Best Picture Book Read Alouds Podcasts (2024)

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43. Questions to Ask During an Interactive Read Aloud 8:33

4h ago8:33

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What questions should you ask during a read aloud? In this video, we are going to chat about how to ask questions during an interactive read aloud lesson. We are going to talk about what questions to ask, when to ask them and how often to ask questions during a read aloud. Read the show notes for Questions to Ask During an Interactive Read Aloud Jo…

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Ben Jonson's "Though I be young" 8:05

1h ago8:05

8:05

Today’s poem is a song from Ben Jonson’s final play, The Sad Shepherd (1641). Happy reading. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeBy Sean Johnson

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Amy Clampitt's "The Godfather Returns to Color TV" 8:43

23h ago8:43

8:43

Just when you thought you were out, The Daily Poem pulls you back in–to poems about movies. Today’s charming and earnest poem imitates the medium it describes (film) by swapping memorable images and sensations for linear propositions. Happy reading. Amy Clampitt was born and raised in New Providence, Iowa. She studied first at Grinnell College in G…

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Siegfried Sassoon's "Picture-Show" 5:17

2d ago5:17

5:17

Today’s poem–published in 1920–is one of the early intersections between poetry and cinema. Happy reading. Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) is best remembered for his angry and compassionate poems about World War I, which brought him public and critical acclaim. Avoiding the sentimentality and jingoism of many war poets, Sassoon wrote of the horror an…

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Hart Crane's "Chaplinesque" 7:04

3d ago7:04

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In today’s poem, written a century ago, cinema (and Charlie Chaplin) is already supplying metaphors for the work and experience of modern poets. Happy reading. Harold Hart Crane was born on July 21, 1899, in Garrettsville, Ohio, and began writing verse in his early teenage years. Though he never attended college, Crane read regularly on his own, di…

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Joseph Stanton's "Edward Hopper's 'New York Movie'" 9:10

4d ago9:10

9:10

Today’s poem (from an art scholar and master of ekphrastic poetry) features another classic Hopper painting and a contemplative trip to the movies. Happy reading! Joseph Stanton’s books of poems include A Field Guide to the Wildlife of Suburban O‘ahu, Cardinal Points, Imaginary Museum: Poems on Art, and What the Kite Thinks, Moving Pictures, and Li…

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Cornelius Eady's "Charlie Chaplin Impersonates a Poet" 9:34

5d ago9:34

9:34

This week The Daily Poem heads to the movies. Cornelius Eady is the founder of the poetry group Cave Canem and his published collections include Victims of the Latest Dance Craze (Omnation Press, 1986), winner of the Lamont Poetry Prize from the Academy of American Poets; The Gathering of My Name (Carnegie Mellon University Press,1991), nominated f…

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42. How to Choose a Book for an Interactive Read Aloud 8:38

5d ago8:38

8:38

How do you choose a book for an interactive read aloud? In this episode, I’m breaking down how to pick a read aloud book for your classroom. I’m sharing 5 simple, but effective questions to ask to make sure you choose the right book for your interactive read aloud. 🌟 CHECKLIST FREEBIE Check out the show notes for How to Choose a Book for an Interac…

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Allison Adelle Hedge Coke's "America, I Sing You Back" 5:14

8d ago5:14

5:14

Today’s poem both responds to and carries on the work of Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes. Happy reading! Allison Adelle Hedge Coke has written seven books of poetry, one book of nonfiction, and a play. Following former fieldworker retraining in the mid-1980s, the much-decorated poet began her writing and teaching career. She now serves as distingu…

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Two for the Fourth 5:38

9d ago5:38

5:38

Today’s (frequently-paired) poems form an antiphonal song between Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes on the complicated ideal of “being American.” Happy Independence Day and Happy Reading! Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeBy Sean Johnson

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Grace Schulman's "American Solitude" 17:40

10d ago17:40

17:40

Today’s poem is lovely, dark, and deep. Loneliness, Americana, Edward Hopper, literary illusions, clams: it has it all. Happy reading! Poet and editor Grace Schulman (b. 1935) was born Grace Waldman in New York City, the only child of a Polish Jewish immigrant father and a seventh-generation American mother. She studied at Bard College and earned h…

