Read Alouds for Layers of Learning
Author and Literacy Coach, JoEllen McCarthy, shares a few favorite heartprint books from her curated collection in Layers of Learning, as well as NEW must-have/ need to know about books that help plant seeds for conversations that will grow over time. Consider exploring this list and the ways the books we read and the stories we share affect how we relate to one another in our own classroom community and in our world.
They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenzel
Your Name Is a Song by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
Dream Street by Tricia Elam Walker
Daniel's Good Day (Daniel) by Micha Archer
My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood by Tameka Fryer Brown
My Blue Is Happy by Jessica Young
My Ocean Is Blue by Darren Lebeuf
My City Speaks by Darren Lebeuf
Sometimes I'm Bombaloo (A Big Feelings Book) by Rachel Vail
Feelings Book by Todd Parr
Color Monster: A Story About Emotions (The Color Monster) by Anna Llenas
Tiger Days: A Book of Feelings by M H Clark
Niko Draws a Feeling by Robert Raczka
Benji, the Bad Day, and Me by Sally J Pla
I Will Be Fierce! by Bea Birdsong
King of Kindergarten (The King of Kindergarten #1) by Derrick Barnes
Excellent Ed by Stacy McAnulty
Keep Your Head Up by Aliya King Neil
Everyone by Christopher Silas Neal
Ruby Finds a Worry (Big Bright Feelings) by Tom Percival
I Am Not a Chair! by Ross Burach
Words and Your Heart by Kate Jane Neal
Daddy Speaks Love by Leah Henderson
