Now you’re ready to make things happen. Here’s your month-by-month calendar.<\/p>\n

January<\/h2>\n

National Braille Literacy Month<\/p>\n

1 \u2013 Copyright Law Day<\/p>\n

2 \u2013 National Science Fiction Day<\/p>\n

12 \u2013 Universal Letter Writing Week<\/p>\n

14 \u2013\u00a0Poetry at Work Day<\/p>\n

18 \u2013 Thesaurus Day<\/p>\n

18 \u2013 Winnie the Pooh Day (birthday of author A.A. Milne)<\/p>\n

19 \u2013 Edgar Allan Poe\u2019s birthday<\/p>\n

22 \u2013 Library Shelfie Day<\/p>\n

25 \u2013 Burns Supper (Robert Burns\u2019s birthday)<\/p>\n

27 \u2013 Family Literacy Day in Canada<\/p>\n

February<\/h2>\n

Library Lovers\u2019 Month<\/p>\n

1-7 Children\u2019s Authors and Illustrators Week<\/p>\n

3 \u2013 World Read Aloud Day<\/p>\n

6 \u2013 Take Your Child to the Library Day<\/p>\n

7 \u2013 Charles Dickens\u2019s birthday<\/p>\n

9 \u2013 Read in the Bathtub Day<\/p>\n

12 \u2013Judy Blume\u2019s birthday<\/p>\n

14 \u2013 International Book Giving Day<\/p>\n

14 \u2013 Library Lover\u2019s Day<\/p>\n

19 \u2013 Amy Tan\u2019s birthday<\/p>\n

21-27 Freedom to Read Week in Canada<\/p>\n

27 \u2013 John Steinbeck\u2019s birthday<\/p>\n

26 \u2013 Tell a Fairy Tale Day<\/p>\n

March<\/h2>\n

2 \u2013 Read Across America Day<\/p>\n

2 \u2013 Dr. Seuss\u2019s birthday<\/p>\n

2-8 Read an E-book Week<\/p>\n

4 \u2013 National Grammar Day<\/p>\n

4 \u2013 World Book Day in the UK and Ireland<\/p>\n

16 \u2013 Freedom of Information Day<\/p>\n

20 \u2013 World Storytelling Day<\/p>\n

21 \u2013 World Poetry Day<\/p>\n

26 \u2013 Robert Frost\u2019s birthday<\/p>\n

30 \u2013 Pencil Day<\/p>\n

\u00a0April<\/h2>\n

National Poetry Month<\/p>\n

D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything and Read) Month<\/p>\n

