Early Literacy Series #2: Shared Reading Resources for Preschool and Kindergarten

This is the second of seven posts about early literacy.

illustration by Ashley Bryan from over the hills and far away

A Few Favorite Big Books for Shared Reading

I have always enjoyed Brenda Parkes books for shared reading, although my favorite, Goodnight, Goodnight is no longer in print.  Some titles I'd recommend by her, include:

Chicken Little

The Enormous Watermelon

Red Riding Hood

The Three Billy Goats Gruff

Who's In the Shed?

Why Turtle's Shell is Cracked

Other Big Books include....

Big Red Barn
Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? 
Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom
Each Peach Pear Plum
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

from Jewels

Jewels: Children's Play Rhymes
I Went Walking
Little Blue Truck
Little Blue Truck Leads the Way
Miss Mary Mack
Morning, Noon and Night: Poems to Fill Your Day
Nine Ducks Nine

One Duck Stuck

Over in the Meadow: A Counting Rhyme
Panda Bear, Panda Bear What Do You See?
Silly Sally
The Three Bears (Galdone)
The Three Billy Goats Gruff (Galdone)
Up, Down, and Around

Mother Goose/Nursery Rhymes

Dream Songs Night Songs from China to Senegal
Here Comes Mother Goose
Hey Diddle Diddle & Other Mother Goose Rhymes
Mother Goose Numbers on the Loose

My Mother Goose: A Collection of Favorite Rhymes, Songs, and Concepts
The Neighborhood Mother Goose 
Over the Hills and Far Away: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes
Songs from the Baobab: African Lullabies & Nursery Rhymes
Songs in the Shade of the Flamboyant Tree: French Creole Lullabies and Nursery Rhymes






Play Rhymes (can be rewritten on charts)...

The Complete Book of Rhymes, Songs, Poems, Fingerplays, and Chants
Diez Deditos and Other Play Rhymes and Action Songs from Latin America 
Down by the River: Afro-Caribbean Rhymes
The Eentsy, Weentsy Spider: Fingerplays and Action Rhymes
Hand Rhymes
Marc Brown's Playtime Rhymes: A Treasury for Families to Learn and Play Together
Peanut Butter and Jelly: A Play Rhyme
Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young
Twenty-Four Robbers (Skipping Rhyme)

Big Books For Story...

Caps for Sale
A Chair for My Mother

A Color of His Own
The Color of Us
The Gingerbread Boy

The Little Red Hen
Lion Dancer: Ernie Wan’s Chinese New Year

Rosie's Walk
The Snowy Day
The Three Bears
The Three Billy Goats Gruff

Early Literacy Series #1: Shared Reading & Writing and CAP
Early Literacy Series #3: Teaching Rhyming and Initial Sound Instruction
Early Literacy Series #4: Teaching Sound and Letter Identification in Kindergarten
Early Literacy Series #5: Teaching Blending & Segmenting through Books and Poetry
Books to Teach the 37 Most Common Rimes: The Rime Poetry Book. 

Early Literacy Series #6: Teaching Word Solving through Shared & Guided Reading
Early Literacy Series #7: Teaching Comprehension & Fluency