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Celebrating Literacy

Below is a month-by-month guide on the most important literary awards or celebration days. Amongst these is the annual World Book Day, which is enthusiastically celebrated with dressing up in schools across the UK and British Curriculum Schools worldwide. There are a number of important days, weeks or months here that you may not have heard of, so why not look into them further and see whether you can get involved? For example, you might like to get involved in learning a few new words during European Day of Languages or discuss with your class what dyslexia is and how it affects people during the month of October. Please note there are gaps, but I am intending on filling these year on year as important names or events come to light. I have also placed other notable figures on some of the birthdays as I consider them worthy of discussion in class. Perhaps you could do a non-fiction study on these people? If you have any suggestions that are Key Stage 2 appropriate, please contact me! Thank you!
Please note that this page is being reviewed at the moment. It will take some time to revamp so please bare with me! Please also excuse some of the other famous people I've selected. I felt they needed a mention- where no author or Literary Day could be found.
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

January

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18th January: Winnie the Pooh Day
​27th January: Multicultural Children's Book Day
27th January: National Storytelling Week (UK)
End of January: Costa Book Awards, formerly Whitbread

February

1st February: World Read Aloud Day (changeable day)
​14th February: Library Lovers' Day


March

1st March: World Book Day
5th March: World Spelling Day
20th March: World Storytelling Day
​21st March: World Poetry Day
22nd March: World Water Day

April

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2nd April: International Children's Book Day
2nd April: World Autism Day
​4th April: National School Librarian Day (UK)
​10th April: National Libraries Day (UK)
​12th April: Drop Everything And Read Day: DEAR
16th April: National Bookmobile Day (USA)
22nd April: World Earth Day
23rd April: World Book and Copyright Day (UNESCO)
27th April: Tell A Story Day (UK/USA)
28th April: Great Poetry Reading Day (USA)

May

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National Share A Story Month
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June

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National (UK) Bookstart Week
8th- 14th June 2017



July

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Carnegie and Greenaway Awards
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August

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 National Book Lover's Day
 9th August (Every Year)



September

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 International Literacy Day
 8th September 2016

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Roald Dahl Day
13th September (Every Year)


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 European Day of Languages
 26th September (Every Year)


October

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National Dyslexia Awareness Month
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November

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Picture Book Month
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National Novel Writing Month
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December

I would like to remind all visitors to this website that all pages on this site are copyright protected, unless stated. Where content has been used from other sources (namely the DSCF, DFES or DFE), I take no credit whatsoever. Most importantly, this site is for the use and enjoyment of all children, parents, guardians, carers and teachers who are involved in Key Stage 2 Literacy. Please use the resources/ideas as you need without replicating them for your own gains.
Chris Birch 2011-2020
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  • *AREAS OF STUDY*
    • Features of Texts: What Makes Good
    • Narrative/Stories >
      • Myths, Legends and Fables >
        • Beowulf
        • Robin Hood
        • Greek Myths
        • Myths To Use
        • Pandora's Box/Jar
      • Film Narrative >
        • Piano Writing
        • Frankenweenie
      • Stories from Other Cultures >
        • Egyptian Cinderella
        • Egyptian Traditional Tale
        • Egypt: One Off Lessons
        • Africa
      • Rainbow Fish
      • More Story Openers
    • Instructions >
      • Instructions - Vikings
      • Recipe For Friendship
      • Bossy 'Imperative' Verbs
    • Descriptive Writing >
      • Description Using Art
      • Description Using Art 2
      • Twenty-One Tunnels
      • Oi Caveboy Farlands!
      • Escape from Pompeii
    • Persuasion >
      • School Uniform Debate
      • Graffiti Debate
      • Deforestation Debate
      • Advertisements
      • Finding Your Voice- Environment
      • Holiday Resort Persuasion >
        • Holiday Videos- Egypt
        • Holiday Videos- Pompeii
      • Product Advertising
    • Explanation Texts
    • Recounts & Reports >
      • Newspapers
      • TV News Reports
      • Chronological Reports
      • Non Chronological
    • Authors >
      • Michael Morpurgo >
        • Meeting Morpurgo...
        • Friend or Foe
        • Kensuke's Kingdom
      • Mary Shelley
      • Jill Murphy
      • John Burningham
    • Diaries >
      • Studying Diaries
    • Poetry >
      • World War Poetry >
        • WW Poem Videos
      • Our Favourite Poems
      • Inspirational Poems
      • Poetry Bank
      • The Highwayman
      • Back To School Poetry
    • Biographies
    • Older Literature >
      • Frankenstein
      • Macbeth
  • What is...?
  • Power of Music
  • Testimonials