Hi everyone!

I'm looking for some great read alouds that I can share with my preschool classes. Many of the students are English language learners, meaning they have a limited understanding of English. Any recommendations anyone?

Thanks,
Andres

I like On Monday When It Rained by Cherryl Kachenmeister. I use it with my special needs class to teach days of the week, facial expressions/emotions.

Hi Andres,
Try the new series--Sara The Pineapple Cat. Each book is written by a different author and illustrated by a different illustrator. I do have an interest in the series, since I wrote book #4--Stowaway, The San Francisco Adventures of Sara, the Pineapple Cat.
The publisher has posted a video on YouTube. You may have to slow it down in order to read the words, but he has featured the illustrations in all four books.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPfdj1ihC...
Kids love the antics of this adventuresome cat.
Jill

Some of my very favorite read alouds:

Is your Mama a Llama
The Monster at the End of this Book
Little Bunny Kung Fu
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
King Bidgood's in the Bathtub
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
I Love You Stinky Face
Mr Brown Can Moo! Can You?

To add to Chandra's great list . . .

Orange Pear Apple Bear
Monkey and Me
Abiyoyo
Under My Hood I Have a Hat
One Duck Stuck
Pickin' Peas
Planting a Rainbow
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Cookie's Week
No, David!
David Goes To School
First the Egg
Yo! Yes?
Not a Box
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Oooh, there's so many! :) Hope this helps!

Shameless plug . . . my co-workers and I have a early childhood educators group going here on Goodreads if you're interested, Andres, called Chicka Chicka Book Book. (Sorry, I know this isn't the place for to plug my group, but I couldn't help it!)

We're Going on a Bear Hunt
The Water Hole
The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything
Stellaluna
The Funny Thing
Millions of Cats
Julius, the Baby of the World
How I Became a Pirate
Martha Speaks
Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb
Caps for Sale A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
"Could Be Worse!"
Piggies
The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear
The Wheels on the Bus
How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?Ten Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

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Back when I acquired my first copy of Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, it was somewhat controversial in that the policemen were actually pigs. In the Night Kitchen also was a controversial book. I loved them both.

Some of our favorites for preschool age children are:

Where Is the Green Sheep?
The Little Engine That Could Original Classic Edition
Going to Sleep on the Farm
Tumble Bumble
Lemons Are Not Red
From Head to Toe Big Book
Room on the Broom
It Looked Like Spilt Milk
Room for a Little One A Christmas Tale
Green Eggs and Ham

A real cute one for little ones that I use is Farmyard Pop-Up Faces by Margaret Wang. It has just a few sentences on a page with a pop-up of an animal that the reader can put their face in and pretend that they're the animal making the sound/reading the book. It's hardcover and the pop-ups are very sturdy so kids can use it too.

Another one I liked that I thought was relatively easy to understand is Mama Do You Love Me by Barbara Joosse. It's a boardbook about an Inuit mother and her child who keeps asking her if she loves her and the mother talks about all the different ways she does. It uses Inuit culture for examples.

I love the book Sheep in a Jeep and the other sheep stories. They are easy to read out loud because of the rhyming and rhythm. Great illustrations too. Oh but my favourite of that series has to be Sheep Take a Hike

Also there is Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type and If You Give a Pig a Pancake Those are fun too.

My personal favorite is Bark George. Do you have themes in mind? Try the Byron Barton books. They are very simple. There is Of Mice and Beans which some of the Spanish speakers might relate to. Brown Bear Brown Bear What do You See?, Mouse Paint by Ellen Walsh, Jump Frog Jump, In the Small, Small Pond, Tana Hoban books.
Sorry, I was a Children's Librarian, I get a little carried away.

Books by Lois Ehlert and Eric CArle are great for preK

Andres wrote: "Hi everyone!

I'm looking for some great read alouds that I can share with my preschool classes. Many of the students are English language learners, meaning they have a limited understanding of E..."
Depending on the size of the group (as the books are small) the new board books: Brandy and Val and Brandy and Val's Favorite things have simple topics, simple themes. Children are enthusiastic about the dogs and interact with the topics on the page. I hope I am allowed to comment on the ed value of the books here....if not, please let me know as I'm new to the group and I won't do it again. Ilene Fine

For young ESL learners I like to read Inside, Outside, Upside Downand Bears in the Night These books are easy for the children to understand and help to teach them position words.

Evelyn's recommendations are good. A lot of those easy Berenstain Bears' books are great, like "Old Hat New Hat" & "Bears on Wheels"

Plus: Go Away, Big Green Monster (Students can participate by telling the monster to go away)

The David series is good for English learners because you can elicit from the students what is David is doing wrong in each picture


"Ten Apples Up On Top"


"We're going on a Bear Hunt" is really good.

Most lift the flap books are good (like "Dear Zoo" or Karen Katz books) are good because the students can guess what is under the flap.

"From Head to Toe" by Eric Carle allows students to do the actions.

"Joseph had a Little Overcoat" is an award winner. It allows the students to guess what he turns his overcoat into on the next page.

Another option is to get a book illustrated to a common song (such as by Iza Trapani) Then after you read it, you can sing the song and do the actions with the children.

(The recommendations I gave assumes the students are at a very basic English level. Otherwise, I would go for higher level books.)

I would say Dr. Seuss! He is funny and there is a rhyme to the books.Also, any books from Madelineseries.
There used to be Beginning Reader Groiler Book club books - they were excellent. The books were funny and well written with great illustrations. Here are some examples: Wacky WednesdayTen Apples Up on TopGo, Dog. Go!