2022-2023 Read Alouds
Thursday, September 8 - Lena’s Shoes Are Nervous: A First-Day-Of-School Dilemma by Keith Calabrese and Juana Medina
Friday, September 9 - School’s First Day of School by Adam Rex
Monday, September 12 - Click, Clack, Quack To School by Doreen Cronin
Tuesday, September 13 - This is a School by John Schu
Wednesday, September 14 - The Librarian From the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler
Thursday, September 15 - The Bad Seed Goes to the Library by Jory John
Friday, September 16 - Yasmin the Librarian by Saadia Faruqi
Monday, September 19 - Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes Part 1
Tuesday, September 20 - Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes Part 2 and Becoming Vanessa by Vanessa Brantley-Newton Part 1
Wednesday, September 21 - Becoming Vanessa by Vanessa Brantley-Newton PART 2 and Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal - Happy First Day of Fall!
Thursday, September 22 - Your Name is a Song by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
Friday, September 23 - Sammy Spider’s First Rosh Hashanah by Sylvia A. Rouss - Shana tova! (Happy Rosh Hashanah!)
Friday, September 30 - When Sophie Thinks She Can’t by Molly Bang
Monday, October 3 - The Little Butterfly That Could by Ross Burach
Tuesday, October 4 - Sammy Spider’s First Yom Kippur by Sylvia A. Rouss - Have a meaningful Yom Kippur!
Thursday, October 6 - The Chicken Who Couldn’t by Jan Thomas
Friday, October 7 - Indigenous Peoples Day by Katrina M. Phillips - Happy Indigenous Peoples Day (on Monday)!
Tuesday, October 11 - Tomas and the Library Lady by Pat Mora - Happy Hispanic Heritage Month!
Wednesday, October 12 - Dolores Huerta: A Hero to Migrant Workers by Sarah Warren - Happy Hispanic Heritage Month!
Thursday, October 13 - Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight For Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh Part 1 - Happy Hispanic Heritage Month!
Friday, October 14 - Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight For Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh Part 2 - Happy Hispanic Heritage Month!
Monday, October 17 - Cannonball by Sacha Cotter
Tuesday, October 18 - Your Fantastic, Elastic Brain by JoAnn Deak
Wednesday, October 19 - Hello Autumn by Shelly Rotner and Autumn by Barbara J. Turner (song)
Thursday, October 20 - Pete the Cat: Falling for Autumn by James Dean
Friday, October 21 - Little Critter: The Fall Festival by Mercer Mayer
Monday, October 24 - Archie Celebrates Diwali by Mitali Banerjee Ruths - Happy Diwali!
Tuesday, October 25 - Halloween is Coming by Cal Everett and Spooky Snacks and Treats by Zac Williams and Scary, Scary Halloween by Eve Bunting
Wednesday, October 26 - Monster Trouble! by Lane Fredrickson
Thursday, October 27 - Leonardo the Terrible Monster by Mo Willems
Friday, October 28 - D is for Drool: My Monster Alphabet by Amanda Noll
Monday, October 31 - Space Case by Edward Marshall - Happy Halloween!
Tuesday, November 1 - My Family Celebrates Day of the Dead by Lisa Bullard and Citlali and the Day of the Dead by Berta de Llano Part 1 - Happy Day of the Dead/Feliz Día de los Muertos!
Wednesday, November 2 - Citlali and the Day of the Dead by Berta de Llano Part 2 - ENGLISH AND SPANISH - Happy Day of the Dead/Feliz Día de los Muertos!
Thursday, November 3 - A Vote is a Powerful Thing by Catherine Stier
Friday, November 4 - Vote for our Future by Margaret McNamara
Monday, November 7 - Vote for Me by Ben Clanton
Wednesday, November 9 - You Hold Me Up by Monique Gray Smith
Thursday, November 10 - Tammy Duckworth by Stephanie Cham - Happy Veteran's Day
Monday, November 21 - Avengers Storybook Collection by Marvel Press - Avengers Assemble Part 1 - All About Loki
Tuesday, November 22 - Avengers Storybook Collection by Marvel Press - Avengers Assemble Part 2 - All About She Hulk
Wednesday, November 23 - This is Captain Marvel by Kelsey Sullivan and Captain America: The Winter Soldier Falcon Takes Flight by Adam Davis - All About Captain Falcon and Captain Marvel
Monday, November 28 - Go Show the World by Wab Kinew - Happy Native American Heritage Month!
Tuesday, November 29 - Hey Little Rockabye by Buffy Sainte-Marie - Happy Native American Heritage Month!
Wednesday, November 30 - Forever Cousins by Laurel Goodluck Part 1 - Happy Native American Heritage Month!
Thursday, December 1 - Forever Cousins by Laurel Goodluck Part 2 - Happy Native American Heritage Month!
