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Posted: Jan 09 2009 at 2:43pm | IP Logged Quote violingirl
My 3yo and I have been reading Frog and Toad books together and I was thinking about starting to read a chapter book at night with him. We read picture books throughout our day also. He really looked forward to the next story about Frog and Toad and I think he may be ready to read something a little longer.

Any suggestions for a good first book like this? I was thinking about reading My Father's Dragon first.

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Posted: Jan 09 2009 at 3:12pm | IP Logged Quote Kristie 4
That's a great first read aloud! Charlotte's Web was also a fave with my older two.

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Posted: Jan 09 2009 at 6:45pm | IP Logged Quote montessori_lori
Some fun ones include all the "mouse and the motorcycle" books by Beverly Cleary - really, anything by Beverly Cleary.
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Posted: Jan 09 2009 at 9:47pm | IP Logged Quote Philothea
Yes, we did Ramona the Pest over the summer and my 4yo boy loved it so much we finished it in a few days (bedtime only). Ramona is like the girl version of my son, so I knew he would like it.   
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Posted: Jan 09 2009 at 11:53pm | IP Logged Quote SuzanneG
3 is different than 4.....but here is a thread from the archives for a 4 yo:

nead read-aloud suggestions

In Particular:

Peter Rabbit
Winnie the Pooh
Raggedy Ann and Andy
James Herriot Treasury for Children

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Posted: Jan 10 2009 at 6:31am | IP Logged Quote Mary Chris
My Father's Dragon was a favorite of my boys around that age, It is great as a first real aloud. Also a book Wolf Story that I found at Chinaberry. I think we also read a lot of Magic Treehouse books aloud when oldest ds was that age. We also read Mr. Popper's Penguins.

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Posted: Jan 27 2009 at 1:49pm | IP Logged Quote Waverley
I second My Father's Dragon - some pictures, short chapters, moves quickly. There are 2 additional books in the series if he likes the first one.
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Posted: Jan 27 2009 at 4:44pm | IP Logged Quote Sarah M
My Father's Dragon- yep, I'd go with that one.
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Posted: Jan 27 2009 at 6:14pm | IP Logged Quote Natalia
My dh is reading My Father's Dragon to my 6yo ds and he loves it.

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Posted: Jan 27 2009 at 7:08pm | IP Logged Quote CrunchyMom
My Father's Dragon was our first longer read aloud--we loved it!

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Posted: Jan 27 2009 at 10:47pm | IP Logged Quote violingirl
Thank you for the suggestions! We finished My Father's Dragon a few days ago and now we're reading The Mouse and the Motorcycle while we're waiting for the second book in the dragon series to come in. Thank you!
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