Activities

Read about the If I Can Read I Can Do Anything activities & incentives

Throughout the school year, there are a number of events that promote reading and education that we can help project schools celebrate. Some of the events that we've noted include:

September
Library Card Sign-up Month
Banned Books Week

October
Teen Read Week
National School Bus Safety Week

November
Family Literacy Day
National Young Readers Day: November 9
Children's Book Week  

January
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

February
Chinese Lunar New Year

March
Read Across America
National Sleep Awareness Week

April
National Poetry Month
National Library Week
Young People's Poetry Week
Dia de los Niños/Dia de los Libros - our activities in 2001
Earth Day
Kids, Animals and Literacy
(in celebration of the ASPCA Prevention of Animal Cruelty Month)

May
Space Day
National Book Month
Reading is Fun Week
Safe Kids Week

June
National Aboriginal Day (Canada)


February 27, 2005
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