31 Days of Holidays Read Alouds - Week 5

Note: You can download a calendar with all the books for the month at the bottom of this page. I looked for books that were awesome and also easily accessible - I'm pretty sure I found all but one as read alouds on YouTube and, all books are available for purchase on Amazon and other book retailers, and I was able to find most of them at my public library.

1. "Winter Candle" by Jeron Ashford and Stacey Shuett

This is a sweet story celebrating so many different winter holidays all celebrated in the same apartment building! It all starts with a borrowed candle for a Thanksgiving meal and ends with all the residents welcoming a new family to their building during a power outage and snowstorm. See how one candle makes its way through many families' celebration and brings everyone closer.

2. "Shanté Keys and the New Year's Peas" by Gail Piernas-Davenport and Marion Eldridge

Here's another story celebrating various cultures and traditions! Little Shanté goes up and down her neighborhood searching for black-eyed peas for their New Year's meal. Instead of just finding peas, she learns so much about her neighbors and invites them all to a New Year's feast!

3. "The Night Before New Year's" by Natasha Wing and Amy Wummer

We're ending our 31 days of holiday read alouds with a silly story about children who are trying to stay up until midnight to ring in the new year! Will they make it? And what kind of fun will they have along the way?

I hope you have all enjoyed reading along with us all month! If you missed any stories, you can find all of them below.

31 Days of Holiday Read Alouds: