Library Dates
Library Events
September
National Literacy Month
Read a New Book Month
8 - International Literacy Day
22 - Hobbit Day
25 - National Comic Book Day
October
October is National Reading Group Month
2 – Book Lovers Day
6 – Mad Hatter Day
11 – Myth and Legends Day
16 – Dictionary Day
18-22 – National Friends of Libraries Week
20 – National Day of Writing
31 - Halloween
November
National Picture Book Month
2 - Book Lovers Day
15 - I love to Write Day
18 - High-Five a Librarian Day
December
Read a New Book Month
7 – Letter Writing Day
10 – Dewey Decimal System Day
21 - National Short Story Day
January
National Braille Literacy Month
2 - Science Fiction Day
12- Letter Writing Week
18 - Thesaurus Day
19- Edgar Allan Poe’s Birthday
February
Library Lovers’ Month
3 -World Read Aloud Day
7 - Charles Dickens’s Birthday
March
2 – Read Across America Day
2-8 Read an E-book Week
4 – National Grammar Day
20- Storytelling Day
21 – World Poetry Day
26 – Robert Frost’s birthday
April
April is for Authors
National Poetry Month
D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything and Read) Month
1 – Reading is Funny Day
2 – International Children’s Book Day
4 – National School Librarian Day
4 – Maya Angelou’s birthday
4-10 National Library Week
6 – National Library Worker’s Day
7 – National Bookmobile Day
13 – Scrabble Day
16 – National Librarian Day
15 – Celebrate Teen Literature
23 – Shakespeare’s birthday
24 – Congress approved the Library of Congress
27 – National Tell A Story Day
28 – Great Poetry Reading Day
May
Short Story Month
Get Caught Reading Month
12 - Limerick Day
22 - Sherlock Holmes Day