2023-2024 Read Alouds
Thursday, September 7 - Chu’s First Day of School by Neil Gaiman and Adam Rex and Sounds Like School Spirit by Meg Fleming - Happy first day of school!!!
Friday, September 8 - The Pout Pout Fish Goes to School by Deborah Diesen and David Goes to School by David Shannon
Monday, September 11 - How to Get Your Teacher Ready by Jean Reagan and The School Book by Todd Parr
Tuesday, September 12 - The Librarian From the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler
Wednesday, September 13 - Do Not Bring Your Dragon to the Library by Julie Gassman and Library Books are Not For Eating by Todd Tarpley
Thursday, September 14 - A Child of Books by Oliver Jeffers
Friday, September 15 - Rosh Hashanah with Uncle Max by Varda Livey and Measuring a Year: A Rosh Hashanah Story by Linda Elovitz Marshall - L'shana tova - Happy Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year)!
Monday, September 18 - Have You Filled a Bucket Today? by Carol McCloud
Tuesday, September 19 - Fill a Bucket: A Bucket Filling A To Z by Carol McCloud and Caryn Butzke
Wednesday, September 20 - Guide to Daily Happiness for Young Children by Carol McCloud and Buddy the Bucket Filler by Maria Dismondy and Carol McCloud
Thursday, September 21 - Peace by Katie Marsico and The Peace Book by Todd Parr - Happy International Day of Peace!
Friday, September 22 - Minnie’s Yom Kippur Birthday by Marilyn Singer - G'mar Chatimah Tovah (A Good Seal on Your Holiday) - A Happy Yom Kippur!
Tuesday, September 26 - Fall by Ann Hamges and Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert - Happy Autumnal Equinox (this past Saturday)!
Wednesday, September 27 - Sophie’s Squash by Pat Zeitlow Miller
Thursday, September 28 - Sophie’s Squash Go To School by Pat Zeitlow Miller
Friday, September 29 - Thanking the Moon by Grace Lin and The Shadow in the Moon by Christina Matula - Happy Chinese Mid-Autumn Moon Festival (which starts tonight)! Special Guest Ms. Mui!
Monday, October 2 - The Little Engine That Could by Waddy Piper
Tuesday, October 3 - Subway Story by Julia Sarcone-Roach
Wednesday, October 4 - All The Way to Havana by Margarita Engle - Happy Hispanic Heritage Month!
Thursday, October 5 - Before We Eat: From Farm To Table by Pat Brisson and First Day in Grapes by L. King Perez - Happy Hispanic Heritage Month!
Friday, October 6 - On the Trapline by David A. Robertson - Happy Indigenous People’s Day (on Monday)!
Tuesday, October 10 - Tomas and the Library Lady by Pat Mora - Happy Latinx Heritage Month!
Wednesday, October 11 - Dolores Huerta, Labor Activist by Kate Moening - Happy Hispanic Heritage Month!
Thursday, October 12 - Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez by Kathleen Krull Part 1 - Happy Latinx Heritage Month!
Friday, October 13 - Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez by Kathleen Krull Part 2 - Happy Hispanic Heritage Month!
Monday, October 16 - Having Empathy by Penelope S. Nelson and I Am Human: A Book of Empathy by Susan Verde
Tuesday, October 17 - Intro to Ms. Benji and How to Find Books on Migrant Farm Workers
Ms. Benji Interviews Her Father in Spanish and English about His Life as a Migrant Farm Worker - Happy Hispanic Heritage Month!
Wednesday, October 18 - Empathy by Katie Marsico and A Gift for Amma by Meera Sriram
Thursday, October 19 - The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig
Friday, October 20 - Strictly No Elephants/ No Se Permiten Elefantes by Lisa Mantchev - Spanish and English
Monday, October 23 - Halloween is Coming by Cal Everett and Monster Needs a Costume by Paul Czajak - Happy almost Halloween!
Wednesday, October 25 - Halloween by Jerry Seinfeld - Happy almost Halloween!
Thursday, October 26 - The Hallo-Wiener by Dav Pilkey - Happy almost Halloween!
