Read Alouds

Roving Readers is a signature activity of Teaching for Change’s nationally recognized Tellin’ Stories approach to family engagement that brings multicultural and anti-bias children’s literature into the classroom through parent-led read alouds. Roving Readers equips families to participate in literacy instruction in schools, giving parents and other adults the opportunity to use multicultural books and storytelling to engage students in reading and literacy activities.

Below are some of the perennial favorites of parents, students, and teachers at Tellin’ Stories partner schools that are fun for read alouds and promote multiculturalism and/or messages of social justice.

All The Colors We Are: The Story Of How We Get Our Skin Color*

By Katie Kissinger

The Amazing Erik

By Mike Huber, Joseph Cowman (Illustrator)

Bean Soup: A Cooking Poem

By Jorge Argueta, Rafael Yockteng (Illustrator)

Benny Doesn't Like to Be Hugged*

By Zetta Elliott

Book Fiesta!: Celebrate Children's Day / Book Day

By Pat Mora, Rafael Lopez (Illustrator)

Chrysanthemum

By Kevin Henkes

Clic Clac Muu Vacas Escritoras

By Doreen Cronin, Betsy Lewin (Illustrator), Alberto Jimenez Rioja (Translator)

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type

By Doreen Cronin

Count Me in: A Parade of Mexican Folk Art Numbers in English and Spanish

By Cynthia Weill, The Aguilar Sisters (Illustrator)

A Coyote Solstice Tale

By Thomas King, Gary Clement (Illustrator)

Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music

By Margarita Engle, Rafael Lopez (Illustrator)

Hairs / Pelitos

By Sandra Cisneros

Hey Little Ant

By Phillip M. Hoose, Hannah Hoose, Debbie Tilley (Illustrator)

Honey, I Love*

By Eloise Greenfield, Jan Spivey Gilchrist (Illustrator)

I Love My Hair!

By Natasha Anastasia Tarpley, E. B. Lewis (Illustrator)

Just a Minute!: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book

By Yuyi Morales

Love*

By Matt de la Pena, Loren Long (Illustrator)

Mommy's Khimar*

By Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, Ebony Glenn (Illustrator)

My People

By Langston Hughes, Charles R. Smith Jr (Illustrator)

My Way: A Margaret and Margarita Story

By Lynn Reiser, Lynn Reiser (Illustrator)

Nadarin

By Leo Lionni, Teresa Mlawer (Translator)

One*

By Kathryn Otoshi

The Paperboy

By Dav Pilkey, Dav Pilkey (Illustrator)

Please, Baby, Please

By Spike Lee, Tonya Lewis Lee, Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)

Princess Hair

By Sharee Miller

Say Something: 10th Anniversary Edition

By Peggy Moss, Lea Lyon (Illustrator)

Squeak, Rumble, Whomp! Whomp! Whomp!: A Sonic Adventure

By Wynton Marsalis, Paul Rogers (Illustrator)

Swimmy

By Leo Lionni

These Hands

By Margaret H. Mason, Floyd Cooper (Illustrator)

We March

By Shane W. Evans, Shane W. Evans (Illustrator)

Who's in a Family?

By Robert Skutch, Laura Nienhaus (Illustrator)

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