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The Enchanted Hour

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by Meghan Cox Gurdon


  Read-Aloud Books Mentioned in The Enchanted Hour

  All highly recommended!

  20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne

  Abel’s Island, by William Steig

  The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie

  Adam of the Road, by Elizabeth Gray, illustrated by Robert Lawson

  The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain

  Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, illustrated by John Tenniel

  The Amazing Bone, by William Steig

  Andrew’s Loose Tooth, by Robert Munsch

  Around the World with Ant and Bee, by Angela Banner

  Art & Max, by David Wiesner

  Art Up Close, by Claire d’Harcourt

  The BabyLit Series, by Jennifer Adams, illustrated by Alison Oliver

  A Baby Sister for Frances, by Russell Hoban, illustrated by Lillian Hoban

  The Bear Ate Your Sandwich, by Julia Sarcone-Roach

  Beowulf, retold by Michael Morpurgo, illustrated by Michael Foreman

  The BFG, by Roald Dahl, illustrated by Quentin Blake

  The Big Honey Hunt, by Stan and Jan Berenstain

  The Birchbark House, by Louise Erdrich

  Boy, by Roald Dahl, illustrated by Quentin Blake

  Brush of the Gods, by Lenore Look, illustrated by Meilo So

  The Bunny Book, by Patsy Scarry, illustrated by Richard Scarry

  A Butterfly Is Patient, by Dianna Hutts Aston, illustrated by Sylvia Long

  Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by Roald Dahl, illustrated by Quentin Blake

  Charlotte’s Web, by E. B. White, illustrated by Garth Williams

  A Child’s Book of Art: Great Pictures, First Words, by Lucy Micklethwait

  A Child’s History of the World, by Virgil Hillyer, illustrated by Carle Michel Boog and M. S. Wright

  The Chronicles of Narnia, by C. S. Lewis

  The Cozy Classics Series, by Jack Wang and Holman Wang

  A Cricket in Times Square, by George Selden

  Curious George, by H. A. Rey and Margret Rey

  D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths, by Ingri d’Aulaire and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire

  The Day the Crayons Quit, by Drew Daywalt, illustrated by Oliver Jeffers

  Dear Zoo, by Rod Campbell

  Demolition, by Sally Sutton, illustrated by Brian Lovelock

  Dominic, by William Steig

  The Emperor’s New Clothes, by Hans Christian Andersen, illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton

  Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury

  Farmer Boy, by Laura Ingalls Wilder, illustrated by Garth Williams

  The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green

  The Fellowship of the Ring, by J. R. R. Tolkien

  Finding Winnie, by Lindsay Mattick, illustrated by Sophie Blackall

  The Fire Station, by Robert Munsch

  Flotsam, by David Wiesner

  Fortune, by Diane Stanley

  Frog, Where Are You?, by Mercer Mayer

  The Giver, by Lois Lowry

  Go, Dog. Go!, by P. D. Eastman

  Good Night, Gorilla, by Peggy Rathmann

  Goodnight iPad, by “Ann Droyd,” a.k.a. David Milgrim

  Goodnight Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd

  Green Eggs and Ham, by Dr. Seuss

  Grimm’s Fairy Tales, by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

  The Gruffalo, by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler

  Guess How Much I Love You, by Sam McBratney, illustrated by Anita Jeram

  The Happy Lion, by Louise Fatio, illustrated by Roger Duvoisin

  Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, by J. K. Rowling, illustrated by Mary GrandPré

  His Royal Highness, King Baby, by Sally Lloyd-Jones, illustrated by David Roberts

  The Hobbit, by J. R. R. Tolkien

  Holes, by Louis Sachar

  The House of Sixty Fathers, by Meindert DeJong, illustrated by Maurice Sendak

  The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins

  I Love You to the Moon and Back, by Amelia Hepworth, illustrated by Tim Warnes

  The Iliad, retold by Gillian Cross, illustrated by Neil Packer

  The Island of the Blue Dolphins, by Scott O’Dell

  Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang, by Mordecai Richler, illustrated by Dušan Petričić

  James and the Giant Peach, by Roald Dahl, illustrated by Lane Smith

  Johnny Tremain, by Esther Forbes, illustrated by Lynd Ward

  The Jungle Book, “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi,” by Rudyard Kipling

  Just So Stories, “How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin,” by Rudyard Kipling

  Kangaroo and Crocodile: My Big Book of Australian Animals, by Bronwyn Bancroft

  Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by N. C. Wyeth

  The Killer Angels, by Michael Shaara

  King Arthur’s Very Great Grandson, by Kenneth Kraegel

  A Kingdom Far and Clear, by Mark Helprin, illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg

