Books for Dialogic Reading

While any picture book can be read dialogically, this list highlights books that facilitate the practice

April Wilson's Magpie Magic: A Tale of Colorful Mischief  by April Wilson (1999) 

Babies in the Bayou by Jim Arnosky (2007)

Bark George  by Jules Feiffer (1999)

The Best Time of Day by Eilleen Spinelli (2005)

Blue Sea by Robert Kalan (1979)

The Bridge is Up by Babs Bell (2004)

Bugs For Lunch by Margery Facklam (1999)

Butterfly Butterfly: A Book of Colors by Petr Horacek (2007)

Elizabeti's Doll by Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen (1998)

First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (2007)

Green as a Bean by Karla Kuskin (2007)

Is This My Nose? by Georgie Birkett (2008)

Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems (2004)

Lemons are Not Red by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (2004)

Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni (1959)

Lunch by Denise Fleming (1992)

Not a Box by Antoinette Portis (2006)

The Odd Egg by Emily Gravett (2009)

Orange Pear Apple Bear by Emily Gravett (2007)

Owl Babies by Martin Waddell (1992)

Same Same by Marthe Jocelyn (2009)

The Three Bears by Byron Barton (1991)

Treasure by Suzanne Bloom (2007)

What Will Fat Cat Sit On? by Jan Thomas (2007)

White Rabbit's Color Book by Alan Baker (1997)

Wolf's Coming by Joe Kulka  (2007)