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CSS ChoiceBooks Read alouds from Esme

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Visit her often. Esme is a treasure and a readiologist! She has written fiction, nonfiction and has a wonderful website/blog. She no longer administers the Chapman award for great read alouds but here is a link to those archives.

Here is a sample of her 2007 classroom readalouds

Favorites for sharing in a classroom setting:

THE ESCAPE OF ONEY JUDGE: HOW MARTHA WASHINGTON'S SLAVE FOUND FREEDOM by Emily Arnold McCully (Farrar Straus Giroux)
GINGER BEAR by Mini Grey (Knopf)
GOOD MASTERS! SWEET LADIES! VOICES FROM A MEDIEVAL VILLAGE by Laura Amy Schlitz, illustrated by Robert Byrd (Candlewick)
THE JEWEL-BOX BALLERINAS by Monique De Varennes, illustrated by Ana Juan (Schwartz & Wade)
MY DOG IS AS SMELLY AS DIRTY SOCKS by Hanoch Piven (Schwartz & Wade)
RICKSHAW GIRL by Mitali Perkins (Charlesbridge)
THE END by David LaRochelle, illustrated by Richard Egielski (Scholastic)
THOSE SHOES by Maribeth Boelts, illustrated by Noah Z. Jones (Candlewick)