Friday, October 27 - Leo: A Ghost Story by Mac Barnett - Happy almost Halloween!
Monday, October 30 - The Fierce Yellow Pumpkin by Margaret Wise Brown - Happy almost Halloween!
Tuesday, October 31 - Scary, Scary Halloween by Eve Bunting and Ghost’s Hour, Spook’s Hour by Eve Bunting - Happy Halloween!
Wednesday, November 1 - Daniela’s Day of the Dead by Lisa Bullard and Mi Familia Celebrando El Dia De Los Muertos by Camila Hernandez - Feliz Dia de los Muertos (Happy Day of the Dead)! - Spanish and English!
Thursday, November 2 - The Remembering Day by Pat Mora - Feliz Dia de los Muertos (Happy Day of the Dead)! - Spanish and English!
Friday, November 3 - If You Go With your Goat to Vote by Jan Zauzmer and Vote by Eileen Christelow Part 1 - Happy almost Election Day (on Tuesday, November 7)!
Monday, November 6 - Vote by Eileen Christelow Part 2 - Happy Day Before Election Day!
Wednesday, November 8 - ABC Mindful Me by Christiane Engle Part 1 and Intro to The Morning Miracle Art of Affirmations by Hal Elrod
Thursday, November 9 - ABC Mindful Me by Christiane Engle Part 2
Friday, November 10 - Shubh Diwali! By Chitra Soundar - Shubh Diwali (on Sunday, November 12)!
Monday, November 13 - When We Are Kind by Monique Gray Smith (English and Dine) - Happy World Kindness Day! Happy Native American Heritage Month!
Tuesday, November 14 - We Are Grateful: Ostaliheliga by Traci Sorell (English and Cherokee) Part 1 - Happy Native American Heritage Month!
Wednesday, November 15 - We Are Grateful: Ostaliheliga by Traci Sorell (English and Cherokee) Part 2 - Happy Native American Heritage Month!
Thursday, November 16 - Grandma’s Tipi: A Present Day Lakota Story by S.D. Nelson Part 1 - Happy Native American Heritage Month!
Friday, November 17 - Grandma’s Tipi: A Present Day Lakota Story by S.D. Nelson Part 2 - Happy Native American Heritage Month!
Monday, November 20 - Thankful by Eileen Spinelli - Happy almost Thanksgiving (on Thursday)!
Tuesday, November 21 - A Thanksgiving for Turkey by Eve Bunting - Happy almost Thanksgiving (on Thursday)!
Wednesday, November 22 - Thanksgiving at the Tappletons’ by Eileen Spinelli - Happy Thanksgiving (tomorrow)!
Monday, November 27 - Holy Squawkamole! Little Red Hen Makes Guacamole by Susan Wood
Tuesday, November 28 - The Three Little Yogis and the Wolf Who Lost His Breath by Susan Verde
Wednesday, November 29 - Charlotte and the Nutcracker: The True Story of a Girl Who Made Ballet History by Charlotte Nebres - Happy Nutcracker Trip Day!
Thursday, November 30 - The Rough Faced Girl by Rafe Martin Part 1 - Happy end of Native American Heritage Month!
Friday, December 1 - The Rough Faced Girl by Rafe Martin Part 2 - Happy end of Native American Heritage Month!
Monday, December 4 - Federico and the Wolf by Rebecca J. Gomez
Tuesday, December 5 - Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems
Wednesday, December 6 - Anansi and the Talking Melon retold by Eric A. Kimmel
Thursday, December 7 - Clotilde: A Filipino Fairy Tale by Cari Meister
Friday, December 8 - Gingerbread Man by Eric A. Kimmel
Wednesday, December 13 - Lights of Winter: Winter Celebrations Around the World by Heather Conrad - Happy Winter Holidays!
Thursday, December 14 - Hanukkah Bear by Eric A. Kimmel - Happy Chanukah!
Friday, December 15 - Together for Kwanzaa by Juwanda G. Ford - Happy Kwanzaa (on December 26)!
Monday, December 18 - Frog and Friends Celebrate New Year’s Eve by Eve Bunting - Happy New Year (on 12/31 and 1/1)!
