These literary holidays offer great opportunities to celebrate the written word, discover new books, and engage with the world of literature in various ways.
Some of the dates for these celebrations changes from year to year. We've made an effort to make note of these varying dates where possible. A quick google search can help ensure that you have the correct current year's date.
JANUARY
National Braille Literacy Month (Louis Braille was born 1/4/1809)
1/16 - Book Publishers Day
1/26 - Library Shelfie Day (fourth Wednesday of January)
FEBRUARY
2/1 - Children’s Authors and Illustrators Week (First week of February)
2/1 - World Read Aloud Day (First Wednesday of February)
2/4 - Take Your Child to the Library Day (first Saturday of February)
2/14 - Library Lovers’ Day
2/14 - World Book Giving Day
2/20 - Clean Out Your Bookcase Day
MARCH
Return Borrowed Books Week (First full week of March)
3/2 - Read Across America Day
3/4 - National Grammar Day
3/3-9 - Read an eBook Week (First full week of March)
3/16 - Freedom of Information Day
3/20 - World Storytelling Day
3/21 - World Poetry Day
APRIL
School Library Month
4/6 National Bookmobile Day (Wednesday of National Library Week)
4/9-15 - National Library Week
4/13 - Celebrate Teen Literature Day (Thursday of National Library Week)
4/12 - D.E.A.R. Day (Beverly Cleary’s birthday)
4/21 - Poem in Your Pocket Day
4/22-29 - Money Smart Week
4/23 - World Book Day
4/27- National Tell a Story Day
Independent Bookstore Day (Last Saturday of the month)
MAY
Get Caught Reading Month
5/1-7 - Children’s Book Week
5/2 - Harry Potter Day
5/4 - Intergalactic Star Wars Day ("May the Fourth be with you.")
5/5 - Floyd Cooper Day
5/6 - Free Comic Book Day (first Saturday in May)
JUNE
6/12 - Anne Frank’s birthday (on which she received her diary)
6/19 - National Garfield the Cat Day (strip is first published, 1978)
JULY
Read an Almanac Month
7/30 - National Paperback Book Day
7/31 - Harry Potter Day
AUGUST
8/9 - Book Lovers’ Day
SEPTEMBER
Read a New Book Month
9/6 - Read a Book Day
9/22 - Dear Diary Day
Last week of September - Banned Books Week
Wednesday of Banned Books Week - Banned Websites Awareness Day
OCTOBER
National Book Month
10/16 - Dictionary Day
10/20-26 - National Friends of Libraries Week
NOVEMBER
11/1 - National Family Literacy Day
11/15 - I Love to Write Day
11/18 - High-Five a Librarian Day
International Games Day - 3rd Saturday of November
DECEMBER
Read a New Book Month
12/7 - Letter Writing Day
12/10 - Dewey Decimal System Day
12/21 - Crossword Puzzle Day | National Short Story Day
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