November 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
- October Read Alouds
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November Read Alouds
- November 1 – National Family Literacy Day – The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson (I remember listening to this story during Christmas as my mom read it aloud. It’s a pretty old book, so I’m not sure how it would resonate with kids today, but I have fond memories of it.)
- November 2 – Look for Circles Day – Circle by Mac Barnett
- November 3 – Jellyfish Day – Spencer and Vincent: The Jellyfish Brothers by Tony Johnston
- November 4 – National Candy Day – Are You Eating Candy Without Me? by Draga Jenny Malesevic
- November 5 – Election Day – Lillian’s Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by Jonah Winter
- November 6 – National Saxophone Day – Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane by Carole Boston Weatherford
- November 7 – Hug a Bear Day – Where’s My Teddy? by Jez Alborough
- November 8 – National STEM Day – Mary Had a Little Lab by Sue Fliess
- November 9 – Go to an Art Museum Day – Time to Make Art by Jeff Mack
- November 10 – Sesame Street Day – The Monster at the End of This Book! by Jon Stone
- November 11 – Veterans Day – Twenty One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by Jeff Gottesfeld
- November 12 – Young Readers Day – The Story of a Book by Joy McCullough
- November 13 – World Kindness Day – I Walk with Vanessa: A Story about a Simple Act of Kindness by Kerascoët
- November 14 – National Pickle Day – I Hear a Pickle: and Smell, See, Touch, & Taste It, Too! by Rachel Isadora
- November 15 – National Recycling Day – What a Waste: Trash, Recycling, and Protecting our Planet by Jess French
- November 16 – National Button Day – The Button Book by Bethan Woollvin
- November 17 – National Hiking Day – Hike by Pete Oswald
- November 18 – National Princess Day – The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
- November 19 – World Toilet Day – Toilet: How It Works by David Macaulay
- November 20 – Universal Children’s Day – The Fort by Laura Perdew
- November 21 – National Gingerbread Cookie Day – The Gingerbread Man by Jim Aylesworth
- November 22 – Go for a Ride Day – Cars Galore by Peter Stein
- November 23 – Fibonacci Day – Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature by Joyce Sidman
- November 24 – Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day – A Stone Sat Still by Brendan Wenzel
- November 25 – National Play Day with Dad – Made for Me by Zack Bush
- November 26 – International Cake Day – Snickerdoodle Takes the Cake by Ethan Long
- November 27 – Turtle Adoption Day – The Book of Turtles by Sy Montgomery
- November 28 – Red Planet Day – Mars! Earthlings Welcome by Stacy McAnult
- November 29 – National Day of Listening – Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
- November 30 – Small Business Saturday – Good Night, Little Bookstore by Amy Cherrix
