The weather is crisp and the leaves are starting to change color…it must be fall! Now that we’ve made it to October, we wanted to help you plan out the month with these book recommendations and resources:
World Vegetarian Day – October 1
- Auntie Yang’s Great Soybean Picnic
- Sweet Potato Pie
- Ghosts for Breakfast
- No Mush Today
- Rainbow Stew
- Yum! ¡Mmmm! ¡Qué Rico! Americas’ Sproutings
- Food and Cooking Collection
Health and Sports Day – October 10
- Allie’s Basketball Dream
- Around the World
- Catching the Moon
- Capoeira
- ¡Beisbol! Latino Baseball Pioneers and Legends
- Baseball Saved Us
- Silent Star
- Game, Set, Match, Champion Arthur Ashe
- ¡Olé! Flamenco
- Galaxy Games
- Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds
- Louis Sockalexis
- Jim Thorpe’s Bright Path
- The Last Black King of the Kentucky Derby
- Get Set! Swim!
- Surfer of the Century
- Strong to the Hoop
- Athletes and Sports Collection
- Summer Olympics Collection
Image from Yum! ¡Mmmm! ¡Qué Rico! Americas’ Sproutings
Full Moon on October 16
- A Full Moon is Rising
- Under the Lemon Moon
- Catching the Moon
- Earth Day Poetry Collection
- Environmental Collection
Make a Difference Day – October 22
- Armando and the Blue Tarp School
- Sam and the Lucky Money
- Lend a Hand
- Destiny’s Gift
- Raymond’s Perfect Present
- The Mangrove Tree
- Seeds of Change
- Holiday Season/Gift Giving Collection
- Social and Emotional Learning Collection
- Community Collection
- Books for children and educators about kindness
- Why I love to read sad and dark books to children (and you should too)
Halloween – October 31
- Marisol McDonald and the Monster
- The Monster in the Mudball
- Hammer of Witches
- Yum! ¡Mmmm! ¡Qué Rico! Americas’ Sproutings
- 13 Scary YA Books: Diverse Edition
- Marisol McDonald and the Monster Teacher’s Guide
National Bullying Prevention Month
- Chess Rumble
- First Day in Grapes
- King for a Day
- It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way
- Heroes
- Willie Wins
- First Come the Zebra
- Bullying/Anti-Bullying Collection
- How to use family diversity and family structures to teach empathy
Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15)
- English/Spanish Bilingual Collection
- Pura Belpre Award Collection
- Carmen Lomas Garza Book Collection
- Knock Down the Wall: 5 Books About Mexico to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month
Filipino American Heritage Month
- Abadeha
- Cora Cooks Pancit
- Lakas and the Makibaka Hotel
- Lakas and the Manilatown Fish
- Willie Wins
- Philippines and Filipino Culture Collection
Also worth checking out for October:
- October Book Roundup
- Building Classroom Community Unit for Kindergarten
- Building Classroom Community Unit for First Grade
What are you favorite October reads? Let us know in the comments!
