September 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

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September Read Alouds

• September 1 – American Chess Day – The Life-Changing Magic of Chess: A Beginner’s Guide with Grandmaster Maurice Ashley by Maurice Ashley
• September 2 – Spalding Baseball Day – Bats at the Ballgame by Brian Lies
• September 3 – Skyscraper Day – Dreaming Up: A Celebration of Building by Christy Hale
• September 4 – National Wildlife Day – Wild Places: The Life of Naturalist David Attenborough by Hayley Rocco
• September 5 – World Samosa Day – Awe-samosas! by Marzieh Abbas
• September 6 – National Read a Book – The Story of a Book by Joy McCullough
• September 7 – World Beard Day – The Lumberjack’s Beard by Duncan Beedie
• September 8 – Grandparents Day – Grandma’s Purse by Vanessa Brantley-Newton
• September 9 – Emergency Services Day – You Can’t Call an Elephant in an Emergency by Patricia Cleveland-Park and David Tazzyman
• September 10 – National Ants on a Log Day – The Wonderful Wisdom of Ants by Philip Bunting
• September 11 – Libraries Remember Day – The Loud Librarian by Jenna Beatrice
• September 12 – Are You Okay Day – Be Kind by Pat Zietlow Miller
• September 13 – National Kids Take Over the Kitchen Day – Every Night Is Pizza Night by J. Kenji López-Alt
• September 14 – National Live Creative Day – What If? by Samantha Berger
• September 15 – Dot Day – The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds
• September 16 – National Guacamole Day – Holy Squawkamole! by Susan Wood
• September 17 – Mid-Autumn Festival – A Big Mooncake for Little Star by Grace Lin
• September 18 – National Cheeseburger Day – Are You a Cheeseburger? by Monica Arnaldo
• September 19 – Talk Like a Pirate Day – How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long
• September 20 – National String Cheese Day – The Great Cheese Robbery by Tim Warnes
• September 21 – World Gratitude Day – Thankful by Eileen Spinelli
• September 22 – Fall Equinox – Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn by Kenard Pak
• September 23 – National Family Day – A Family Like Ours by Frank Murphy
• September 24 – National Voter Registration Day – Vote for Our Future! by Margaret McNamara
• September 25 – National Comic Book Day – Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea! By Ben Clanton
• September 26 – National Dumpling Day – Dumpling Day by Meera Sriram
• September 27 – National Scarf Day – Little Owl’s Orange Scarf by Tatyana Feeney 
• September 28 – International Rabbit Day – Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Fleming
• September 29 – World Heart Day – In My Heart: A Book of Feelings by Jo Witek
• September 30 – International Translation Day – Houses with a Story: A Dragon’s Den, a Ghostly Mansion, a Library of Lost Books, and 30 More Amazing Places to Explore by Seiji Yoshida