Literary+Celebrations


 * L i t e r a r y  C e l e b r a t i o n s ! ! !  **

Welcome to the wonderful world of holidays! Literary compositions are indeed a cause for celebration, and these holidays are here to prove it. So, feel free to host a National Columnists Day party or compose a letter to the board of education requesting a day off from school for Limerick Day. Happy Holidays! ~Lauren and Alexia P.S. Click on the links and find ways to celebrate each holiday! Feel free to think of your own ways to celebrate and post them too =) ~Alexia Oh, and if anyone finds another literary celebration, please do add it to the appropriate month! Your help is greatly appreciated!!! ~ Lauren

= = __**Ja nu ar y - N a t i o n a l S k a t i n g M o n t h ! ! ! **__   J.R.R. Tolkien's Birthday, January 3   Thesaurus Day, January 18   Winnie the Pooh Day, January 18   Edgar Allan Poe's Birthday, January 19   Down the Rabbit Hole Day (Lewis Carroll's Birthday), January 27

__**Fe br ua ry **__ Langston Hughes' Birthday, February 1  Jerry Spinelli's Birthday, February 1   Charles Dickens' Birthday, February 7   Laura Ingalls Wilder's Birthday, February 7   Card Reading Day, February 21

__**M<span style="color: #31e331; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">a r<span style="color: #31e331; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">c h **__ Dr. Seuss' Birthday, March 2  Alfred Hitchcock Day, March 12   The Very Hungry Caterpillar Day, March 20   Children's Poetry Day, March 21

__**<span style="color: #74d8d8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">A<span style="color: #ff85de; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">p r<span style="color: #ff85de; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">i l **__ Poetry Month, April 1 - 31  Hans Christian Andersen's Birthday, April 2  Library Week, Second Week of April <span style="display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;"> Encourage a Young Writer Day, April 10  <span style="display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;"> Beverly Cleary's Birthday, April 18  <span style="display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;"> William Shakespeare's Birthday, April 23  <span style="font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Reading is Fun Week, Fourth Week of April  Tell a Story Day, April 27 <span style="display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt; text-align: center;">Great Poetry Reading Day, April 28

__ **<span style="color: #b100ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">M<span style="color: #749ed8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">a y ** __ Mother Goose Day, May 1 L. Frank Baum's Birthday, May 1   National Children's Books Week, May 7-13   J.M. Barrie's Birthday, May 9  <span style="display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;"> Limerick Day, May 12  <span style="display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;"> Gary Paulsen's Birthday, May 17  <span style="display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;"> Arthur Conan Doyle's Birthday, May 22  <span style="display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;"> Scott O'Dell's Birthday, May 23

__ **<span style="color: #ffdd00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">J<span style="color: #ffa224; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">u n<span style="color: #ffa224; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">e ** __ Aesop's Birthday, June 4  Brian Jacques' Birthday, June 15 Bloomsday, June 16 <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Eric Carle's Birthday, June 25  <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt; text-align: center;">National Columnist Day, June 27 Paul Bunyan Day, June 28

__**<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">J<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">u l<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">y **__ Read an Almanac Month, July 1 - 31 Tom Sawyer Fence Painting Day, July 1- 4 Clerihew Day, July 10 E.B. White's Birthday, July 11 Hemingway Days, Third Week of July Beatrix Potter's Birthday, July 28 J.K. Rowling's Birthday, July 31

__**<span style="color: #018d8d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">A<span style="color: #ff5f00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">u g<span style="color: #ff5f00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">u s<span style="color: #ff5f00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">t **__ Bad Poetry Reading Day, August 18

__**<span style="color: #805a00; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive;">S **____**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">e p <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">t e <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">m b <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">e r **__ <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt; text-align: center;">Library Card Sign-Up Month, September 1-31 <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt; text-align: center;">Read a New Book Month, September 1-31 <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt; text-align: center;">Read a Book Day, September 6 <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt; text-align: center;">Roald Dahl's Birthday, September 13 <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt; text-align: center;">Hobbit Day, September 22 <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt; text-align: center;">National Punctuation Day, September 24 <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 16pt; text-align: center;">Banned Books Week, September 24 - October 1

__**<span style="color: #ff5f00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">O<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">c t<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">o b<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">e r **__ National Storytelling Festival, October 5  Teen Read Week, Second Week of October   National Poetry Day, October 15   Dictionary Day, October 16

__**<span style="color: #802000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">N<span style="color: #4b3007; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">o v<span style="color: #4b3007; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">e m<span style="color: #4b3007; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">b e<span style="color: #4b3007; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">r **__ National Authors Day, November 1  National Family Literacy Day, November 1   Magazine Day, November 7   I Love to Write Day, November 15   National Young Readers Day, November 17   C.S. Lewis' Birthday, November 29 Mark Twain's (Samuel Clemens') Birthday, November 30 L.M. Montgomery's Birthday, November 30

__**<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">D<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">e c<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">e m<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">b e<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">r **__ <span style="display: block; font-family: cambria; font-size: 21px; line-height: 32px; text-align: center;"> Read Me a New Book Month, December 1-31 <span style="display: block; font-family: cambria; font-size: 21px; line-height: 32px; text-align: center;"> Emily Dickinson's Birthday, December 10  <span style="display: block; font-family: cambria; font-size: 21px; line-height: 32px; text-align: center;"> Rudyard Kipling's Birthday, December 22  <span style="display: block; font-family: cambria; font-size: 21px; line-height: 32px; text-align: center;"> Avi's Birthday, December 23