Mega Book List of Excellent Read-Alouds

This book list is a collection of my favorite literature and history read alouds. These are books we have read and loved. I hope you’ll love them, too!

Check out my post, “The Super Easy Way to Do Read Alouds,” to learn about the simple trick I use to fit read alouds into our homeschool day without any extra work for me.

Our All-Time Favorite Literature and History Read Alouds

Books for Younger Children

Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White

My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett

Beatrix Potter, The Complete Tales

Books for All Ages

How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell

The Chronicles of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis:

• The Magician’s Nephew
• The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
• The Horse and His Boy
• Prince Caspian
• The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
• The Silver Chair

Heidi by Johanna Spyri

Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery

Anne of Avonlea by L. M. Montgomery

Because of Winn Dixie by Kate Dicamillo

The BFG by Ronald Dahl

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Ronald Dahl

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Ronald Dahl

James and the Giant Peach by Ronald Dahl

The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden

Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard Atwater

The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit

The Treasure Seekers by Edith Nesbit

The Water Horse by Dick King-Smith

Little Lord Fauntleroy by Francis Hodgson Burnett

The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman

Bandit’s Moon by Sid Fleischman

The Great Turkey Walk by Kathleen Karr

The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White

Stuart Little by E. B. White

Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry

Little Men by Louisa May Alcott

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Cheaper By the Dozen by Frank Gilbreth

My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George

Twenty-One Balloons by William Pene Dubois

Gone-Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright

Return to Gone-Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright

Swift Rivers by Cornelia Meigs

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

Henry Huggins by Beverly Cleary

Henry and Ribsey by Beverly Cleary

The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary

Mary Poppins by P. L. Travers

Historical Fiction for All Ages

The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare (1700s frontier/Indians)

Pocahontas, True Princess by Mari Hanes

American Girl History Mysteries series: (There are so many time periods in this series, but we liked these 3.)

• The Night Flyers by Elizabeth Jones (World War 1)
• The Strange Case if Baby H by Kathryn Reiss (1906 San Francisco earthquake)
• The Mystery of Chilkoot Pass by Barbara Steiner (Klondike Gold Rush of 1897)

All books in the Trailblazers series by Dave and Neta Jackson (Christian missionaries, evangelists, and pioneers)

Turn Homeward, Hannalee by Patricia Beatty (Civil War)

Living History Library series: (There are many good books in this series, but these are our favorites.)

• The Winged Watchman by Hilda van Stockum (World War 2)
• Beorn the Proud by Madeleine Polland (Vikings)

The Apple and the Arrow by Mary and Conrad Buff (Legend of William Tell)

Number the Stars by Lowis Lowry (World War 2)

The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw (Ancient Egypt)

Twenty and Ten by Claire Huchet Bishop (World War 2)

The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare (Roman occupation of Israel during Jesus’ lifetime)

Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Brink (frontier life/Indians)

Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller by Sarah Miller

By the Great Horn Spoon! by Sid Fleischman (Gold Rush)

The Adventures of Robin Hood by Benedict Flynn (Medieval Times)

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