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John Ciardi's "Mummy Slept Late and Daddy Fixed Breakfast" 2:21

11d ago2:21

2:21

Today’s poem from John Ciardi goes out to all of the dads who can cook, all of the dads who can’t, all of the children who have endured the latter, and all of the moms who deserve to sleep late more often. Happy reading! Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe…

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Edgar Allan Poe's "To Helen" 8:51

12d ago8:51

8:51

In today’s poem, Poe offers us an ode to the Homeric beauty that is also definitely giving some Stacy’s-mom vibes. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeBy Sean Johnson

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Emily Dickinson's "I felt a Funeral, in my Brain," 11:05

15d ago11:05

11:05

On one of her darker days, Emily Dickinson dreams of a fate worse than death. Happy(?) reading. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeBy Sean Johnson

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Paul Laurence Dunbar's "The Lawyers' Ways" 5:00

15d ago5:00

5:00

Happy birthday to the trailblazing Paul Laurence Dunbar. For more meditations on “lawyers’ ways,” come join our discussion of To Kill a Mockingbird over on the Close Reads Podcast! Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeBy Sean Johnson

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Adam's "Bone of My Bone" 6:05

17d ago6:05

6:05

Though rarely anthologized or even contemplated as such, today’s poem is arguably the very first–and its a solid beginning. Happy reading. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeBy Sean Johnson

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William Butler Yeats' "Brown Penny" 7:44

18d ago7:44

7:44

Today’s poem is one of the purest and most earnest offerings from one of the most indefatigable lover-poets of the twentieth century. Happy reading! Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeBy Sean Johnson

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Marianne Moore's "Silence" 9:51

19d ago9:51

9:51

Marianne Craig Moore (November 15, 1887 – February 5, 1972) was an American modernist poet, critic, translator, and editor. Her poetry is noted for its formal innovation, precise diction, irony, and wit. She was nominated for the 1968 Nobel Prize in Literature. -bio via Wikipedia Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.co…

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Matthew Hollis' "The Diomedes" 10:12

22d ago10:12

10:12

Today’s poem comes from Matthew Hollis’ remarkable collection, Earth House, which blends explorations of the four cardinal directions and original translations of Anglo-Saxon verse from the Exeter Book. Matthew Hollis was born in Norwich in 1971, and now lives in London. His debut Ground Water (Bloodaxe Books, 2004) was shortlisted for the Guardian…

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Jim Daniels' "Short-Order Cook" 8:09

23d ago8:09

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Today’s poem goes out to all the unsung heroes of the grease trap and the fry basket. Happy reading. Jim Daniels is the author of numerous collections of poetry, most recently The Middle Ages (Red Mountain Press, 2018) and Street Calligraphy (Steel Toe Books, 2017). His third collection, Places/Everyone (University of Wisconsin Press, 1985), won th…

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Lucille Clifton's "cutting greens" 9:43

24d ago9:43

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Lucille Clifton was born in Depew, New York, on June 27, 1936. Her first book of poems, Good Times (Random House, 1969), was rated one of the best books of the year by the New York Times. Clifton remained employed in state and federal government positions until 1971, when she became a writer in residence at Coppin State College in Baltimore, Maryla…

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Robert Graves' "I'd Love to Be a Fairy's Child" 4:05

25d ago4:05

4:05

Captain Robert von Ranke Graves (24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985) was an English poet, soldier, historical novelist and critic. His father was Alfred Perceval Graves, a celebrated Irish poet and figure in the Gaelic revival; they were both Celticists and students of Irish mythology. Robert Graves produced more than 140 works in his lifetime. His poe…

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Carl Sandburg's "Fog" 4:47

26d ago4:47

4:47

Today’s economical little poem from Carl Sandburg is jam-packed with allusion and metaphor. Happy reading. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeBy Sean Johnson

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41. Why Read Aloud? Benefits of Using Read Alouds in the Classroom 15:31

29d ago15:31

15:31

Why read aloud? Reading aloud to kids has so many benefits! I'm sharing my top 10 reasons for reading aloud to children in the classroom. FREE LESSON LESSONS IN THIS VIDEO: This is a School Strictly No Elephants The Invisible Boy The Day You Begin Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon BOOKS IN THIS VIDEO: This is a School Strictly No Elephants The Invisible …

