Upcoming Celebrations: January

The Upcoming Celebrations page is designed to provide you with some basic information about some of the various celebrations and events promoting school libraries, literacy, and education. It is a great place to start if you are looking for programing or instructional ideas for your library or classroom. 

September

• Library Card Sign-Up Month
• Banned Books Week – September 24 - 30
• Banned Websites Awareness Day – September 28
• International Literacy Day – September 8
• International Read An Ebook Day – September 16
• Read a Book Day – September 6
• Comic Book Day – September 25

October

• Teen Read Week – October 8-14
• International Games Week – October 29 - November 4
• Random Acts of Poetry Day – October 7
• All Hallow's Read – October 29 - November 4
• Dictionary Day – October 16
• First full week in October is Great Books Week – October 1-7

November

• National Picture Book Month
• American Education Week – November 13-17, 2017
• National Non-Fiction Day – November 1
• National Novel Writing Month
• I Love to Write Day – November 15
• National Family Literacy Month
• November is New York State History Month

December

• Read a New Book Month
• Take Your Child to a Bookstore Day

January

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• National Science Fiction Day – January 2
• Thesaurus Day – January 18
• National Book Month

February

• Children's Authors and Illustrators Week – February 4-10
• International Book Giving Day – February 14
• Take Your Child To The Library Day – February 3, 2018
• Printed Book Day – February 23

March

• Teen Tech Week – March 4-10
• Freedom of Information Day – March 16
• Read Across America Day – March  2
• World Book Day – March  2
• International Read To Me Day – March 19

April

• School Library Month
• National Poetry Month
• National Library Week
• World Book Night – April 23
• National Readathon – 

May

• Free Comic Book Day – May 6, 2017
• Choose Privacy Week – May 1 - 7
• Mystery Books Month
• Children’s Book Week – May 1 - 7
• National Teacher Appreciation Week – May 7 - 12
• Get Caught Reading Month
• Short Story Month

June

• GLBT Book Month
• AudioBook Appreciation Month
• National Columnists Day – June 27
• National Biography Month

July/August

• Summer Reading at New York Libraries
• Paperback Book Day – July 30
• Book Lovers Day – Aug 9
• Read an Almanac Month
• Bad Poetry Reading Day – August 18