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Family Read Alouds 2019

A list great Read Alouds curated by MPL Youth Services Librarians.

Cover of Matilda
Roald
Dahl
Quentin Blake
Viking
1988

The classic story of a young girl who accesses untapped powers to bring justice to the child-hating meanies in her life. 

Cover of Finding Winnie: The True S
Lindsay
Mattick
Sophie Blackall
Little Brown
2015

The true and surprising story of the real-life Winnie the Pooh.

Cover of The Word Collector
Peter
Reynolds
Orchard
2018

Some people collect stamps. Some people collect coins. Some people collect art. And Jerome? Jerome collected words . . . 
 

Cover of Rascal
Sterling
North
Dutton
1963

This memoir of a young boy growing up in Wisconsin during WWI chronicles the year he raised a baby raccoon. 

Cover of Dazzle Ships: WWI and the
Chris
Barton
Victo Nnagi
Milbrook
2017

The little known stories about WWI naval ships painted to confuse submarines.

Cover of The Book With No Picture
BJ
Novak
Dial
2014

So, so silly, this book will have the whole family laughing out loud.

Cover of Indian Shoes
Cynthia L
Smith
Jim Madsen
Harper Collins
2002

A collection of sweet and funny stories about a Seminole-Cherokee kid and his family.

Cover of Separate is Never Equal: S
Duncon
Tonatiuh
Abrams
2014

Beautiful illustuations round out this important event on the road to school desegregation. 

Cover of Baawaa and Wooliam
David
Elliott
Melissa Sweet
Candlewick
2017

The tranquil world of two mellow sheep is upended when a new friend comes on the scene.

Cover of Emmy and the Incredible Sh
Lynne
Jonell
Holt
2007

A funny, sweeping, old-fashioned mystery.