November is Native American and Alaska Native Heritage Month.

Native American Facts for Kids

Alaska Native Heritage Center Museum
Click on the Culture map to learn about Alaska's indigenous peoples

Celebrate International Drum Month by creating a tune on the Virtual Drum Machine!

It's Aviation History Month. To learn more, visit the hangar at Kids in Flight.

National Geography Awareness Week is
Nov. 13-19. To learn more, visit
My Wonderful World.org

On November 8, 1863, Abraham Lincoln gave his famous Gettysburg Address. To his words, click here.

Author birthdays in November:

November 2 - Jeannie Baker
http://www.jeanniebaker.com/
November 4 - Sterling North
http://www.sterlingnorth.com/
http://www.gojefferson.com/rascal/index.html
November 9 - Lois Elhert
http://friend.ly.net/users/jorban/biographies/ehlertlois/index.html
November 10 - Neil Gaiman
http://www.neilgaiman.com/
November 13 - Robert Louis Stevenson
November 24 - Yosiko Uchida
November 27 - Kevin Henkes
http://www.kevinhenkes.com/
November 28 - Ed Young
http://www.embracingthechild.org/Bookspecialyoung.htm
November 29 - C. S. Lewis

November 11 is Veterans Day

Take time today to remember all of the brave military personnel who have fought to keep our country free and safe.

Check your school or public library for these, and other, autumn and Thanksgiving books:

The Apple Pie Tree by Zoe Hall
In November by Cynthia Rylant
Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert
Possum's Harvest Moon by Anne Hunter
'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving by Dav Pilkey