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More episodes of the podcast Mrs. Schmid's Read Alouds

• “Summer Rain” by E Coatsworth
• “The Dream of Now” by William Stafford
• “Reading Myself to Sleep” by Billy Collins
• “Shoulders” by Naomi Shihab Nye
• “Alone” by Maya Angelou
• “Famous” by Naomi Shihab Nye
• “Drop a Pebble in the Water” by James W Foley
• “Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push” by Walter Dean Myers
• “Reaching New Heights” by Marjorie Flintom
• Two Poems and a Fable to Pair with “Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push”
• “Going Home to Ecuador, Part 2: Where do I Belong?” By Amanda Machado
• “Going Home to Ecuador, part one: Finding my people” by Amanda Machado via Newsela
• “Saying Yes” by Diana Chang
• “The White Umbrella” by Gish Jen
• “Our Deepest Fear” by Marianne Williamson
• “Identity” by Julio Polanco
• “The Two Brothers” by Leo Tolstoy
• “Can Weather Affect Your Mood” by World of Psychology
• "All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury