Days to Celebrate

Author Birthdays, Holidays, and Other Fun Days

September 2012 (Read a New Book Month, Library Card Sign-up Month, Latino Heritage Month 9/15 – 10/15)

8 Jon Scieszka

13 Roald Dahl

13 Chocolate Day

15 Tomie DePaola

15 Latino Heritage Month

16 H.A. Rey

17 Constitution Day

17 Gail Carson Levine

19 Talk Like a Pirate Day

21 H.G. Wells

22 First Day of Autumn

25 Shel Silverstein

29 Stan Berenstain

28 Ask a Stupid Question Day

30 Banned Books Week 9/30 – 10/6

http://www.roalddahl.com/

http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/cgsite/

http://www.constitutionday.cc/

http://thecinnamonhollow.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2011/05/Pirates%20Activity%20Pack.pdf

http://www.shelsilverstein.com/html/kidsgames.html

http://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/celebrationweeks/card

http://www.nea.org/tools/lessons/hispanic-heritage-month-k-5.html

October 2012 (Mystery Series Week, Teen Read Week, Information Literacy Month)

1 Mystery Series Week

5 David Shannon

6 Mad Hatter Day

8 R.L. Stine

14 Teen Read Week 10/14-20

16 Joseph Bruchac

28 Make a Difference Day

31 Halloween

http://www.carolhurst.com/subjects/mysteries.html

http://louise-heyden.suite101.com/the-mad-hatters-tea-party-ideas-a213855

http://www.scholastic.com/goosebumps/

http://teenreadweek.ning.com/

http://familyfun.go.com/halloween/

November 2012 (Native American Heritage Month, National Children’s Book Week May 6-12)

1 Dia de Los Muertos

3 National Gaming Day (play a board game)

10 Neil Gaiman

13 Robert Louis Stevenson

17 Christopher Paolini

22 Thanksgiving

25 Marc Brown

27 Kevin Henke

29 Louisa May Alcott

29 C.S. Lewis

29 Madeleine L’Engle

30 Mark Twain

http://www.azcentral.com/ent/dead/teachers/teacherpacket_edited.pdf

http://ngd.ala.org/

http://pbskids.org/arthur/

http://www.kevinhenkes.com/?page_id=10

http://files.harpercollins.com/PDF/TeachingGuides/0066238501.pdf

http://www.walden.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/LWW_ActivityGuide.pdf

http://www.walden.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/vdtdvdguide2.pdf

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/native-american-heritage-month/teacher-resources/6648.html

http://nativeamericanheritagemonth.gov/

December 2012

1 Jan Brett

9 Jean de Bruhoff

10 Emily Dickinson

10 Cornelia Funke

21 First Day of Winter

24 Stephanie Meyer

25 Johnny Gruelle

25 Christmas

26 Kwanzaa

30 Mercer Meyer

http://www.janbrett.com/index.html

http://www.littlecritter.com/

January 2013 (National Get Organized Month)

1 Happy New Year!

3 J.R.R. Tolkien

3 Alma Flor Ada

6 Carl Sandburg

18 A.A. Milne (Winnie the Pooh Day)

19 Edgar Allen Poe

19 Pat Mora

21 Martin Luther King Day

24 Belly Laugh Day

27 Lewis Carroll

29 Rosemary Wells

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/martin-luther-king-jr/teacher-resources/6643.html

http://tidbitfun.com/01/18/winnie-the-pooh-trivia/

http://www.rosemarywells.com/

February 2013 (African-American History Month, Chinese Lantern Festival, Library Lovers Month)

1 National Freedom Day

1 James Langston Hughes

1 Jerry Spinelli

1 Meg Cabot

2 Groundhog Day

2 Judith Viorst

3 Elmo (Sesame Street)

6 Digital Learning Day

7 Charles Dickens

8 Jules Verne

11 Mo Willems

11 Jane Yolen

12 100th Day of School

12 Judy Blume

13 Chinese New Year

14 Valentine’s Day

14 Random Acts of Kindness Week 2/14-2/20

15 Norman Bridwell

18 President’s Day

23 Walter Wick

27 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

28 Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler)

http://www.librarysupport.net/librarylovers/

http://www.digitallearningday.org/

http://www.pigeonpresents.com/teachersguides/pigeon_duckling-cookie_event_kit.pdf

http://www.scholastic.com/clifford/

http://pbskids.org/clifford/index-brd-flash.html

http://www.vickiblackwell.com/100th.html

http://www.africanamericanhistorymonth.gov/

March 2013 (Women’s History Month, National Nutrition Month)

2 Dr. Seuss / Read Across America

4 Dav Pilkey

5 Mem Fox

6 Chris Raschka

6 Elizabeth Barrett Browning

10 Teen Tech Week 3/10-16

11 Ezra Jack Keats

15 Incredible Kids Day

16 Freedom of Information Day

17 St. Patrick’s Day

20 Bill Martin

20 Louis Sachar

21 First Day of Spring

22 Randolph Caldecott

25 Kate DiCamillo

29 Colorado Library Day

http://www.seussville.com/

http://www.pilkey.com/

http://teentechweek.ning.com/

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/women/

http://www.theteachersguide.com/womenshistorymonth.htm

April 2013 (National Poetry Month, School Library Month)

1 April Fools Day

2 Hans Christian Anderson

4 School Librarians’ Day

5 Anthony Horowitz

11 Support Teen Literature Day

12 Beverly Cleary

12 Gary Soto

12 National D.E.A.R. Day (Drop Everything And Read)

14 National Library Week 4/14-4/20

16 National Library Worker’s Day

22 Eileen Christelow

22 Earth Day

30 El Dia De Los Ninos/El Dia De Los Libros

(Children’s Day/Book Day)

http://wikis.ala.org/yalsa/index.php/Support_Teen_Literature_Day

http://www.dropeverythingandread.com/NationalDEARday.html

http://www.seussville.com/Educators/lorax_classroom/educatorlorax_discuss.php

http://holidays.kaboose.com/earth-day/

http://dia.ala.org/

May 2013 (Asian-Pacific Heritage Month, Children’s Book Week , DPS Teacher Appreciation Month)

1 May Day/Mother Goose Day

5 Cinco de Mayo

5 Scott Westerfeld

5 Children’s Day - Japan

7 Robert Browning

8 National Teachers’ Day

12 Mother’s Day

13 Children’s Book Week 5/13-19

14 Eoin Colfer

15 L. Frank Baum

20 Mary Pope Osborne

22 Arnold Lobel

22 Arthur Conan Doyle

23 Margaret Wise Brown

23 Scott O’Dell

25 Ralph Waldo Emerson

27 Memorial Day

http://www.apples4theteacher.com/mother-goose-nursery-rhymes/

http://holidays.kaboose.com/cinco-de-mayo/

http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/cinco-de-mayo/

http://www.penguinreaders.com/pdf/downloads/pyr/factsheets/9780582468610.pdf

http://asianpacificheritage.gov/

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/collection/may-asian-pacific-american-heritage-month

For ALA events refer to:

http://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/celebrationweeks