  The Light in the Forest, by Conrad Richter

  The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis, illustrated by Pauline Baynes

  Little Eagle, by Chen Jiang Hong

  The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

  A Little Princess, by Frances Hodgson Burnett, illustrated by Tasha Tudor

  Little Town on the Prairie, by Laura Ingalls Wilder, illustrated by Garth Williams

  Logan’s Run, by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson

  The Long Winter, by Laura Ingalls Wilder, illustrated by Garth Williams

  Madeline, by Ludwig Bemelmans

  The Maggie B, by Irene Haas

  The Magic Horse of Han Gan, by Chen Jiang Hong

  Mary Poppins, by P. L. Travers, illustrated by Mary Shepard

  The Merry Chase, by Clement Hurd

  Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, by Virginia Lee Burton

  Mr. Wuffles!, by David Wiesner

  Mutiny on the Bounty, by William Bligh

  My Father’s Dragon, by Ruth Stiles Gannett, illustrated by Ruth Chrisman Gannett

  Not Now, Bernard, by David McKee

  The Odyssey, retold by Gillian Cross, illustrated by Neil Packer

  Old Mother West Wind, by Thornton W. Burgess

  One Grain of Rice, by Demi

  Oscar Wilde Stories for Children, “The Happy Prince” and “The Selfish Giant,” by Oscar Wilde, illustrated by P. J. Lynch

  Outside Over There, by Maurice Sendak

  The Outsiders, by S. E. Hinton

  The Owl and the Pussycat, by Edward Lear, illustrated by Robert Ingpen

  Peek-a-Boo!, by Janet and Allan Ahlberg

  Peter Pan, by J. M. Barrie

  Pinocchio, by Carlo Collodi, illustrated by Roberto Innocenti

  Pip and Posy, by Axel Scheffler

  Pippi Goes on Board, by Astrid Lindgren, illustrated by Florence Lamborn

  Rapunzel, by Paul O. Zelinsky

  Redwall, by Brian Jacques

  Rip Van Winkle, by Washington Irving

  Rumpelstiltskin, by Paul O. Zelinsky

  Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Jon Klassen

  The Sand Castle Contest, by Robert Munsch

  The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett, illustrated by Tasha Tudor

  The Seven Wise Princesses, by Wafa’ Tarnowska, illustrated by Nilesh Mistry

  The Shadow, by Donna Diamond

  Sleepy Solar System, by John Hutton, illustrated by Doug Cenko

  The Snowy Day, by Ezra Jack Keats

  Solomon Crocodile, by Catherine Rayner

  The Story About Ping, by Marjorie Flack, illustrated by Kurt Wiese

  The Story of Babar, by Jean de Brunhoff

  The Story of Ferdinand, by Munro Leaf, illustrated by Robert Lawson

  Struwwelpeter, by Heinrich Hoffman

  Stuart Little, by E. B. White, illustrated by Garth Williams

  The Swiss Family Robinson, by J
ohann Wyss

  Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, by William Steig

  The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, by Beatrix Potter

  The Tales of Mother Goose, by Charles Perrault, illustrated by Gustave Doré

  Tawny Scrawny Lion, by Katherine Jackson, illustrated by Gustaf Tenggren

  This Is Not My Hat, by Jon Klassen

  Through the Looking Glass, “Jabberwocky,” by Lewis Carroll, illustrated by Sir John Tenniel

  The Tinderbox, retold by Stephen Mitchell, illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline

  The Touch the Art Series and Brush Mona Lisa’s Hair, by Amy Guglielmo and Julie Appel

  The Travels of Babar, by Jean de Brunhoff

  Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson

  Turtles All the Way Down, by John Green

  The Underneath, by Kathi Appelt, illustrated by David Small

  Utterly Lovely One, by Mary Murphy

  The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Arthur Rackham

  Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard

  The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, by Joan Aiken, illustrated by Pat Marriott

  The Wonderful World of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, illustrated by W. W. Denslow

  A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle

  Young Titan: The Making of Winston Churchill, by Michael Shelden

  More Suggested Stories for Reading Aloud

  Adventures in the Wide World

  Black Ships Before Troy, by Rosemary Sutcliff, illustrated by Alan Lee

  Clever Ali, by Nancy Farmer, illustrated by Gail de Marcken

  Cloud Tea Monkeys, by Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham, illustrated by Juan Wijngaard

