & Recommends

50 Perennial #ClassroomBookADay Favorites to Kick Off the Year

{Links to previous year’s back-to-school recommendation lists 2021 / 2020 / 2019 / 2018}

PERENNIAL #ClassroomBookADay FAVORITES to Kick Off the Year

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