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