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Donald Davidson's "Lee in the Mountains" Pt. 2 5:04

1M ago5:04

5:04

The conclusion to yesterday’s poem. Happy reading. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeBy Sean Johnson

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Donald Davidson's "Lee in the Mountains" Pt. 1 6:24

1M ago6:24

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Today, while the host works in the mountains, we are featuring the first half of a longer poem by Fugitive poet Donald Davidson, imagining the inner agonies of a Robert E. Lee in retirement. Part 2 tomorrow. Associated with the Fugitives and Southern Agrarians, poet Donald (Grady) Davidson was born in Tennessee and earned both a BA and an MA from V…

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Robert Bly's "The Moon" 7:06

1M ago7:06

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Robert Bly (born December 23, 1926, in Madison, Minnesota) is the author of more than thirty books of poetry, including Stealing Sugar from the Castle: Selected Poems (W. W. Norton, 2013); Talking into the Ear of a Donkey: Poems(W. W. Norton, 2011); Reaching Out to the World: New and Selected Prose Poems (White Pine Press, 2009); My Sentence Was a …

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Jane Kenyon's "Otherwise" 7:34

1M ago7:34

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Jane Kenyon (1947–1995), former Poet Laureate of New Hampshire, was the author of four volumes of poetry. Her collected poems were published by Graywolf Press in 2007. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeBy Sean Johnson

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R. S. Gwynn's "Shakespearean Sonnet" 7:06

1M ago7:06

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Today’s poem isn’t what you think, until you do some thinking–then its exactly what you thought. R. S. Gwynn (born 1948) is the author of six collections of poetry, including Dogwatch (2014) and the University of Missouri Breakthrough Award winner The Drive-In (1986). -bio via Library of Congress Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypo…

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William Shakespeare's Sonnet 94 ("They that have power") 10:26

1M ago10:26

10:26

Today’s poem, a lover’s plea disguised as a meditation on virtuous restraint, marks the end of our week of sonnets. Happy reading. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeBy Sean Johnson

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William Shakespeare's Sonnet 147 ("My love is as a fever...") 10:30

1M ago10:30

10:30

Today, the Bard gets bitter. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeBy Sean Johnson

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William Shakespeare's Sonnet 73 ("That time of year...") 6:52

1M ago6:52

6:52

Today’s sonnet details a painful reality: even great poets lose their hair sometimes. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeBy Sean Johnson

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William Shakespeare's Sonnet 55 ("Not marble...") 7:21

1M ago7:21

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Today, a (biased) case for poems as the monuments that can outlast monuments. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeBy Sean Johnson

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William Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 ("Shall I compare thee...") 8:59

1M ago8:59

8:59

Today’s poem–arguably the Bard’s most famous sonnet–will set the stage for four days of dramatically underrated Shakespearean sonnets. Happy reading! Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeBy Sean Johnson

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40. Read Aloud Books about Maps 12:47

1M ago12:47

12:47

Calling all explorers! Take your students on a captivating journey around the world with the magic of map books! ️This video showcases a treasure trove of engaging children's books that make learning about maps FUN and effective. 🌟 MAPPING PENNY"S WORLD LESSON 📚 MAP CHILDREN'S BOOKS: - Mapping Penny’s World - Me on the Map - Where Do I Live? - Foll…

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Oliver Herford's "The Early Owl" 3:07

1M ago3:07

3:07

From a New York Times obituary of Oliver Herford (1860-1935): "His wit…was too original at first to go down with the very delectable highly respectable magazine editors of the Nineties. It was odd, unexpected, his own brand. It takes genius to write the best nonsense, which is often far more sensible than sense. Herford's, the result of care and po…

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A. A. Milne's "Bad Sir Brian Botany" 4:19

1M ago4:19

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Today’s poem is a good reminder about noblesse obliges. Happy reading! Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeBy Sean Johnson

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Robert Louis Stevenson's "My Bed is a Boat" 4:24

1M ago4:24

4:24

Today’s poem might be a perfect companion to a bedtime-reading of Where the Wild Things Are on a balmy summer evening. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeBy Sean Johnson

