Today is the thirteenth annual World Read Aloud Day!

Here are our children’s librarians, each reading a short excerpt from one of their favorite Newbery Medal winners!

The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera (2022 Newbery Award)

• read by Ms Laura
• find this book in the library catalog here

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle (1963 Newbery Award)

• read by Miss Christine
• find this book in the library catalog here

Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz (2008 Newbery Award)

• read by Mx Emily
• find this book in the library catalog here

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (1978 Newbery Award)

• read by Miss Leeah
• find this book in the library catalog here

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg (1968 Newbery Award)

• read by Ms Marcia
• find this book in the library catalog here

Holes by Louis Sachar (1999 Newbery Award)

• read by Miss Mariam
• find this book in the library catalog here

The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill (2017 Newbery Award)

• read by Ms Nicole
• find this book in the library catalog here

We hope you enjoy listening to these stories, and we hope that you find some time today to read, too!

For more information on World Read Aloud Day, please see here or here.

As always, happy reading! … Today and every day!