1 \u2013 Reading is Funny Day<\/p>\n

1 \u2013 Poetry and the Creative Mind Day<\/p>\n

2 \u2013 International Children’s Book Day<\/p>\n

2 \u2013 Hans Christian Anderson\u2019s birthday<\/p>\n

4 \u2013 National School Librarian Day<\/p>\n

4 \u2013 Maya Angelou\u2019s birthday<\/p>\n

4-10 National Library Week<\/p>\n

6 \u2013 National Library Worker\u2019s Day<\/p>\n

7 \u2013 National Bookmobile Day<\/p>\n

9 \u2013 National Unicorn Day<\/p>\n

12 \u2013 Beverly Cleary\u2019s birthday<\/p>\n

13 \u2013 Scrabble Day<\/p>\n

15 \u2013 Rubber Eraser Day<\/p>\n

15 \u2013 World Art Day<\/p>\n

16 \u2013 \u00a0National Librarian Day<\/p>\n

15 \u2013 Celebrate Teen Literature Day<\/p>\n

18 \u2013 National Columnists Day<\/p>\n

23 \u2013 Take Action for Libraries Day<\/p>\n

23 \u2013 Shakespeare\u2019s birthday<\/p>\n

23 \u2013 World Book and Copyright Day<\/p>\n

23 \u2013 English Language Day<\/p>\n

24 \u2013 Congress approved the Library of Congress<\/p>\n

24 \u2013 Independent Bookstore Day<\/p>\n

27 \u2013 National Tell A Story Day<\/p>\n

28 \u2013 Harper Lee’s birthday<\/p>\n

28 \u2013 Great Poetry Reading Day<\/p>\n

May<\/h2>\n

Short Story Month<\/p>\n

Get Caught Reading Month<\/p>\n

1 \u2013 Mother Goose Day<\/p>\n

3-9 Children\u2019s Book Week<\/p>\n

2 \u2013 Harry Potter Day<\/p>\n

4 \u2013 Free Comic Book Day<\/p>\n

5 \u2013 National Cartoonists Day<\/p>\n

9 \u2013 Peter Pan Day<\/p>\n

10-14 \u2013 Reading is Fun Week<\/p>\n

12 \u2013 Limerick Day<\/p>\n

16 \u2013 Love a Tree Day<\/p>\n

20 \u2013 Eliza Doolittle Day<\/p>\n

22 \u2013 Sherlock Holmes Day<\/p>\n

31 \u2013 Walt Whitman\u2019s birthday<\/p>\n

June<\/h2>\n

Audiobook Appreciation Month<\/p>\n

GLBT Book Month<\/p>\n

10 \u2013 Ball Point Pen Day<\/p>\n

12 \u2013 Anne Frank\u2019s birthday<\/p>\n

16 \u2013 Bloomsday (celebration of Irish writer James Joyce\u2019s life)<\/p>\n

22 \u2013 Octavia Butler’s birthday<\/p>\n

23 \u2013 Typewriter patent awarded<\/p>\n

July<\/h2>\n

Read an Almanac Month<\/p>\n

11 \u2013 E.B. White\u2019s birthday<\/p>\n

17 \u2013 World Emoji Day<\/p>\n

21 \u2013 Ernest Hemingway\u2019s birthday<\/p>\n

22-24 Hemingway Days<\/p>\n

30 \u2013 Paperback Book Day<\/p>\n

31 \u2013 J.K. Rowling\u2019s birthday<\/p>\n

August<\/h2>\n

2 \u2013 National Coloring Book Day<\/p>\n

9 \u2013 Book Lover’s Day<\/p>\n

18 \u2013 Bad Poetry Day<\/p>\n

21 \u2013 Poet\u2019s Day<\/p>\n

31 \u2013 We Love Memoirs Day<\/p>\n

September<\/h2>\n

Library Card Sign Up Month<\/p>\n

Be Kind to Editors and Writers Month<\/p>\n

National Literacy Month<\/p>\n

Read a New Book Month<\/p>\n

4 \u2013 Richard Wright\u2019s birthday<\/p>\n

4 \u2013 Newspaper Carrier Day<\/p>\n

6 \u2013 Read a Book Day<\/p>\n

8 \u2013 International Literacy Day<\/p>\n

19-25 \u2013 National Adult Education and\u00a0Family Literacy Week<\/p>\n

19-25 \u2013 Banned Books Week<\/p>\n

22 \u2013 Hobbit Day<\/p>\n

22 \u2013 Dear Diary Day<\/p>\n

24 \u2013 F. Scott Fitzgerald\u2019s birthday<\/p>\n

25 \u2013 National Comic Book Day<\/p>\n

29 \u2013 National Coffee Day in the U.S.<\/p>\n

October<\/h2>\n

National Book Month<\/p>\n

National Reading Group Month<\/p>\n

1 \u2013 International Coffee Day<\/p>\n

6 \u2013 Mad Hatter Day<\/p>\n

11 \u2013 Myth and Legends Day<\/p>\n

16 \u2013 Dictionary Day<\/p>\n

18-22 \u2013 National Friends of Libraries Week<\/p>\n

20 \u2013 National Day of Writing<\/p>\n

27 \u2013 National Tell a Story Day in Scotland and the U.K.<\/p>\n

November<\/h2>\n

National Novel Writing Month<\/p>\n

Picture Book Month<\/p>\n

National Family Literacy Month<\/p>\n

National Memoir Writing Month<\/p>\n

1 \u2013 National Family Literacy Day<\/p>\n

1 \u2013 Author\u2019s Day<\/p>\n

2 \u2013 Book Lovers Day<\/p>\n

4 \u2013 National Non-Fiction Day in the UK<\/p>\n

10 \u2013 Young Readers Day<\/p>\n

15 \u2013 I Love to Write Day<\/p>\n

18 \u2013 High-Five a Librarian Day<\/p>\n

29 \u2013 Louisa May Alcott\u2019s birthday<\/p>\n