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Hilaire Belloc's "Rebecca, Who Slammed Doors for Fun and Perished Miserably" 8:03

2M ago8:03

8:03

Today’s poem is another from Belloc–one of his Cautionary Tales for Children just in time for the beginning of a quiet summer (maybe?). Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeBy Sean Johnson

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Hilaire Belloc's "On the Gift of a Book to a Child" 3:47

2M ago3:47

3:47

Today’s poem is a series of increasingly vital pleas. Happy reading. For more of Belloc’s advice to the young, find yourself a copy of Cautionary Tales for Children! Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeBy Sean Johnson

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39. New Picture Books May 2024 17:40

2M ago17:40

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Check out these new picture books released in May 2024! Each of these books make a great read aloud for the classroom. It's hard to choose which May 2024 picture book to read first! 🌟 FREE BOOK LIST 📚 MAY PICTURE BOOKS: Sister Friend This Table Behind My Doors The Curious Why Good Night, Good Beach Joyful Song Let’s Go The Perfect Place Touch the S…

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Bonus: "Morituri Salutamus" in full 16:22

2M ago16:22

16:22

Today we’re feeling out a Saturday bonus episode featuring a reading of “Morituri Salutamus” in its entirety. Happy reading! Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeBy Sean Johnson

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Selections From Longfellow's "Morituri Salutamus" 8:38

2M ago8:38

8:38

Today’s episode features selections from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s fifty-year retrospective on his own graduation, the lengthy speech-in-verse, “Morituri Salutamus: Poem for the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Class of 1825 in Bowdoin College.” Come back tomorrow to hear the poem in full. Happy reading! Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at d…

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Christina Rossetti's "Up-Hill" 6:06

2M ago6:06

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Today’s poem from Christina Rossetti is not about high school or college, but it might still be about graduation. Happy reading! Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeBy Sean Johnson

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C. P. Cavafy's "Che Fece...Il Gran Rifiuto" 9:20

2M ago9:20

9:20

Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis, known, especially in English, as Constantine P. Cavafy and often published as C. P. Cavafy, was a Greek poet, journalist, and civil servant from Alexandria. A major figure of modern Greek literature, he is sometimes considered the most distinguished Greek poet of the 20th century. -bio via Wikipedia Get full access to T…

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Matthew Zapruder's "Graduation Day" 8:57

2M ago8:57

8:57

Matthew Zapruder is the author of six collections of poetry, most recently I Love Hearing Your Dreams, forthcoming from Scribner in September 2024, as well as two books of prose: Why Poetry (Ecco, 2017) and Story of a Poem (Unnamed, 2023). He is editor at large at Wave Books, where he edits contemporary poetry, prose, and translations. From 2016-7 …

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John Ciardi's "An Emeritus Addresses the School" 10:18

2M ago10:18

10:18

About the creative process itself, John Ciardi argued in the Writer that “it isn’t easy to make a poem,” adding, “It is better than easy: it is joyously, consumingly difficult. As it is difficult, too, though without joy, to face one’s failures.” Noting that the creation of successful verse requires definite skill, he wrote: “I insist that a poet n…

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Matsuo Bashō's Spring Haiku 9:52

2M ago9:52

9:52

Today’s poems are all about the ineffable experience of spring. Happy reading! The 17th-century Japanese haiku master Bashō was born Matsuo Kinsaku near Kyoto, Japan, to a minor samurai and his wife. Soon after the poet’s birth, Japan closed its borders, beginning a seclusion that allowed its native culture to flourish. It is believed that Bashō’s …

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Thomas Nashe's "Spring, the sweet spring" 8:00

2M ago8:00

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Today’s poem–an unambiguous paean to spring–suggests Thomas Nashe and T. S. Eliot had very different feelings about the month of April. Happy reading! Thomas Nashe (1567 - c. 1601) –English pamphleteer, poet, dramatist, and novelist– was the first of the English prose eccentrics. Nashe wrote in a vigorous combination of colloquial diction and idios…

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Edna St. Vincent Millay's "Spring" 8:21

2M ago8:21

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Today’s poem is a more complicated take on spring. Happy reading. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeBy Sean Johnson

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