Friday, December 2 - Powwow Day by Traci Sorrell and Powwow by Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane - Happy Native American Heritage Month!
Monday, December 5 - Frog and Toad Together: Cookies by Arnold Lobel
Tuesday, December 6 - Stick and Stone by Beth Ferry and Stick and Stone Best Friends Forever by Beth Ferry
Wednesday, December 7 - The Adventures of Beekle The Unimaginary Friend by Dan Santat
Thursday, December 8 - Kevin the Unicorn: Why Can’t We Be Bestie-Corns by Jessika von Innerebner
Friday, December 9 - Penguin and Pinecone: A Friendship Story and Penguin on Vacation by Salina Yoon
Monday, December 12 - We Are All Born Free: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Pictures from Amnesty International - Happy Human Rights Day (which was on 12/10)
Tuesday, December 13 - Selections from Winter Lights: A Season in Poems and Quilts by Anna Grossnickle Hines and A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals by Christopher Corr - Happy St. Lucia’s Day
Wednesday, December 14 - Winter Lights: A Season in Poems and Quilts by Anna Grossnickle Hines
Thursday, December 15 - The Night of Las Posadas by Tommie de Paola Part 1 - Happy Las Posadas!
Friday, December 16 - The Night of Las Posadas by Tommie de Paola Part 2 - Happy Las Posadas!
Monday, December 19 - Latkes and Applesauce: A Hanukkah Story by Fran Manushkin - Happy Chanukah
Tuesday, December 20 - Li'l Rabbit’s Kwanzaa by Donna Washington - Happy Kwanzaa in advance! (Kwanzaa starts on 12/26!)
Wednesday, December 21 - The Shortest Day: Celebrating the Winter Solstice by Wendy Pfeffer - Happy Winter Solstice!
Thursday, December 22 - The Night Before New Year’s by Natasha Wing - Happy New Year (in advance)!
Friday, December 23 - Santa Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins - Merry Christmas (in advance)!
Thursday, January 5 - Hurray for Three Kings Day by Lori Marie Carlson - Happy Three Kings Day (tonight and tomorrow)!
Friday, January 6 - On Three Kings Day = El día de los tres Reyes Magos by Judith Mazzeo Zocchi - Interview with Ms. Perez! Happy Three Kings Day!
Monday, January 9 - Celebrating all Religions by Abby Colich - Happy World Religions Day (which is on Sunday, 1/15)!
Tuesday, January 10 - Martin Luther King Jr. by Emma E. Haldy and I Am Brave by Brad Meltzer - MLK Day is on 1/16!
Wednesday, January 11 - Martin Luther King Jr. by Kitson Jazynka Part 1 - MLK Day is on 1/16!
Thursday, January 12 - Martin Luther King Jr. by Kitson Jazynka Part 2 and I Have A Dream by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - MLK Day is on 1/16!
Friday, January 13 - Let the Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson - MLK Day is on 1/16!
Tuesday, January 17 - A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals by Christopher Corr and A Birthday for Cow by Jan Thomas - Happy Pongal!
Wednesday, January 18 - Sun: One In A Billion by Stacy McAnulty
Thursday, January 19 - Chinese New Year by Sharon Katz Cooper - Happy Chinese New Year (on 1/22)!
Friday, January 20 - Chelsea’s Chinese New Year by Lisa Bullard - Happy Lunar New Year (on 1/22)!
Monday, January 23 - Be A Rabbit Expert by Gemma Barder - Happy Year of the Rabbit!
Tuesday, January 24 - The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter - Happy Year of the Rabbit!
Wednesday, January 25 - The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld - Happy Year of the Rabbit!
Thursday, January 26 - Mixed by Arree Chung - Happy Multicultural Children's Book Day!
Friday, January 27 - I’m Like You, You’re Like Me/Yo Soy Como Tu, Tu Eres Como Yo by Cindy Gainer - Happy Multicultural Children's Book Day Part 2 - Read in Spanish and English with Ms. Castro!
Monday, January 30 - Rescue and Jessica: A Life Changing Friendship by Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes - Happy Multicultural Children's Book Day Part 3
Tuesday, January 31 - All Around the World: Scotland by Kristine Spanier - Happy Up Helly Aa!
Wednesday, February 1 - When We Say Black Lives Matter by Maxine Beneba Clarke - Happy Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action
Thursday, February 2 - Punxsutawney Phyllis by Susan Leonard Hill - Happy Groundhog Day! We have 6 more weeks of winter.
Friday, February 3 - We Shall Overcome illustrated by Bryan Collier - Happy Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action
Friday, February 10 - Don’t Throw It To Mo by David A. Adler - Happy Super Bowl Day!
Monday, February 13 - Bucket Filling A To Z by Carol McCloud - Happy Respect for All Week and Spirit Week Day 1 - Share the Love and Fill Your Bucket Crown with Kindness!
