50 Perennial #ClassroomBookADay Favorites to Kick Off the Year

Kicking off the school year when you will read aloud a picture book every day can feel daunting. There are SO MANY choices and also SO MANY books you will need to read. To help with this, I have curated back-to-school recommendations the last several years to support your efforts in building community, supporting students, and setting the right tone from the start; as well as getting discussions going and growing excitement and buy-in around your #ClassroomBookADay goal for the year.

{Links to previous year’s back-to-school recommendation lists 2021 / 2020 / 2019 / 2018}

This year, as I attempted to narrow down the list, I realized just how many “old” favorites I wouldn’t have space for. So I decided to share a list of newer choices as well as a second list of perennial favorites that many educators doing #ClassroomBookADay have found successful in varying circumstances and communities so they aren’t forgotten. And it was still SO difficult to have to condense these lists!

I still ended up with 50(!!) titles on the Favorites list! We are incredibly lucky to have a wealth of high-quality, inclusive, engaging, impactful picture books available to use in recent years. So get your hold requests ready as we head back-to-school soon (or maybe you already have – starting in a new district this year I was much later in getting this post done than I anticipated)!!