The children's classics in Linda Hoyt's Interactive Read-Alouds are organized into two groups—Mentor Texts and Booklinks. A Mentor Text is an exemplary model of good literature and is the centerpiece of each lesson. A cover image of each Mentor Text opens the lesson and the lesson explicitly models how to teach a targeted strategy or literary element with this title. Booklinks are also familiar favorites that lend themselves to teaching a targeted standard. These are suggested as alternative titles that will help you extend the focus on a standard across many texts and multiple subjects. Many of the Mentor Texts and Booklinks are Caldecott and Newberry Medal winners.

For a complete list of Caldecott and Newberry Medal winners, their authors, their publishers, and the dates they were published click on Caldecott and Newberry Medal List

Interactive Read-Alouds Grades K-1
To view all of the Grade K-1 titles (Mentor Texts and Booklinks) organized by strand and standard click on Grades K-1 Lesson Matrix
To view all of the K-1 Mentor Texts and Booklinks in alphabetical order click on Grades K-1 Title List

• The Art Lesson by Tomie de Paola
• Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
• The Bremen-Town Musicians by Ilse Plume
• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Eric Carle
• A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams
• Chicken Little by Steven Kellogg
• Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin
• Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin
• Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems
• Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell
• Frederick by Leo Lionni
• Frog and Toad Are Friends, "The Lost Button" by Arnold Lobel
• Frog and Toad Are Friends, "The Swim" by Arnold Lobel
• Galimoto by Karen Lynn Williams
• The Ghost-Eye Thee by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault
• Goldilocks and the Three Bears by James Marshall
• Good Dog, Carl by Alexandra Day
• Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
• The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle
• Hattie and the Fox by Mem Fox
• Have You Seen My Duckling? by Nancy Tafuri
• If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Romanoff
• Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni
• Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback
• King Bidgood's in the Bathtub by Audrey Wood
• Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
• Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton
• Miss Nelson is Missing by Harry Allard
• No David! by David Shannon
• Noisy Nora by Rosemary Wells
• Olivia by Ian Falconer
• Owen by Kevin Henkes
• Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
• A Pocket for Corduroy by Don Freeman
• Q is for Duck by Mary Elting and Michael Folsom
• Quick as a Cricket by Audrey Wood
• Rosie's Walk by Pat Hutchins
• Rotten Ralph by Jack Gantos
• Rumpelstiltskin by Paul O. Zelinsky
• The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
• Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
• Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola
• Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bank
• The Art Lesson by Tommie dePaola
• The Ghost-Eye Tree by Bill Martin and John Archambault
• Tomorrow's Alphabet by George Shannon
• Tops & Bottoms by Janet Stevens
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
• We're Going On a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
• The Wednesday Surprise by Eve Bunting
• When Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry by Molly Bang
• Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
• Where's Spot? by Eric Hill
• Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox

In Grades 2-3 there are 60+ interactive read-aloud lessons built around the following Mentor Texts.

• The Art Lesson by Tommie dePaola
• Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions by Margaret Musgrove
• The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward
• Casey at the Bat by Ernest Thayer
• Cheyenne Again by Eve Bunting
• A Chocolate Moose for Dinner by Fred Gwynne
• Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judy Barrett
• Crow Boy by Taro Yashima
• The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara Kerley
• Dogteam by Gary Paulson
• Dr. De Soto by William Steig
• Fredrick by Leo Lioni
• The Frog Prince Continued by Jon Scieszka
• The Ghost-Eye Tree by Bill Martin and John Archambault
• Goggles! by Ezra Jack Keats
• Goldilocks and the Three Bears by James Marshall
• Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say
• Hansel and Gretel by Rika Lesser
• Heartland by Diane Siebert
• The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown
• It Could Always Be Worse by Margot Zemach
• Jumanjii by Chris Van Allsburg
• Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
• Little Bear's Visit by Else H. Minarik
• Little Red Riding Hood by Trina Schart Hyman
• Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young
• Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
• The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein
• Martin's Big Words: the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Doreen Rapport
• Mirandy and Brother Wind by Patricia C. McKissack
• Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale by John Steptoe
• Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann
• Owen by Kevin Henkes
• Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
• Puss in Boots by Malcolm Arthur
• The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant
• Rumpelstiltskin by Paul O. Zelinsky
• Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young
• Shrek! by William Steig
• Sleeping Ugly by Jand Yolen
• Snow by Uri Shulevitz
• Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
• Some Smug Slug by Pamela Duncan Edwards
• Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
• The Stray Dog by Marc Simont
• Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola
• Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
• Tomorrow's Alphabet by George Shannon
• The True Story of the Three Little Pigs! by Jon Scieszka
• Tuesday by David Wiesner
• The Ugly Duckling by Jerry Pinkney
• What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page
• When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant
• When Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry by Molly Bang
• Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
• Yo! Yes? by Richard Jackson

In Grades 4–5 there are 60+ interactive read-aloud lessons built around the following Mentor Texts.

• Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
• All the Places to Love by Patricia MacLachlan
• Annie and the Old One by Miska Miles
• Barefoot by Pamela Duncan Edwards
• Black and White by David Macaulay
• The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco
• Casey at the Bat by Ernest L. Thayer
• Caves by Stephen P. Kramer
• Cheyenne Again by Eve Bunting
• Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco
• Dakota Dugout by Ann Turner
• Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin
• Dogteam by Gary Paulsen
• Dandelions by Eve Bunting
• A Drop of Water by Walter Wick
• The Frog Prince Continued by Jon Scieszka
• The Gardener by Sarah Stewart
• The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble
• Gleam and Glow by Eve Bunting
• The Heart by Seymour Simon
• Heartland by Diane Siebert
• Home Run by Robert Burleigh
• If I Were in Charge of the World by Judith Viorst
• The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown
• Joyful Noise by Paul Fleischman
• Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
• Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman
• Martin's Big Words by Doreen Rapport
• More Than Anything Else by Marie Bradby
• Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe
• Nettie's Trip South by Ann Turner
• The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg
• Miss Alaineus by Debra Frasier
• The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson
• Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
• Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco
• Punctuation Takes a Vacation by Robin Pulver
• Piggy Pie! by Margie Palatini
• Rumpelstiltskin by Paul O. Zelinsky
• Sector 7 by David Wiesner
• Smoky Night by Eve Bunting
• Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
• So Far from the Sea by Eve Bunting
• So You Want to Be President? by Judith St. George
• Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold
• Tough Cookie by David Wisniewski
• The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
• Under the Quilt of Night by Deborah Hopkinson
• Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg
• The Ugly Duckling by Jerry Pinkney
• When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant
• The Widow's Broom by Chris Van Allsburg
• Wilma Unlimited by Kathleen Krull
• The Wreck of the Zephyr by Chris Van Allsburg
• The Yellow Star by Carmen Agra Deedy
• The Z Was Zapped by Chris Van Allsburg