Tuesday, December 19 - Get Set Go New Year by Helen Bliss (pages 2 and 3) and We Celebrate New Year by Bobbie Kalman (pages 40-43) - Happy Ōmisoka or Japanese New Year (on 12/31 and 1/1)!
Wednesday, December 20 - Between Us and Abuela: A Family Story from the Border by Mitali Perkins - Happy Las Posadas!
Thursday, December 21 - The Shortest Day of the Year: Celebrating the Winter Solstice by Wendy Pfeffer - Happy Winter Solstice!
Friday, December 22 - A Christmas for Bear by Bonny Becker - Merry Christmas (on 12/25) and have a wonderful Winter Break!
Friday, January 5 - On Three Kings Day by Judy Zocchi - Happy Three Kings Day (on 1/6)!
Monday, January 8 - Little People Big Dreams: Martin Luther King, Jr. by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara - Happy MLK Day (on Monday, 1/15)!
Tuesday, January 9 - My Uncle Martin’s Words For America by Angela Farris Watkins Part 1 - Happy MLK Day (on Monday, 1/15)!
Thursday, January 11 - My Uncle Martin’s Words For America by Angela Farris Watkins Part 2 and I Have A Dream by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - Happy MLK Day (on Monday, 1/15)!
Tuesday, January 16 - Snow by Cynthia Rylant
Wednesday, January 17 - Bad Kitty Does NOT Like Snow by Nick Bruel
Thursday, January 18 - Best in Snow by April Pulley Sayre
Friday, January 19 - Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner
Monday, January 22 - I Can’t Do That Yet by Esther Pia Cordova
Tuesday, January 23 - Flight School by Lita Judge
Wednesday, January 24 - The Book of Mistakes by Corinna Luyken
Thursday, January 25 - Jabari Tries by Gaia Cornwall
Friday, January 26 - The Power of Yet by Maryann Cocca-Leffler
Monday, January 29 - Lego by Lee Slater
Tuesday, January 30 - The Crayon Man: the True Story of The Invention of Crayola Crayons by Natascha Biebow Part 1
Wednesday, January 31 - The Crayon Man: the True Story of The Invention of Crayola Crayons by Natascha Biebow Part 2
Thursday, February 1 - Girls Think of Everything by Catherine Thimmesh - Ruth Wakefield chapter
Friday, February 2 - Groundhog’s Day Off by Robb Pearlman - Happy Groundhog Day! There will be an early spring!
Monday, February 5 - When We Say Black Lives Matter by Maxine Beneba Clarke - Black Lives Matter Week of Action Day #1
Tuesday, February 6 - Change Sings by Amanda Gorman - English and Spanish - Happy Black History Month! Read by Ms. Martinez!
Wednesday, February 7 - Amanda Gorman by Eyrn Briscoe - Happy Black History Month!
Thursday, February 8 - Something Someday by Amanda Gorman - English and Spanish - Happy Black History Month! Read by Ms. Castro!
Friday, February 9 - Jake’s 100th Day of School by Lester L. Leminack - Happy 100th Day of School!
Monday, February 12 - The Lunar New Year Surprise by Jade Wang - Happy Lunar New Year!
Tuesday, February 13 - Maddi’s Fridge by Lois Brandt - Happy Remote Day! Happy Respect for All Week and Bravery Day!
Wednesday, February 14 - Katie Woo: No Valentines for Katie by Fran Manushkin - Happy Valentine's Day and Respect for All Week!
Thursday, February 15 - Hoop Genius by John Coy - Happy Respect for All Week! Read by Ms. Salazar!
Friday, February 16 - Looking at Lincoln by Maria Kalman - Happy Respect for all Week! Happy President's Week! Happy President Lincoln's birthday!
Monday, February 26 - The Year of the Dragon: Tales from the Chinese Zodiac by Oliver Chin - Happy Chinese Lantern Festival (which was on the 15th day of the first Chinese lunar month or February 24)!
Tuesday, February 27 - To Carnival: A Celebration in Saint Lucia by Baptiste Paul - Happy Carnival!
