You’re Never Too Old, Too Wacky, Too Wild to Pick Up a Book and Read With a Child!

March 2 is National Read Across America day, and it’s also Dr. Seuss’s 96th birthday. Children, grown-ups, young and old are planning events both big and bold. Bascomb Elementary School will be celebrating all day. Teachers will be wearing Cat in the Hat hats and students will all receive a sticker to wear.

Charlotte's Web by E. B. White (9-12 years)

The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg (4-8 years)

Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss (4-8 years)

The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss (4-8 years)

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (4-8 years)

Love You Forever by Robert N. Munsch (4-8 years)

The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein (All ages)

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle (Baby-Preschool)

Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls (Young Adult)

The Mitten by Jan Brett (4-8 years)

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown (Baby-Preschool)

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (9-12 years)

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis (9-12 years)

Where the Sidewalk Ends: the Poems and Drawing of Shel Silverstein by Shel Silverstein (All ages)

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (9-12 years)

Stellaluna by Janell Cannon (4-8 years)

Oh, The Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss (4-8 years)

Strega Nona by Tomie De Paola (4-8 years)

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst (4-8 years)

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? by Bill Martin, Jr. (Baby-Preschool)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl (9-12 years)

The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams (4-8 years)

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (9-12 years)

 

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by John Archambault (4-8 years)

Little House on the Prarie by Laura Ingalls Wilder (9-12 years)

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (9-12 years)

The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne (4-8 years)

The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner (9-12 years)

Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan (9-12 years)

Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks (9-12 years)

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell (9-12 years)

Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli (9-12 years)

The BFG by Roald Dahl (9-12 years)

The Giver by Lois Lowry (9-12 years)

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff (4-8 years)

James and the Giant Peach: A Children's Story by Roald Dahl (9-12 years)

Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder (9-12 years)

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor (9-12 years)

The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien (Young Adult)

The Lorax by Dr. Seuss (4-8 years)

Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner (9-12 years)

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (9-12 years)

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien (9-12 years)

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (All ages)

The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister (Baby-Preschool)

Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman (4-8 years)

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson (9-12 years)