May Read Alouds

I’m a little behind this month, but I’ve been enjoying these monthly book lists so much and I finally got May’s list pulled together! 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

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May Read Alouds

• May 1 – Mother Goose Day – Mother Goose Treasury: A Beautiful Collection of Favorite Nursery Rhymes for Children by Cottage Door Press
• May 2 – Brothers and Sisters Day – Mabel and Sam at Home by Linda Urban
• May 3 – Lumpy Rug Day – Bug on the Rug by Sophia Gholz
• May 4 – Star Wars Day – I Wish I Had a Wookiee: And Other Poems for Our Galaxy by Ian Doescher
• May 5 – Children’s Day – Same, Same But Different by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw
• May 6 – National Herb Day – What’s Cooking at 10 Garden Street?: Recipes for Kids From Around the World by Felicita Sala
• May 7 – National Teacher’s Day – Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco
• May 8 – No Socks Day – Have You Seen My New Blue Socks? by Eve Bunting
• May 9 – National Sleepover Day – Froggy’s Sleepover by Jonathan London
• May 10 – Mother Ocean Day – Over and Under the Waves by Kate Messner
• May 11 – National Train Day – Steam Train, Dream Train by Sherri Duskey Rinker
• May 12 – Mother’s Day – I Love My Mommy Because… by Laurel Porter Gaylord
• May 13 – Frog Jumping Day – I Don’t Want to Be a Frog by Dev Petty
• May 14 – National Dance Like A Chicken Day – A Chicken Followed Me Home!: Questions and Answers about a Familiar Fowl by Robin Page 
• May 15 – National Chocolate Chip Day – How the Cookie Crumbled: The True (and Not-So-True) Stories of the Invention of the Chocolate Chip Cookie by Gilbert Ford
• May 16 – Love a Tree Day – Maple by Lori Nichols
• May 17 – National Pizza Party Day – Secret Pizza Party by Adam Rubin
• May 18 – National Learn to Swim Day – Together We Swim by Valerie Bolling 
• May 19 – World Plant a Vegetable Garden Day – Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert
• May 20 – Pick Strawberries Day – The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear by Audrey Wood
• May 21 – World Meditation Day – Alphabreaths: The ABCs of Mindful Breathing by Christopher Willard and Daniel Rechtschaffen
• May 22 – Sherlock Holmes Day – Dot & Jabber and the Great Acorn Mystery by Ellen Stoll Walsh
• May 23 – World Turtle Day – Turtle Walk by Matt Phelan
• May 24 – National Escargot Day – Escargot by Dashka Slater 
• May 25 – National Tap Dance Day – This Is Tap: Savion Glover Finds His Funk by Selene Castrovilla
• May 26 – National Paper Airplane Day – The Great Paper Caper by Oliver Jeffers
• May 27 – Memorial Day – A Day for Rememberin’: Inspired by the True Events of the First Memorial Day by Leah Henderson
• May 28 – National Hamburger Day – Are You a Cheeseburger? by Monica Arnaldo
• May 29 – World Otter Day – Stop Snoring, Bernard! by Zachariah OHora
• May 30 – International Jazz Day – Jazz Baby by Lisa Wheeler
• May 31 – International Space Day – Hush, Little Rocket by Mo O’Hara