Check out these fun dates!
January 1
Happy New Year!
January 11
National
Clean Off Your Desk Day
January 16
Appreciate
a Dragon Day
January 18
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
The
winners of the Caldecott and Newberry medals announced today!
January 29
National
Puzzle Day
January 31
Backward
Day
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February
American
Heart Month
National
Children’s Dental Health Month
National Wild
Bird Feeding Month
February 2
Groundhog Day
February 3
National
Girls and Women in Sports Day
February 8-14
Random
Acts of Kindness Week
February 14
Valentine’s
Day
February 15
Presidents’ Day
Susan B. Anthony
Day
February 16
Mardi
Gras
March
Music
in Our Schools Month
National
Women’s History Month
March 1-5
Newspapers
in Education Week
March 2
Read Across America
Day
March 7-13
Teen
Tech Week
March 14
Daylight
Saving Time Begins
National Poison Prevention
Week
March 17
St.
Patrick’s Day
March 20
Spring
Begins!
April
National Humor Month
April 1
April
Fool’s Day
April 2
International Children’s
Book Day
April 11-17
National
Library Week
April 13
National Library
Workers Day
April 14
National Bookmobile Day
April 18-24
National
Volunteer Week
April 19-25
TV
Turnoff Week
April 21
Kindergarten
Day
April 22
Earth Day
Take
our Sons and Daughters to Work Day
April 23-25
Global Youth Service Days
April 26
National
Pretzel Day
April 30
El
día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children's
Day/Book Day)
National Arbor Day
May
Asian/Pacific
American Heritage Month
National Physical Fitness and
Sports Month
May 1
May Day
May 2-8
Be
Kind to Animals Week
May 5
Cinco de Mayo
May 9
Mother’s
Day
May 10-16
National Children’s
Book Week
May 12
Limerick
Day
May 15
Armed
Forces Day
May 25
National
Tap Dance Day
May 31
Memorial
Day
June
Audio Book Month
To find audio books available for check out from your library,
visit the library’s catalog online
National
Fruits and Vegetables Month
June 2
National
Rocky Road Ice Cream Day
June 5
National Trails
Day
June 6
D-Day Anniversary
June 14
Flag Day
June 15
Fly a Kite Day
June 19
Juneteenth
June 20
Father’s Day
June 21
First Day of Summer
June 28
Library Legislative Day
July
Anti-Boredom Month
National Blueberry Month
National Hot Dog Month
National Parks and Recreation Month
July 1
The first zoo in the U.S. opened in Philadelphia in 1874.
July 4
Independence Day
July 18
National Ice Cream Day
July 25
National Parents’ Day
August
Children’s Vision and Learning Month
Get Ready for Kindergarten Month
National Inventors Month
August 1
National Kids Day
August 3
National Watermelon Day
August 18
Bad Poetry Day
August 19
The “Black Cow” or root beer float, was created
on this day in 1893.
August 26
Women’s Equality Day
September
Library Card Sign-up Month
National Honey Month
National Hispanic Hertiage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15)
National Piano Month
September 6
Labor Day
September 11
Patriot Day
September 12
Grandparents Day
September 17
Constitution Day
September 19
Talk Like a Pirate Day
September 19-25
TV Turnoff Week
September 21
International Day of Peace
September 22
Autumn Begins
Elephant Appreciation Day
Hobbit Day
September 24
National Punctuation Day
September 25-October 2
Banned Books Week
October
Children’s Magazine Month
Computer Learning Month
National Arts and Humanitites Month
National Book Month
National Go on a Field trip Day
National Pizza Month
October 15
National Grouch Day
October 16
Dictionary Day
October 17-23
Teen Read Week
October 23
Make a Difference Day
October 24
United Nations Day
October 27
Teddy Bear Day
October 31
Halloween
November
Aviation History Month
Family Stories Month
National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month
Peanut Butter Lovers’ Month
November 1-2
Day of the Dead/Dia de los Muertos
National Family Literacy Day
November 2
Election Day
Novemember 5
Diwali begins
November 7
Daylight Saving Time ends.
November 9
National Young Readers Day
November 11
Veterans Day
November 14-20
American Education Week
National Geography Week
November 15
America Recycles Day
November 20
National Family Volunteer Day
November 21-27
National game and Puzzle Week
November 25
Thanksgiving Day
December
National Stress-Free Family Holidays Month
Read a New Book Month
Safe Toys and Gifts Month
Universal Human Rights Month
December 1
World AIDS Day
December 4
National Cookie Day
December 6
St. Nicholas Day
December 7
Pearl Harbor Day
December 10
Human Rights Day
December 13
Saint Lucia Day
December 16
Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party
December 16-24
Las Posadas
December 21
Winter begins
December 24
Christmas Eve
December 25
Christmas Day
December 26-January 1
Kwanzaa
December 28
Card Playing Day
December 31
New Years Eve