April Read Alouds
April starts on Monday and I’m getting this book list out with just a few days to spare! I’ve pulled together a list of daily holidays in April combined with a great read aloud picture book that fits the theme. You don’t have to read these in any specific order if you don’t want to, but they do provide a great way to get more reading into your daily schedule.
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!
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April Read Alouds
- April 1 – April Fool’s Day – April Foolishness by Teresa Bateman
- April 2 – Children’s Book Day – Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales retold by Naomi Lewis
- April 3 – Find a Rainbow Day – The Hidden Rainbow by Christie Matheson
- April 4 – School Librarian Day – The Library Dragon by Carmen Agra Deedy
- April 5 – National Dandelion Day – Dandy by Ame Dyckman
- April 6 – Draw a Picture of a Bird Day – Bird Builds a Nest by Martin Jenkins
- April 7 – World Health Day – Sick Simon by Dan Krall
- April 8 – Zoo Lovers Day – Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann
- April 9 – National Unicorn Day – Unicorn Thinks He’s Pretty Great by Bob Shea
- April 10 – National Siblings Day – Maple & Willow Together by Lori Nichols
- April 11 – National Pet Day – Can I Be Your Dog? By Troy Cummings
- April 12 – International Day of Human Space Flight – Mae Among the Stars by Roda Ahmed
- April 13 – National Scrabble Day – Scrabble: First Words
- April 14 – National Dolphin Day – Dolphins! By Laurence Pringle
- April 15 – World Art Day – Beautiful Oops! By Barney Saltzberg
- April 16 – Save the Elephant Day – Have You Seen Elephant? by David Barrow
- April 17 – National Haiku Poetry Day – One Leaf Rides the Wind by Celeste Mannis
- April 18 – Piñata Day – The Piñata That the Farm Maiden Hung by Samantha R. Vamos
- April 19 – National Banana Day – Banana by Ed Vere
- April 20 – World Circus Day – If You Ever Want to Bring a Circus to the Library, Don’t! by Elise Parsley
- April 21 – National High Five Day – High Five! by Adam Rubin
- April 22 – Earth Day – The Earth Book by Todd Parr
- April 23 – National Picnic Day – Bears and Blossoms by Shirley Parenteau
- April 24 – International Guide Dog Day – Rescue and Jessica: A Life-Changing Friendship by Jessica Krensky
- April 25 – World Penguin Day – Penguin Problems by Jory John
- April 26 – National Pretzel Day – Pretzel by Margaret Rey
- April 27 – National Sense of Smell Day – Nose Knows: Wild Ways Animals Smell the World by Emmanuelle Figueras
- April 28 – National Superhero Day – Ten Rules of Being a Superhero by Deb Pilutti
- April 29 – National Arbor Day – Tree by Britta Teckentrup
- April 30 – International Jazz Day – Jazz by Walter Dean Myers
