An illustration of a turtle holding a stack of books in one hand and a megaphone in the other. The words in purple on the left side of the image say, “Celebrate World Read-Aloud Day.”
The cover of a children’s chapter book called, The Secret of Platform 13, by Eva Ibbotson.
Four characters appear in the foreground: a wizard with a long white beard, an invisible ogre, a character wearing green with plants grown out of a hat in her head, and a young girl wearing black.
In the background is a ship on blue water under a blue sky.
It can be challenging to find the right chapter book to read aloud, especially if your classroom community has many early-readers, kids with attention challenges, and multi-language learners.
Today at the end of a chapter, I heard these magic words:
Can we keep reading?
Happy #WorldReadAloudDay!