This Is Our House | Read Aloud for Kids

This Is Our House by Michael Rosen, illustrated by Bob Graham. In the shadows of an apartment complex, redheaded George sits in his cardboard-box house and won’t let any of his friends come in. He bans them for different reasons - because they’re girls, or too small, or wear glasses, etc. George’s friends try to get him to open up his house by weaving him into their play: “We’re coming in to fix the fridge,” announce twins Charlene and Marlene, while Luther sends his toy airplane crashing into the house and tells George that he must rescue it. But George will not budge until, finally, nature calls. Taking over the house, his friends turn the tables on George and force him to see the error of his ways.