Tuesday, February 14 - All You Need is Love by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and Love by Matt de la Pena - Happy Valentine's Day!
Wednesday, February 15 - 100 Monsters in my School by Bonnie Bader - Happy 100th Day of School!!!!
Thursday, February 16 - Superbuns! Kindness is her Superpower by Diane Kredensor - Happy Respect for All Week!
Friday, February 17 - Skin Again by bell hooks and What I Am by Divya Srinivasan - Happy Respect for All Week!
Monday, February 27 - Rafi and Rosi Carnival by Lulu Delacre - Happy Carnival/Dominican Day Parade!
Tuesday, February 28 - Stevie Wonder by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara Part 1 - Happy Black History Month!
Wednesday, March 1 - Stevie Wonder by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara Part 2 - Happy Black History Month!
Thursday, March 2 - I Am Oprah Winfrey by Brad Meltzer Part 1 - Happy Black History Month and Women's History Month!
Friday, March 3 - I Am Oprah Winfrey by Brad Meltzer Part 2 Happy Black History Month and Women's History Month!
Monday, March 6 - My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken, and Me by Maya Angelou Happy Black History Month and Women's History Month!
Tuesday, March 7 - Brave Ballerina: The Story of Janet Collins by Michelle Meadows Happy Black History Month and Women's History Month!
Wednesday, March 8 - I Am Harriet Tubman by Brad Meltzer Part 1 - Happy International Women's Day and Happy Harriet Tubman Day (on Friday)!
Thursday, March 9 - I Am Harriet Tubman by Brad Meltzer Part 2 - Happy Harriet Tubman Day (on Friday)!
Friday, March 10 - I Am Harriet Tubman by Brad Meltzer Part 3 and The Listening Walk by Paul Showers - Happy Harriet Tubman Day! Happy #SEL Day! Happy Listening Day!
Monday, March 13 - Anne and her Tower of Giraffes by Karlin Gray - Happy Women's History Month!
Tuesday, March 14 - National Geographic Kids Giraffes by Laura Marsh
Wednesday, March 15 - Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae and explore.org
Thursday, March 16 - Giraffe Problems by Jory John
Friday, March 17 - It’s St. Patrick’s Day by Richard Sebra and How To Catch a Leprechaun by Adam Wallace - Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Monday, March 20 - Shirley Chisholm Dared by Alicia D. Williams and April Harrison Part 1 - Happy first day of spring!!! Happy Women's History Month!
Tuesday, March 21 - Shirley Chisholm Dared by Alicia D. Williams and April Harrison Part 2 - Happy Women's History Month!
Wednesday, March 22 - Lailah’s Lunchbox by Reem Faruqi Part 1 - Ramadan Mubarek!
Thursday, March 23 - Lailah’s Lunchbox by Reem Faruqi Part 2 - Ramadan Kareem!
Friday, March 24 - Grandma’s Gardens Part 1 by Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton - Happy Women's History Month!
Monday, March 27 - Grandma’s Gardens Part 2 by Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton - Happy Women's History Month!
Tuesday, March 28 - Pinkie Promises by Elizabeth Warren - Happy Women's History Month!
Wednesday, March 29 - Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice by Nikki Grimes Part 1 - Happy Women's History Month!
Thursday, March 30 - Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice by Nikki Grimes Part 2 - Happy Women's History Month!
Friday, March 31 - Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice by Nikki Grimes Part 3- Happy Women's History Month!
Monday, April 3 - Hoppy Passover by Linda Glaser - Happy Passover (starting on Wednesday evening)!
Tuesday, April 4 - Too Sticky: Sensory Issues With Autism by Jen Malia - Happy Autism Awareness Day!
Wednesday, April 5 - It’s Easter by Richard Sebra and How to Catch the Easter Bunny by Adam Wallace - Happy Easter (on Sunday)!
Monday, April 17 - Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth by Oliver Jeffers - Happy Earth Day (on April 22)!
Tuesday, April 18 - Join the No Plastic Challenge by Scot Ritchie Part 1 - Happy Earth Day (on April 22)!
Wednesday, April 19 - Join the No Plastic Challenge by Scot Ritchie Part 2 - Happy Earth Day (on April 22)!
Thursday, April 20 - The Best Eid Ever by Asma Mobin-Uddin - Happy Eid (Friday, 4/21)!
Monday, April 24 - Don’t Hug Doug (He Doesn’t Like It) by Carrie Finison - Happy Magnificent Mind: Brains Work Differently Day!
Tuesday, April 25 - I Am Me: A Book of Authenticity by Susan Verde - Happy Celebrating Differences Day!
Wednesday, April 26 - ABC What Can I Be? by Sugar Snap Studio - Happy What's Your Passion Day!