Wednesday, February 28 - Barack Obama by Caroline Crosson Gilpin - Happy Black History Month!
Thursday, February 29 - Kamala Harris by Rachel Rose - Happy Black History Month! Happy Leap Day!
Friday, March 1 - Princess Smartypants by Babette Cole - Happy Women's History Month!
Wednesday, March 6 - The Paperbag Princess by Robert Munsch - Happy Women's History Month!
Thursday, March 7 - Tia Isa Wants a Car by Meg Medina - Happy Women's History Month!
Friday, March 8 - Stacey’s Extraordinary Words by Stacey Abrams - Happy International Women's Day!
Monday, March 11 - I Am Harriet Tubman by Brad Meltzer Part 1 - Happy Harriet Tubman Day! Happy Women's History Month!
Tuesday, March 12 - I am Harriet Tubman by Brad Meltzer Part 2 - Happy Harriet Tubman Day! Happy Women's History Month!
Wednesday, March 13 - Ramadan Moon by Na’ima B. Robert and Shirin Adl - Ramadan Mubarak!
Thursday, March 14 - Rashad’s Ramadan and Eid-Al-Fitr by Lisa Bullard - Ramadan Kareem!
Friday, March 15 - St.Patrick’s Day In The Morning by Eve Bunting - Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Monday, March 18 - Hello Spring! By Shelley Rottner - Happy Vernal Equinox (first day of spring) tomorrow!
Tuesday, March 19 - When Spring Comes by Kevin Henkes - Happy Vernal Equinox (first day of spring)! Stay tuned for a very special announcement!
Wednesday, March 20 - Autumn Peltier, Water Warrior by Carole Lindstrom - Happy World Water Day (on Friday, March 22)!
Thursday, March 21 - Purim by Carmen Bredeson - Chag Purim Sameach/ Happy Purim (on Saturday, March 23 and Sunday, March 24)!
Friday, March 22 - It Happened in Shushan: A Purim Story by Harriet K. Feder - Chag Purim Sameach/ Happy Purim (on Saturday, March 23 and Sunday, March 24)!
Monday, March 25 - Celebrating Holi by Rachel Grack and Holi Hai by Chitra Soundar - Holi Hai (Happy Holi)!
Tuesday, March 26 - One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of The Gambia by Miranda Paul - Global World Recycling Day Observed (was on March 18)! Happy Women's History Month!
Wednesday, March 27 - Bad Kitty Does NOT Like Easter by Nick Bruel - Happy Easter (this Sunday, March 31)!
Thursday, March 28 - Pete the Cat: Big Easter Adventure by James Dean - Happy Easter (this Sunday, March 31)!
Tuesday, April 2 - Giggle Giggle Quack by Doreen Cronin - Happy April Fools Day (yesterday)!
Wednesday, April 3 - Mother Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins - Happy April Fools Day (on Monday, April 1)!
Thursday, April 4 - Grumpy Monkey by Suzanne Lang - Happy April Fools Day (on Monday, April 1)!
Friday, April 5 - You are Healthy by Todd Snow and Melodee Strong - Happy World Health Day (on Sunday, April 7)!
Monday, April 8 - Eclipse by Andy Rash - Happy Eclipse Day!
Tuesday, April 9 - Ramadan and Eid-al-Fitr by Melissa Ferguson - Eid Mubarak (Happy Eid-al-Fitr starting tonight at sundown and all day tomorrow) and Happy Arab American Heritage Month!
Thursday, April 11 - The Most Exciting Eid by Zeba Talkhani - Eid Mubarak and Happy Arab American Heritage Month!
Friday, April 12 - Imagine by Juan Felipe Herrera - Happy National Poetry Month!
Monday, April 15 - The Many Colors of Harpreet Singh by Supriya Kelkar - Happy Vaisakhi (or Baisakhi)!
Tuesday, April 16 - Sometimes I Feel Like a Fox by Danielle Daniel - Happy National Poetry Month!
Wednesday, April 17 - The Cat Man of Aleppo by Irene Latham and Karim Shamsi-Basha - Happy Arab American Heritage Month! Happy Earth Day (on April 22)!
