October Read Alouds

It’s time for another month’s read alouds to celebrate wacky, silly, important, and historical holidays! This list combines not only great fictional read alouds, but some nonfiction and biographies as well to teach kids about fun and interesting facts and people.

I’m not taking all the credit, as the blog Growing Book by Book has a post just like this! I tried hard to either choose different holidays to highlight when I found something that could work or at the very least, provide some additional titles for you instead!

• January Read Alouds
• February Read Alouds
• March Read Alouds
• April Read Alouds
• May Read Alouds
• June Read Alouds
• July Read Alouds
• August Read Alouds
• September Read Alouds

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October Read Alouds

• October 1 – National Hair Day – Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry
• October 2 – Rosh Hashanah – Engineer Ari and the Rosh Hashanah Ride by Deborah Bodin Cohen
• October 3 – National Techies Day – Tea with Grandpa by Barney Saltzberg
• October 4 – National Taco Day – Little Taco Truck by Tanya Valentine
• October 5 – National Be Nice Day – Kindness Makes Us Strong by Sophie Beer
• October 6 – World Cerebral Palsy Day – I Am, You Are: Let’s Talk About Disability, Individuality and Empowerment by Ashley Harris Whaley
• October 7 – World Architecture Day – Iggy Peck, Architect by Andrea Beaty
• October 8 – World Octopus Day – The Octopus Escapes by Maile Meloy
• October 9 – Curious Events Day – Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover by Markus Motum
• October 10 – National Handbag Day – Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
• October 11 – World Egg Day – An Egg Is Quiet by Dianna Hutts Aston
• October 12 – I Love Yarn Day – Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett
• October 13 – National M&M Day – The M&M’s Brand Counting Book by Barbara Barbieri McGrath
• October 14 – Indigenous Peoples’ Day – My Heart Fills With Happiness by Monique Gray Smith
• October 15 – National Mushroom Day – Fungarium: Welcome to the Museum by Ester Gaya 
• October 16 – National Fossil Day – Fossil by Bill Thomson
• October 17 – National Pasta Day – Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola
• October 18 – National Alaska Day – The Salmon Princess – An Alaska Cinderella Story by Mindy Dwyer
• October 19 – International Sloth Day – Swing Sloth!: Explore the Rain Forest by Susan B. Neuman
• October 20 – International Chef Day – José Feeds the World: How a Famous Chef Feeds Millions of People in Need Around the World by David Unger  
• October 21 – Reptile Awareness Day – Reptiles Everywhere by Britta Teckentrup 
• October 22 – National Color Day – The Rainbow Snail by Karin Åkesson
• October 23 – Swallows Depart from San Juan Capistrano Day – Swallows Swirl by Christina Wilsdon
• October 24 – National Food Day – Pancakes to Parathas: Breakfast Around the World by Alice B. McGinty 
• October 25 – World Lemur Day – How to Lose a Lemur by Frann Preston-Gannon
• October 26 – Hug a Sheep Day – Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox
• October 27 – National Civics Day – Vote for Our Future! by Margaret McNamara
• October 28 – National Immigrants Day – Her Right Foot by Dave Eggers
• October 29 – National Cat Day – 100 Cats: Cute Kitties to Count by Michael Whaite
• October 30 – National Candy Corn Day – Julius’s Candy Corn by Kevin Henkes
• October 31 – Halloween – Don’t Push the Button! A Halloween Treat: A Spooky Fun Interactive Book For Kids by Bill Cotter