  How I Learned Geography, by Uri Shulevitz

  Night Sky Dragons, by Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham, illustrated by Patrick Benson

  Pippi Longstocking, by Astrid Lindgren

  Rosie’s Magic Horse, by Russell Hoban, illustrated by Quentin Blake

  Artful Books

  The Art Book for Children, volumes 1 & 2, by the editors of Phaidon Press

  Babar’s Museum of Art, by Laurent de Brunhoff

  Blue Rider, by Geraldo Valério

  The First Drawing, by Mordicai Gerstein

  Imagine!, by Raúl Colón

  Lives of the Great Artists, by Charlie Ayers

  Old Masters Rock, by Maria-Christina Sayn-Wittgenstein Nottebohm

  Bedtime

  And If the Moon Could Talk, by Kate Banks, illustrated by Georg Hallensleben

  The Bear in the Book, by Kate Banks, illustrated by Georg Hallensleben

  The Big Red Barn, by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Felicia Bond

  The Prince Won’t Go to Bed!, by Dayle Ann Dodds, illustrated by Krysten Brooker

  Power Down, Little Robot, by Anna Staniszewski, illustrated by Tim Zeltner

  What Can You Do with a Shoe?, by Beatrice de Regniers, illustrated by Maurice Sendak

  Where’s My Teddy?, by Jez Alborough

  Being Kind

  Gorilla! Gorilla!, by Jeanne Willis, illustrated by Tony Ross

  The Hundred Dresses, by Eleanor Estes, illustrated by Louis Slobodkin

  I Walk with Vanessa, by Kerascoët

  Last Stop on Market Street, by Matt de la Peña, illustrated by Christian Robinson

  Stella’s Starliner, by Rosemary Wells

  The Wild Girl, by Chris Wormell

  Wolf in the Snow, by Matthew Cordell

  Being Small

  Du Iz Tak?, by Carson Ellis

  Emily’s Balloon, by Komako Sakai

  Edward’s First Night Away, by Rosemary Wells

  King Jack and the Dragon, by Peter Bently, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury

  Little Wolf’s First Howling, by Laura McGee Kvasnowsky and Kate Harvey McGee

  The Tilly and Friends books, by Polly Dunbar

  Waiting, by Kevin Henkes

  Cars and Trucks and Things That Go Vroom

  20 Big Trucks in the Middle of the Street, by Mark Lee, illustrated by Kurt Cyrus

  Demolition, by Sally Sutton, illustrated by Brian Lovelock

  Fire Truck, by Peter Sís

  Here Comes the Train, by Charlotte Voake

  Machines Go to Work, by William Low

  Machines Go to Work in the City, by William Low

  The Caboose Who Got Loose, by Bill Peet

  Concept Books, illustrated by Counting, Colors, Opposites

  Alphablock, by Christopher Franceschelli, illustrated by Peskimo

  Before After, by Anne-Margot Ramstein & Mathias Arégui

  Cockatoos, by Quentin Blake

  Ducks Away!, by Mem Fox, illustrated by Judy Horacek

  Llamaphones, by Janik Coat

  My Pictures After the Storm, by Éric Veillé

  Opposites, by Xavier Deneux

  Embracing Eccentricity

  Cecil the Pet Glacier, by Matthea Harvey, illustrated by Giselle Potter

  Henry Huggins, by Beverly Cleary, illustrated by Louis Darling

  How Tom Beat Captain Najork and His Hired Sportsmen, by Russell Hoban, illustrated by Quentin Blake

  Imogene’s Antlers, by David Small

  Marshall Armstrong Is New to Our School, by David Mackintosh

  Martha Speaks, by Susan Meddaugh

  Traction Man Meets Turbo Dog, by Mini Grey

  Fables & Just Desserts

  The Chinese Emperor’s New Clothes, by Ying Chang Compestine, illustrated by David Roberts

  The Goat-Faced Girl, by Leah Marinsky Sharpe, illustrated by Jane Marinsky

  Hubert’s Hair-Raising Adventure, by Bill Peet

  Just So Stories, by Rudyard Kipling

  Lousy Rotten Stinkin’ Grapes, by Margie Palatini, illustrated by Barry Moser

  The Storyteller, by Evan Turk

  The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse, by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Jon Klassen