Thursday, April 18 - To Change A Planet by Christina Soontornvat - Happy Earth Day (on April 22)!
Wednesday, May 1 - When Langston Dances by Kaija Langley - Happy International Dance Day (April 29)!
Thursday, May 2 - All Are Neighbors by Alexandra Penfold
Friday, May 3 - Marco’s Cinco de Mayo by Lisa Bullard - Happy Cinco de Mayo (on Sunday, May 5)!
Tuesday, May 7 - The Art of Miss Chew by Patricia Polacco Part 1 - Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!
Wednesday, May 8 - The Art of Miss Chew by Patricia Polacco Part 2 - Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!
Thursday, May 9 - Bob Not Bob by Liz Garton Scanlon and Audrey Vernick - Happy Mother's Day (on Sunday, May 12)!
Friday, May 10 - Saturday by Oge Mora - Happy Mother's Day (on Sunday, May 12)!
Monday, May 13 - The Ugly Vegetables by Grace Lin - Happy AAPI (Asian/ Asian American/ Pacific Islander) Heritage Month (Chinese American)!
Tuesday, May 14 - My Bindi by Gita Varadarajan - Happy AAPI (Asian/ Asian American/ Pacific Islander) Heritage Month (Indian American)!
Wednesday, May 15 - Gigi and Ojiji by Melissa Iwai - Happy AAPI (Asian/ Asian American/ Pacific Islander) Heritage Month (Japanese American)!
Thursday, May 16 - Ohana Means Family by Ilima Loomis - Happy AAPI (Asian/ Asian American/ Pacific Islander) Heritage Month (Hawaiian)!
Friday, May 17 - I’m New Here by Anne Sibley O’Brien - Happy AAPI (Asian/ Asian American/ Pacific Islander) Heritage Month (Korean)!
Monday, May 20 - The Cat with Seven Names by Tony Johnston
Tuesday, May 21 - Thank You Omu by Oge Mora
Wednesday, May 22 - Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
Friday, May 24 - A Day for Rememberin’: Inspired by the True Events of the First Memorial Day by Leah Henderson - Happy Memorial Day (on Monday, May 27)!
Tuesday, May 28 - A Big Quiet House: A Yiddish Folktale From Eastern Europe Retold by Heather Forest - Happy Jewish Heritage Month
Wednesday, May 29 - Tia Fortuna’s New Home: A Jewish Cuban Journey by Ruth Behar - Happy Jewish Heritage Month!
Thursday, May 30 - The Singer and the Scientist by Lisa Rose - Happy Jewish Heritage Month!
Friday, May 31 - Out of the Ballpark by Alex Rodriguez - Special Guests Ms. Velazquez and Ms. B! Happy PS 112 Library Read Aloud Day! Happy PS 112 Baseball Day!
Monday, June 3 - A Day with the Panye by Tami Charles - Happy Caribbean Heritage Month (Haiti)!
Tuesday, June 4 - The Secret of the Platano by Luz Maria Mack - Happy Caribbean Heritage Month (Dominican Republic)!
Wednesday, June 5 - Coqui in the City by Nomar Perez - Happy Caribbean Heritage Month (Puerto Rico)!
Monday, June 10 - I Can Be… Me! by Leslea Newman - Happy Pride Month!
Tuesday, June 11 - Love is Love by Michael Genhart, PhD - Happy Pride Month!
Wednesday, June 12 - Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle by Nina LaCour - Happy Pride Month!
Thursday, June 13 - Sam is My Sister by Ashley Rhodes-Courter - Happy Pride Month!
Friday, June 14 - Mr. Watson’s Chickens by Jarrett Dapier - Happy Pride Month!
Tuesday, June 18 - Juneteenth Jamboree by Carole Boston Weatherford - Happy Juneteenth (tomorrow!)
Monday, June 24 - Poppleton in Summer by Cynthia Rylant - Sandy the Hedgehog estivates (sleeps for the summer, like hibernating in the summer)!
Tuesday, June 25 - The Heart and the Bottle by Oliver Jeffers
Wednesday, June 26 - The World Belonged To Us by Jacqueline Woodson and Leo Espinosa - Happy last day of school!