Picture Book Lists

Picture Book Lists that parents and teachers will LOVE - absolute FAVORITES!!!

Looking for picture book lists to plan out an ENTIRE YEAR OF READ ALOUD LESSONS FOR YOUR READING WORKSHOP? OR excellent texts to include in your homeschool planning?

Want a great list of picture book favorites - handpicked by a reading specialist and known to be LOVED by teachers, mamas, and kids?!

❤️ I've got your back with these beloved PICTURE BOOK LISTS! ❤️

These fiction and non-fiction picture book lists:

⭐️ are PERFECT for reading workshop mini lessons are the best tool to use for choosing books to accompany your reading workshop mini lessons in a K-2 classroom or homeschool setting!

⭐️ are organized into 9 categories (Author's Purpose, Vocabulary, Text Structure, Retell, Ask & Answer Questions, Illustrations, Compare & Contrast, Story/Text Elements and Comprehension). This means these children's picture book list are organized based on the Common Core State Standards - and even include the standards at the top of the picture book lists! It cannot get any easier for you while lesson planning!

⭐️ can be used to keep track of the books that you own, and which ones are at your school or local library. Each page has a checklist for jotting down where the books are so you always know from year to year! Knowing right where these books are located can help you have them at your fingertips when you need them!

Check out my Reading Workshop Mini Lessons to accompany these picture book lists - there is one for every Reading CCSS and the lessons use the amazing books on this picture book list!

For the best value - grab the bundle with this picture book list AND all of our reading workshop mini lessons for an ENTIRE YEAR K-2!

This picture book list resource includes a book list for the following CCSS topics:

⭐ Author's Purpose

⭐ Vocabulary

⭐ Text Structure

⭐ Text Features

⭐ Retelling

⭐ Ask & Answer Questions

⭐ Illustrations

⭐Compare & Contrast

⭐ Story/Text ElementsComprehension

They are organized this way to make them SUPER EASY AND HELPFUL FOR TEACHERS AND HOMESCHOOL FAMILIES! But they can also simply be used as an amazing list of handpicked books that any teacher or parent will LOVE! They don't have to be used, of course, to teach these skills.

More about how we use these Picture Book Lists on the blog!