  Fairy and Folk Tales, Old and New

  The Bearskinner, by Laura Amy Schlitz, illustrated by Max Grafe

  Brave Red, Smart Frog, by Emily Jenkins, illustrated by Rohan Daniel Eason

  The Girl with a Brave Heart, by Rita Jahanforuz, illustrated by Vali Mintzi

  Iron Hans, by Stephen Mitchell, illustrated by Matt Tavares

  The Jungle Grapevine, by Alex Beard

  Robin Hood, by David Calcutt, illustrated by Grahame Baker-Smith

  The White Elephant, by Sid Fleishman, illustrated by Robert McGuire

  Family Life

  Blackout, by John Rocco

  Building Our House, by Jonathan Bean

  Leave Me Alone!, by Vera Brosgol

  The Money We’ll Save, by Brock Cole

  Rotten Ralph, by Jack Gantos, illustrated by Nicole Rubel

  Toys Go Out and Toys Come Home and Toy Dance Party, by Emily Jenkins, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky

  Yard Sale, by Eve Bunting, illustrated by Lauren Castillo

  Finding One’s Place

  The Obvious Elephant, by Bruce Robinson, illustrated by Sophie Windham

  Wee Gillis, by Munro Leaf, illustrated by Robert Lawson

  Leon the Chameleon, by Mélanie Watt

  Noodle, by Munro Leaf, illustrated by Ludwig Bemelmans

  Make Way for Ducklings, by Robert McCloskey

  Piper, by Emma Chichester Clark

  Library Lion, by Michelle Knudsen, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes

  Friendship and Love

  The Chirri & Chirra books, by Kaya Doi, translated from the Japanese by Yuki Kaneko

  The Happy Lion Roars, by Louise Fatio, illustrated by Roger Duvoisin

  Martin Pebble, by Jean-Jacques Sempé

  Paul Meets Bernadette, by Rosy Lamb

  The Reluctant Dragon, by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard

  The Runaway Bunny, by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd

  The Song of Delphine, by Kenneth Kraegel

  Heavy Treasures

  The American Story, by Jennifer Armstrong, illustrated by Rog
er Roth

  The Annotated African American Folktales, by Maria Tatar with Henry Louis Gates Jr.

  The Brambly Hedge Treasury, by Jill Barklem

  Complete Adventures of Curious George, by H. A. Rey and Margret Rey

  Maps, by Aleksandra Mizielinska and Daniel Mizielinski

  Norse Myths: Tales of Odin, Thor and Loki, by Kevin Crossley-Holland, illustrated by Jeffrey Alan Love

  The World of Robert McCloskey, by Robert McCloskey

  Ingenuity and Enterprise

  The Arabian Nights, by Wafa’ Tarnowska, illustrated by Carole Henaff

  Anatole and Anatole and the Cat, by Eve Titus, illustrated by Paul Galdone

  The Donut Chef, by Bob Staake

  The Duchess Bakes a Cake, by Virginia Kahl

  The Dunderheads, by Paul Fleischman, illustrated by David Roberts

  Good Enough to Eat, by Brock Cole

  Stone Soup, by Marcia Brown

  Lengthier Stories for Young Listeners

  Ash Road, by Ivan Southall

  A Drowned Maiden’s Hair, by Laura Amy Schlitz

  The Graveyard Book, by Neal Gaiman, illustrated by Dave McKean

  Half Magic and Magic by the Lake, by Edward Eager, illustrated by N. M. Bodecker

  The Inquisitor’s Tale, by Adam Gitwitz, illustrated by Hatem Aly

  The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, by Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline

  A Tale Dark and Grim, by Adam Gidwitz, illustrated by Dan Santat

  Poetry and Rhymes

  17 Kings and 42 Elephants, by Margaret Mahy, illustrated by Patricia MacCarthy

  Beastly Verse, by JooHee Yoon

  A Child’s Garden of Verses, by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Tasha Tudor

  Life Doesn’t Frighten Me, by Maya Angelou, illustrated by paintings by Jean-Michel Basquiat

  Orange Pear Apple Bear, by Emily Gravett

  They All Saw a Cat, by Brendan Wenzel

  What the Ladybug Heard, by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Lydia Monks

  Seek-and-Find

  Fish on a Walk, by Eva Muggenthaler

  In the Town All Year ’Round, by Rotraut Susanne Berner

  Lost and Found: Adèle and Simon in China, by Barbara McClintock

  One Is Not a Pair, by Britta Tekkentrup

  Undercover, by Bastien Contraire

  Where’s Walrus?, by Stephen Savage

  Where’s Warhol?, by Catherine Ingram, illustrated by Andrew Rae

  Stories from the Real World

  Dadblamed Union Army Cow, by Susan Fletcher, illustrated by Kimberly Bulcken Root

 

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