Welcome To TogetheREAD

Transportation and Travel

What is your favorite way to travel? Would you like to try something new? Read about how others navigate and travel to new places: from trains and cars to camels and flying carpets! Take some imaginary trips together with others in your family.

TogetheRead is a series of recommended books, questions, and activities designed around two important facts:

Reading is a critical skill for a successful future.
Kids always want to have FUN!

TogetheRead’s monthly themes give you ideas for having fun together as you build stronger readers.

If you have children of different ages, you’ll find books for each child, all on the same theme.

We’ve included suggested questions for you to talk about before, during, and after reading. Also, you'll find ideas for free or low-cost family activities for everyone. Grandparents or extended family members can easily participate as well.

Effective readers think about certain things before, during, and after reading. We’ve interwoven these “reading strategies” into the TogetheRead questions and activities, so you will be building good reading skills as you talk and have fun together! You don’t have to worry about whether you are “doing it right.”

Just read, talk, and enjoy!

Transportation and Travel

Preschool and
Picture Books

Early Elementary
Books

Upper Elementary to Middle School Books

Middle School to Young Adult Books

Books for Mature Teens and Adults

More Ideas for
this Theme

How to do a TogetheREAD
with Your Family

Tips to Build
Better Readers

Information for Families
and Parent Organizations