Thursday, April 26 - When We Are Kind/ Nihá'ádaahwiinít'jjgo by Monique Gray-Smith and Fill A Bucket: A Guide to Daily Happiness for Young Children by Carol McCloud - Happy Kindness Day! Don't forget to nominate a bucket filler!
Friday, April 27 - Wiggles, Stomps, and Squeezes Calm My Jitters Down by Lindsey Rowe Parker - Happy Fidget Friday!
Monday, May 1 - Nelly Takes New York: A Little Girl’s Adventures in the Big Apple by Allison Pataki and Marya Myers
Tuesday, May 2 - In New York by Marc Brown Part 1
Wednesday, May 3 - In New York by Marc Brown Part 2
Thursday, May 4 - How Little Lori Visited Times Square by Amod Vogel
Friday, May 5 - Celebrating Cinco de Mayo by Anne Heinrichs - ¡Feliz Cinco de Mayo!
Monday, May 8 - Teacher’s Rock by Todd Parr - Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!
Tuesday, May 9 - Miss Nelson is Missing by Harry Allard - Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!
Wednesday, May 10 - The Mommy Book by Todd Parr and The Grandma Book by Todd Parr - Happy Mother's Day (this Sunday)!
Thursday, May 11 - Your Mama by NoNieqa Ramos - Happy Mother's Day (this Sunday)!
Friday, May 12 - Love You Forever by Robert Munsch - Happy Mother's Day (this Sunday)!
Monday, May 15 - The Ugly Vegetables by Grace Lin (Chinese American) - Happy Asian/ Asian American/ Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month!
Tuesday, May 16 - What I Am by Divya Srinivasan (Indian American) - Happy AAPI Heritage Month!
Wednesday, May 17 - A Boy Named Isamu by James Yang (Japanese American) - Happy AAPI Heritage Month!
Thursday, May 18 - Snow Angel Sand Angel by Lois-Ann Yamanaka Part 1 (Hawaii) - Happy AAPI Heritage Month
Friday, May 19 - Snow Angel Sand Angel by Lois-Ann Yamanaka Part 2 (Hawaii) - Happy AAPI Heritage Month
Monday, May 22 - My Religion, Your Religion by Lisa Bullard - Happy Jewish American Heritage Month!
Tuesday, May 23 - Bubbie and Rivka’s Best-Ever Challah (So Far!) by Sarah Lynne Reul (Part 1) - Happy Jewish American Heritage Month!
Wednesday, May 24 - Bubbie and Rivka’s Best-Ever Challah (So Far!) by Sarah Lynne Reul (Part 2) - Happy Jewish American Heritage Month!
Thursday, May 25 - A Day for Rememberin’: Inspired by the True Events of the First Memorial Day by Leah Henderson Part 1 - Happy Memorial Day (on Monday)!
Friday, May 26 - A Day for Rememberin’: Inspired by the True Events of the First Memorial Day by Leah Henderson Part 2 - Happy Memorial Day (on Monday)!
Tuesday, May 30 - The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson
Wednesday, May 31 - Red: A Crayon’s Story by Michael Hall
Thursday, June 1 - Be You by Peter H. Reynolds
Friday, June 2 - Be A Bridge by Irene Latham and Charles Waters
Monday, June 5 - The Cot in the Living Room by Hilda Eunice Burgos (Dominican American) - Happy Caribbean American Heritage Month!
Tuesday, June 6 - It Feels Good to be Yourself by Theresa Thorn - Happy Pride Month!
Wednesday, June 7 - Téo’s Tutu by Maryann Jacob Macias - Happy Pride Month!
Monday, June 12 - Love is Love by Michael Genhart, PhD - Happy Pride Month!
Tuesday, June 13 - Home at Last by Vera B. Williams - Happy Pride Month!
Wednesday, June 14 - Twas the Night Before Pride by Joanna McClintick - Happy Pride Month!
Thursday, June 15 - Dad Bakes by Katie Yamasaki and Just Me and My Dad by Mercer Mayer - Happy Father's Day (on Sunday)!
Friday, June 16 - Juneteenth for Mazie by Floyd Cooper - Happy Juneteenth (on Monday)!
Tuesday, June 20 - Across the Bay by Carlos Aponte (Puerto Rico) - Happy Caribbean American Heritage Month!
Wednesday, June 21 - Summer Wonders by Bob Raczka and Among A Thousand Fireflies by Helen Frost - Happy Summer Solstice!
Thursday, June 22 - Natsumi’s Song of Summer by Robert Paul Weston and Misa Saburi
Friday, June 23 - Sun by Alison Oliver
Monday, June 26 - The Library Fish Learns to Read by Alyssa Satin Capuccili
Tuesday, June 27 - Last Day of School Blues by Julie Danneberg - Happy Last Day of School